Track: The Garden
Artist: Guns 'n' Roses
Album: Use Your Illusion 1
Bass performance by Michael 'Duff' McKagan
Tabbed by Joseph 'Boycie' Boyce
Notes: Remember that this song requires the bass guitar to be tuned to Eb (half-step down). Remember to use plenty of octave jumps and descending scales during the solos/outro for that classic Duff effect.
Initial intro variation
Gb|--9-10-11~-/7~-7-5-----11-7~----
Db|-------------------7-5----------
Ab|--------------------------------
Eb|--------------------------------
Intro
Gb|--------------------------------
Db|------------4-0~----------------
Ab|--3h5p3-------------------------
Eb|--------5-3---------------------
Verse
Gb|--------------------------------
Db|------------4-0--0-0-0----------
Ab|--3h5p3-------------------------
Eb|--------5-3---------------------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/guns_n_roses/the_garden_btab.html ]
NOTICE: With the Intro and Verse, remember to change the ‘4’ on the D-string with a ‘3’ for the 2nd and 3rd of every four bars… so the pattern of this small variation is: 4 3 3 4 | 4 3 3 4 | 4 3 3 4 etc.
Bridge
Gb|--------------------------------
Db|--------------------------------
Ab|--5~----3~----2~----5~----------
Eb|--------------------------------
Chorus/Guitar solo/Outro
Gb|--------------------------------
Db|--------------------------------
Ab|--/5-5x5--8x8--5/7-7x7--3x3/----
Eb|--------------------------------
Brief interlude after first guitar solo:
Gb|--5-4~-7~-5~-7-5---5~-7-5-------
Db|-----------------7--------7-5---
Ab|------------------------------5~
Eb|--------------------------------
Order of play:
Initial intro variation (x1)
Intro/verse (x16)
Bridge (x2)
Chorus (x4)
Bridge (x2)
Chorus/guitar solo (x12)
Interlude (x1)
Verse (x9)
Bridge (x1)
Chorus/outro (continue to fade)
Comments and corrections to boycie64@hotmail.com. Thanks.
