The Clash - I Fought The Law bass tab
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
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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
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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
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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)
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2nd Verse (same as first one, except that bass stops on
========= 2nd bar ["zip gun"])
Bridge (same as first time)
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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-----------+-----------------+-----------------+