Cousins Bass Tab - tabbed by Maisnon, january 2010
I'm a guitar player myself, but playing just the guitar part when I'm alone
sounded pretty dull, since the verse is only supported by the bass. I
decided to tab the bass part as well therefore. I think it turned out
pretty nice, let me know if you got any feedback. There are bound to be
some small errors, since this is also the first tab I made.
The melody is pretty straightforward and easy, but the difficulty is in
the speed of the song and the tremolo picking.
Have fun!
Standard Tuning
Intro / Fill Riff (tremolo picked)
G ----|----------------|--------9-------|----------------|----------------|
D ----|--------11------|----------------|--------11------|--------9-------|
A 7---|9-----------7---|9-----------7---|9-----------7---|9-----------7---|
E ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Main Riff
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/v/vampire_weekend/cousins_btab.html ]
G |3---------------| 3x G |3---------------| 1x
D |--4---4-----6---| D |--4---2-----4---|
A |----4-----4---4-| A |----2-----4---4-|
E |--------2-------| E |--------2-------|
Bridge Riff ( ) played during the end of the second time
G |-----------------| 3x G |-----------------| 1x
D |--------(9)-11-9-| D |--------9--(9)---|
A |9-9--------------| A |9-9--------------|
E |-----------------| E |-----------------|
Cousins Riff
G |----------------| 8x
D |----------------|
A |----------------|
E |--2---2---2---2-|
End Riff
G |3---------------| 8x
D |--4-------6-4---|
A |----4---4-----4-|
E |----------------|
Order:
1x Intro / Fill Riff
6x Main Riff
2x Intro / Fill Riff
2x Main Riff
-- No Riff ("Me and my cousins!")
2x Intro / Fill Riff
2x Bridge Riff
-- No Riff (Me and my cousins!)
1x Cousins Riff
2x Intro / Fill Riff
1x End Riff
And end the song on a low F :)
