Grateful Dead – When Push Comes To Shove (Bass Tab)

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----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: paul E-mail: [email protected] Studio version from 1987's In The Dark
Intro ->
G|--------------/7-4----------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------7-5-4----------------------------------------------|
A|55----55----------------7(0)--55----55---5----------------------------|
E|---77----7------------------------77----7---555-----------------------|
Verse riff A/main riff (0:09) -> This repeats throughout the song, I will refer to it later.
G|--------------4h7-4--------------------------/7-----------------------|
D|---------------------7-5-4-----------------------7--4-----------------|
A|55----55-------------------7(0)-55----55--------------7---------------|
E|---77----7-------------------------77----7----------------------------|

G|--------------4h77-44-----------------------4h77-4---------------------|
D|----------------------77-4-------------------------77-4----------------|
A|55----55-------------------7---55-----55-----------------7-------------|
E|---77----7------------------------77----7------------------------------|

This part is not really a chorus or even a pre-chorus. I call it "Verse B" I will 
refer to it later.
(0:26) ->
G|--------------------------------------------------4h77-44----------|
D|5------7-----------------------7-7777---------------------77-4-----|
A|-------------5x555-------5x555---------55----55----------------7---|
E|--3-3----5-5-------3x333------------------77----7------------------|
Repeat verse "A" and verse "B" Chorus is coming next. I will refer to it later. (1:19) ->
G|---------------------44---------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------4-----------------------------------------|
A|------------5555--22----2--2--7x777-------7-55----55---5-------2-4--|
E|3x33--5x555--------------------------5x555-----77----7---33-55------|
Jerry solo over verse A and B changes -> (1:37)
G|------------7~-------------------7p4---------------------4h77-4--------|
D|---------------4-7-4-----------------77-44----------------------77-4---|
A|55----55--------------55----55-------------7--55----55---------------7-|
E|---77----7---------------77----7-----------------77----7---------------|

G|-----------77-4-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------77-4---5x5-6-7----------------------7x777----------|
A|55----55---------------------------5x555-------5x555----------------|
E|---77----7----------------------55-------3x333----------------------|

G|-----------4h77-44----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------77-4-----------------------------------------------------|
A|55---55------------------7--------------------------------------------------|
E|--77-----7------------------------------------------------------------------|
And that's it really! The rest of the song repeats as follows this order -> Verse A - (2:12) Verse B - (2:30) Verse A - (2:48) Verse B - (3:06) Chorus - (3:23) The last chorus is played twice. | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===============================================================================