Bass Tab: "Smaller and Smaller"

Transcribed by: Joe White



Tablature Explanation:



  ----------                ----------                ----t---

  ----5h8--- Hammeron       ----(8)--- Ghost          ----6--- Tap

  ----------                ---------- Note           --------

  ----5p8--- Pulloff        ----------                --------



  ----------                ----------                -----p--

  ----5/8--- Slide Up       -----x---- Dead           -----7-- Pop

  ----------                ---------- Note           --s-----

  ----5\8--- Slide Down     ----------                --5----- Slap 



  ----------                ||------|| Repeat         --------

  ----5~~~-- Vibrato        ||*----*||                ---5^--- Bend

  ----------                ||*----*||                -------- (up, one step)

  ----------                ||------||                --------

                                                         (1)

                             tr~~

  ----------                ---------- Trill to       --------

  -4:------- Time           ---------- note in        ---5^--- Bend

  -4:------- Signature      -0(1)----- parenthesis    -------- (up, 1/2 step)

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

                                                       (1/2)



Rhythm:

  w = whole note            W = dotted whole

  h = half note             H = dotted half

  q = quarter note          Q = dotted quarter

  e = eighth note           E = dotted eighth

  s = sixteenth note        S = dotted sixteenth

  t = 32nd note             T = dotted 32nd

  x = 64th note             X = dotted 64th

  ^ = triplet               + = tie to previous note





       e^e^e^e^e^e^e^e^e^e^e^e^ 2x  s s s s s s e s s s s s s e

---||---------------------------||------------------------------|

4:-||*-------------------------*||*-----------------------------|

4:-||*-------------------------*||*---------9-8-7---7-7---7h8-7-|

---||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--0-0-0-0-------0-----0-------|

