Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun (perfect) bass tab
Tabbed by Spencer
This is my absolutely perfect, note-for-note tab of “Blister
In The Sun” by the Violent Femmes, from their debut album. I tabbed
this because every single other tab of it is wrong.
Note: the ‘P’ in the chorus means pop that note with your middle
finger. The rest of the song is played with a pick.
Notes in parenthesis are implied or ghost notes.
Intro
G---4---5-4---4---5-4---4---5-4---| 2x
D-5---5-----5---5-----5---5-----5-|
A---------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|
1st Verse
G-------------------------------------------------| 3x
D-------------------------------------------------|
A----2-----3--2-----2-----3--2-----2-----3-2-0----|
E-3-----3--------3-----3--------3-----3--------3--|
Last Verse Before Chorus
G-------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------(5)--------|
A----2-----3--2-----2-----3--2-----2-----3-5------------|
E-3-----3--------3-----3--------3-----3----------3--3-2-|
Chorus
P P P P
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----0h2-------0h2p0-----------------------------0h2------0h2p0------------|
A---------------------0-2-3-2-0----3-3-2-0-----------------------0-2-3-2-3-4|
E-0----------0------------------3----------3--0---------0-------------------|
G--------------------------------|
D---3h4---3h4-—0-3-0-------------|
A-5-----5------------3-2-0-------|
E--------------------------0-2-0-|
2nd Verse
G-------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------|
A----2-----3--2-----2-----3--2-----2-----3-(x)----|
E-3-----3--------3-----3--------3-----3--------3--|
G-------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------|
A----2-----3--2-----2-----3--2-----2-----3-2-0----|
E-3-----3--------3-----3--------3-----3--------3--|
Repeat Chorus
Drum/Bass Section (One verse then break)
1st Break: Drums
2nd Break
G---------------|
D-5h3-0-3p2-0---|
A-------------3-|
E---------------|
3rd Break: Drums
4th Break
G--5------------|(Harmonics)
D--5------------|(Let Ring)
A---------------|
E---------------|
Verse (Play quietly)
G-------------------------------------------------| 8x
D-------------------------------------------------|
A----2-----3--2-----2-----3--2-----2-----3-2-0----|
E-3-----3--------3-----3--------3-----3--------3--|
Repeat Chorus
Repeat 1st Verse Twice
