Smiths

Smiths - This Charming Man bass tab

Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 21:45:01 +0000

From: tom waterman

Subject: s/smiths/this_charming_man.btab

The Smiths - 'This Charming Man'

NB - on the record, the bass is a bit sharp (about half a semi-tone

or so). cheers, Reg!

h=hammer on, p=pull off, / & \ = slide up & down

Intro

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

D|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------1-|

A|1---1---1-------|1---1---1-1h3---|4---4---4-------|3---3---1h3p1---|

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

|----------------|1---1-----------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|--------1h3p1---|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|6---------------|

|4---4---4-------|----------------|4---4---4-------|----------------|

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

_____________________________________________________________________

Verse 1 (play this section twice)

"punctured bicycle, on a hillside..."

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||----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------1-|

||1---1---1-------|1---1---1-1h3---|4---4---4-------|3---3---1h3p1---|

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

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

|----------------|1---1-----------|----------------|----------3h5---|

|----------------|--------1h3p1---|----------------|1---1---1-------|

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

|4---4---4-------|----------------|4---4---4-------|----------------|

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

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

|----------------|----------3h5---|----------------|--------------1-|

|1---1---1-------|1---1---1-------|4---4---4-------|3---3---1h3p1---|

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

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

|----------------|1---1-----------|----------------|----------3h5---||

|----------------|--------1h3p1---|----------------|1---1---1-------||

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

|4---4---4-------|----------------|4---4---4-------|----------------||

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

____________________________________________________________________

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

|----------------|----------3h5---|----------------|--------------1-|

|1---1---1-------|1---1---1-------|4---4---4-------|3---3---1h3p1---|

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

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

|----------------|1---1-----------|----------------|----------3h5---|

|----------------|--------1h3p1---|----------------|1---1---1-------|

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

|4---4---4-------|----------------|4---4---4-------|----------------|

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

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

|----------------|----------3h5---|----------------|--------------1-|

|1---1---1-------|1---1---1-------|4---4---4-------|3---3---1h3p1---|

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

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

____________________________________________________________________

Refrain (play this section twice)

"a jumped-up pantry boy..."

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

||----------------|1---3---5---1---|----------------|----------------|

||4---3---1-------|----------------|------------4---|3---1-----------|

||------------4---|----------------|1---------------|--------4---3---|

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

|----------------|--------5p0h8---|----------------|----------------||

|----------------|1---3-----------|3---3-3-3-3p1h3-|3---3-----1---3-||

|4---3---1-------|----------------|----------------|--------1---1---||

|------------4---|----------------|----------------|----------------||

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

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

|----3-3-3-3---3-|-----(REST)-----|

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

|1-----------1---|----------------|

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

___________________________________________________________________

Verse 2 (play this section four times)

"I would go out tonight, but I haven't..."

||----------------|1---1-----------|----------------|----------3h5---|

||----------------|--------1h3p1---|----------------|1---1---1-------|

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

||4---4---4-------|----------------|4---4---4-------|----------------|

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

|----------------|----------3h5---|----------------|--------------1-||

|1---1---1-------|1---1---1-------|4---4---4-------|3---3---1h3p1---||

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

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_____________________________________________________________________

after this, play the refrain section four times and then:

|-------------/8\|

|----3-3-3-3-----|

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

|1-----------1---|

^ ^ ^ ^

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