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What Was I Thinking

311
Bass Tab
★4.7(5)

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Song

Artist: 311

Song: What Was I Thinking

Album: Transistor (1997)

Bassist: P-Nut

Tuning: B-E-A-D-G

Notes:

Intro: v - This mute is over the 7th fret so it should

sound a bit harmonic

G|--------------------x---7h9--|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|--0-0-x-0-x-0-0hx-x---x------|
B|-----------------------------| (x12)

S S S S S S S S S P S P

Verse 1:

G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|--1-x-x-1-x-x-x-x-1-x-x-1-x-x-x-x--|
B|-----------------------------------| (x2)

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

G|--------------------x---7h9--|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|--0-0-x-0-x-0-0hx-x---x------|
B|-----------------------------| (x4)

S S S S S S S S S P S P

G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|--1-x-x-1-x-x-x-x-1-x-x-1-x-x-x-x--|
B|-----------------------------------| (x2)

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

G|--------------------x---7h9--|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|--0-0-x-0-x-0-0hx-x---x------|
B|-----------------------------| (x4)

S S S S S S S S S P S P

Chorus:

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----2-2--2--------2-2--2--------2-2--2--------2-2--2--|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|--2--2-2--2--2--2--2-2--2--2--2--2-2--2--2--2--2-2--2--2--|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------5-7---------5-7---------------5-7---------5-7----|
E|--0-5-7-0-----0-5-7-0-----0-575-0-5-7-0-----0-5-7-0-----0--|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------| (x2)

Verse 2:

G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|--1-x-x-1-x-x-x-x-1-x-x-1-x-x-x-x--|
B|-----------------------------------| (x2)

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

G|--------------------x---7h9--|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|--0-0-x-0-x-0-0hx-x---x------|
B|-----------------------------| (x4)

S S S S S S S S S P S P

G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|--1-x-x-1-x-x-x-x-1-x-x-1-x-x-x-x--|
B|-----------------------------------| (x2)

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

G|--------------------x---7h9--|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|--0-0-x-0-x-0-0hx-x---x------|
B|-----------------------------| (x4)

S S S S S S S S S P S P

Chorus/Outro:

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----2-2--2--------2-2--2--------2-2--2--------2-2--2--|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4--4--4--|
E|--2--2-2--2--2--2--2-2--2--2--2--2-2--2--2--2--2-2--2--2--|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------5-7---------5-7---------------5-7---------5-7----|
E|--0-5-7-0-----0-5-7-0-----0-575-0-5-7-0-----0-5-7-0-----0--|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------| (x2)

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