Mean Street Bass Tab

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(Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Tuned Down 1/2 Step'


   Intro
    
   4/4          3/4
    
    W         5x W
||------------||------|
||o----------o||------|
||o----------o||------|
||------------||------|


   4/4
    W        W
||---------|-------||
||o--------|------o||
||o--------|------o||
||---------|-------||


            5/4
  W          W
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|----------|------|


 4/4
  W          W          W
|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|------||


  Slower Q=100
  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-5-----------5--------------|-5-----------5--------------------|
|---7---7---5---7---7-----5--|---7---7---5---7-7-5-5-5-5--------|
|-----------------------7----|---------------------------7-7-7--|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S    S  S E E. S +H
|-5-----------5----------------|-14p12---------------|
|---7---7---5---7---7-----5s12-|---------------------|
|-----------------------7------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|------------8-(8)----|


   Verse
    S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o----------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-------------3--------------|-3-----------3-------------------|
||--5-5---5---3---5---5---0-3--|---5---5---3---5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-----------3--------------|-3-----------3--------------------|
|---5---5---3---5---5---0-3--|---5---5---3---5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0--|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-----------3--------------|-3-----------3--------------------|
|---5---5---3---5---5---0-3--|---5---5---3---5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0--|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-3-----------3--------------|-3-----------3--------------------||
|---5---5---3---5---5---0-3--|---5---5---3---5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0--||


 Chorus
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S +S  E S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


  S S S S S E S +S  S S S S S E   S S S S S S S S S a E S S S S S
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------7-7-(7)-------------|-------------------5h7-5----------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------7-6-5-3--|
|-5-5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-0-0-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------|


                                      1.
  S S S S S S S S +S  S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S +S  S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


  E S S a S S S S E S S S S S S   E S S S S S S q  Q
|-------------------7---7---5s4-|-----------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------o||
|-----------7-9-7-5---5---5-----|-7-7-7-5--------------o||
|-5-5-5-7s9---------------------|---------7-4-3-0-------||


  2.
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S a S S S S Q.   E
|---------------------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------7-9-7-5------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-7s9--------------||


 Bridge
  W          S E S Q  E  Q.
|----------|------------------|
|----------|------------------|
|----------|------------------|
|----------|-5-5--------10\---|


  S E S Q  H      S E S Q  E  Q.
|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|
|-5-5-----------|-5-5--------10\---|


  S E S Q  H      S E S Q  E  Q.
|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|
|-5-5-----------|-5-5--------10\---|


  S E S Q  H      S E S Q  S E S E S S
|---------------|----------------------||
|---------------|----------------------||
|---------------|----------------------||
|-5-5-----------|-5-5--------2-2-3-3-4-||


 Guitar Solo
  E S S E S S S S S S S S E   +E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------7---|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------3-|-(3)-----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-|


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


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


                                                                       ~
  +E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S. T    S S  S  S  S S  S  S  S  S  S  S Q
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------7s12-|-12-9-10-11-12-9-10-11-12-10-11-12----||
|-(3)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------|-----------------------------------8--||


 Verse
  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------3--------------|-3-----------3--------------------|
|-5-5---5---3---5---5---0-3--|---5---5---3---5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0--|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-----------3--------------|-3-----------3--------------------|
|---5---5---3---5---5---0-3--|---5---5---3---5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0--|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-----------3--------------|-3-----------3--------------------|
|---5---5---3---5---5---0-3--|---5---5---3---5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0--|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-3-----------3--------------|-3-----------3--------------------||
|---5---5---3---5---5---0-3--|---5---5---3---5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0--||


 Chorus
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S +S  E S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


  S S S S S E S +S  S S S S S E   S S S S S S S S S a E S S S S S
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------7-7-(7)-------------|-------------------5h7-5----------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------7-6-5-3--|
|-5-5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-0-0-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------|


  S S S S S S S S +S  S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S +S  S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


  E S S S S S S E S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S q  Q
|-----------------7---7---5-4-|------------------------||
|-----------7-----------------|------------------------||
|-------5h7---7-5---5---5-----|-7-7-7-7-5--------------||
|-5-5-5-----------------------|-----------7-5-3-0------||


 Interlude
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-----------3-------------------|-3-------------------------------|
|---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3-3-3-3-|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5-5-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------5-|---------------------------------|
|-3-----------3-------------------|-3-------------------------------|
|---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3-3-3---|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5-5-|


  E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------5---|--------------------------------|
|-3---------3-----------------0-|-3------------------------------|
|---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3-3-----|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5--|


  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 E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------5-5-|--------------------------------|
|-3-----------3-----------------|-3------------------------------|
|---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3-----|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5--|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------5---|-------------------------------|
|-3-----------3-------------------|-3-----------------------------|
|---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3-3---3-|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5-|


  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
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------5-|--------------------------------||
|-3-----------3-----------------|-3------------------------------||
|---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3-3---|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5--||


 Outro
  E 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 E
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------5---|-------------------------------|
|-3---------3-----------------|-3-----------------------------|
|---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3---3-|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5-|


    E 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 E   3x
||------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||o-------------------------5---|--------------------------------o||
||o-3---------3-----------------|-3------------------------------o||
||----5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3---3-|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5---||


    E 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 E   6x
||------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||o-------------------------5---|--------------------------------o||
||o-3---------3-----------------|-3------------------------------o||
||----5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3---3-|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5---||


    E 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 E   4x
||------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||o-------------------------5---|--------------------------------o||
||o-3---------3-----------------|-3------------------------------o||
||----5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3---3-|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5---||




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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



ENJOY!

Source: BassMasta.net
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Max Average	#1 by Max Benton at Mar 16, 1974 at 2:06 AM EST
	To me this song is about AIDS. It aint no joke. This is a love attack (AIDS) I know it went out but it's back./It's just like any fad it retracts before impact /And just like fashion it's a passion for the with it and hip (Hollywood types and their causes) So don't delay act now supplies are running out (people with it are dying) Allow if you're still alive six to eight years to arrive (Aids shows up 6 to 8 years after you get it) And if you follow there may be a tomorrow (You can live with it if you treat it) But if the offer is shun you might as well be walkin' on the sun (if you don't try to treat it, you might as well be dead) 25 years ago you didn't have to worry about getting it (free love, experiments with drugs) And their kids (Gen X) are hypocrites Because fashion is smashin' the true meaning of it ( it is not a trendy cause it is a disease) Mr. Wizard can't perform no godlike hocus-pocus (once you get it you got it, no turning back, no miracle drug) It is destroying the nieghborhood. Good song though