Lady Gaga – Bloody Mary (Bass Tab)
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Bass TAB in the key of Am like the original song, in 4/4 time, tabbed for a 4-string bass in standard EADG
|--|--|--|--| = 8th note measures (i.e. for 8th notes, half notes, and whole notes). |-----|-----| = 16th note measures (i.e. 8th note measures zoomed in to allow for spacing 16th notes).
* = The previous note is silenced.
x = A muted string is played without pressing any note.
m = The marked note is played muted.
[Intro Verse - 00:00-00:39]
G|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------| D|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------| A|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------| E|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------| x1 The bass comes in below at 00:19. There’s no actual bass for this part in the song, this is my improvisation. G|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------2-----2--2--------------|---------------------------2-----2--2--5-----5--5--| E|---0-----0--0--4-----4--4--------------4-----4--4--|---0-----0--0--4-----4--4--------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| E|---5-----5--5--0-----0--0--8-----8--8--0-----0--0--|---5-----5--5--0-----0--0--8-----8--8--7-----7--7--| x2
[Pre-Chorus 1 - 00:39-00:58] I prefer to play the bassline for this part and all of the pre-choruses
throughout the song a bit differently than the way it is played in the song.
G|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| A|---5-----5--5--5-----5--5--5-----5--5--5-----5--5--|---8-----8--8--8-----8--8--8-----8--8--8-----8--8--| E|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| E|---5-----5--5--5-----5--5--5-----5--5--5-----5--5--|---8-----8--8--8-----8--8--8-----8--8--8-----8--8--| G|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| A|---5-----5--5--5-----5--5--5-----5--5--5-----5--5--|---------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------|---1-----1--1--1-----1--1--1-----1--1--1-----1--1--| G|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| E|---0-----0--0--0-----0--0--0-----0--0--0-----0--0--|---4-----4--4--4-----4--4--4-----4--4--4-----4--4--| x1
[Chorus 1 - 00:58-01:26] Likewise with the chorus, I put my own spin on this bassline as well.
G|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------3-----------------------------|---------------------7-----------------------------| A|---------------------------------------3-----------|---------------------------------------7-----------| E|---1-----1--1--1--1--------1--1--1--1--------1--1--|---5-----5--5--5--5--------5--5--5--5--------5--5--| G|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------5-----------------------------|---------------------2-----------------------------| A|---------------------------------------5-----------|---------------------------------------2-----------| E|---3-----3--3--3--3--------3--3--3--3--------3--3--|---0-----0--0--0--0--------0--0--0--0--------0--0--| x2 G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|--5----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| x1
[Verse 2 - 01:26-01:45] Once again, there’s no actual bassline here in the song. This is my personal
improvisation.
G|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------2-----2--2--------------|---------------------------2-----2--2--5-----5--5--| E|---0-----0--0--4-----4--4--------------4-----4--4--|---0-----0--0--4-----4--4--------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| E|---5-----5--5--0-----0--0--8-----8--8--0-----0--0--|---5-----5--5--0-----0--0--8-----8--8--7-----7--7--| x2
[Pre-Chorus 2 - 01:45-02:04]
G|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| A|---5-----5--5--5-----5--5--5-----5--5--5-----5--5--|---8-----8--8--8-----8--8--8-----8--8--8-----8--8--| E|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| E|---5-----5--5--5-----5--5--5-----5--5--5-----5--5--|---8-----8--8--8-----8--8--8-----8--8--8-----8--8--| G|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| A|---5-----5--5--5-----5--5--5-----5--5--5-----5--5--|---------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------|---1-----1--1--1-----1--1--1-----1--1--1-----1--1--| G|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| E|---0-----0--0--0-----0--0--0-----0--0--0-----0--0--|---4-----4--4--4-----4--4--4-----4--4--4-----4--4--| x1
[Chorus 2 - 02:04-02:33]
G|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------3-----------------------------|---------------------7-----------------------------| A|---------------------------------------3-----------|---------------------------------------7-----------| E|---1-----1--1--1--1--------1--1--1--1--------1--1--|---5-----5--5--5--5--------5--5--5--5--------5--5--| G|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------5-----------------------------|---------------------2-----------------------------| A|---------------------------------------5-----------|---------------------------------------2-----------| E|---3-----3--3--3--3--------3--3--3--3--------3--3--|---0-----0--0--0--0--------0--0--0--0--------0--0--| x2 G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|--5----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| x1
[Interlude - 02:33-02:52]
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|--------------5-----3----|--*-----------8-----7----|--*----------------------| E|--*-----------8-----5----|--*----------------------|-------------------------|--------------5-----7----| G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|--------------5-----3----|--*-----------8-----7----|--*----------------------| E|--*-----------8-----5----|--*----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| x1
[Pre-Final Chorus - 02:52-03:12]
G|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| A|---5-----5--5--5-----5--5--5-----5--5--5-----5--5--|---8-----8--8--8-----8--8--8-----8--8--8-----8--8--| E|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| E|---5-----5--5--5-----5--5--5-----5--5--5-----5--5--|---8-----8--8--8-----8--8--8-----8--8--8-----8--8--| G|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| A|---5-----5--5--5-----5--5--5-----5--5--5-----5--5--|---------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------|---1-----1--1--1-----1--1--1-----1--1--1-----1--1--| G|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| E|---0-----0--0--0-----0--0--0-----0--0--0-----0--0--|---4-----4--4--4-----4--4--4-----4--4--4-----4--4--| x1
[Final Chorus - 03:12-04:02]
G|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------3-----------------------------|---------------------7-----------------------------| A|---------------------------------------3-----------|---------------------------------------7-----------| E|---1-----1--1--1--1--------1--1--1--1--------1--1--|---5-----5--5--5--5--------5--5--5--5--------5--5--| G|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------5-----------------------------|---------------------2-----------------------------| A|---------------------------------------5-----------|---------------------------------------2-----------| E|---3-----3--3--3--3--------3--3--3--3--------3--3--|---0-----0--0--0--0--------0--0--0--0--------0--0--| x4 G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|--5----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| x1