Cardiacs – Dinner Time (Bass Tab)
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Speed:
1.0x
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Tabbed by: SPLAM!
Bassist: Jim Smith
Intro: The bass is very difficult to work out here as so much is going on but it sounds something like this (feel free to offer a correct bass part for the intro!): G|----------------| D|----2-----------| A|----------2-----| E|0-0---0-R---235-| Verse: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + G|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|4-4-4-4---------|.---.---.---.---|.---.---.---.---| A|--------2-2-2-2-|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---| E|----------------|----------------|----------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + G|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|4-4-4-4---------|.---.---.---.---|.---.---2-2-----| A|--------2-2-2-2-|0---0---0---0---|0---0-------0---| E|----------------|----------------|----------------| Chorus: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + G|.-----.-.-----.-|----------------|----1-3-1-------|0---------2---2-| D|4-----4-2-----2-|.---.---.---.---|--4---------2---|----2---0-.---.-| A|----------------|3---3---5---5---|4---------------|----------------|x2 E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Into even bigger Chorus:
D|0-0-0-0-etc.
Even bigger Chorus:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|----------------|--------5-------|----------------|--------7-------|
D|--------5-------|.---.-----------|--------7-------|.---.-----------|
A|----------------|3---3-----------|----------------|5---5-----------|
E|3---------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|--------9-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|--------8-------|--------7-------|----------------|
A|7---------------|.---.-----------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|6---6-----------|5---------------|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
Only play this on last repeat-
all other times just hold the
first F.
Mad bit:
E|6-8-0-4-6-8-
Bridge 1:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|5---------------|L---------------|2---------------|L---------------|
Put occasional sides between the A and the F#.
Bridge 2:
Before this starts E|0 is played (after the end of the previous 'even bigger' Chorus)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|.---.-----.---.-|----.---.-------|.---.-----.---.-|----.---.-------|
D|7---7---7-7---7-|R-7-7---7---7-7-|4---4---4-4---4-|R-4-4---4---4-4-|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|Halfway through, when all the instruments come in the above line is played an
octave lower and with no staccato.
Outro: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + G|----------------| D|----2-2---------| A|--------0-------| E|0---------------|
| . staccato
| L tie
| R rest
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