David Bowie - The Width Of A Circle bass tab
I've looked everywhere on the net for a tab for this song, because it is truly an awesome
song! bt i cant find a tab for it anywhere. Although the bass to this song sounds complicated
Tony Visconti uses pretty much simple techniques and scales.
EADG (Standard)
Intro (Bass comes in after 4 bars)
0:37
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|7-777777-5-4-555555-4-2-444444-2-0-2222222---|
Fill 0:46
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|----------|
|----------|
|0-44-5h7--|
Pre-Verse 0:48
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|0000-4444-5555-666-7777---|
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|--------------------------|
|----------------------7--|
|0000-4444-5555-666-777----|
Verse 0:53
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|---------------------------| (dead notes are optional)
|-----4-x-5-x-6-x-777-------|
|5-x-x----------------------|
'In the corner of the morning...' (x2)
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|---------------------------|
|0000-4444-5555-666-7777----|
1:03
|--------------------------------|
|---5----7----5----7----5----6---|
|--------------------------------|
|3-x--5-x--3-x--5-x--3-x--4-x----|
'the roads where straight and narrow'
1:11
|------------7h9-7h9------|
|----66-77-9--------------|
|777----------------------|
|-------------------------|
1:13
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|-------------------------|
|12--12-11---9-9--5--5----|
|--12-----9---9-----------|
'And I ran across a monster...'
1:18
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|-------------777777------|
|8888-9999-77-------------|
|------------5------------|
'And I looked and frowned...
1:26 Back into Pre-Verse
1:31 Verse 2
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|-------------------------5----|
|-----4-x-5-x-6---777---77-777-| (x2)
|5-x-x---------------77--------|
'Well I said hello...'
1:42
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|---5----7----5----7----5----6---|
|--------------------------------|
|3-x--5-x--3-x--5-x--3-x--4-x----|
'So we asked a simple blackbird...'
1:49
|------------7h9-7h9------|
|----66-77-9--------------|
|777----------------------|
|-------------------------|
1:51
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|12--12-11---9-9--5--5----|
|--12-----9---9-----------|
'And I cried for all the others'
1:57
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|---------------77-5---------77-5----|
|7-8888-9999-77------7-5----7-----7-5-|(listen to timing carefully here)
|--------------5----------55-5--------|
'For I realised that God...'
2:05
|---------------|
|---------------|
|777777--777777-|
|------5-------5|
2:10 Guitar Solo
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|---------------------5-5--7-5----
|7---------------5h777-7-7----7-5-7
|-00-44-55-6-7777------------------
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---5-5--7-5----------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|----7-7----7-5-7------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|000---------------000----------------------------|
2:24
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|555-777-9999999--|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
2:26
|--------------------------------------------------------12/19-(12)|
|14-17-14-17-14-17-14-17-14-17-14-17-14-17-14-17-14-17-14----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
2:36
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|-----------5-----------5-7-9/14---------5-/14--------5-/14
|--777---77---7---77--77---------77---77-------77---77
|-----7-7-----------7-7------------7-7-----------7-7
2:47
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|7777777777777777777777777777777777777777-7(full bend and hold on last 7)|
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2:57 Back into Pre-Verse
3:03
|--------------------------9---9--|
|---------------------------------|
|-----4-x-5-x-6-x-x-7777-77--77---|
|5-x-x------------------7---------|
'Well I said so-long and I waved bye-bye
3:08
|-------------------------99---99---99-|
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|-----4-x-5-x-6-x-x-77777---77----77---|
|5-x-x---------------------------------|
'And I smashed my soul...
3:13
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|---5----7----5----7----5----6---|
|--------------------------------|
|3-x--5-x--3-x--5-x--3-x--4-x----|
'Got laid by a young bordello...'
3:21
|------------7h9-7h9------|
|----66-77-9--------------|
|777----------------------|
|-------------------------|
3:24
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|-------------------------|
|12--12-11---9-9--5--5----|
|--12-----9---9-----------|
3:29
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------77-55-------|
|7-8888-9999-77-7777777--7------7-5-7-|
|--------------5--------5-------------|
3:37
|---------------7h999-7h99-7h99-7h9-7h9-7h9--|
|---66-77-88-999-----------------------------|
|777-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
Back To Intro
4:21 (Melow Acoustic Breakdown - rest for 4 bars through guitar strumming)
4:43
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|---------------------------------|
|---4-7---8-8----8-8---6-6---6-6--|
|5-7---------8-10---------6-8-----|
4:53 (x2)
|-------7-6-5---4---7-------------|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------|
|---------------------5-6-7-------|
|---------------------------------|
5:22
|----7-9-11---11-11---------------|
|0-0--0-0--0-0--0-----------------|
|------------------5-6-7----------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|8-8----8-8---6-6---6-6(/14)------|
|---8-10---------6-8--------------|
5:35 (Breakdown Verse)
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|5-5-5-5-5-5-3---5-5-5-5-5-5-3----| (x3)
|-------------5-3-------------5-3-|
'He swallowed his pride and puckered his lips'
5:56
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|---5-5-5-5-5------5-5------7-7--------7-------------7-|
|3--------------5-5---5-5------4-4--7-7------4-4--7-7--|
|-3----------7-7--------------------------5-5----------|
'Go Back...He struck the ground a cavern appeared...'
6:05
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|5-5------5-5-----------5--|
|------5-5-------2-2-5-5-5-|
|---7-7-------3-3----------|
'He crashed a thousand yards below...
6:39 Outro
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|---
|3--------4-4
|-5-3--5-5
6:11 Back To Breakdown Verse
6:39
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|------------------5-7---------------|
|3--------4-4--7-7--------4-4--7-7---|
|-5-3--5-5-------------5-5--------3--|
|----------------------------------------17|
|-----------------------------------17-19--|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---17-19-------| (x5)
|----------------------------17------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------| (x2)
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-/12--|
|-------------3-------|
6:34
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|---------------------------------|
|8-8----8-8---6-6---6-6-----------|
|---8-10---------6-8--------------|
|-------7-6-5---4---7-------------|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------|
|---------------------5-6-7-------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|8-8----8-8---6-6---6-6---5--------|
|---8-10---------6-8--------------|
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