Cardiacs – To Go Off And Things (Bass Tab)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: SPLAM! Bassist: Jim Smith

Verse/main riff (in 4/4)
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   
G|---------------|
D|---------------|

A|555555555555R--|
E|---------------|
Jim doesn't do this, but it sounds quite good to slide down the neck after the last D.

Middle bit (in 4/4). Do a big slide down the neck on the last Bb. Again used throughout the song.
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----9-9---------|
E|6-6-----6.-6\---|
          (dotted)

Bridge section (after Sarah's saxophone solo)
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-R-5-5-5-R-|
E|----------------|----------------| x2, then

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|3-3-3-R-3-3-3-R-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|4-4-4-R-4-4-4-R-| x2

Play the main riff twice after this.

Interlude (in 6/8)
  1 2 3 4 5 6  1 2 3 4 5 6                                             
G|------------|------------|                               G|----|
D|------------|--------6---|                               D|----|
A|------------|7---6-----6-| On the final repeat the       A|5-7-|
E|----------7-|--7---7-----| last bar is followed by this: E|----|

Guitar solo: play main riff.

End of solo:
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7  1 2 3 4 5 6 7   
G|--------------|777-----------|
D|--------------|---8--R-------|
A|5---5---------|--------------|
E|--------6R6R--|--------------|

Verse: exactly the same as before

End on this:
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|55555R---------|
E|---------------|