Mr. Big – Whats It Gonna Be (Bass Tab)

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Hello everyone. I wanna let you know that in some parts of the song, especially in the verses, Billy Sheehan does a passage with a low D. As of sure many of you know, his bass has a "D-Tuner", a mechanism wich allows to swtch the E string between E and D. So to get things easy for everyone, I reported a tab meaned for an always standard tuned bass [Intro]

             .                 .
G|-----------------------------------|
D|--------12-14-12----------12-17\---|
A|-----------------14-12-14----------|
E|-----------------------------------|

                                       q
   .     .     .     .      .     .     .     .    
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|-------7---/9---5--5----|-------7----5-----------|
E|-0--0-------------------|-0--0-------------------|  X4

[Verse 1]
               e                
   .     .     .     .      .     .     .     .       
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|----------5-------------|------------------------|
E|-4--5--4-----0-----0----|------------------------|  X4

[Pre-Chorus 1]
   .           .           .           .            .           .           .           .         
G|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------5-----5--7-|----------------------9-/12-9--7-----9--7-------|
A|---------------------/5-----5--6--7-----7-------|----------------------------------9--------9--7-|
E|-3-----4-----5----------------------------------|-5-----6-----7----------------------------------|

[Chorus 1]
                                              e
   .     .     .     .      .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .      .     .     .     .   
G|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|-------7---/9---5--5----|-------7----5--\4-/5---|-------7---/9---5--5----|-------7----5-----------|
E|-0--0-------------------|-0--0------------------|-0--0-------------------|-0--0-------------------|

   .     .     .     .      .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .      .     .     .     .   
G|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|-------7---/9---5--5----|-------7----5----------|-------7---/9---5--5----|-------7----5-----------|
E|-0--0-------------------|-0--0------------------|-0--0-------------------|-0--0-------------------|

[Verse 2]
               e                
   .     .     .     .      .     .     .     .       
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|----------5-------------|------------------------|
E|-4--5--4-----0-----0----|------------------------|  X4

[Pre-Chorus 2]

   .           .           .           .            .           .           .           .         
G|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------5-----5--7-|----------------------12/14---------------------|
A|---------------------/5-----5--6--7-----7-------|----------------------------14-12----12-14-12-14|
E|-3-----4-----5----------------------------------|-5-----6-----7--------------------14------------|

[Chorus 2]
                                              e
   .     .     .     .      .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .      .     .     .     .   
G|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|-------7---/9---5--5----|-------7----5--\4-/5---|-------7---/9---5--5----|-------7----5-----------|
E|-0--0-------------------|-0--0------------------|-0--0-------------------|-0--0-------------------|

   .     .     .     .      .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .      .     .     .     .   
G|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|-------7---/9---5--5----|-------7----5----------|-------7---/9---5--5----|-------7----5-----------|
E|-0--0-------------------|-0--0------------------|-0--0-------------------|-0--0--------------12\--|

[Bridge]

   .           .           .           .            .           .           .           .         
G|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------5-----5-------|----------------------------------5-----5-------|
A|-7--7--5--5--------5--6--7--5--------------7--5-|-7--7--5--5--------5--6--7--5--------------7--5-|
E|-------------7--7--------------7----------------|-------------7--7--------------7----------------|

   .           .           .           .            .           .           .           .         
G|------------------------------------------------|----------------7--------7-h9-p7----------------|
D|----------------------------------5-----6-----7-|----8-----9-----------------------9--8--7-------|
A|-7--7--5--5--------5--6--7--5-------------------|------------------------------------------10--7-|
E|-------------7--7--------------7----------------|------------------------------------------------|

   .           .           .           .            .           .           .           .         
G|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------5-----5-------|----------------------------------5-----5-------|
A|-7--7--5--5--------5--6--7--5--------------7--5-|-7--7--5--5--------5--6--7--5-------------------|
E|-------------7--7--------------7----------------|-------------7--7--------------7----------------|

   .                 .                 .                 .
G|-9--7-----------7--9--------12-9-----------9--12-------14-12----------12-----|
D|-------9--7--9--------------------12-9--12-------------------14-12-14--------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

   .           .           .           . 
G|-16-14----12------------/21~--------------------|
D|----------------14----14------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

[Pre-Chorus 3]

   .           .           .           .            .           .           .           .         
G|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------5-----5--7-|----------------------7-/9--7-----9--7-----7--9-|
A|---------------------/5-----5--6--7-----7-------|-------------------------------9--------9-------|
E|-3-----4-----5----------------------------------|-5-----6-----7----------------------------------|

   .           .           .           .            .           .           .           .         
G|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------5-----5--7-|------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------/5-----5--6--7-----7-------|-5-h6-h7--5-h6-h7--5-h6-h7--5-h6-h7--7--7--7--7-|
E|-3-----4-----5----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|

   .           .           .           .            .           .           .           .         
G|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------5--7--4--5-----4----------|----------------------7--9--7-----------12h14p12|
A|----------------------------------7-----5--7--4-|-------------------------------7--9--7--9-------|
E|-3-----4-----5----------------------------------|-5-----6-----7----------------------------------|

   .           .           .           .            .           .           .           .         
G|-------------------------------------5--7--5----|----------7-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------5--------------7-|-------7--7--------------------------------5--7-|
A|----------------------5--7--7-----7-------------|-5--------5-------------------------------------|
E|-3-----4-----5----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|

   .           .           .           .          
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-5---3---4---5---3---4---5---3---4---5----------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

[Chorus 3]
                                           e
   .     .     .     .      .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .      .     .     .     .   
G|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|-------7---/9---5--5----|-------7----5---5------|-------7---/9---5--5----|-------7----5-----------|
E|-0--0-------------------|-0--0------------------|-0--0-------------------|-0--0-------------------|

   .     .     .     .      .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .      .     .     .     .   
G|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|-------7---/9---5--5----|-------7----5----------|-------7---/9---5--5----|-------7----5-----------|
E|-0--0-------------------|-0--0------------------|-0--0-------------------|-0--0-------------------|

[Outro]

   .           .           .           .            .           .           .           .          
G|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
E|-2--2--0--1--2--2--0--1--2--0--2--5--0--5--2--0-|-2--2--0--1--2--2--0--1--2--0--2--5--0--5--2--0-|

   .           .           .           .            .           .           .           .          
G|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|----------------2-----2--4--2-------------------|
A|----------------------------------0-----1-----2-|----3-----4--------------------4--3--2----------|
E|-2--2--0--1--2--2--0--1--2--0--2----------------|----------------------------------------5--2--0-|

This outro is repeated in loop until the fading end. Billy Sheehan does always the first 3 bars in the same way On the last of the 4 bar, he doesn't do any fondamental note, is just improvising 'round the same notes, so feel yourself also free to improvize in that bar! ************************************ | e 8th | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | / Slide up | \ Slide down ************************************