Genesis – Can Utility And The Coastliners (Bass Tab)

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Artist : Genesis Album : Foxtrot Song : Can Utility and The Coast Liners
  [1:07] "Now cold winds blow..."
  4/4 Use a pedal sound. The D is not an octave lower in the song. You can drop the E or use an octaver.
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|5---------------|----------------|(5)-------------|----------------|----------------|3-------5---3---|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|1-------3-------|----------------|

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
  2/4      4/4
G|--------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|--------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|5---3---|--5-------------|5---------------|--5-------------|5---------------|r---------------|
E|--------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  1 + 2 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 

 [2:11](progressive part)
  4/4
G|----------------|         I recommend improvising a bit,     G|--------------------------------|
D|----------------|         for example :                      D|--------------------------------|
A|5---------------| x23                                        A|5-----------x-5-------0-3-0-3r--|
E|----------------|                                            E|--------------------------------|
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +                                                1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   

 [3:23] "WHERE THEY FEEEEEEEELL !"
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|          |----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|          |----------------|
A|5---------------|----------------|3---------------|----------------| x2 then  |5---------------|
E|----------------|3---------------|----------------|5---------------|          |----------------|
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +             1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 

[3:59]
 4/4 
G|11(9)-----------|                                       G|-------------------------11-9--11-9--------------|
D|----------------| Play the the F# very fast,            D|-------------------------------------11-9--------|
A|----------------| alternating sometimes with            A|-------------------------------------------12----|
E|----------------| the E during 4 bars and finish with   E|----------------------------------------------0--|
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +                                            1     +     2     +     3     +     4     +      

 9/8 No more pedal sound               4/4
G|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----------4---------------4---------|----------4---------------4-----|----------4---------------4-----|
A|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|2r----0-2-----0-2r----0-2-----0-2-0-|2r----0-2-----0-2r----0-2-----0-|2r----0-2-----0-2r----0-2-----0-|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   
                                                                    9/8
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|----------4---------------4-----|----------4---------------4-----|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|2---4-----------4---2-----------2h4-|
E|2r----0-2-----0-2r----0-2-----0-|2r----0-2-----0-2r----0-2-----0-|------------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   +    
  4/4
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|----------4---------------4-----|-----------4--------------------|---------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|4r--------------4----------------|
E|2r----0-2-----0-2r----0-2-----0-|2r----0-2-----0-2r----0-2-0r----|--------4r-----------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    
  7/8                          4/4
G|----------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|7---------------2---------------|----------4---------------4-----|
A|--------4---6r------7-------|----5-----------------4---------|--------------------------------|
E|4---7-----------------------|------------------------------0-|2r----0-2-----0-2r----0-2-------|
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------5\--------|
D|----------------2---------------|----------4---------------4-----|--------------------------------|
A|----5-----------------4---------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|5-----------------------------0-|2r----0-2-----0-2r----0-2-------|0---5-----------7-------------4-|
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    

G|--------------------------------|----------------------8\--------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------6-------------|
A|4r------4r------4r------4r------|----7-----------9---------------|--------------------------------|
E|------4-------4-------4---------|7-----------------------------2-|4r----2-4r----2-4-----2-4r------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    
                                  __________________________________ x7
G|----------12--9-10------9-------|----------12--9-10------9-------|    
D|------------------------------10|------------------------------10|
A|--------------------------------|10------------------------------|
E|8-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   

[Outro]
 Here I stopped with the measure decomposition because it wasn't helping at all
G|------------------------5r--7r--9r------------|---12-------------------------------12r-14r---9h10-|
D|--------------------5h7----------------5------|------14-15-14------------------10r----------------|
A|----------------5h7------------------7--------|---------------15r----------10r--------------------|
E|8---------------------------------------------|------------------------8r-------------------------|

G|----------------------------------------------|17-17-17-17-17-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------3--3-5--5-6--6-8--10-|---------------17r-----10-10-10-10-10--------------|
A|----------3--3-5--5-6--6----------------------|--------------------------------------8r-----------|
E|4--4-6--6-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|

G|------10-9------------13r---------------------|---------------3--3--------------------------------|
D|-x-10-----10------13---------------------3--3-|5--5-5--5-6--6-------------3-5-6-------3-5---------|
A|--------------x-11--------3--3-5--5-6--6------|---------------------3-5-6-------3-5-6-----5-3-----|
E|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------||
D|---------2-----------------------||
A|-----------3-3r------------------||
E|---------------------------------||
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