Lightning Bolt, "Assasins" Bass Tab
Tab (C) Robert Bateman, 31/03/2005.
You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. Rightyo, this is my go at tabbing a bit of Lightning Bolt. The tuning used for Brian Gibsons Bass is C,G,D,A (the same as a cello). He uses Banjo string for the A string, up to you if you want to do that i guess! If you snap a string tuning the Bass up, don't blame me!!! Riff1: A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ D ------------------------------------------------------------------------ G -0-0-0-12-12-0-0-12-12-0-0-12-12-0-0-0---------------------------------- C ---------------------------------------4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-- At some point, this whole thing goes up an octave in pitch, I think Brian just uses a whammy pedal to do that! Riff2: This gets repeated quite a lot A ---------------------------------- D ---------------------------------- G ---------------------------------- C -4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-- Riff3: A slight variation of the above A ---------------------------------- D -2-------3-------4-------5-------- G ---------------------------------- C -4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-- Riff4: Quick Bridge slide A --------------------------------------------------- D -2-------3-------4-------5------------------------- G --------------------------------------------------- C -4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7--/--12---\-------- Riff5: slide A --------------------------------------------------- D --------------------------------------------------- G --------------------------------------------------- C -4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7--/--12---\-------- After a while he uses the Whammy pedal to take the slide to the 12th fret an octave higher. Outro: This is played 8 times in total, slide slide A ----------------------------------- D ----------------------------------- G ----------------------------------- C -4-5-5-5-/--12----4-5-5-5-/--12---- Followed by a couple of seconds gap, then A ----------------------------------- D ----------------------------------- G -12-12-12-12----------------------- C -12-12-12-12-----------------------