Song: "Lasso"
Artist: Phoenix
Album: Wolfgang Amadeus
Bassist: Deck d'Arcy
Tabber: Ravagence (luke_volk@hotmail.com)
Tuning: EADG
This is a pretty sweet song for bass. Many [albeit lame] people say something like, "Woah!
that's a sweet guitar riff!" when it actually is the bass. The bass is so beautiful. Thanks
for reading this, fellow bassist.
G|-|-
D|-|-
A|-|-
E|-|-
Drums come in and do a solo beat...
G|-|--|
D|-|--|
A|-|--|
E|-|--|
Guitars come in and then...
Verse 1:
(play this measure 4 times then move on)
G|-|-----16-----16------13----13~~---------------------------------------|
D|-|-14~~--14-14-----11-----11----11~~----------11-----11------13------11|
A|-|----------------------------------0-h11/13~~--13-13--13\11----11\9---|
E|-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Transition:
(play this measure once then move on)
G|-|------------------------------------|
D|-|------------------------------------|
A|-|-4--2---4--2--4-2---4--2---4--2--4-2|
E|-|------------------------------------|
Chorus (n=11):
(Guitar starts it and you come in right before it repeats the second time with this next
measure)
G|-|--|
D|-|--|
A|-|--|
E|-|--|
G|-|---------|
D|-|4444~~~44|
A|-|---------|
E|-|---------|
(play these next two measures once then move on)
G|-|---------------------------------|
D|-|-------------------------n-------|
A|-|-77777777777777779999999n-nnnnnnn|
E|-|---------------------------------|
G|-|---------------------------------|
D|-|------------------------44-44-4~~|
A|-|-44444444444444446666666---------|
E|-|---------------------------------|
Verse 2:
(play it much like the verse 1)
(also play the first measure and ONLY one of the other two below it; then move on)
G|-|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-|----9------9-----8---8-----------------8-9-8------|
A|-|-7~~--7--7---7h9---9---9---9-----9---9-------9-0h7|
E|-|-------------------------7~--7-7---7--------------|
G|-|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-|-----9------9-----8---8-----------------8---8-9-8|
A|-|-7-7---7--7---7h9---9---9---9-----9---9---9------|
E|-|--------------------------7~--7-7---7------------|
(either the one above this or this one below for the riff. One or the other)
G|-|-------------------------------------------|
D|-|-----9-------8---8--------------8-----8-9-8|
A|-|-7-7---7-7h9---9---9----9-----9---9-9------|
E|-|----------------------7~--7-7--------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/phoenix/lasso_btab_ver_3.html ]
Verse end:
(play these two measures only once then move on)
G|-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-6-6-6|
A|-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-|-----------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----13----11|
A|-|-7-7-7-7-7-7\6-6\4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------11--11\9--|
E|-|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus (n=11):
(Guitar starts it and you come in right before it repeats the second time with this next
measure)
G|-|---------|
D|-|4444~~~44|
A|-|---------|
E|-|---------|
(play these next two measures once then move on)
G|-|---------------------------------|
D|-|-------------------------n-------|
A|-|-77777777777777779999999n-nnnnnnn|
E|-|---------------------------------|
G|-|---------------------------------|
D|-|------------------------44-44-4~~|
A|-|-44444444444444446666666---------|
E|-|---------------------------------|
Transition:
(play these next two measures [this is tiring now *yawn*] and then move on)
G|-|------------------------------------|
D|-|------------------------------------|
A|-|-4--2---4--2--4-2---4--2---4--2--4-2|
E|-|------------------------------------|
(n=11)
G|-|-----------------|
D|-|-----------------|
A|-|nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn|
E|-|-----------------|
Verse 1:
(play this measure once [v.v] and move on)
G|-|-----16-----16------13----13~~---------------------------------------|
D|-|-14~~--14-14-----11-----11----11~~----------11-----11------13------11|
A|-|----------------------------------0-h11/13~~--13-13--13\11----11\9---|
E|-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse end:
(go right into these two measures and play them once then move on)
G|-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-6-6-6|
A|-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-|-----------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----13----11|
A|-|-7-7-7-7-7-7\6-6\4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------11--11\9--|
E|-|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro:
(same as transition)
(only play this once [duh ^-^])
G|-|------------------------------------|
D|-|------------------------------------|
A|-|-4--2---4--2--4-2---4--2---4--2--4-2|
E|-|------------------------------------|
[Yay! Applause! Whoo! *the crowd roars*]
Oh hai ;D
