Mercury rev
"Goddess on a Hiway"

ok, this tab is not 100% accurate, but what tab ever is?! This tab does give a fair indication of the bass parts to the song, so if i've missed out a little variation or whatever, figure it out yourself, or MAKE YOUR OWN UP. it's half the fun of bass playing!! I don't know if i've used the "standard" tab symbols but the ones i've used are pretty straight forward:

| divides up the music (not always a standard bar line in tab)

/ Means slide UP to that fret

\ Means slide DOWN from that fret

R
E
S
T Self explanatory, a brief pause...

.
. Means Repeat the previous section...

h (ie 9h11) means hammer on from the 9th fret to 11th fret

The notes written above the tab are indications of the chord being used.

INTRO

Kind of a bass solo over the piano part, some notes are quite staccatto so listen out for them. Sounds good when you're sliding around between frets

G---R---|-/14----13-11----11\--------|-----------/14--13-11----11--|
D---E---|--------------14---------11-|--9h11----------------14-----|
A---S---|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E---T---|----------------------------|--------0--------------------|


VERSE

"well i got us on the hiway...."

Pretty strict Rhythm, the first 2 notes of the bar fall straight on beats 1 and 2 and the rest always falls on beat 3. The last 2 notes of each bar are quaver (or 8th) notes over the 4th beat.

  F#m            A              E              F#m

G--------R-----|--------R---4-|--------R-----|--------R------|
D--4--4--E-4-6-|--7--7--E-7---|--------E-----|--4--4--E-4---.|
A--------S-----|--------S-----|--7--7--S-5-7-|--------S---7-.|
E--------T-----|--------T-----|--------T-----|--------T------| Repeat

CHORUS

Where you can truly Improv!! i don't know exactly what is being played here so stick to the chord progression and run around a bit. The last part of the Chorus (where it says "then"!!) uses the same rhythm or near enough as the verse, so keep it nice and tight!

"And i know..."

 D                      A

G----------------------|------------------------|
D----------------------|-----------------------.|
A-5----5------5-5--5-4-|---------------------4-.|
E----------5-----------|-5----5----0-5-5---5----| Repeat a bit

Then...

"When i see her eyes"

 D               A              E

G--------R-----|--------R-----|--------R-----|--------R-----|
D--------E-----|--------E-----|--------E-----|--------E-----|
A--5--5--S-5-4-|--------S-----|--------S-----|--7--7--S-5-7-|
E--------T-----|--5--5--T-5-7-|--0--0--T-5-7-|--------T-----|



And that's about it. Keep improvising, and keep listening to quality music such as the 'Rev!!

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