Crowded House – Better Be Home Soon (Bass Tab)

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Like many of my tabs, I try to preserve a sense of rhythm and keep the staves short by using single-characters to denote double-digit frets. This goes like hexadecimal notation: A=10th fret, B=11th and so forth. [INTRO] C C [VERSE] C Am Em7 G G7 Somewhere deep inside something's got a hold on you C Am Em7 G And it's pushing me aside see it stretch on forever

  C        Am       Em7      G   G7   C        Am       Em7      G 
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

[CHORUS] C C7 F F And I know I'm right for the first time in my life G G C G That's why I tell you you'd better be home soon

  C        C7       F        F        G        G        C        G
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

[VERSE] C Am Em7 G G7 Stripping back the coats of lies and deception C Am Em7 G Back to nothingness like a week in the desert

  C        Am       Em7      G   G7     C        Am       Em7      G
                                 ~16~
G:--------|--------|--------|------0---|--------|----20--|--------|--------|
D:----0-2-|--------|--------|----23---0|----0-2-|-------0|2--2----|--------|
A:3--3----|0--0320-|--------|----------|3--3----|0--0----|--------|--------|
E:--------|-------3|0--00--1|3--3------|--------|--------|----0--1|3--33--3|
                                 3e+a4+

[CHORUS] C C7 F F And I know I'm right for the first time in my life G C C/B That's why I tell you you'd better be home soon

  C        C7       F        F   ~16~   G   ~~~16~~~ G     ~16~ C        C/B
G:--------|--------|--------|----------|------------|----------|--------|--------|
D:--------|20--202-|--------|----------|------------|5--5------|--------|--------|
A:3--33--3|---3----|--------|-------03-|-----03---35|---------0|3--33--3|2--22--2|
E:--------|--------|1--11--1|1--11-3--1|3--33-------|----33--3-|--------|--------|
                                 3e+a       3e+a4e+a       4e+a

[BRIDGE] Bb D G Don't say "no," don't say "nothing's wrong" Bb A D C Am 'Cause when you get back home maybe I'll be gone

  Bb       D        G   ~16~   Bb       A        D        C        Am
G:------3-|----2---|----------|----3---|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:----3--3|0--0-0-0|------5---|-----0--|----2---|0--020--|--------|--------|
A:1--1----|--------|-----5---0|1--1----|0--0--0-|-------0|3--353--|0--00---|
E:--------|--------|3--33-----|--------|--------|--------|-------3|-----31-|
                        3e+a

[INSTRUMENTAL]
  Em       G ~3~     C        Am       Em       F        F        Bb       Bb 
G:--------|---------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|3--33---|32-0----|
D:--------|----020--|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------3|------3-|-----3--|
A:--------|---2----2|3--33-2-|0--00---|--------|--------|-----13-|--------|-------1|
E:0--00--2|3-3------|--------|------3-|0--00--0|1--11--1|1--11---|--------|--------|

[VERSE] C Am Em7 G It would cause me pain if we were to end it C Am Em7 G But I could start again you can depend on it

  C        Am       Em7      G   G7   C        Am       Em7      G
G:--------|--------|--------|C---CA-9|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:-------3/A-------|--------|------C-|A-------|CA------|--------|--------|
A:3-------|--------|A-------|--------|--------|---C----|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------A|00000000|11113333|

[CHORUS] C C7 F F I know I'm right for the first time in my life G G Am D That's why I tell you you'd better be home soon

  C        C7       F        F   ~3~   G        G   ~3~   Am    ~3~ D        
G:--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|---------|---------|--------|
D:--------|----0---|--------|------0--|--------|------0--|-------0-|0--00---|
A:3--33--3|3--3-3--|--------|-----0-30|--------|----/3---|0--00---0|-----30-|
E:--------|------0-|1--11--1|1--11----|3--33--3|3--33--3-|---------|-------3|

[CODA] F G Oh, That's why I tell you G N/C You'd better be home soon

  F        G        G        N/C
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:1--11---|3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|--------|

Tabbed by Michael Oxner [email protected] Updated March 11, 2021