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Semi Charmed Life Bass Tab

Send "Semi Charmed Life" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

SEMI-CHARMED LIFE (Bassline)
As recorded by Third Eye Blind
(From the 1997 Album THIRD EYE BLIND)


 Words and Music by Stephan Jenkins

 

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'


 Intro
  Moderate Rock Q=102
 4/4
  Gtr I
  S H        e e e S S e S S E. S   S S S S S S S S S S S S e E  4x
|--------||-----------------------|------------------------------||
|--------||o----------------------|-----------------------------o||
|--------||o---------x-5---5----x-|-3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-3---x-3---o||
|--------||--3-5-3----------------|------------------------------||


 Verse
  e e e S S e S S E. S   e S S E e S S S S e S S
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------x-5---5----x-|-3---3---3---3---x-3---x-|
|-3-5-3----------------|-------------------------|


  e e e S S e e e S S   S S S S S S S S S S E e S S
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------2---------|
|---------x-5-7-5---x-|-3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-----------|
|-3-5-3---------------|---------------------0-1---x-|


  e e e S S e S S E. S   e S S E e S S S S e S S
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------x-5---5----x-|-3---3---3---3---x-3---x-|
|-3-5-3----------------|-------------------------|


  e e e S S e S S E. S   S S S S S S S S S S E e S S
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------x-5---5----x-|-3-3-3-3---x-3-3---x-4-5-----|
|-3-5-3----------------|---------------------------x-|


  e e e S S e S S E. S   e S S E e S S S S e S S
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------x-5---5----x-|-3---3---3---3---x-3---x-|
|-3-5-3----------------|-------------------------|


  e e e S S e S S E. S   e S S E S S S e S S S S S
|----------------------|---------------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------------||
|---------x-5---5----x-|-3---3---3-3---3---3-3-4-5-||
|-3-5-3----------------|-----------------3---------||


   Chorus
    e e e S S e S S E. S   S S S S S S S S S S S S e E   3x
||-----------------------|-------------------------------||
||o----------------------|------------------------------o||
||o---------x-5---5----x-|-3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-3---x-3----o||
||--3-5-3----------------|-------------------------------||


  e e e S S e S S Q    H    +E   E    Q
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|---------x-5---5----|-3----(3)s10-------||
|-3-5-3--------------|--------------/15--||


    e e e S S e S S E. S   S S S S S S S S S S S S e E
||-----------------------|-------------------------------||
||o----------------------|------------------------------o||
||o---------x-5---5----x-|-3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-3---x-3----o||
||--3-5-3----------------|-------------------------------||


 Verse
  e e e S S e S S E. S   e S S E e S S S S e S S
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------x-5---5----x-|-3---3---3---3---x-3---x-|
|-3-5-3----------------|-------------------------|


  e e e S S e e e S S   S S S S S S S S S S E e S S
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------2---------|
|---------x-5-7-5---x-|-3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-----------|
|-3-5-3---------------|---------------------0-1---x-|


  e e e S S e S S E. S   e S S E e S S S S e S S
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------x-5---5----x-|-3---3---3---3---x-3---x-|
|-3-5-3----------------|-------------------------|


  e e e S S e e e S S   E S S +S  S E S E S S S S S
|---------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------x-5-7-5---x-|-3---3-(3)---3---3---3-3-----||
|-3-5-3---------------|---5-------5---5---5-----5-3-||


 Pre-Chorus
  E E E. S S S E Q    E. S E. S +S  S E E. S
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-5-5-5--3---x-3-3--|-5--5-5--3-(3)-3-3-3----|
|-------------------|----------------------3-|


  E E E. S S S E S S S S   E E E E E S S E E
|------------------------|-------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------||
|-5-5-5--3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5---5-5---x-5---||
|------------------------|-------------------||


   Chorus
    e e e S S e S S E. S   S S S S S S S S S S S S e E   3x
||-----------------------|-------------------------------||
||o----------------------|------------------------------o||
||o---------x-5---5----x-|-3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-3---x-3----o||
||--3-5-3----------------|-------------------------------||


  e e e S S e S S Q    H.      +Q
|--------------------|---------------||
|--------------------|---------------||
|---------x-5---5----|-3-------(3)/--||
|-3-5-3--------------|---------------||


 Verse
  Wx3          H    E   E    Q
|------------|-------------------|
|------------|-------------------|
|------------|--------/10-------|
|------------|-------------/12--|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------x-5-5-7p5-5-5---|-3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-3---x-3-3----|
|-3-3-5p3-3-3-------------------|--------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-----------------5-----5---------||
|---------------x-5-5-7p5-5-5---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-----3-----||
|-3-3-5p3-3-3-------------------|-----------------------------5-3-||


 Bridge
  E E E. S S S E Q    Q  E. S S S E S S S S
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------5-|
|-5-5-5--3---3-3-3--|-5--5--3---3-3-3-5-7---|
|-------------------|-----------------------|


  Q  E. S S S E Q     E E E S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-5--5--3---3-3-3--|---------------------------|
|-------------------|-3-3-3-x-x-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|


  E E E. S S S E E E   Q  E. S S S E S S S S
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------5-|
|-5-5-5--3---3-3-3h4-|-5--5--3---3-3-3-5S7---|
|--------------------|-----------------------|


  Q  E. S +S  S E S S S S   e E Q  H
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-7--7--5-(5)-------------|-------------|
|-5--5--3-(3)-x-3-3-3-4-5-|-------------|
|-------------------------|-3-----------|


   Q   +E. S S S E +Q      Q   E.  S S S  E E  E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----12--10---x-10p9----|
|-----------------------|---------------------10-|
|-10--(10)-8---x-8-(8)--|-10---------------------|


