King's X – Higher Than God (Bass Tab)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed By : Isaias Garcia (TexasFury) ============================================================================================================= This radio single from "Tape Head" (1998) is very simple to play, although the syncopated changes might trip up beginners. Doug (Pinnick) plays the riffs exactly the same throughout; he doesn't add a single variation or ad-lib. In fact, the entire song is played one the E and A strings, and goes no higher than the 5th fret. Because of that, I'll simply notate the riffs and identify them. The chorus riffs consists of two measures: the first in 4/4 time, and the second in 2/4 time (4/4 + 2/4). They could also be thought of as 6/4, but notation starts to look cluttered at that length. Riff #3 get played right before the solo, and is played once more to end the song. ============================================================================================================= Riff #1: Verses
      E  E  E  E  Q    E  E     E  E  Q    E  E  E  E
F#||-------------------------|-------------------------|
C#||-------------------------|-------------------------|
G#||-------------------------|-------------------------|
C#||--2--4-----2--4----0--2--|-----2--4----0--2-----2--|

      E  E  E  E  Q    E  E     E  E  Q    E  E  Q
F#||-------------------------|------------------------||
C#||-------------------------|------------------------||
G#||-------------------------|------------------------||
C#||--2--4-----2--4----0--2--|-----2--4----0--2-------||
Riff #2A: Choruses (beginning)
      E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E
F#||--------------------------|--------------||
C#||--------------------------|--------------||
G#||--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--2-----------||
C#||--------------------------|-----0--0--0--||
Riff #2B: Choruses (end)
      E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E
F#||--------------------------|--------------||
C#||--------------------------|--------------||
G#||--------------------------|--------------||
C#||--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--5--5--5--||
Riff #3: Transition to Solo
      W                   W                   W                   W
F#||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
C#||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
G#||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
C#||--2----------------|--L----------------|--0----------------|--L----------------||
Duration Legend --------------- W - whole Q - quarter E - 8th Tablature Legend ---------------- L - tied note