Bad Religion – Prodigal Son (Bass Tab)
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PRODIGAL SON (Bassline)
As recorded by Bad Religion
(From the 2007 Album NEW MAPS OF HELL)
Transcribed by Whoabot
Words and Music by Bad Religion
Arranged by Bad Religion
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=189
2/2
Gtr I
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-|
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-|-6--6-6-6-6----------|
|-------------------|-------------3-3-3---|
4/4
PM--| PM--| PM| PM----|
|-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E E Q W +H E E E E
|-------------------||---------------||----------|------------------||
|-------------------||---------------||-0--------|-(0)----x-x-x-x---||
|-------------------||---------------||----------|------------------||
|-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-||-3--3-3-3-2-0--||----------|------------------||
Verse
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0--------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------3-2-0--|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------0-2h3-o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3--------||
Pre-Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +E E Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5----|----------------|
|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------3--|-(3)-3-3--3--3--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|---------------|----------------||
|-------------|-------------|---------------|----------------||
|-3--2--3--4--|-5--3--2--0--|---------------|----------------||
|-------------|-------------|-3--3-3-2--2-2-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-||
Chorus
Half-Time Feel Q=96
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-3-2-0-|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
|-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------||
Pre-Verse
Original Feel Q=189
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|------------------|PM----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q W +H E E E E
|-----------------||----------------|----------|-----------------||
|-----------------||----------------|-0--------|-(0)----x-x-x-x--||
|-----------------||----------------|----------|-----------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-3-3-3-3-3-2-0--|----------|-----------------||
Verse
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0--------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------3-2-0--|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------0-2h3-o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3--------||
Pre-Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +E E Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5----|----------------|
|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------3--|-(3)-3-3--3--3--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|---------------|----------------||
|-------------|-------------|---------------|----------------||
|-3--2--3--4--|-5--3--2--0--|---------------|----------------||
|-------------|-------------|-3--3-3-2--2-2-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-||
Chorus
Half-Time Feel Q=96
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-3-2-0-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-4-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------5---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------------7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|---------2---2-3-||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---3-----||
nterlude
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-----------------|---------2---2-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---3-----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-3-2-0-|-----------------|-----------0-2-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-0-0-0-0-3-------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-----------0-1-2-|-3-3-3-0-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-3-2-3-4-5-3-2-0-|-----------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-3-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-||
Out-Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W +W 4x
|-----------------|-----------------|----------||----------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------||o--------o||
|-------------3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------||o--------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-----------------|-3--------||--(3)-----||Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths