Guided by Voices – An Earful O Wax (Bass Tab)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb)

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Main Riff (this is a guitar riff, but it still sounds good on bass)

Gb|-----------------------------|
Db|-------0---------0-----0-----|
Ab|----2-----2----2-----2-----2-|
Eb|-3-----------3-----3-----3---| (x12)

"Hey Man" bridge riff (0:36)

Gb|----------------------------|
Db|-------0--------------------|
Ab|-------------3---2---0------|
Eb|-3------------------------3-|
  "hey   man  what was that you

Chorus Riff (0:39)

Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------2--2--2-2-|
Eb|-2>----4>----5>----2>--------------|
  -said"
 (you can't really hear the bass, so the amount of notes played here is up to you)

Main Riff (0:51)

Gb|-----------------------------|
Db|-------0---------0-----0-----|
Ab|----2-----2----2-----2-----2-|
Eb|-3-----------3-----3-----3---| (x16)

"Hey Man" bridge riff (1:40)

Gb|----------------------------|
Db|-------0--------------------|
Ab|-------------3---2---0------|
Eb|-3------------------------3-|
  "hey   man  what was that you

Chorus Riff (1:43)

Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------2--2--2-2-|
Eb|-2>----4>----5>----2>--------------|
  -said"

Bridge 1 (1:55)

Gb|---------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------3-3-3-3-----------|
Eb|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4---------1-1-1-1-5~| (they might play the last 5 more than once, but it is 
hard to hear)

Bridge 2 (2:12)

Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-3--3--3--3-3-3-2--2--2--2-2-2-0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| (x2)

Main Riff (2:26)

Gb|-----------------------------|
Db|-------0---------0-----0-----|
Ab|----2-----2----2-----2-----2-|
Eb|-3-----------3-----3-----3---| (x8)

"Hey Man" bridge riff (2:50)

Gb|----------------------------|
Db|-------0--------------------|
Ab|-------------3---2---0------|
Eb|-3------------------------3-|

Solo Riff (cut down version of the chorus riff) (2:53)

Gb|----------------|
Db|----------------|
Ab|----------------|
Eb|-2>----4>----5>-| (repeat until song fades out)

************************************ |> constant strumming, up to you how many notes you play |~ let ring ************************************