The Velvet Underground – European Son (Bass Tab)
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Please, read the whole tab before you start playing for the first time at least. This whole song is pretty
fast and sometimes faster, and sometimes inaudible. Please pay attention to my annotations. Good luck, haha.
Just in the beginning you got it [00:00]
G|-------|
D|-(0)-0-|
A|-------|
E|-------|
then [00:04]
G|-----------------|
D|---------6-5-3-0-|
A|-0-3-4-5---------| x15
E|-----------------|
[00:27]
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-------------5-5-5-5-3-4-5-3-4-5-3-0-0-------|
A|-0-4-5-3-4-5---------------------------3-4-5-|
E|---------------------------------------------|
We then get back to [00:31]
G|-----------------|
D|---------6-5-3-0-|
A|-0-3-4-5---------| x9
E|-----------------|
[00:46]
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------5-5-3-4-5-3-4-5-3-5-6-7-0-0-------|
A|-0-0-x-0-0-3-4-----------------------------3-4-5-|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
[00:51]
G|----------------|
D|---------6\-3-0-|
A|-0-3-4-5--------|
E|----------------|
[00:53]
G|-----------------|
D|---------6-5-3-0-|
A|-0-3-4-5---------| x5
E|-----------------|
G|----------------|
D|--------6-5-3-0-|
A|--3-4-5---------|
E|----------------|
*glass shatters* [01:01]
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|-0-3-4-5-|
E|---------|
G|-----------------|
D|---------6-5-3-0-|
A|-0-3-4-5---------| x3
E|-----------------|
[01:07]
G|-----------------------7-5-------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------5-6-7-5-----7-5-0-0-0-0-5-6-7-0-0-0-0-0-5-6-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-0-3-4-5-5-7-5-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[01:15]
G|-------------------------------7-5---------------------------------------------7-5-7-9-9-7-5--|
D|-5-5-6-7-5-6-7-5-5-6-7-5-6-7-5-----7-5-6-7-5-3---------------------------5-6-7----------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------3-4-5---------------3-4-5----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------5-4-3-3-3-4-5----------------------------|
[01:25]
G|-5---------------------|
D|---7-6-6-7-5-3-0-----0-|
A|-----------------3-4---|
E|-----------------------|
Ok, here it gets a little strange, it's looks like a bunch of G|-0-1-2-| played super fast, so [01:27]
G|-0-1-1--2-2-0-0-2-2-0-1-2-0-1-1-2--1-2-2-0-2-0-2-2---|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------3-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Back to normal for a couple seconds [01:30]
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-5-5-3-4-5-0-3-4-5-|
E|-------------------|
And a few seconds of strangeness again [01:32]
G|-0-1-1--0-0-0--0-0-|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
Back to normal [01:33]
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-0-0-----------------------------------|
A|-----3-4-5-0-3-4-5-0---------3-6-4-3-2-|
E|---------------------3-3-4-5-----------|
[01:37]
G|---------|
D|-5-6-7-0-|
A|---------| x16
E|---------|
[01:49]
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-5-5-3-0-------5-5-0---5----0-3-5-5-3-----5-----5-5-3---------|
E|-----------3-4-5-------3---3------------5-3---3-5-------5-3-4-5-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0---|
A|-------------3-0-5------------0-3-5-------------4-4-----------3-|
E|----------------------------------------------6-----------------|
G|-0-1-2-0-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-0-------0-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-|
D|-------------------------------------0-0-0---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Back to the strange part [02:08]
G|-0-2-1-2-0-0-0-1-0-0-1-0-1-2-1-2--2-0-2-0-0-1-0-0-1--0-0-1-2-2--2-0-0-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Back to actually playing, but noisey by here
[02:14] v [02:17]
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------3-4-5-5-3-3-0-0-3-4-5-5---5--5-3-4-5-5-5-5-3-4-5-0-3-4-5-5-3-4-5-0-3-4-5-0-3-4-5-|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[02:22]
G|---------7-7-5-5-2-0-1-2-5-7-9-9-7-5-7--7-5-7-5-7-7-5-7-5-x--5-5-7-5/6-6\5-7-5-5-5-:-5- x20~ -:|
D|-5-6-7-5---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[02:32]
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-7-5-6-7-5-3-0---------------6-5-3-0---------6-5-3-0---------6-5-3-0-------|
A|-----------------3-4-5-0-3-4-5---------0-3-4-5---------0-3-4-5---------0-3-4-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[02:40]
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------6-5-3-0-|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5---3-4-5---------|
