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A Small Victory

Faith No More
Bass Tab
★4.8(5)

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Song

Faith No More

A Small Victory

w E s s s e s s s s s e E s s s e s s s q 5x

G|---r-||------------------------------|--------------------------||
D|4:-e-||*-7~~~-------7~~~-------7-7---|-7~~~-------7~~~-------4-*||
A|4:-s-||*------0-0-0------0-0-0-----0-|------0-0-0------0-0-0---*||
E|---t-||------------------------------|-----------------------2--||

1st Verse

E s e E s e s s e E s e E s e e e w +w w h Q e

G|-------------------------|-----------------------|---|---|---|--------|
D|-7~~~-----7~~~-----7-7---|-7~~~-----7~~~---------|-9-|-9-|-7-|-11\7/9-|
A|------0-0------0-0-----0-|------0-0------0-0-----|-7-|-7-|-5-|-9-\5---|
E|-------------------------|-------------------2-5-|-0-|-0-|---|--------|

E s s s e s s s s s e E s s s e s s s q 5x

G||------------------------------|--------------------------||
D||*-7~~~-------7~~~-------7-7---|-7~~~-------7~~~-------4-*||
A||*------0-0-0------0-0-0-----0-|------0-0-0------0-0-0---*||
E||------------------------------|-----------------------2--||

2nd Verse

E s e E s e s s e E s e E s e e e w +w w h Q e

G|-------------------------|-----------------------|---|---|---|--------|
D|-7~~~-----7~~~-----7-7---|-7~~~-----7~~~---------|-9-|-9-|-7-|-11\7---|
A|------0-0------0-0-----0-|------0-0------0-0-----|-7-|-7-|-5-|-9-\5-0-|
E|-------------------------|-------------------2-5-|-0-|-0-|---|--------|

s e s s s e s e s s s s s e s s s e e e e e s e s s s e s e s s s e

G||--------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
D||*-------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
A||*-------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
E||--5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-3-5\2-|-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-|

Chorus

s e s s s e e e e s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e s s

G|-----------------------|-----r---r---r---r-------------|
D|-----------------------|-----e---e---e---e-------------|
A|-------------------5/6-|-7---s---s---s---s---------5-7-|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-3-5-----|---0-t-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-3p0-5-----|

s s s s s s s s s s s s e s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e e

G|-----r---r---r---r-------------|-----r---r---r---r-----------------|
D|-----e---e---e---e-------------|-----e---e---e---e-----------------|
A|-7---s---s---s---s---------5-6-|-7---s---s---s---s-----------------|
E|---0-t-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-3p0-5-----|---0-t-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-3p0-5~~~-5~~~-|

E s s s e s s s s s e E s s s e s s s q 5x

G||------------------------------|--------------------------||
D||*-7~~~-------7~~~-------7-7---|-7~~~-------7~~~-------4-*||
A||*------0-0-0------0-0-0-----0-|------0-0-0------0-0-0---*||
E||------------------------------|-----------------------2--||

3rd Verse

E s e E s e s s e E s e E s e e e w +w w h Q e

G|-------------------------|-----------------------|---|---|---|--------|
D|-7~~~-----7~~~-----7-7---|-7~~~-----7~~~---------|-9-|-9-|-7-|-11\7-7-|
A|------0-0------0-0-----0-|------0-0------0-0-----|-7-|-7-|-5-|-9-\5---|
E|-------------------------|-------------------2-5-|-0-|-0-|---|--------|

s e s s s e s e s s s s s e s s s e e e e e s e s s s e s e s s s s

G||--------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
D||*-------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
A||*-------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
E||--5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-3-5\2-|-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-|

Chorus

s e s s s e e e e s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e s s 3x

G|-----------------------||------r---r---r---r--------------||
D|-----------------------||*-----e---e---e---e-------------*||
A|-------------------5/6-||*-7---s---s---s---s---------5-6-*||
E|-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-3-5-----||----0-t-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-3p0-5------||