                                  1st Verse



  s s s s s s e s s s s q   s s s s s s e s s s s s s e

|-------------------------|-----------------------------|

|-------------------------|-----------------------------|

|---------9-8-7---7-7---7-|---------9-8-7---5-7---7h8-7-|

|-0-0-0-0-------0-----0---|-0-0-0-0-------0-----0-------|



  s s s s s s e s s s s q  4x s s s s s s e s s s s s s e

|--------------------------||-----------------------------|

|-------------------------*||-----------------------------|

|---------9-8-7---7-7---7-*||---------9-8-7---7-7---7h8-7-|

|-0-0-0-0-------0-----0----||-0-0-0-0-------0-----0-------|



  s s s s s s e s s s s q   s s s s s s e s s s s s s e

|-------------------------|-----------------------------|

|-------------------------|-----------------------------|

|---------9-8-7---7-7---7-|---------9-8-7---5-7---7h8-7-|

|-0-0-0-0-------0-----0---|-0-0-0-0-------0-----0-------|



  s s s s s s e s s s s s s s s   s s s s q+s s s s s s s s

|-------------------------------|---------------------------|

|-----------------------------6-|-------------------------6-|

|---------9-8-7---7-8-7-5-7-8---|-8-7---------7-8-7-5-7-8---|

|-0-0-0-0-------0---------------|-----0-0-0-0---------------|



    s s t t t t q+s s s s s s s s  2x s s t t t t H

||---------------------------------||---------------|

||*-----------------------------6-*||---------------|

||*-8-7-------------7-8-7-5-7-8---*||-8-7-----------|

||------0-0-0-0-0-0----------------||-----0-0-0-0-0-|



   s s s s s s e s s s s s s e   s s s s s s e s s s s q  3x

||-----------------------------|--------------------------||

||*----------------------------|-------------------------*||

||*--------9-8-7---7-7---7h8-7-|---------9-8-7---7-7---7-*||

||-0-0-0-0-------0-----0-------|-0-0-0-0-------0-----0----||

 Chorus



  s s s s s s e s s s s s s e   s s s s s s e s s s s s s s s

|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|

|-----------------------------|-----------------------------6-|

|---------9-8-7---5-7---7h8-7-|---------9-8-7---7-8-7-5-7-8---|

|-0-0-0-0-------0-----0-------|-0-0-0-0-------0---------------|



    s s t t t t q+s s s s s s s s  3x      s s t t t t w

||---------------------------------||----|---------------|------

||*-----------------------------6-*||-5:-|---------------|-4:---

||*-8-7-------------7-8-7-5-7-8---*||-4:-|-8-7-----------|-4:---

||------0-0-0-0-0-0----------------||----|-----0-0-0-0-0-|------



Swing 16'ths feel, s s = e^ s^

    s e s s s s s s e s s s s s   s e s s s s s s e s s s s s

||----r---r---r-----r---r---r---|---r---r---r-----r---r---r---|

||*---e---e---e-----e---e---e---|---e---e---e-----e---e---e---|

||*---s---s---s-----s---s---s---|---s---s---s-----s---s---s---|

||--0-t-0-t-0-t-0-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-|-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-|

  Interlude



  s e s s s s s s e s s s s s   s e s s s s s s s e e e

|---r---r---r-----r---r---r---|---r---r---r-------------|

|---e---e---e-----e---e---e---|---e---e---e-------------|

|---s---s---s-----s---s---s---|---s---s---s-------------|

|-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-|-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-0-0-3-2-1-|



    s e s s s s s s e s s s s s   s e s s s s s s e s s s s s

||----r---r---r-----r---r---r---|---r---r---r-----r---r---r---|

||*---e---e---e-----e---e---e---|---e---e---e-----e---e---e---|

||*---s---s---s-----s---s---s---|---s---s---s-----s---s---s---|

||--0-t-0-t-0-t-0-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-|-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-|

  Keyboard enters



  s e s s s s s s e s s s s s   s e s s s s s s e s s s e  3x

|---r---r---r-----r---r---r---|---r---r---r-----r---r------||

|---e---e---e-----e---e---e---|---e---e---e-----e---e-----*||

|---s---s---s-----s---s---s---|---s---s---s-----s---s-----*||

|-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-|-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-0-t-0-t-0-3--||



  s e s s s s s s e s s s s s   s e s s s s s s e s s s s s

|---r---r---r-----r---r---r---|---r---r---r-----r---r---r---|

|---e---e---e-----e---e---e---|---e---e---e-----e---e---e---|

|---s---s---s-----s---s---s---|---s---s---s-----s---s---s---|

|-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-|-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-|



    e^e^e^e^e^e^e^e^e^e^e^e^ 2x e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e e q

||---------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------|

||*-------------------------*||-------------------------|--------------------|

||*-------------------------*||-------------2-----------|-------------7-7/10-|

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



    s s s s s s e s s s s s s e  7x s s s s s s e s s s s s s s s

||-------------------------------||-------------------------------|

||*-----------------------------*||-----------------------------6-|

||*---------9-8-7---7-7---7h8-7-*||---------9-8-7---7-8-7-5-7-8---|

||--0-0-0-0-------0-----0--------||-0-0-0-0-------0---------------|



  s s s s q s s s s s s s s     s s t t t t q+s s s s s s s s  2x

|---------------------------||---------------------------------||------

|-------------------------6-||*-----------------------------6-*||-3:---

|-8-7---------7-8-7-5-7-8---||*-8-7-------------7-8-7-5-7-8---*||-4:---

|-----0-0-0-0---------------||------0-0-0-0-0-0----------------||------



  s s t t t t h     +h s t t s s s s s s s t t t t

|------------------|-------------------------------|

|---------------4:-|-----------------6-------------|

|-8-7-----------4:-|---7-7-7-7-5-7-8---8-7---------|

|-----0-0-0-0-0----|-0---------------------0-0-0-0-|



    q+s s s s s s s s s s t t t t  18x w

||---------------------------------||----||

||*-----------------6-------------*||----||

||*-----7-8-7-5-7-8---8-7---------*||----||

||--0-0-------------------0-0-0-0--||--0-||

  Outro                              Hold






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