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Song 2 - Blur
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Tabbed by: Zaqq
E-mail: zaqqthe@gmail.com
Tuning: standard (EADG)
Tempo: 130 BPM
Notes:
1. I used the original bass track to transcribe this line.
You can find it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhx_GWNRgnk
Also I watched the video with Blur's bass player,
where he describes how to play this song on bass (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18TiG3J-6vg).
2. IMPORTANT! This song features 2 bass lines, recorded using overdubbing.
The second one starts to play in the second part of the second chorus,
it plays that notes with slides.
In this tab I combined both tracks into one.
~ - hold this note
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
Riff #1:
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|------------------|
A|-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-6-|------------------|
E|-----------------|-4-4-6-8~~-8-8-8--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/blur/song_2_btab_ver_8.html ]
Riff #2:
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|---------6~-/11--|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4---------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
Riff #3:
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----6\3-6\3~~~--|------------------|
A|-8~--------------|------------------|
E|-----------------|-4-4-6-8~~-8-8-8--|
Riff #4:
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----6\3-6\3/10--|------------------|
A|-8~--------------|------------------|
E|-----------------|-4-4-6-8~~-8-8-8--|
Slide down from C note (8th fret) after playing Riff #4 the last time when the song ends.
Song structure:
Chorus 1 (~0:15):
Riff #1 x 4
Chorus 2 (~0:46):
Riff #1 x 3
Riff #2 x 1
Riff #3 x 2
Chorus 3 (~1:26):
Riff #1 x 3
Riff #2 x 1
Riff #3 x 2
Riff #4 x 2
If you are curious, heres's the tab for the second bass track,
which plays over the Riff #1 in the 2nd and 3rd choruses:
in the second and the third choruses:
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----6\3-6\3~~~~-|------------------|
A|-----------------|------------------|
E|-----------------|-4-4-6-8~~-8-8-8--|
in the third chorus, after playing the riff above 2 times:
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----6\3-6\3/10~-|------------------|
A|-----------------|------------------|
E|-----------------|-4-4-6-8~~-8-8-8--|