E|-----------------------3---------------|
[02:45]
G|-----------------|
D|---------6-5-3-0-|
A|-0-3-4-5---------| x10
E|-----------------|
[03:00]
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-0-3-4-5-5-3-4-5-5-3-4-5-|
E|-------------------------|
[03:03]
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
[03:14]
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-3--3--3-3-3-5--5-5-5--5-3--3--3-3--5--5--5--3--3--3--5--5--5-5-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------3--3--3-3--5--5--5--3--3--3--5--5--5-5-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3--3--3--5--5--5--3--3--3-3-3-5--5--5-5-5-3--3--3-3-5--5--5-|
E|-3--3--3--5--5--5--3--3--3-3-3-5--5--5-5-5-3--3--3-3-5--5--5-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3--3--3--5--5--x-5--3--3--3--5--5--5--3--3--3--5--5--x-5-3--3--3--5--5--x-5-|
E|-3--3--3--5--5--x-5--3--3--3--5--5--5--3--3--3--5--5--x-5-3--3--3--5--5--x-5-|
[03:40]
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3--3--3--5--5--5--3--3--3--5--5--5--3--3--3--5---5-5-3--3--3-4-5--5--x-5-|
E|-3--3--3--5--5--5--3--3--3--5--5--5--3--3--3--5---5-5-3--3--3-5-5--5--x-5-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3--3--x-3-5--5--5-5-5-3--3-3--3-3-5--5-5-5-5-x-3--3-3--3--5--5-5--5--|
E|-3--3--x-3-5--5--5-5-5-3--3-3--3-3-5--5-5-5-5-x-3--3-3--3--5--5-5--5--|
It gets a little inaudible, but I guess it follows as [04:01]
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------19-(few times)-19\\\\-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------7/12-----------------------|
A|-3--3-3-3--5--5--5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5--2--2-2-2-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5----------------------------|
E|-3--3-3-3--5--5--5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5--3--3-3-3-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5----------------------------|From now on [04:16], it gets really inaudible, we can't precisely tell what's bass or noise and whatnots,
I *believe* it follows the previous pattern, but I won't put it since I'm pretty far from a sure thing,
so please follow the time stamps to find yourself in the song.
After this inaudible stuff, it's possible to hear bass doing [04:31]
G|-17-(few times)-|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
It gets inaudible for a few seconds, then we get back [04:43] to hear some clear bass.
G|-5-5-5--6-7-7-7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------7--5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[04:52]
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
D|---------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[04:59]
G|-5/10--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8---------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-9-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[05:06]
G|----------------------------------------14-14-14-14-14-14-13-12\--------14-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
D|-12-13-14-14-14-14-14-14----------14-15---------------------------10-12----------------------|
A|-------------------------12-12-12------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[05:11]
G|-/17-17-17-17-17-17---/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17---/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17---/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[05:19]
G|-/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17---/14-14-14-14-14-14----/14\----/14\--/14\--/12\--10--9\-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Inaudible again, but something along these lines [05:25]
G|-7--6--5---4--3---5---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-3-3-5-5-3-3---------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
More inaudible, but something like that, a lot of times in different strokes [05:35]
G|-----------|
D|-----------|
A|-5--5--x-5-|
E|-5--5--x-5-|
Lots of that too [06:35]
G|-/16-16-16-16-|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
Back to what I think is this pattern [06:45]
G|-----------|
D|-----------|
A|-5--5--x-5-|
E|-5--5--x-5-|
Almost sure we change to this, lots of times too [06:50 until the end]
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|-3--3--3-|
E|-1--1--1-|Dude, that was trippy. I did my best to that, it was really hard to tab, but you can now have a good idea
on how to play this song.
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| x Dead note
| (n) Ghost note
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
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