Europe - The Final Countdown Chords & Tabs

 

The Final Countdown Chords & Tabs

Europe Chords & Tabs

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The Final Countdown Bass Tab

          The Final Countdown performed by Europe as performed on The Final Countdown
          Tab written by Skúli Á. Sigurðsson, E-mail: Skulisig@mi.is 
          
          >: Let note last	b: Bend string
          
          Intro (before drum-opening)
          Play this four times (Bass fig. 1)
          G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          A[-----------][--4-5>-----][--2>-------][-----------]
          E[--2>-------][-----------][-----------][---0---1---]
          
          Play this once (Bass fig. 2)
          G[-----------] 
          D[-----------]
          A[-------5-4>]
          E[-2-4-5-----]
          
          (Drum-opening)
          
          Play this twice (Bass fig. 3)
          G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          A[-----------][--5-5-5-5--][--2-2-2-2--][-----------]
          E[--2-2-2-2--][-----------][-----------][--0-0-0-0--]
          
          Play this once (Bass fig. 4)
          G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          A[-----------][------5-5--][--4-4-4-4--][--4-4-4-4--]
          E[--2-2-4-4--][--5-5------][-----------][-----------]
          
          Play this seven times (Bass fig. 5)
          G[-----------]
          D[-----------]
          A[-----------]
          E[--2-2-2-2--]
          
          Play this once (Bass fig. 6)
          G[-----------]
          D[-----------]
          A[--2-2-2-2--]
          E[-----------]
          
          Play Bass fig. 5 two more times
          
          Play this once (Bass fig. 7)
          G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          A[-----------][-----------][--5-5-5-5--][--7-7-7-7--][-----------]
          E[---2---2---][--5-5-5-5--][-----------][-----------][--5-5-4-4--]
          
          G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          A[-----------][--5-5-5-5--][--4-4-4-4--][--7-7-7-7--][-(7b)------]
          E[--2-2-0-0--][-----------][-----------][-----------][--0--------]
          
          (It’s The Final Countdown!)
          
          Play Bass fig. 3 twice
          Play Bass fig. 5 three times
          Play Bass fig. 6 once
          Play Bass fig. 5 twice
          Play Bass fig. 7 once
          Play Bass fig. 3 twice
          Play Bass fig. 4 once
          
          Play this once (Bass fig. 8)(Guitar solo)
          G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          A[--2-2-2-2--][--0-0-0-0--][--5-5-5-5--][-----------]
          E[-----------][-----------][-----------][--3-3-3-4--]
          
          G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          A[-----------][-----------][--2-2-2-2--][-----------]
          E[--0-0-0-0--][--5-5-5-5--][-----------][--2-2-2-2--]
          
          G[-----------][-----------] [-----------][-----------]
          D[-----------][-----------] [-----------][-----------]
          A[--2-2-2-2--][--0-0-0-0--] [--5-5-5-5--][-----------]
          E[-----------][-----------] [-----------][--3-3-3-2--]
          
          G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          A[-----------][-----------][--2-2-2-2--][--4-4-4-4--]
          E[--0-0-0-0--][--5-5-5-5--][-----------][-----------]
          
          Play this ? (Bass fig. 9)
          G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          A[-----------][--4-5>-----][--2>-------][-----------]
          E[--2>-------][-----------][-----------][---0-1>----]
          
          Play Bass fig. 2 once
          Play Bass fig. 3 twice
          Play Bass fig. 4 once
          Play Bass fig. 3 as often as necessary as the song fades out
          
         This is the way I play it but it’s supposed to be played with a pick and each ]
         stroke in this tab sheet is actually one stroke up and two down. 
         Have fun with it :)
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