Guitar Solo

s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s

G|-----r---r---r---r---------------|-----r---r---r---r---------------|
D|-----e---e---e---e-----------5-6-|-7---e---e---e---e-----------5-6-|
A|-7---s---s---s---s---------------|---0-s-0-s-0-s-0-s-0-3p0-5-0-----|
E|---0-t-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-3p0-5h6-----|-----t---t---t---t---------------|

s s s s s s s s s s s s e s s s s s s s s s s s s s s E s

G|-----r---r---r---r-------------|-----r---r---r---r-----------|
D|-7---e---e---e---e---------5-6-|-7---e---e---e---e-----------|
A|---0-s-0-s-0-s-0-s-0-3p0-5-----|---0-s-0-s-0-s-0-s-0-3p0-5-6-|
E|-----t---t---t---t-------------|-----t---t---t---t-----------|

s s s s s s s s s s s s e s s 3x s s s s s s s s s s s s s s

G||---------------------------------||-------------------------7-9-|
D||*-------------------------------*||-------------------------7-9-|
A||*-7/8\7-------7/8\7-------7-----*||-7/8\7-------7/8\7-------5-7-|
E||--------0-0-0-------0-0-0---0-0--||-------0-0-0-------0-0-0-----|

s s s s s s s s s s s s e s s 4x s e s s s e s e s s s e

G||---------------------------------||-------------------------|
D||*-------------------------------*||-------------------------|
A||*-7/8\7-------7/8\7-------7-----*||-----------------------5-|
E||--------0-0-0-------0-0-0---0-0--||-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-5---|

s e s s s e e e e e s e s s s e s e s s s e s e s s s e e e e s s

G|---------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
D|---------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
A|---------------------|-----------5-----------5-|-----------5-------5-6-|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-3-5\2-|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-5---5-3-5-----|

s s s s s s s s s s s s e s s 4x s e s s s e s e s s s e

G||------r---r---r---r--------------||-------------------------|
D||*-----e---e---e---e-------------*||-------------------------|
A||*-7---s---s---s---s---------5-6-*||-----------------------5-|
E||----0-t-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-3p0-5------||-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-5---|

s e s s s e e e e e s e s s s e s e s s s e s e s s s e e e e s s

G|---------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
D|---------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
A|---------------------|-----------5-----------5-|-----------5-------5-6-|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-3-5\2-|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-5---5-3-5-----|

s s s s s s s s s s s s e s s 3x s s s s s s s E e e e w

G||------r---r---r---r--------------||-----r---r---r---------|----|
D||*-----e---e---e---e-------------*||-----e---e---e-----7-9-|/11-|
A||*-7---s---s---s---s---------5-6-*||-7---s---s---s-7-9-----|----|
E||----0-t-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-3p0-5------||---0-t-0-t-0-t---------|----|

+Q e e e e e Q s s h +Q e e e e e H s E +Q e e e e e Q h e

G|---------------|---------|-------------|---------|---------------|-------|
D|-11-----7-9-11-|-9-7/9\7-|-7-7-----7-9-|/11---11-|-11\----7-9/11-|-9-7---|
A|----7-9--------|---------|-----7-9-----|----9----|----7-9--------|-----9-|
E|---------------|---------|-------------|---------|---------------|-------|

+q e q e e e E s s s e s s s s s e E s s s e s s s q 3x

G|-------------||------------------------------|--------------------------||
D|---7---------||*-7~~~-------7~~~-------7-7---|-7~~~-------7~~~-------4-*||
A|-9---7-9\4/7-||*------0-0-0------0-0-0-----0-|------0-0-0------0-0-0---*||
E|-------------||------------------------------|-----------------------2--||

E s H w w w

G|--------r-|-r-|-r-|-r-||
D|-7~~~---e-|-e-|-e-|-e-||
A|------0-s-|-s-|-s-|-s-||
E|--------t-|-t-|-t-|-t-||

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Tablature Explanation

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G|  ----------                ----------                ----t---|
D|  ----5h8--- Hammeron       ----(8)--- Ghost          ----6---| Tap
A|  ----------                ---------- Note           --------|
E|  ----5p8--- Pulloff        ----------                --------|
G|  ----------                ----------                -----p--|
D|  ----5/8--- Slide Up       -----x---- Dead           -----7--| Pop
A|  ----------                ---------- Note           --s-----|
E|  ----5\8--- Slide Down     ----------                --5-----| Slap
G|  ----------                ||------|| Repeat         --------|
D|  ----5~~~-- Vibrato        ||*----*||                ---5^---| Bend
A|  ----------                ||*----*||                --------| (up, one step)
E|  ----------                ||------||                --------|

(1)

tr~~

---------- ---------- Trill to --------|

-4:------- Time ---------- note in ---5^---| Bend

-4:------- Signature -0(1)----- parenthesis --------| (up, 1/2 step)

  ----------                ----------                --------|

(1/2)

Rhythm:

w = whole note W = dotted whole

h = half note H = dotted half

q = quarter note Q = dotted quarter

e = eighth note E = dotted eighth

s = sixteenth note S = dotted sixteenth

t = 32nd note T = dotted 32nd

x = 64th note X = dotted 64th

^ = triplet + = tie to previous note

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