Todd Rundgren – The Want Of A Nail (Bass Tab)
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Bass Tab
Guitar
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Speed:
1.0x
Tempo: 113 BPM (except for first part of intro)
[Intro] (0:00)
The tempo is slow/irregular and the bass just follows the vocal for the most part. Just
play these notes along with the singer's timing.
C
I've been wrong
G C G Bb
I had plans so big
G G C
But the devil's in the details
G C G Bb
I left out one thing
A Ab
No one to love me
No one to love me [In here you play around with the octave Ab on 4th fret of E and 6th fret of D)
No one to love me
F
No one to love (Tab starts with this F note, see below. Regular tempo starts here)
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----r-e-s-t-----|--------------3-|--3---1---1-----| E|1---------------|----------------|----------------|------------3-3-|
[Chorus 1] (0:51)
G|----------------|----------------| D|------3-1-1-----|----------------| A|--------------3-|--3---1---1-----| x4 E|1-1-------------|------------3-3-|
[Verse 1] (1:08)
G|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------| A|--3-3---1-1-----|3-3-3---1-1-----| x3 E|1-----1-------1-|------1-----3-3-| G|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------| A|--3-3---1-1---3-|--3---1---1-----| E|1-----1---------|------------3-3-|
[Chorus 2] (1:25)
G|----------------|----------------| D|------3-1-1-----|----------------| A|--------------3-|--3---1---1-----| x4 E|1-1-------------|------------3-3-|
[Verse 2] (1:42)
G|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------| A|--3-3---1-1-----|3-3-3---1-1-----| x3 E|1-----1-------1-|------1-----3-3-| G|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------| A|--3-3---1-1---3-|--3---1---1-----| E|1-----1---------|------------3-3-|
[Chorus 3] (2:00)
G|----------------|----------------| D|------3-1-1-----|----------------| A|--------------3-|--3---1---1-----| x3 E|1-1-------------|------------3-3-| G|----------------|----------------| D|------3-1-1-----|----------------| A|--------------3-|--3-----------3-| E|1-1-------------|------3---3-----|
[Bridge] (2:17)
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|------3-3-----3-|3-----3-------3-|------3-------1-|--------------3-| E|----------------|----------3-----|----------3-----|----------3-3---| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|------3-3-----3-|3-----3-------3-|------3-------1-|----------------| E|----------------|----------3-----|----------3-----|------5---------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|6---------------|----------------|6---------------| A|--------------6-|----------------|--------------6-|----------------| E|4---------------|----------------|4---------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|6---------------|----------------|----------------| A|--------------6-|----------------|----r-e-s-t-----|----r-e-s-t-----| E|4---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------| A|--------------3-|--3---1---1-----| E|----------------|------------3-3-| G|----------------|----------------| D|------3-1-1-----|----------------| A|--------------3-|--3---1---1-----| x2 E|1-1-------------|------------3-3-|
[Verse 3 (extended)] (3:04)
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|--3-3---1-1-----|3-3-3---1-1-----|--3-3-------3---|3-3-3---1-1-----| E|1-----1-------1-|------1-----3-3-|1-----1-1-1---1-|------1-----3-3-| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|--3-3---1-1-----|3-3-3---1-1-----|--3-3-------3---|3-3---1---1-----| E|1-----1-------1-|------1-----3-3-|1-----1-1-1---1-|------------3-3-| 321 G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|--3-3-------3---|3-3-3---1-1-----|--3-3-------3---|3-3-3---1-1-----| E|1-----1-1-1---1-|------1-----3-3-|1-----1-1-1---1-|------1-----3-3-| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------/10---| A|--3-3---1-1-3---|3-3-3---1-1-----|--3-3---------3-|--3---1-----------| E|1-----1-------1-|------1-----3-3-|1-----1-1-1-----|------------------|
[Chorus 4 (extended)] (3:37)
G|----------------|----------------| D|------3-1-1-----|----------------| A|--------------3-|--3---1---1-----| x11 E|1-1-------------|------------3-3-| G|----------------|----------------| D|------3-1-1-----|----------------| A|--------------3-|--3---1---------| 427 E|1-1-------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------| A|--------------3-|3-3-3-1---1-----| Repeat and improvise changes to end E|1-1---1-1-1-----|------------3-3-|
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