Elliott Smith – Everybody Cares Everybody Understands (Bass Tab)
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Bass Tab
Guitar
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Speed:
1.0x
there's no bass in the recording for most of the song, it only comes in at 2:33 for the outro
this tab includes the actual bass tab for the outro, plus a tab i've made for the rest of the song
keep in mind everything before the outro isn't in the song, it's just
something that sounds nice to play along with before the outro
[Intro]
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A|-----7---7-7---7---7-7-----7---7-|-----7-----7---7---7-7---7-7---7-| E|-0-----------0---0-------0---0---|-0-------0---0---0-----------0---|
[Verse 1]
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-----7-----7---4---4---3---3-3-0-|---------------------------------|
E|-0-------0---0-------------------|-3---3---3-3-3-5---2---2---2-2-0-|
x2
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------3-3---2---2-2---2-0-----|---------3-3---2---2-2---2-0-----|
E|-1---1-0---------------------3-2-|-1---1-0---------------------3-2-|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|---------3-3---2---2-2-2-0-0-0-0-----------------|
E|-1---1-0-------------------------3-3-3-2---2-2-0-|[Chorus] the --/4\2-2-- is played fast like --2/4--\2---2--
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-----5-----5---3---x-2---2-0-----|------------------------/4\2-2-5-| A|-----------------------------3-2-|-------------0h2---2-3-2---------| x2 E|-3-------3---3-------------------|-0---2---3-----------------------|
[Verse 1]
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-----7-----7---4---4---3---3-3-0-|---------------------------------|
E|-0-------0---0-------------------|-3---3---3-3-3-5---2---2---2-2-0-|
x2
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------3-3---2---2-2---2-0-----|---------3-3---2---2-2---2-0-----|
E|-1---1-0---------------------3-2-|-1---1-0---------------------3-2-|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|---------3-3---2---2-2-2-0-0-0-0-----------------|
E|-1---1-0-------------------------3-3-3-2---2-2-0-|[Chorus]
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-----5-----5---3---x-2---2-0-----|------------------------/4\2-2-5-| A|-----------------------------3-2-|-------------0h2---2-3-2---------| x3 E|-3-------3---3-------------------|-0---2---3-----------------------| G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-----5-----5---3---x-2---2-0-----|---------------------------------| A|-----------------------------3-2-|-------------0h2---2-2---2-2---0-| E|-3-------3---3-------------------|-0---2---3-----------------------|
[Bridge]
G|-------------------5---4---------|---------------------------------| D|---------------5-----------5-----|---------------------------------| A|-3---------------------------2-0-|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|-3-------------5---2---2---2---0-| G|-------------------5---4---------|-------------------7---6---7---8-| D|---------------5-----------5-----|---------------7-----------------| A|-3---------------------------3-4-|-5-------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| [Outro] now the bass ACTUALLY starts * G|/9---9---9-9---6---6---5--12-9-11|---------------------------------| *the very first note isn't actually D|---------------------------------|-5---5---5-5---4---4-4---4-0-5-4-| in the recording, but it sounds good A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| if you've been playing the bass E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| during the bridge G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-3---3---------------------------|---------------------------------| A|---------3-3---2---2-2---2-0-----|---------3-3---2---2-2---2-0-----| E|-----------------------------3-2-|-1---1-0---------------------3-2-| G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-----------------------------2h4-|-5---5---5-5-5-4---4-4---4-0-5-4-| A|---------------4---4---3---3-----|---------------------------------| E|-0---0---0-0---------------------|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-3---3---------------------------|---------------------------------| A|---------3-3---2---2-2---2-0-----|---------3-3---2---2-2---2-0-----| E|-----------------------------3-2-|-1---1-0---------------------3-2-| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|---------3-3---2---2-2-2-0-0-0-0-----------------| E|-1---1---------------------------3-3-3-2---2-2-2-| G|---------------------------------|-------------------------| D|---------------------------------|-------------------------| A|---------5---5-5-3-0-1-2---2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-1010109---9-9-0-| E|-0---0-0-------------------------|-------------------------| G|---------------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------7-------------------|-------------------------| A|-7-7-7-7-5-79----3-0-1-2---2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-----------------| ( --79-- is played fast like --7/9-- ) E|---------------------------------|---------3-3-3-2---2-2-2-| G|---------------------------------|-------------------------| D|---------------------------------|-------------------------| A|---------5---5-5-3-0-1-2---2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-1010109---9-9-9-| E|-0---0-0-------------------------|-------------------------| G|---------------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------7-------------------|-------------------------| A|-7---7-7-5-79----3-0-1-2---2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-----------------| E|---------------------------------|---------3-3-3-2---2-2-1-| G|---------------------------------|-------------------------| D|---------------------------------|-------------------------| A|---------5-5-5-5-3-0-1-2---2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-----------------| E|-0---0-0-------------------------|---------3-3-3-2---2-2-2-| G|---------------------------------|-------------------------| D|---------------------------------|-------------------------| A|---------5---5-5-3-0-1-2---2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-----------------| E|-0---0-0-------------------------|---------3-3-3-2---2-2-2-| G|---------------------------------|-------------------------| D|---------------------------------|-------------------------| A|---------5-5-5-5-3-0-1-2---2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-----------------| E|-0---0---------------------------|---------3-3-3-2---2-2-1-| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|---------5---5-5-3-0-1-2---------| E|-0---0-0-------------------------|
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h = hammer-on
x = dead note