No Doubt – Excuse Me Mr (Bass Tab)
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This tab is for FIVE-STRING bass to take advantage of the extended range
while maintaining standard tuning. The original version uses drop-D tuning
on a four-string bass.
[Intro]
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------| E|----------------|----------------|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1/17\| B|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
[Verse 1, Riff 1] "...begger with no luck..."
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|------------5-7-|8-----7-5--5----|------------5-7-|8---7---5--5----|
A|5-----7-8-------|------------8-7-|5-----7-8-------|------------8-7-| x2
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
s s[Pre-Chorus, Riff 2] "Excuse me. Well I've been waiting in line..."
G|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------| A|5-5---5-8-8---8-|----------------| x4 E|----------------|6-6-----------8-| B|----------------|------6-8-8-----| G|----------------|-------------------------| D|----------------|-------------------------| A|5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-|/13-13-13-13-10-10-10-10-| E|----------------|-------------------------| B|----------------|-------------------------|
[Chorus, Riff 3] "...excuse me, mister you've got things all wrong..."
G|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-| x4 E|1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|----------------| B|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|--------------------| D|----------------|--------------------| A|----------------|--------------------| E|1---------------|(1)-----------/17\--| B|----------------|--------------------|
[Verse 2, Riff 1a] "...most love comes for free..."
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|------------5-7-|8-----7-5--5----|------------5-7-|8---7---5--5----|
A|5-----7-8-------|------------8-7-|5-----7-8-------|------------8-7-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
s s
G|----------------|-------7--9--10--9--|----------------|----------------|
D|------------5-7-|8--10---------------|------------5-7-|8---7---5--5----|
A|5-----7-8-------|--------------------|5-----7-8-------|------------8-7-|
E|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
|___3___| |___3___|[Pre-Chorus, Riff 2a] "Excuse me. Well I've been waiting in line..."
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|5-5---5-8-8---8-|----------------| x4
E|----------------|6-6-----------8-|
B|----------------|------6-8-8-----|
G|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|5--5-5--5-5-5-8--8-8--8-8-8-|/13--13-13--13-13-13-10-10-10-10-|
E|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
s s s s s s s s s s s s
1 & a e & a 3 & a e & a 1 & a e & a 3 & 4 &[Chorus, Riff 3a] "...excuse me, mister you've got things all wrong..."
G|----------------|----------------|--------------------|------10-9-7------| D|----------------|----------------|--------------------|8-8-8--------10-8-| A|----------------|1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-|------------------| E|1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|----------------|--------------------|------------------| B|----------------|----------------|--------------------|------------------| G|----------------|----------------|--------------------|------------------------| D|7-7-7-5---------|----------------|--------------------|------------------------| A|--------7-5-7-8-|------------6-7-|8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-|/13-13-13-13-15-15-15---| E|----------------|6-6-6-6-8-8-----|--------------------|------------------------| B|----------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------------x-|
[Bridge, Riff 4] "What should I do?..."
G|---x---x---x---x|---x---x---x---x|---x---x---x---x|---x---x---x---x|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----3-------3---|----7-------7---|5-------5-------|----5-------5---|
E|1-------1-------|5-------5-------|----5-------5---|3-------3-------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
T PT PT PT P T PT PT PT P T PT PT PT P T PT PT PT P
G|---x---x---x---x|---x---x---x---x|---x---x---x---x|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----5-------5---|3-------3-------|1-------1-------|3---1---0-------| x2
E|3-------3-------|----3-------3---|----1-------1---|------------3---|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
T PT PT PT P T PT PT PT P T PT PT PT P
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|------------5-7-|8-----7-5--5----|
A|----------------|----------------|5-----7-8-------|------------8-7-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|3---------------|(3)-------------|----------------|----------------|
s
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|------------5-7-|8---7---5--5----|----------------|----------------|
A|5-----7-8-------|------------8-7-|----------------|1------3--------|
E|----------------|----------------|--------1-------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|3---------------|----------------|
s[Outro Chorus] "...excuse me, mister you've got things all wrong..."
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
D|--------------------|8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-|--------------------|----------------------|
A|8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-|--------------------|-----------------10-|10/12--10--8--7-------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|8-8-8-8-10-10-10----|------------------8---|
B|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
g |___3___|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-|5-5-5-5-3-3-3---|3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-|--------3-3-3-3-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|3-3-3-3---------|
B|----------------|--------------3-|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-| x4 [Riff 3]
E|1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|/3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|------------1-2-|3-3-3-3-5-5-5---|----------------|
A|-----------------|1-1-1-1-3-3-----|--------------0-|------------1-2-| x2
E|-----------------|----------------|----------------|1-1-1-1-3-3-----|
B|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|3---------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|6\--------------|************************************
| x Dead note
| g Grace note
| T Thumb (slap)
| P Pop
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| s Sixteenth note
| g Grace note
| |___3___| Triplet
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