Joe Jackson – Is She Really Going Out With Him (Bass Tab)

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Intro
  Dm7             Eb              Fsus4
  Gtr I
  Q.   Q.   E E   Q.   Q.   E E   Q.   Q.   E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------5---|
|-----------7---|-----------8---|-3----3------3-|
|-5----5------5-|-6----6------6-|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|

                     Bb     F        Ab     Eb
   Q  Q  E E E E     q.   E q.   E   q.   E E E E E
|-/7--5------3---||--3----3------0-|-1----1----------||
|--------3-5---5-||o--------3------|--------1-1---3-o||
|----------------||o---------------|----------------o||
|----------------||----------------|-----------------||

Verse (0:17)
  Bb     F        Ab     Eb          Bb     F        Ab     Eb
  q.   E q.   E   q.   E E E E E  7x q.   E q.   E   q.   E E E E E
|-3----3------0-|-1----1----------||-3----3------0-|-1----1---------|
|--------3------|--------1-1---3-o||--------3------|--------1-1-1-1-|
|---------------|----------------o||---------------|----------------|
|---------------|-----------------||---------------|----------------|

Chorus (0:50)
  Eb            F       Bb       Eb
  Q.   E H       Q.   E Q  Q     Q.   E Q  E E
|-------------|----------------|---------------|
|-1----1-1----|-/8----8-8------|-----------8---|
|-------------|------------8\--|-6----6-6----6-|
|-------------|----------------|---------------|

  Dm     Gm F    Eb         F     Gm     Eb  F
  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E H   Q.  E Q  Q   W   W
|--------------|----------|------------|---|---|
|--------5--3--|-1----1-1-|-5---5-5-/8-|---|---|
|-5----5-------|----------|------------|-6-|-8-|
|--------------|----------|------------|---|---|

Bridge (2:13)

    Dm7             Eb              F7sus4          G7sus4
    Q.   Q.   E E   Q.   Q.   E E   Q.   Q.   E E   H  H
||----------------|---------------|-----------5---|----------||
||o-----------7---|-----------8---|-3----3------3-|-5--5----o||
||o-5----5------5-|-6----6------6-|---------------|---------o||
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------||

  Dm7             Eb              F7sus4          G7sus4
  Q.   Q.   E E   Q.   Q.   E E   Q.   Q.   E E   Q.    Q. Q
|---------------|---------------|-----------5---|--------------|
|-----------7---|-----------8---|-3----3------3-|-5-----5--5---|
|-5----5------5-|-6----6------6-|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|

  F7sus4         G7sus4         F7sus4
  Q.   Q.   Q    Q.   Q.   Q    Q.   Q.   Q     Q  Q  E E E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-/7--5------3---|
|-3----3----3--|-5----5----5--|-3----3----3--|--------3-5---5-|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|

Chorus and Outro (2:54) 
  Eb             F      Bb         Eb
  Q.   E H       Q.   E Q    Q     Q.   E Q  E E
|-------------|------------------|---------------|
|-1----1-1----|-/8----8-8--/10\--|-----------8---|
|-------------|------------------|-6----6-6----6-|
|-------------|------------------|---------------|

  Dm     Gm F    Eb            F     Gm     
  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E H      Q.   E Q   Q
|--------------|-------------|----------------|
|--------5--3--|-1----1-1----|-5----5-5--/8---|
|-5----5-------|-------------|----------------|
|--------------|-------------|----------------|

  Eb          F          Bb     F        Ab     Eb              
  W           W          q.   E q.   E   q.   E E E E E
|-----------|----------|-3----3------0-|-1----1----------|
|-----------|----------|--------3------|--------1-1---3--|
|-6---------|-8--------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------|----------|---------------|-----------------|

Bb F Ab Eb Bb F Ab Eb Bb |-3-| |-3-|

    q.   E q.   E   q q q E E E E  3x q.   E q.   E   q q q E E E E   H E
||--3----3------0-|-1-1-1----------||-3----3------0-|-1-1-1---------|---3----|
||o--------3------|-------1-----3-o||--------3------|-------1-------|--------|
||o---------------|---------------o||---------------|---------------|--------|
||----------------|----------------||---------------|---------------|--------|

Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide <n> - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths