Black Sabbath – The Mob Rules (Bass Tab)

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| tune down one-half step(low to high: Eb Ab Db Gb). | All notes sound in the key of Ab minor, one half step lower than written.| |Q=QUARTER NOTE / |E=8TH NOTE / |S=16TH NOTE | |.=SHORT NOTE | (INTRO) | |
  Bass                                                                 |
       Bass Fig. 1                         End Bass Fig. 1             |
    Q   E  E E E E S S S S S S         E  E E E E E E E                |
Gb|---|------------------------|--|--|------------------||             |
Db|---|--------------------5/7-|--|--|--------5-5-4-5-4-||             |
Ab|---|------------4-4-5/7-----|--|--|-5.-5-5-----------||             |
Eb|-1/|-5.-5-3-5-5-------------|--|--|------------------||             |
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 (VERSE)                                                               |
    E  E E E E S S S S S S         E  E E E E E E E                    |
Gb|------------------------|--|--|------------------||                 |
Db|--------------------5/7-|--|--|--------5-5-4-5-4-||                 |
Ab|------------4-4-5/7-----|--|--|-5.-5-5-----------||                 |
Eb|-5.-5-3-5-5-------------|--|--|------------------||                 |
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 (PRE-CHORUS)                                                          |
    E   E  E    E   E  E     E   E  E    E   S S E  E                  |
Gb|------------------------|----------------12-9-----||                |
Db|------------------------|---------------------12--||                |
Ab|------------------------|-------------------------||                |
Eb|-12.-12-12---12.-12-12--|-12.-12-12---12---------0||                |
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    E   E  E    E   E  E     E   E  E     E   S S E                    |
Gb|------------------------|-----------------12-9----||                |
Db|------------------------|----------------------12-||                |
Ab|------------------------|-------------------------||                |
Eb|-12.-12-12---12.-12-12--|-12.-12-12-12-12---------||                |
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    E   E  E  E  Q   Q    E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E                      |
Gb|---------------------|--------------------------||                  |
Db|-----------14-14\----|-12-----------------------||                  |
Ab|---------------------|--------------------------||                  |
Eb|-12.-12-12--------10-|----10-10-10--10-10-10-10-||                  |
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 (CHORUS)                                                              |
    E  E E E E S S S S S S         E  E E E E E E E                    |
Gb|------------------------|--|--|------------------||                 |
Db|--------------------5/7-|--|--|--------5-5-4-5-4-||                 |
Ab|------------4-4-5/7-----|--|--|-5.-5-5-----------||                 |
Eb|-5.-5-3-5-5\------------|--|--|------------------||                 |
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    E  E E E E S S S S S S         E  E E E E E E E                    |
Gb|------------------------|--|--|------------------||                 |
Db|--------------------5\7-|--|--|--------5-5-4-5-4-||                 |
Ab|------------4-4-5/7-----|--|--|-5.-5-5-----------||                 |
Eb|-5.-5-3-5-5\------------|--|--|------------------||                 |
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 (GUITAR SOLO)BASS PLAYS THIS:                                         |
     Bass Fig. 2                                                       |
    E  S  S                         S  S  E    E S S                   |
Gb|---------------|--------------------------|--------------||         |
Db|---------------|--------------------------|--------------||         |
Ab|---------------|--------------------------|--------------||         |
Eb|-10-10-10------|-----------------10-12-13-|-6-6-6--------||         |

             *REPEAT PREVIOUS BEAT                                     |
    E S S E S S E S S E E   Q   Q   Q   Q                              |
Gb|-----------------------|-----------------||                         |
Db|-----------------------|-----------------||                         |
Ab|-----------------------|-15--14--15--14--||                         |
Eb|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-X-|-13--12--13--12--||                         |
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                        end bass| fig.2 |     
    E  S  S       E  S  S  E  S  S  E  S  S  E  E                      |
Gb|-------------|----------------------------------||                  |
Db|-------------|----------------------------------||                  |
Ab|-------------|-------------------------------0--||PLAY 3 TIMES      |
Eb|-10-10-10----|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----||                  |
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Gb|-----------------------------||                                     |
Db|-----------------------------||                                     |
Ab|-----------------------------||                                     |
Eb|-10--10-10--10-10--10-10--10-||                                     |
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Gb|----------------------------------||                                |
Db|----------------------------------||                                |
Ab|----------------------------------||                                |
Eb|-10--10-10--10--10--10-10-10--10--||                                |
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Gb|----------------------------|----------------------------||         |
Db|----------------------------|----------------------------||         |
Ab|----------------------------|----------------------------||         |
Eb|-10.-10-10.-10-10.-10-10-10-|-10.-10-10.-10-10.-10-10-10-||         |
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Gb|----------------------------|---------------------------|--------|| |
Db|----------------------------|---------------------------|--------|| |
Ab|----------------------------|---------------------------|--------|| |
Eb|-10.-10-10.-10-10.-10-10-10-|-10.-10-10-10.-10-10-10-10-|-10-----|| |
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|/-SLIDE UP                                                            |
|\-SLIDE DOWN                                                          |

|H-HAMMER-ON                                                           |
|P-PULL-OFF                                                            |
|~-VIBRATO                                                             |
|+-HARMONIC                                                            |
|X-MUTE NOTE                                                           |
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