Joy Division – Insight (Bass Tab)

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"Insight" by Joy Division (from the album "Unknown Pleasures") ============================================================== transcribed by Gilles Velay Any comments, corrections or suggestions ? Please email me at [email protected] Notation : w : whole h : half R : rest q : quarter / : slide up e : 8th h : hammer on s : 16th ++++ : tied notes
Riff 0
======
    e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e  [x4] 
G-||12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--||
D-||--------------------------------||
A-||--------------------------------||  with crescendo
E-||--------------------------------||

Riff I
======
     e   e   e   e   q+e          e ++++ e   q       q       q       e  [x2]
G-||/12--12--11--11--9------------9---|--9---9-------9-------9-------9---||
D-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
A-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
E-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

     e   e   e   e   q+e          e ++++ e   q+e         e   q       e  [x2]
G-||-7---7---9---9---5------------5---|--5---5-----------5---5-------5---||
D-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
A-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
E-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

Riff II
=======
     h    sliding    e   e   e   e       e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e         
G-|--5-------/-------19--19--19--19---|--19--19--19--19--19--19--19--19---|
D-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

     e   e   e   e   s  s  e  e  e       s  s  e  s  s   s  s  e  e  e
G-||-19--19--19--19--17h18-19-19-19---|--17h18-19-19-19--17h18-19-19-19---|
D-||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A-||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E-||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

     e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e       e   e   e   e   s  s  e  e  e  [x4]
G-|--19--19--19--19--15--15--17--17---|--19--19--19--19--17h18-19-19-19--||
D-|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
A-|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
E-|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

     e   e   e   e   s  s  e  e  e       s  s  e  s  s   s  s  e  e  e
G-|--19--19--19--19--17h18-19-19-19---|--17h18-19-19-19--17h18-19-19-19---|
D-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

     h               h                   w                            
G-|--19-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D-|------------------R----------------|--R--------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Intro : Riff 0 Riff I 1st Verse : Riff I (x4) Chorus : Riff II 2nd Verse : Riff I (x4) with some rhythm variations Chorus : Riff II Note : ====== All through the song, there is a 2d bass which seems to play :
     q+e+s      s e       q+e                            
G-||----------------------------------||
D-||------------0-0-------------------||
A-||-R--------------------R-----------||  on verses
E-||----------------------------------||
and
     e   q+s    s e       q+s      s                    
G-||----------------------------------||
D-||-0----------0-0----------------0--||
A-||-----R----------------R-----------||  on choruses
E-||----------------------------------||