Muse - Take A Bow (4-string) bass tab
Muse
Album: Blackholes and Revelations
Track 1: Take a bow
Bassist: Chris Wolstenholme
Tuning could be EADG or EADA depending on what way you want to
play one bit.
No Bass until 0:38
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
The reason behind the tuning is the Take a bow bit, where the bass
is hitting octaves and getting higher. To play it you would need
a 6 string or a 26 fret 4 string. Tuning to A allows you to play it
on 24 fret 4 string.
It's an ok song, may be hard for beginners.
No bass until 1:42
Verse
Mainly octaves.
G|---8-8-8-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3--8-8-8-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|--6-6-6-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1--6-6-6-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
-
G|----------11-11-11-10-10-10-10-10-10--------11-11-11-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
D|---8-8-8-----------------------------8-8-8------------------------|
A|---------9--9--9--8--8--8--8--8--8---------9--9--9--6-6-6-6-6-6---|
E|--6-6-6-----------------------------6-6-6-------------------------|
(2:04)
take a bow-bow-bow.....
This is my favourite bit in the song on bass. But it poses a problem.
I have looked at every possible alternative, and i have come
up with 3 possible ways he could be playing this run.
1) He has a 4 string with 26 frets (they exist? other then 36 frets?).
Here is how you would play it on one of those.
G|------------------------10-10-10--14--14--14--17--17--17--22--22--22--26--26--26--|
D|--3-3-3-7-7-7-10-10-10------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------8--8--8--12--12--12--15--15--15--20--20--20--24--24--24----|
E|-1-1-1-5-5-5-8--8--8--------------------------------------------------------------|
2) He could also have his G string Tuned to A, so that way the last
notes are 24s and not 26s.
This would mean that every not hit from the A string would have
its octave at same fret on the G string.
In that case this bit would be.
A|-----------------------8-8-8---12--12--12--15--15--15--20--20--20--24--24--24--|
D|--3-3-3-7-7-7-10-10-10---------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------8-8-8--12--12--12--15--15--15--20--20--20--24--24--24----|
E|-1-1-1-5-5-5-8--8--8-----------------------------------------------------------| *
3) If you had an extra string tuned to C, like on a 6-string bass.
You could play it like this.
C|---------------------------------------------------------17--17--17--22--22--22--|
G|-----------------------10-10-10--14--14--14--17--17--17--------------------------|
D|--3-3-3-7-7-7-10-10-10---------------------------------15--15--15--20--20--20----|
A|----------------------8--8--8--12--12--12--15--15--15----------------------------|
E|-1-1-1-5-5-5-8--8--8-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------
Anyways, after that bit. 2:15
G|--10-10-10----------10-10-10----------10-10-10----------10-10-10-10-10-10---|
D|-----------11-11-11----------11-11-11----------11-11-11---------------------|
A|-8--8--8-----------8--8--8-----------8--8--8-----------8--8--8--8--8--8-----|
E|----------9--9--9-----------9--9--9-----------9--9--9-----------------------|
G|--10-10-10-10-10-10-------------------10-10-10-10-10-10---------------------|
D|--------------------11-11-11-11-11-11-------------------11-11-11-11-11-11---|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
2:38
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--1-------1-------1-------1--------6-------6-------6-------6---------------|
E|------2-------2-------2-------2--------7-------7-------7-------7-----------|
2:59
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|--4----0----4----0----4-/-12--4----|
3:10 3:20
G|----------------| |------6\------|
D|-------6\-------| x4 |----6---(1)/7-|
A|-----6---(1)/7--| |--4-----------|
E|---4------------| |--------------|
This next bit can be played with the open D/12 but i think it sounds
better to have the 5 on the A / 12. You need to have that D ring out
slightlybefore the slide
3:31
G|--------------------|
D|------4-------------| x4
A|----4---5/17\***----|
E|--2-----------------|
3:42
G|--------------------|
D|------9\------------| x4
A|----9----2-2/10-----|
E|--7-----------------|
Outro 3:52
** **
G|-------------| |------------|
D|-----4--5--2-| x2 |-9--4--5--2-| x2
A|--2----------| |------------|
E|-------------| |------------|
4:03
G|-------------| |----------------|
D|-------------| x2 |----------------|
A|-22--2---22--| |-22--2---2-----3| 3 just seems to work, he's probably
E|---22--22--2-| |---22--22-------| not playing anything there.
*) I wouldd love to test and see if this sounds well, but i'm tabbing
this on my 20 fret Squire Jazz. I need a new bass. You will have
to change some other G string bits out yourself if you try things
this way.
**) Here you could hit more notes between the given notes, I just
like how letting the notes ring out sounds. Put in some slides
if you want too.
