The Stranglers – Nice N Sleazy (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by The Stranglers
(From the 1978 Album BLACK AND WHITE )
Words and Music by Hugh Cornwell, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Dave Greenfield & Jet Black
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Jean-Jacques Burnel - Bass'
Intro
Q=103
4/4
Gtr I
W W W
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
W S S S S E E E E Q S S S S E E E E Q
|----------|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------|-9-7----------------|-9-7----------------|
|----------|-----9-7-5----------|-----9-7-5----------|
|----------|-----------7-5-7----|-----------7-5-7----|
S S S S E E E E Q S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|--------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-9-7----------------|-9-7-----------------|-----------------|
|-----9-7-5----------|-----9-7-5-----------|-5---7---9-------|
|-----------7-5-7----|-----------7-5-7---7-|---7---7---7-7\--|
H Q E E E E E E E E Q H Q E E
|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-------------|-4---5---7-------|-------------|
|-----------5-|---5---5---5-5\--|-----------7-|
1st & 2nd Verses
$
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-5---7---9-------|-5---7---9-------||-5---7---9-------|-5---7---9--------|
|---7---7---7-7-7-|---7---7---7-7-7-||---7---7---7-7-7-|---7---7---7-7-7--|
2/4 4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-7-5---|-----4---5---7---|-----4---5---7---|-5---7---9-------|
|-------5-|-5-5---5---5---5-|-5-5---5---5---5-|---7---7---7-7-7-|
2/4 4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------|-----------------|
|-5---7---9-------|-5-7-5---|-----4---5---7---|
|---7---7---7-7-7-|-------7-|-5-5---5---5---5-|
To Coda
E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E
|------------------|---------------||
|------------------|---------------||
|---------5-4-5----|-------2-0-----||
|-3-3-3-3-------3--|-2---------3-2-||
Chorus
E E E E E E Q W S S S S E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------|--------------------|
|-----------------|----------|-9-7----------------|
|-5---7---9-------|----------|-----9-7-5----------|
|---7---7---7-7\--|----------|-----------7-5-7----|
S S S S E E E E Q S S S S E E E E Q S S S S E E E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|-9-7----------------|-9-7----------------|-9-7------------------|
|-----9-7-5----------|-----9-7-5----------|-----9-7-5------------|
|-----------7-5-7----|-----------7-5-7----|-----------7-5-7---7--|
2/4 4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------|-----------------|-5---5---5-------|
|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---5---5---5-5-6-|
Q E. S S S S S Q E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------|---10-9-7----------------------|
|-----------7-9-7-9--|----------9-7-9-7--------------|
|----5--7-9----------|------------------9-7-9-7------|
|-7------------------|--------------------------10-7-|
2/4 4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------|-----------------|-5---5---5---5---|
|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---5---5---5---5-|
Q E. S S S S S S E. Q E. S S S S S E E
|----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------7-9-7-9p7--|---------------------|
|----5--7-9------------|----4--5-7-5-7-5-4---|
|-7--------------------|-5-----------------5-|
Q Q S S S S E E Q Q E E E E
|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|
|-------5-4-5-4-2---|-------2-0-----|
|-3--3------------3-|-2---------3-2-|
Synthesizer Solo
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-5---7---9-------|-5---7---9-------o||
||----7---7---7-7-7-|---7---7---7-7-7--||
S S S S E E E E Q S S S S E E E E Q
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-9-7----------------|-9-7-----------------|
|-----9-7-5----------|-----9-7-5-----------|
|-----------7-5-7----|-----------7-5-7-----|
Chorus
S S S S E E E E Q S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------||------------------|
|-9-7----------------|-9-7-----------------||o-----------------|
|-----9-7-5----------|-----9-7-5-----------||o-----------------|
|-----------7-5-7----|-----------7-5-7---7-||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
2/4 4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E. S S S S S Q
|-----------------|---------|--------------------|
|-----------------|---------|-----------7-9-7-9--|
|---------5---5---|-5---5---|----5--7-9----------|
|-5-5-5-5---5---5-|---5---5-|-7------------------|
1. 2.
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S Q E. S S S S S E E
|---10-9-7----------------------||---------------------|
|----------9-7-9-7-------------o||---------------------|
|------------------9-7-9-7-5---o||----4--5-7-5-7-5-4---|
|----------------------------7--||-5-----------------5-|
D.S. al Coda
Q Q S S S S E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-------5-4-5-4-2---|-------2-0-----|-5---7---9-------|-5---7---9--------||
|-3--3------------3-|-2---------3-2-|---7---7---7-7-7-|---7---7---7-7-7--||
Outro
&
Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-0---2-----------|-0---2-----------|
|--------2-0-----|---2---2-2-0-----|---2---2-2-0-----|
|-2----------3-2-|-------------3-2-|-------------3-2-|
E E E E E E E E W +W
|-----------------|----------|--------*|
|-0---2-----------|----------|--------*|
|---2---2-2-0-----|-2--------|-(2)----*|
|-------------3-2-|----------|--------*|Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths