The Clash
The Clash - I Fought The Law bass tab
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The Clash I Fought The Law Bass Tablature Transcribed by Gilles Velay (velay@suisse.far.cea.fr) I'm not quite sure of the "Bridge" part Notation : R : rest ||: repeat +++ : tied notes q : quarter \ : slide down e : 8th / : slide up s : 16th ^ : triplet Intro ===== q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e G-+---+---+------++-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ D-|-R-|-R-|-R----||-------5-------7-|-5-5-5-6-7-7-7-7-|-------7---------| A-|---|---|---12\||-5-5-5---5-5-5---|-----------------|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-| E-+---+---+------++-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ drums q^q^q q q [x2] G-+-----------++ D-|-7-5-4---R-|| A-|-------5---|| E-+-----------++ 1st Verse ========= 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 G-++-----------------+-----------------++-----------------+-----------------+ D-||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------| A-||-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|-------0-5-5-5-0-||-5-5-5-0-5-5-5---|-------3-5-5-5-5-| E-++-----------------+-3-3-3-----------++---------------3-+-5-5-5-----------+ Bridge ====== q q e e e e q q e e q q q q e e+++e e e e e e e e G-+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------|-----------------+ D-|-----------------|-----------------|-7---5---4---5-7-|-7---4---7-7-5-4-| A-|-----2---5\4/5\4-|-----2---5\4/5---|-----------------|---5---5---------| E-+-3---------------+-3---------------+-----------------|-----------------+ q q e e e e q q e e q G-+-----------------+-----------------+ D-|-----------------|-----------------| A-|-----2---5\4/5\4-|-----2---5\4/5---| E-+-3---------------+-3---------------+ Chorus ====== 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 q q G-+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-5-4------R----| A-|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|-------0-5-5-5-0-|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-0-|--------5--------| E-+-----------------+-3-3-3-----------+-----------------+-----------------+ Guitar Solo =========== e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q e e e q e e e e e e e e e e e[x3] G-++-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------++ D-||-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-R-----5-R-|-----5---R-5---R-|| A-||-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5---|-----------5-----|-5-5---5-----5---|| E-++-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------++ e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e G-+-----------------+-----------------+ D-|-----------------|-----------------| A-|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-0-| E-+-----------------+-----------------+ Chorus (same as first time) ====== 2nd Verse (same as first one, except that bass stops on ========= 2nd bar ["zip gun"]) Bridge (same as first time) ====== Chorus (same as first time) ====== Instrumental break and final ============================ Twice the Chorus bass line with no singing. Then, bass stops for 8 bars. bass re-enters and plays : e e e e G-+-----------------+ D-|-R-------R-------| A-|-----------0-2-4-| 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 e e e e e G-+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A-|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|-------0-5-5-5-0-|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5---|-------0-5-5-5-5-| E-+-----------------+-3-3-3-----------+---------------3-+-5-5-5-----------+ 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 q q G-+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-5-4------R----| A-|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|-------0-5-5-5-0-|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-0-|--------5--------| E-+-----------------+-3-3-3-----------+-----------------+-----------------+