Faith No More

Faith No More - The real thing bass tab

The Real Thing

by Faith No More

From the album The Real Thing

(C) 1989 Big Thrilling Music/Vomit God Music (ASCAP)

transcribed by Steve Gorenburg

re-tabbed by Joe White

w 7x H e e w +w +H q s E+H +w q H H e e w

---||--r--||-r-r---|-------|-------|----------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-r-|-r-r---|-------

4:-||*-e-*||-e-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14~~~-|-14~~~-14\|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-e-|-e-e-2/|-14~~~-

4:-||*-s-*||-s-s---|-------|-------|----------|-7-7-7-|-7-|-x-s-|-s-s---|-------

---||--t--||-t-t---|-------|-------|----------|-0-0-0-|-0-|-x-t-|-t-t---|-------

Intro w/distortion and flanger

+H q w +q q q q s E+H +w q H H e e w +w

----|-------|-------|-----------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-r-|-r-r---|-------|-------|-----

~~~-|-14-14/|-16~~~-|-16\-------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-e-|-e-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14~~~-|-----

----|-------|-------|----10-9-5-|-7-7-7-|-7-|-x-s-|-s-s---|-------|-------|-----

----|-------|-------|-----------|-0-0-0-|-0-|-x-t-|-t-t---|-------|-------|-----

q q q q s E s E s E s s e t t s t t s e s s s t t s s s s

---------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||------------------------------------

14~~~-14~~~-14~~~-14\|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||*-----------------------------------

---------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||*-------------7\--------------7-----

---------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12\||--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---

effects off

s s 8x e e q t t s t t s t t s t t s 4x e e q s s s s s s s

-----||-||------------------------------------||----------12-------11----11h----

----*||-||*----------------------------------*||-------10----10-10----10--------

5-7-*||-||*-5-7-7~~~-------------------------*||-2-3-3/-------------------------

-----||-||-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--------------------------------

1st Verse

s e e q s s s s q e e q s s s s s s s s e e q s s s s s s

12-|----------12-------11\|----------12-------11----11h12-|---------------------

---|-------10----10-10----|-------10----10-10----10-------|---------------------

---|-2-3-3/---------------|-2-3-3/------------------------|-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5---

---|----------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------

e e e q t t s t t s t t s t t s 4x e e q s s s s s s s s

----||------------------------------------||----------12-------11----11h12-|----

----||*----------------------------------*||-------10----10-10----10-------|----

/17\||*-5-7-7~~~-------------------------*||-2-3-3/------------------------|----

----||-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-------------------------------|----

e e q s s s s q e e q s s s s s s s s e e q s s s s s s e

---------12-------11\|----------12-------11----11h12-|--------------------------

------10----10-10----|-------10----10-10----10-------|--------------------------

2-3-3/---------------|-2-3-3/------------------------|-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5/17\----

---------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------

e s s e s s s s e s s s s 16xw h h H E t t H +e e w

||-----------------------------||-13-|-14----|-------------|----------|-13-|----

||*---------------------------*||-14-|-14----|-------------|----------|-14-|----

||*-7-----7-----7-8-5-----7-8-*||-14-|-14-14-|-15-14-12h14-|-12-12-14-|-14-|----

||----0-0---0-0-------0-0------||----|-------|-------------|----------|----|----

Chorus Bridge (w/flanger)

h h H e s s H q w h h H +e e H e e w h h

14----|-------------|-------|-13-|-14----|----------|----------|----|-14----|---

14----|-------------|-------|-14-|-14----|----------|----------|-14-|-14----|---

14-14-|-15-14-12h14-|-12-14-|-14-|-14-14-|-15-15-14-|-17-14-17-|----|-14-14-|---

------|-------------|-------|----|-------|----------|----------|----|-------|---

w s s s s s s s s s s s s q e e q t t s t t s t t s t

---|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14\||----------------------------------

---|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\||*---------------------------------

15-|----------------------------------------||*-5-7-7~~~------------------------

---|----------------------------------------||-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----

2nd Verse (flanger off)

t s 4x e e q s s s s s s s s e e q s s s s q e e q s s s

-----||----------12-------11----11h12-|----------12-------11\|----------12------

----*||-------10----10-10----10-------|-------10----10-10----|-------10----10---

----*||-2-3-3/------------------------|-2-3-3/---------------|-2-3-3/-----------

0-0--||-------------------------------|----------------------|------------------

s s s s s e e q s s s s s s e e e q t t s t t s t t s t t s

---11----11h12-|----------------------||----------------------------------------

10----10-------|----------------------||*---------------------------------------

---------------|-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5/17\||*-5-7-7~~~------------------------------

---------------|----------------------||-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------

4x e e q s s s s s s s s e e q s s s s q e e q s s s s

-||----------12-------11----11h12-|----------12-------11\|----------12----------

*||-------10----10-10----10-------|-------10----10-10----|-------10----10-10----

*||-2-3-3/------------------------|-2-3-3/---------------|-2-3-3/---------------

-||-------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------

s s s s e e q s s s s s s e w 3x H e e w +w +H q

11----11h12-|----------------------||--r--||-r-r---|-------|-------|------------

---10-------|----------------------||*-e-*||-e-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14~~~-|-14~~~-14---

------------|-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5/17\||*-s-*||-s-s---|-------|-------|------------

------------|----------------------||--t--||-t-t---|-------|-------|------------

w/distortion and flanger

s E+H +w q H H q w +H q w +Q e q q s E+H +w q

-|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-r-|-r---|-------|-------|-------|-----------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x----

\|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-e-|-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14-14/|-16~~~-|-16\-------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x----

-|-7-7-7-|-7-|-x-s-|-s---|-------|-------|-------|----10-9-5-|-7-7-7-|-7-|-x----

-|-0-0-0-|-0-|-x-t-|-t---|-------|-------|-------|-----------|-0-0-0-|-0-|-x----

H H e e w +w q q q q s E s E s E s s e

r-|-r-r---|-------|-------|----------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||--------

e-|-e-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14~~~-|-14~~~-14~~~-14~~~-14\|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||*-------

s-|-s-s---|-------|-------|----------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||*-------

t-|-t-t---|-------|-------|----------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12\||--------

e s s e s s s s e s s s s 12xw h h H e s s H q w h h

---------------------------||-13-|-14----|-------------|-------|-13-|-14----|---

--------------------------*||-14-|-14----|-------------|-------|-14-|-14----|---

7-----7-----7-8-5-----7-8-*||-14-|-14-14-|-15-14-12h14-|-12-14-|-14-|-14-14-|---

--0-0---0-0-------0-0------||----|-------|-------------|-------|----|-------|---

Chorus (effects off) w/flanger

H e s s h q q w h h H +e s s H e e w h h w

------------|----------|-13-|-14----|-------------|----------|----|-14----|----|

------------|----------|-14-|-14----|-------------|----------|-14-|-14----|----|

15-14-12h14-|-12-14-14-|-14-|-14-14-|-15-15-14h15-|-17-14-17-|----|-14-14-|-15-|

------------|----------|----|-------|-------------|----------|----|-------|----|

h q q s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s

------||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---

------||*---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---

0-----||*-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---

--3-2-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|---------------------------------|---

s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s

--------------------------------|----------------------------------||

--------------------------------|---------------------------------*||

3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------*||

--------------------------------|-----------------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2--||

(repeat and fade)

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