David Bowie Bass

Song: David Bowie
Artist: Phish
Album: Junta
 
a great bassline from mike off a great album.
the rythm isnt that hard to pick up if your listening to the song.
 
S=slap
P=pop
X=muted slap
 
Main Line:
 
            P       P     P         P      P   P
G   --------4h6-----2-----4--------4h6-----2---4--|
D   ----------------------------------------------|
A   --2/4-4-----------0h2------2/4-4-----------X--|
E   ------------3h5--------------------3h5--------|
 
      S   S     S     S      S   S     S     S
 
This is played four times before the walk-up part.  I add
 
the muted slap for a little variety, but you could keep
 
repeating the first half of the pattern if you want to.
 
Walk-Up:
 
G   ----------------6h7h9--|
D   --------------7--------|
A   ----4h5h7--------------|
E   --5--------------------|
 
After the walk-up is played, the whole thing is repeated and
 
the second time around it goes into a jam.  After the jam is
 
over, it comes back to the original pattern, except
 
everything moves up 3 frets (including the walk-up).
 
So it would look like this.
 
Main Line Varation:
 
            P       P     P         P      P   P
G   --------7h9-----5-----7--------7h9-----5---3---|
D   -----------------------------------------------|
A   --5/7-7------------------5/7-7-----------X-----|
E   ------------6h8---8h10--------------6h8--------|
 
      S   S     S     S      S   S     S     S
 
Walk-Up Varation:
 
G   -----------------9h10h12--|
D   --------------10----------|
A   ----7h8h10----------------|
E   --8-----------------------|
 
Dave - dnorman@engin.umich.edu is the orginal author i just took his tab and orginazed
so it was readable and add some parts to it. so if you have any questions you can ask him.
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