Tonic - "Roses"
From "Head On Straight" Album
Bass in Standard Tuning
tabbed by jjhand at Ultimate Guitar
There is some random string slides as the song fades in, then
Main Riff - The notes in () are not played during the verse part, it becomes rests
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|-2-4--2-4--2-4--2-4--(2-4)-|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|-4-5--4-5--4-5--4-5--(4-5)-|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2------|-0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2------|
Prechorus -
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-2-4--2-4--2-4--2-4--2-4-|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-4-5--4-5--4-5--4-5--4-5-|
G|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-------------------------|--------------------------|
A|-------------------------|--------------------------|
E|-0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2------|-0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2--2-0--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tonic/roses_btab.html ]
Chorus - Play 2x (note that x16 is the number of repeated notes)
G|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-3--x14----------|------------------|-----------------|
A|-4-x16-----------|-------------3-3-|-1--x14-----------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|--------------4-4-|-2--x16----------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-3--x16----------|--------------1-3-|-4--x16----------|
A|-4-x16-----------|-----------------|-1--x14-----------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
Verse 2 is played with main riff.
Play Prechorus as Before
Play Chorus again
Solo (2:13) - play Main Riff with notes in ()
Bridge (2:23)
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-5---5-5----5--5-5--5-5--|-2---2-2----2--0-2--0-2--|-5---5-5----5--5-5--5-5--|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2---0h2--0h2p0--|
Last Chorus - Join in at 2:43 with chorus part for 1 1/2 times
Ending (3:14) - play Solo part
key
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
