Bass Tab: "The Real Thing"

Transcribed by: Steve Gorenburg


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





       w  7x H e e   w      +w      +H     q    s E+H  +w   q H   H e e   w

---||--r--||-r-r---|-------|-------|----------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-r-|-r-r---|-------

4:-||*-e-*||-e-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14~~~-|-14~~~-14\|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-e-|-e-e-2/|-14~~~-

4:-||*-s-*||-s-s---|-------|-------|----------|-7-7-7-|-7-|-x-s-|-s-s---|-------

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

       Intro w/distortion and flanger



     +H  q    w      +q  q  q q   s E+H  +w   q H   H e e   w      +w

----|-------|-------|-----------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-r-|-r-r---|-------|-------|-----

~~~-|-14-14/|-16~~~-|-16\-------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-e-|-e-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14~~~-|-----

----|-------|-------|----10-9-5-|-7-7-7-|-7-|-x-s-|-s-s---|-------|-------|-----

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



q     q     q     q    s E s E s E s s e      t t s t t s e s s s t t s s s s

---------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||------------------------------------

14~~~-14~~~-14~~~-14\|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||*-----------------------------------

---------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||*-------------7\--------------7-----

---------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12\||--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---

                                              effects off



s s  8x     e e q    t t s t t s t t s t t s  4x e e q s  s  s  s  s  s  s

-----||-||------------------------------------||----------12-------11----11h----

----*||-||*----------------------------------*||-------10----10-10----10--------

5-7-*||-||*-5-7-7~~~-------------------------*||-2-3-3/-------------------------

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

            1st Verse



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

12-|----------12-------11\|----------12-------11----11h12-|---------------------

---|-------10----10-10----|-------10----10-10----10-------|---------------------

---|-2-3-3/---------------|-2-3-3/------------------------|-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5---

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



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

----||------------------------------------||----------12-------11----11h12-|----

----||*----------------------------------*||-------10----10-10----10-------|----

/17\||*-5-7-7~~~-------------------------*||-2-3-3/------------------------|----

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



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

---------12-------11\|----------12-------11----11h12-|--------------------------

------10----10-10----|-------10----10-10----10-------|--------------------------

2-3-3/---------------|-2-3-3/------------------------|-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5/17\----

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



    e s s e s s s s e s s s s  16xw    h  h    H  E  t  t    H +e  e    w

||-----------------------------||-13-|-14----|-------------|----------|-13-|----

||*---------------------------*||-14-|-14----|-------------|----------|-14-|----

||*-7-----7-----7-8-5-----7-8-*||-14-|-14-14-|-15-14-12h14-|-12-12-14-|-14-|----

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

    Chorus                        Bridge (w/flanger)



h  h    H  e  s  s    H  q    w    h  h    H +e  e    H  e  e    w    h  h

14----|-------------|-------|-13-|-14----|----------|----------|----|-14----|---

14----|-------------|-------|-14-|-14----|----------|----------|-14-|-14----|---

14-14-|-15-14-12h14-|-12-14-|-14-|-14-14-|-15-15-14-|-17-14-17-|----|-14-14-|---

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



w    s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  q      e e q    t t s t t s t t s t

---|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14\||----------------------------------

---|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\||*---------------------------------

15-|----------------------------------------||*-5-7-7~~~------------------------

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

                                                2nd Verse (flanger off)



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

-----||----------12-------11----11h12-|----------12-------11\|----------12------

----*||-------10----10-10----10-------|-------10----10-10----|-------10----10---

----*||-2-3-3/------------------------|-2-3-3/---------------|-2-3-3/-----------

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



s  s  s  s  s    e e q s s s s s s e      e e q    t t s t t s t t s t t s

---11----11h12-|----------------------||----------------------------------------

10----10-------|----------------------||*---------------------------------------

---------------|-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5/17\||*-5-7-7~~~------------------------------

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



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

-||----------12-------11----11h12-|----------12-------11\|----------12----------

*||-------10----10-10----10-------|-------10----10-10----|-------10----10-10----

*||-2-3-3/------------------------|-2-3-3/---------------|-2-3-3/---------------

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



s  s  s  s    e e q s s s s s s e      w  3x H e e   w      +w      +H     q

11----11h12-|----------------------||--r--||-r-r---|-------|-------|------------

---10-------|----------------------||*-e-*||-e-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14~~~-|-14~~~-14---

------------|-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5/17\||*-s-*||-s-s---|-------|-------|------------

------------|----------------------||--t--||-t-t---|-------|-------|------------

                                             w/distortion and flanger



   s E+H  +w   q H   H q   w      +H  q    w      +Q  e  q q   s E+H  +w   q

-|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-r-|-r---|-------|-------|-------|-----------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x----

\|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-e-|-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14-14/|-16~~~-|-16\-------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x----

-|-7-7-7-|-7-|-x-s-|-s---|-------|-------|-------|----10-9-5-|-7-7-7-|-7-|-x----

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



H   H e e   w      +w       q     q     q     q    s E s E s E s s e

r-|-r-r---|-------|-------|----------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||--------

e-|-e-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14~~~-|-14~~~-14~~~-14~~~-14\|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||*-------

s-|-s-s---|-------|-------|----------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||*-------

t-|-t-t---|-------|-------|----------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12\||--------



e s s e s s s s e s s s s  12xw    h  h    H  e  s  s    H  q    w    h  h

---------------------------||-13-|-14----|-------------|-------|-13-|-14----|---

--------------------------*||-14-|-14----|-------------|-------|-14-|-14----|---

7-----7-----7-8-5-----7-8-*||-14-|-14-14-|-15-14-12h14-|-12-14-|-14-|-14-14-|---

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

Chorus (effects off)          w/flanger



H  e  s  s    h  q  q    w    h  h    H +e  s  s    w  +h h   H q   w    h q q

------------|----------|-13-|-14----|-------------|-9-|-9---|-----|----|--------

------------|----------|-14-|-14----|-------------|-9-|-9---|-----|----|--------

15-14-12h14-|-12-14-14-|-14-|-14-14-|-15-15-14h15-|-7-|-7-2-|-3-2-|-15-|-0------

------------|----------|----|-------|-------------|---|-----|-----|----|---3-2--



    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   s s s

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

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

||*-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3--

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



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

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

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

3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------*||

--------------------------|-----------------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2--||

                                            (repeat and fade)






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