Backslider Bass Tab

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Backslider Bass Tab
by Toadies
Tabbed by Evan Bender

Part A:
|G|-----------|
|D|-----------|
|A|--------0--|
|E|2-2-0-2---2|

Part B:
|G|------------------------------------------------|
|D|------------------------------------------------|
|A|--------0---0-0-4-0-3-4----------0---0-0-4-0-3-0|
|E|2-2-0-2---2--------------2-2-0-2---2------------|

Part C:
|G|-------------------------------|
|D|-------------------------------|
|A|----------0-3-4-----------0-3-0|
|E|2-2-2-5-5-------2-2-2-5-5------|

Part D:
|G|-----------------------|
|D|------0---------0---0-2|
|A|2-0-2---2-2-0-2---2----|
|E|-----------------------|

Rest while the guitar plays part A once.
Play part A 3 times.
Play part B twice.
Play part C twice.
Play part A 4 times.
Play part B twice.
Play part C twice.
Play part D 4 times.
Play part A 4 times.
Play part B twice.
Play part C twice.
Play part D 4 times.
Play part C 4 times.
Play part A 4 times.

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

Source: BassMasta.net
http://www.bassmasta.net/t/toadies/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Dirk Average	#1 by Dirk Vandermeyden at Apr 22, 1970 at 4:32 PM EST
	A Backslider is someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior, which would be sin. So This song is about him getting baptised and accepting christ when he was younger and he is just hoping that he does not relapse into sin. I would also have to say that i like this song very much...its one of my favorites.

No Picture Ger Wanna Be	#2 by Ger Hart at Feb 21, 1975 at 2:36 PM EST
	I think its about Todd being raised in a christian home and brought up to be a christian to only later on become a backslider; going against what he was brought up to believe in

No Picture Randy Lead Player	#3 by Randy Lott at Dec 5, 1976 at 9:15 AM EST
	i think that this song is about the way in which his beliefs were molded by something he experienced as a child. basically how his religious beliefs were formed by his father and that "day [he] stepped into the water." and the way that it shaped his beliefs being that he doesn't want to "become a backslider". ok, that's my two cents.

No Picture Nick Average	#4 by Nick at Aug 5, 1984 at 10:48 AM EST
	I don't exactly know what "backslider" means as a word, but the song is about being baptized as a child by his father etc.

No Picture Ziggy Average	#5 by Ziggy Newman at May 9, 1989 at 6:57 PM EST
	i luv the toadies!

No Picture Megan Average	#6 by Megan at Nov 25, 1993 at 11:36 AM EST
	it sabout drowning someone DUH

No Picture Nic Rhythm Player	#7 by Nic F at Sep 16, 1999 at 10:37 AM EST
	I agree with the other posts... More specifically, this song seems to be about some kind of baptism... and i personally think its some kind of evil cult or religion. Backslider means going against your religion... I think in the song, his dad and others were making him into a backslider, even though it wasn't what he wanted... or at least he regretted it later or something... either way, this song rules and it goes along with the album so well, which is a not really straightforward concept album. The album is all based around the main character being an evil guy even though it might not seem that way on the outside and he has a relationship with a girl that makes him go crazy and eventually kill her and maybe himself? Theres really nothing like this out there which is what makes me wish they had made more albums like this.