The Stranglers – Skin Deep (Bass Tab)
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SKIN DEEP (Bassline)
As recorded by The Stranglers
(From the 1984 Album AURAL SCULPTURE)
Words and Music by Jet Black, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Hugh Cornwell & David Greenfield
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Jean-Jacques Burnel - Bass'
Intro
Q=128
4/4
Gtr I
Wx10
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|---------||
|---------||
1st Verse
Wx8
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
Pre-Chorus
Wx8
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
2nd Verse
Q. E Q. E Q. E H Q +E E H
|---------------|-------------|---------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|
|-5----5-5------|-5----5-5----|-5--(5)-5-5----|
Q. E E E Q Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------4-5-7-|
|-5------5-5-0--|-5----5-5------|-5------5-------|
Pre-Chorus
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E H
|---------------|---------------||-------------|
|---------------|---------------||-------------|
|---------------|---------------||-------------|
|-5----5-5------|-5----5-5------||-0----0-0----|
Q. E Q E E Q. E H Q. E H
|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-------------|-------------|
|-----------5---|-5----5-5----|-5----5-5----|
Q. E H Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E
|-------------|----------------|---------------|
|-------------|--------------7-|---------------|
|-------------|-5----5-5-7-9---|---------------|
|-0----0-0----|----------------|-5----5-5------|
Chorus
Q. E E E E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E
|----------------||---------------|---------------|
|----------------||---------------|---------------|
|----------------||---------------|---------------|
|-5----5-5-7-9-0-||-5----5-5--5-5-|-0----0-0--0-0-|
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5----5-5--5-5-|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-5----5-5--0-5-|-5----5-5--5-5-|
Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|--------------7-|
|----------------|--------------2-|-5----5-5-7-9---|
|-5----5-5---5-5-|-0----0-0-2-4---|----------------|
Bridge
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E
|---------------|---------------||---------------|
|---------------|---------------||---------------|
|---------------|---------------||---------------|
|-5----5-5--0-5-|-5----5-5--5-5-||-0----0-0--0-0-|
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7----7-7--7---|---------------|-7----7-7--7---|
|-------------5-|-0----0-0--0-0-|-------------5-|
Q. E E E E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E
|----------------|-------------2-|---------------|
|----------------|-2----2-2------|-2----2-2--2---|
|--------------2-|-----------0---|-------------0-|
|-0----0-0-2-4---|---------------|---------------|
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-0-2-4-5-7--------||
|-5----5-5--5-5-|-5----5-5--5-5-|-5----5-5--0-2-|-----------9-7-9--||
3rd Verse
Q. E Q. E Q. E H Q. E H
|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5----5-5------|-5----5-5----|-5----5-5----|
Q. E E E Q Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------4-5-7-|----------------|
|-5------5-5-0--|-5----5-5------|-5------5-------|-5----5-5-------|
Pre-Chorus
Q. E Q. E Q. E H Q. E Q E E
|---------------||-------------|---------------|
|---------------||-------------|---------------|
|---------------||-------------|-5----5-5--0-5-|
|-5----5-5------||-0----0-0----|---------------|
Q. E H Q. E H Q. E H
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5----5-5----|-5----5-5----|-0----0-0----|
Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E
|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|--------------7-|---------------|----------------||
|-5----5-5-7-9---|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|-5----5-5------|-5----5-5-7-9-0-||
Chorus
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|-5----5-5--5-5-|
|-5----5-5--5-5-|-0----0-0--0-0-|---------------|
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-5----5-5--0-5-|-5----5-5--5-5-|-5----5-5---5-5-|
Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E Q E E
|----------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|--------------7-|---------------|
|--------------2-|-5----5-5-7-9---|---------------|
|-0----0-0-2-4---|----------------|-5----5-5--0-5-|
Bridge
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E
|---------------||---------------|---------------|
|---------------||---------------|---------------|
|---------------||---------------|-7----7-7--7---|
|-5----5-5--5-5-||-0----0-0--0-0-|-------------5-|
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|-7----7-7--7---|--------------2-|
|-0----0-0--0-0-|-------------5-|-0----0-0-2-4---|
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E
|-------------2-|---------------|---------------|
|-2----2-2------|-2----2-2--2---|---------------|
|-----------0---|-------------0-|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|-5----5-5--5-5-|
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|-7----7-7--7---|
|-5----5-5--5-5-|-0----0-0--0-0-|-------------5-|
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|-7----7-7--7---|--------------2-|
|-0----0-0--0-0-|-------------5-|-0----0-0-2-4---|
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E
|-------------2-|---------------|---------------|
|-2----2-2------|---------------|---------------|
|-----------0---|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-5----5-5--5-5-|-5----5-5--5-5-|
Outro
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E
|---------------||----------------|---------------|
|---------------||o---------------|---------------|
|---------------||o---------------|---------------|
|-5----5-5--5-5-||--5----5-5--5-5-|-5----5-5--5-5-|
Q. E Q E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|---------------|------------------||
|---------------|---------2-------o||
|---------------|-0-2-4-5---4-2-4-o||
|-5----5-5--0-2-|------------------||Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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