   Q   E. S S S E Q     S E S E S S +S  S S S S S E
|---------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------------||
|-10--10--8---8-8-8--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3---||


   Verse
    e e e S S e S S E. S   S S S S S S S S S S S S e E   3x
||-----------------------|-------------------------------||
||o----------------------|------------------------------o||
||o---------x-5---5----x-|-3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-3---x-3----o||
||--3-5-3----------------|-------------------------------||


  e e e S S e S S E. S   S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|----------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------x-5---5----x-|-3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-3---x-3--||
|-3-5-3----------------|-----------------------------||


   Chorus
    H    H      W     3x
||------------|-------||
||o-----------|------o||
||o------5----|-3----o||
||--3---------|-------||


  H    H      +H.      Q
|-----------|--------------|
|-----------|--------------|
|------5----|-(5)------3/--|
|-3---------|--------------|


   Q.   E +Q    a  Q     +W
|---------------------|---------|
|-10----9-(9)---------|---------|
|--------------10h12--|-(12)----|
|---------------------|---------|


   Q.   E +Q    a  Q     +H      +E   S  S  S  S  S  S
|---------------------|--------------------------------|
|-10----9-(9)---------|--------------------------------|
|--------------10h12--|-(12)----(12)-10h12-10----------|
|---------------------|-----------------------12-10h12-|


  Q.   E +Q   Q    +H     +E    E    Q
|----------------|------------------------|
|----------------|------------------------|
|----------------|------------------------|
|-8----7-(7)--5--|-(5)----(5)s(17)S(15)--|


  E E E. S +S  S S S E S S   S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5---|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---x-3-3------|
|-3-3-3------------------5-|-----------------------------x--|


  E E E. S S S S S S S S S   Q  E S S +S  E S E   E
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------5---5-5-5-5-5-5---|-3--3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3------||
|-3-3-3------------------5-|--------------------/10-||


 Outro
  E E E. S S S E E S S   S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------5---5-5-5-5---|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---x-3-3-----|
|-3-3-3--------------5-|-----------------------------x-|


  E E E. S S S S S S S S S   E. S +E  E +S  E. Q
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|-5--5-(5)-5-(5)-5--5--|
|--------5---5-5-5-5-5-5---|-3--3-(3)-3-(3)-3--3--|
|-3-3-3------------------5-|----------------------|


  E E E. S S S E E S S   S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------5---5-5-5-5---|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---x-3-3-----|
|-3-3-3--------------5-|-----------------------------x-|


  E E E. S S S S S S S S S   E. S +E  E +S  E. E   E
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|----2-(2)-3-(3)-4--5------|
|--------5---5-5-5-5-5-5---|-3------------------------|
|-3-3-3------------------5-|---------------------/15-|


  E E E. S S S E E S S   S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------5---5-5-5-5---|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---x-3-3-----|
|-3-3-3--------------5-|-----------------------------x-|


  E E E. S S S S S S S S S   E. S +E  E +S  E. Q
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|-5--5-(5)-5-(5)-5--5--|
|--------5---5-5-5-5-5-5---|-3--3-(3)-3-(3)-3--3--|
|-3-3-3------------------5-|----------------------|


  Q.   E +E  +E   Q    +H     H
|--------------------|-------------*|
|--------------------|-------------*|
|-3----2-(2)-(2)/-0--|-(0)---------*|
|--------------------|-------------*|




--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net

Semi Charmed Life Bass Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Josh Average	#1 by Josh Riemersma at May 7, 1975 at 4:33 AM EST
	god, i love this song. every single part of it. it is definitely ironic how it sounds so happy though..

No Picture stephen Wanna Be	#2 by stephen k at Aug 5, 1981 at 4:04 AM EST
	"Chop another line like a coda with a curse" all about snorting crystal... a coda is a musical term that has you repeat. "The sky it was gold, it was rose I was taking sips of it through my nose" good crystal is pink (rose) in color good song had to listen alot before i really listened and realized it was all about meth.

No Picture Jesse Rhythm Player	#3 by Jesse Holmes at Dec 23, 1982 at 12:34 AM EST
	I sang this song over and over when I was younger and it came up on my playlist so i thought i'd check out the lyrics... Yeah.. pretty sure that I just found out it was about meth.. who knew? I figured it have some kinda deep meaning.. but, now that I know it's just about drugs and getting head.. kinda ruins it for me... still fun to sing though.. he he

No Picture matthew Rhythm Player	#4 by matthew robinson at Jul 18, 1987 at 9:58 PM EST
	I too listened to this song when I was younger and only recently even thought about the lyrics. After using meth, it becomes very obvious that he knows what he is talking about. He describes it exactly and it is a very well-written song.

No Picture bassmasta jnr Wanna Be	#5 by bassmasta jnr at Dec 17, 1991 at 6:23 PM EST
	^^^^ thats true...A radio station out her where im at place that whole version so i think its just a time issue. Anyway, love the song, drug references and all, and my senior quote was "Im not listenin when you say goodbye."

No Picture Ulti` Average	#6 by Ulti` 89 at Feb 1, 1994 at 5:20 PM EST
	i love drugs.

No Picture ===Mr. Brownsto Rhythm Player	#7 by ===Mr. Brownstone=== at Mar 8, 2000 at 1:15 PM EST
	Wow, i love this song. its just another great song that just so happens to talk about drugs. i used to sing this when i was like, seven. loved it then, love it now. funny how i had no idea what any of it meant but still i sang along. what fun. one of my friends said that her favorite part of the song was "how do i get back there to the place where i fell asleep inside you". its so funny how i just agreed without knowing what it all meant...i really just liked the way it sounded...its an awesome summer song for just sitting around and acting stupid, or for getting high.