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Spinal Tap
Big Bottom
Key:
/ = slide up
= slide down
b = bend (whole step)
b^ = bend (1/2 step)
b^^ = bend (1 1/2 steps)
pb = pre-bend
r = release-bend
t = tap with righthand finger
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = Vibrato
* = Natural Harmonic
#(#) = Trill
x = Dead notes (no pitch)
P.M. = Palm mute (- -> underneath indicates which notes)
Tp = Tap wplectrum
Rhythm Fig. 1
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------3----4----|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------5----4----5----4----5---------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--5--5-----------------------------3--0--3----------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------5----4----5----4----5---------------------|
D|-----------------------------------5-----5----------|
A|--5--5-----------------------------3--0--3----------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Fig. 2
G|----------5----4----5----4----5---------------------|
D|--7--7----5----4----5----4----5----5-----5----------|
A|--5--5-----------------------------3--0--3----------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Fig. 3
G|----------5----4----5----4----5---------------------|
D|--7--7----5----4----5----4----5---------------------|
A|--5--5-----------------------------3--0--3----------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Fig. 4
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------5----------|
A|--5--5--5--5--5--0--3--4--5--5--5--5--5-----3--4----|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------5----4----5----4----5---------------------|
D|----------5----4----5----4----5---------------------|
A|--5--5-----------------------------3--0--3----------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Fig. 5
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------7-----------------------7----------------|
A|--0--4--7-----0--0-----0--0--4-/7-----0--0-----0----|
E|--------------------3-----------------------3-------|
End 1
G|-------------------------------------------7--9-----|
D|-----------3--3--3--1--3------------5--7/9----------|
A|-----0--3-----------------------5/7-----------------|
E|--1-----------------------3--3----------------------|
End 2
G|-------------------------------------------7--9-----|
D|-----------3--3--3--1--3------------5--7/9----------|
A|-----0--3------------------------5------------------|
E|--1-----------------------3--5/7--------------------|
Rhythm Fig. 6
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--3-------------3------1--------1----1/-------------|
E|-------------3--------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------8----8-----------------------------------|
A|--6--------6----6-----8--8--8----6--8---------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------3-------------------|
A|--3-------------3------1--------1-------------------|
E|-------------3--------------------------------------|
G|---------8-8-8--------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--6-------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Fig. 7
G|-----------------------------3--3-------------------|
D|-----------------------------3--3-------------------|
A|--3-------------3-----1-----------------------------|
E|-------------3--------------------------------------|
G|--8--------8--8--8----------------------------------|
D|--8--------8--8--8-----10--10--10----8--10----------|
A|--6--------6--6--6-----8---8---8-----6--8-----------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------3--3------------------|
A|--3-------------3------1----------------------------|
E|-------------3--------------------------------------|
G|-----------8--8-------------------------------------|
D|-----------8--8-------------------------------------|
A|--6-------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Fig. 8
G|--------------------------------3-------------------|
D|--------------------------------3-------------------|
A|--3-------------3------1-----------1----------------|
E|-------------3--------------------------------------|
G|-----------8--8-------------------------------------|
D|--8--------8--8--------10--10--10----8--10----------|
A|--6--------------6-----8---8---8-----6--8-----------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------3--3----------------|
D|--------------------------------3--3----------------|
A|--3-------------3------1--------------1-------------|
E|-------------3--------------------------------------|
G|-----------8--8-------------------------------------|
D|--8-------------------------------------------------|
A|--6-------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Fig. 9
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--3--4----|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Fig. 10
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----0--3--4----|
E|--------------------------------------3-------------|
Rhythm Fig. 11
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|--7--7--5--7--7--7--5--7----7--------7--------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0--------0--------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
< - - - - 4x - - - - - > < - 2x - >
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|--7-------------------------------------------------|
A|--0-------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
[Rhy. Fig 1]
[Rhy. Fig 2] (3x)
[Rhy. Fig 3]
[Rhy. Fig 4] (2x)
[Rhy. Fig 5 w/ end 1]
[Rhy. Fig 6]
[Rhy. Fig 2]
[Rhy. Fig 3]
[Rhy. Fig 4] (2x)
[Rhy. Fig 5 w/ End 2]
[Rhy. Fig 7]
[Rhy. Fig 10]
[Rhy. Fig 2] (3x)
[Rhy. Fig 3]
[Rhy. Fig 5 w/ End 2]
[Rhy. Fig 8]
[Rhy. Fig 11]
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/s/spinal_tap/127244.html
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques Add Comment
I think "Almighty" reads a little to into things. It's fucking Spinal Tap. It's about fucking big girls. No hidden meanings. Not ever song has to have some deep and powerful meaning. Some shit is just for fun.
when he says "how could i leave this behind?" does he mean an ass or like just leaving or something?
This one goes to ELEVEN!!! Great Bass
'how could i leave this behind?' best double entendre in rock history
goatse.cx Anyway - I had this song on my computer for about 3 years before I watched the movie. Then I recognized Chris Guest about 5 minutes before the movie ended and I'm like...wait...this ISN'T a real band??!! Embarassing.
TAP! TAP! TAP! TAP!
Yeah that is embarrasing. This song makes fun of so many rock acts of the 70s. Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls" as mentioned above. And the subject of using sexual metophors in lyrics like Robert Plant used to do with Led Zep. But one very orginal approach is having the 3 overlapped basses which sounds a lot better than you'd think it would. Although this song is supposed to be a joke, I think the lyrics are pretty fuckin' brilliant. My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo. I love to sink her with my pink torpedo. Love that line. Spinal Tap was a great ficticious band.
All about a woman that has a bit of meat on her bones. In the context of the song, i'm not too sure how "big" but I like a woman to be a bit thick back there. IcaRimes, I'm sure you're not the only one!
In the greater context of the film in which this song appears, a great amount of meaning can be derived from this song. Primarily we see a woman constantly compared to objects and having her assets commented on. As the film itself is a satire, the song, too, is (obviously) meant to be satirical. I would like, however, to mention the symbolism at the end of the first verse. I think these two objects are expressive of the nature of love, both sexual and romantic. A flesh tuxedo could be considered a very disturbing thing, just as a pink torpedo could be an absurd thing. Love can be quite disturbing and often quite scary, just as it can be absurd. Love also causes people to perform in scary and absurd ways. (This analysis was previously written for a lit class, so forgive me for sounding so trite.)
i heard this song this morning for the first time, its not easy for an american to listen to a british guy singing about fat asses and no laugh! ...i love my big butt...
Buttsex.
This song is so freakin' funny on more than one level. The lyrics are funny period. But what makes this song ridiculously funny his the fact that Spinal Tap is not trying to be funny they are trying to be clever and sexual. This song so hilariously parodies so many bands that tried to use clever sexual euphemisms and metaphors. The first time I heard the words "How could I leave this behind" I laughed till I couldn't breathe. Spinal Tap is just plain fun. Now all we need is a Spinal Tap type of movie to parody the horrible modern rock of today. It's sad that a semi-fictional band like Spinal Tap is more entertaining than most of todays bands.