The Saddest Song Chords & Tabs
The Saddest Song Bass Tab
(UG Staff: I realize I submitted this twice; I made a correction like 4 seconds after I
the first one)
Title: The Saddest Song
Artist: Streetlight Manifesto
Album: Everything Goes Numb
tabbed by Hergiswi @ Ultimate-Guitar
sovietgerbil@hotmail.com
I'm not promising 100% accuracy since this is a hectic bassline, but hopefully it
a good basis for learning the real thing.
Also, it's worth nothing that any note repetitions are not necessarily accurate. The
has sort of a bouncy feel to it, so
occasionally double some notes, do some small slides and maybe throw in a few octaves
whatnot and you should be alright. Just feel it.
[intro] (very beginning)
G-------------2/7--7777-------------------------13--------------------|
D------5\-0-----------------------------------------------------------|
A--3----------------------333-----------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------333---111111/13-13--13------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
====
[main riff]
G--------------------------2---2--0--2---4-5-5------------------------|
D----2-5---5--3--5---0--3----------------------2-5-5-2-3--2--3-2-0----|
A--3---------------------------------------------------------------3--|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------2--2--------------------------------13------------|
D-----------------3------3--------------------------------------------|
A--333----------5----------0--333-------------------------------------|
E------0-333-0--------------------0-333--0-11111/-13-13----13---------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
====
[verse 1] "Wellllllll it doesn't really matter..."
G-5--------------------22-----------5--------------------22-----------|
D---2-55-2-5-3-2-3-0-3----3-----------2-55-2-5-3-2-3-0-3----3-0-3-0-3-|
A---------------------------0-3-0-3-----------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
"I don't know where we went wrong..."
G-5--------------------22-----------5--------------------22-----------|
D---2-55-2-5-3-2-3-0-3----3-----------2-55-2-5-3-2-3-0-3----3-0-3-0-3-|
A---------------------------0-3-0-3-----------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
====
[pre-chorus] "We're off to save the world..."
G---5---4/7-7\2-2-5---5---4---2~-----------------------------------13----|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-3-----------------3-------0----333-----555-----333---------------------|
E-----3-----------------3------------333-----555-----333-111/13-13----13-|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|
====
[altered main riff] (horns & distortion)
G------------------------------|
D------------------------------|
A------------------------------|
E-----333-----555-----333-1111-|
B-111-----333-----111----------|
(clean; still instrumental)
G------------------2---------------------------13-----|
D---2-5--5-3-5---3------------------------------------|
A-3------------5-----0000-333-------------------------|
E-----------------------------333-111111/13-13----13--|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
====
[chorus] "And it's the saddest song you'll ever hear..."
G---2/5-4---7---2------2/5-4---7-5-4------------------|
D---------5---5--------------5-------5\---------------|
A-3------------------3--------------------------------|
E-----------------5\----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
"And you'll try to explain..."
G-------------7--2-4-5---------4-------------13-------|
D--------5--------------------------------------------|
A---3-------5------------3----------------------------|
E------3--------------------3----11111/13-13----13----|
B-1--------------------1------------------------------|
====
[main riff]
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/streetlight_manifesto/the_saddest_song_btab.html ]
G--------------------------2---2--0--2---4-5-5------------------------|
D----2-5---5--3--5---0--3----------------------2-5-5-2-3--2--3-2-0----|
A--3---------------------------------------------------------------3--|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------2--2--------------------------------13------------|
D-----------------3------3--------------------------------------------|
A--333----------5----------0--333-------------------------------------|
E------0-333-0--------------------0-333--0-11111/-13-13----13---------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
====
[verse 2] "Stop! 'Look and you will see'..."
G-5--------------------22-----------5--------------------22-----------|
D---2-55-2-5-3-2-3-0-3----3-----------2-55-2-5-3-2-3-0-3----3-0-3-0-3-|
A---------------------------0-3-0-3-----------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
"It's been years since I've seen her face..."
G-5--------------------22-----------5--------------------22-----------|
D---2-55-2-5-3-2-3-0-3----3-----------2-55-2-5-3-2-3-0-3----3-0-3-0-3-|
A---------------------------0-3-0-3-----------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
====
[pre-chorus] "We're off to save the world..."
G---5---4/7-7\2-2-5---5---4---2~-----------------------------------13----|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-3-----------------3-------0----333-----555-----333---------------------|
E-----3-----------------3------------333-----555-----333-111/13-13----13-|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|
====
[bridge] "Yeah...."
G-----------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------111111111---------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
"You will try to explain..."
G-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A--3333------5555------3333---------------------------------------|
E-------3333------5555------3333--1-1-1-111-1-1-1-111-1--0/15\----|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------|
====
[distorted main riff]
G-------------------------------------------------------------------13----|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----333-----555-----333-11111-----333-----555-----333-11111/13-13----13-|
B-111-----333-----111-----------111-----333-----111-----------------------|
====
[chorus] "And it's the saddest song you'll ever hear..."
G---2/5-4---7---2------2/5-4---7-5-4------------------|
D---------5---5--------------5-------5\---------------|
A-3------------------3--------------------------------|
E-----------------5\----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
"And you'll try to explain..."
G-------------7--2-4-5---------4-------------13-------|
D--------5--------------------------------------------|
A---3-------5------------3----------------------------|
E------3--------------------3----11111/13-13----13----|
B-1--------------------1------------------------------|
====
[outro]
G---2/5-4---7---2------2/5-4---7-5-4------------------|
D---------5---5--------------5-------5\---------------|
A-3------------------3--------------------------------|
E-----------------5\----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G-------------7--2-4-5---------4-------------13-------|
D--------5--------------------------------------------|
A---3-------5------------3--------------------------3-|
E------3--------------------3----11111/13-13----13----|
B-1--------------------1------------------------------|
I repeated stuff just for clarification. Here's the order:
Intro
Main riff
Verse 1
Pre-chorus
Altered main riff
Chorus
Main riff
Verse 2
Pre-chorus
Bridge
Distorted main riff
Chorus
Outro
A lot of these are pretty repetitive, and the chorus/outro are actually the same riff,
it shouldn't be too hard to figure out.
Feel free to e-mail with comments/corrections, because I'd love to get this tab as
as possible.
