Cardiacs – Dinner Time (Bass Tab)

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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 ===============================================================================