Sum 41 – Black Eyes (Bass Tab)

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[Intro] ( the bass starts at : time: 0:20) ( dangerous mind ... A direction to perfection ... )

G|----------------|----------------| 
D|----------------|----------------| 
A|5---5---5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5---5-| 
E|----------------|------------7---| 
 |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |

G|----------------|      |------------------------|      |------------------------|      |----------------|
D|----------------|      |------------------------|      |------------------------|      |----------------|
A|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| x2   |15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-| x2   |10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| x2   |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| x2
E|----------------|      |------------------------|      |------------------------|      |----------------|
 |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |      |1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  |      |1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  |      |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |

[Verse] (time: 0:34) ( So tell me when does enough ... )

G|----------------|      |------------------------|      |----------------|      |----------------|
D|----------------|      |10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|      |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|      |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| x2   |------------------------| x2   |----------------| x2   |----------------| x2
E|----------------|      |------------------------|      |----------------|      |----------------|
 |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |      |1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  |      |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |      |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |

G|----------------|      |------------------------|      |----------------|      |----------------|
D|----------------|      |10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|      |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|      |7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| x2   |------------------------| x2   |----------------| x2   |----------------| x2
E|----------------|      |------------------------|      |----------------|      |----------------|
 |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |      |1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  |      |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |      |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |

[Pre-Chorus](time: 0:56) (  Cause this I say to you ... )
                                                                                            (x2)
G|----------------|      |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|      |----------------|      |----------------|
D|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|      |----------------|      |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|      |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|----------------| x2   |----------------| x2   |----------------| x2   |----------------| x2
E|----------------|      |----------------|      |----------------|      |----------------|
 |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |      |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |      |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |      |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 

[Chorus](time: 1:17) ( .. need to know !... )
                                                                                  (x2)                                                                                      
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|        
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|        
A|7-7---7-7---7-7-|--7-7---7-7-7-7-|9-9---9-9---9-9-|--9-9---9-9-9-9-|    
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|         
 |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 

G|----------------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------|        
D|----------------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------|        
A|10-10---10-10---10-10-|--10-10---10-10-10-10-|5-5---5-5---5-5-|--5-5---5-5-5-5-|    
E|----------------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------|         
 |1  +  2 +  3  + 4  +  |1 +  2  + 3  +  4  +  |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |        

[Post-Chorus] (time: 1:36) ( The truth ... )
                                                                                              (x2)
G|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|       
D|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|   
A|12-12---12-12---12-12-|--12-12---12-12-12-12-|14-14---14-14---14-14-|--14-14---14-14-14-14-|   
E|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|     
 |1  +  2 +  3  + 4  +  |1 +  2  + 3  +  4  +  |1  +  2 +  3  + 4  +  |1 +  2  + 3  +  4  +  |

G|----------------|----------------|----------------------|----------------------|           
D|----------------|----------------|10-10---10-10---10-10-|--10-10---10-10-10-10-|
A|7-7---7-7---7-7-|--7-7---7-7-7-7-|----------------------|----------------------|       
E|----------------|----------------|----------------------|----------------------|            
 |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1  +  2 +  3  + 4  +  |1 +  2  + 3  +  4  +  |  

 [Verse] (time: 1:55) ( God damn ... )
                                            notes : the tempo slow down here
G|-----------------------|-----------------| 
D|-----------------------|-----------------| 
A|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|12---------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------| 
 |1  +  2  +  3  +  4  + |1  + 2 + 3 + 4 + |

[Verse] ( the bass comes at : the time: 2:08) ( The government ... )

G|----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|12\-|7-5-7-5-7-5-7---|7-5-7-5-7-5-7---|7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|7-5-5-5-5-5-----|
E|----|--------------5-|--------------5-|----------------|----------------|
 |1 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |

[Pre-Chorus] (time: 2:17) ( Cause this I say to you ... )
                                                                                            (x4)
G|----------------|      |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|      |----------------|      |----------------|
D|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|      |----------------|      |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|      |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|----------------| x2   |----------------| x2   |----------------| x2   |----------------| x2
E|----------------|      |----------------|      |----------------|      |----------------|
 |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |      |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |      |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |      |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |

[Outro] (time: 3:00)

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|        
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|        
A|7-7---7-7---7-7-|--7-7---7-7-7-7-|9-9---9-9---9-9-|--9-9---9-9-9-9-|    
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|         
 |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 

G|----------------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------|----|      
D|----------------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------|----|       
A|10-10---10-10---10-10-|--10-10---10-10-10-10-|5-5---5-5---5-5-|--5-5---5-5---5-|7---|    
E|----------------------|----------------------|----------------|------------7---|----|         
 |1  +  2 +  3  + 4  +  |1 +  2  + 3  +  4  +  |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + |

I tried to figure out precisely the position of the notes here : if you do not agree with my work and you want help to improve the tab, send an email to [email protected] with the name of the music as the subject Legend : / : slide moving up in pitch \ : slide moving down in pitch 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + : tempo index (4 beat) The timings described here are based on this video : Have fun ;)