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Faith No More
Bass Tab
★4.7(6)

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Song

Faith No More

Smaller And Smaller

e^e^e^e^e^e^e^e^e^e^e^e^ 2x s s s s s s e s s s s s s e

G|---||---------------------------||------------------------------|
D|4:-||*-------------------------*||*-----------------------------|
A|4:-||*-------------------------*||*---------9-8-7---7-7---7h8-7-|
E|---||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--0-0-0-0-------0-----0-------|

1st Verse

s s s s s s e s s s s q s s s s s s e s s s s s s e

G|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|---------9-8-7---7-7---7-|---------9-8-7---5-7---7h8-7-|
E|-0-0-0-0-------0-----0---|-0-0-0-0-------0-----0-------|

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

G|--------------------------||-----------------------------|
D|-------------------------*||-----------------------------|
A|---------9-8-7---7-7---7-*||---------9-8-7---7-7---7h8-7-|
E|-0-0-0-0-------0-----0----||-0-0-0-0-------0-----0-------|

s s s s s s e s s s s q s s s s s s e s s s s s s e

G|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|---------9-8-7---7-7---7-|---------9-8-7---5-7---7h8-7-|
E|-0-0-0-0-------0-----0---|-0-0-0-0-------0-----0-------|

s s s s s s e s s s s s s s s s s s s q+s s s s s s s s

G|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-----------------------------6-|-------------------------6-|
A|---------9-8-7---7-8-7-5-7-8---|-8-7---------7-8-7-5-7-8---|
E|-0-0-0-0-------0---------------|-----0-0-0-0---------------|

s s t t t t q+s s s s s s s s 2x s s t t t t H

G||---------------------------------||---------------|
D||*-----------------------------6-*||---------------|
A||*-8-7-------------7-8-7-5-7-8---*||-8-7-----------|
E||------0-0-0-0-0-0----------------||-----0-0-0-0-0-|

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

G||-----------------------------|--------------------------||
D||*----------------------------|-------------------------*||
A||*--------9-8-7---7-7---7h8-7-|---------9-8-7---7-7---7-*||
E||-0-0-0-0-------0-----0-------|-0-0-0-0-------0-----0----||

Chorus

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

G|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------6-|
A|---------9-8-7---5-7---7h8-7-|---------9-8-7---7-8-7-5-7-8---|
E|-0-0-0-0-------0-----0-------|-0-0-0-0-------0---------------|

s s t t t t q+s s s s s s s s 3x s s t t t t w

G||---------------------------------||----|---------------|------|
D||*-----------------------------6-*||-5:-|---------------|-4:---|
A||*-8-7-------------7-8-7-5-7-8---*||-4:-|-8-7-----------|-4:---|
E||------0-0-0-0-0-0----------------||----|-----0-0-0-0-0-|------|

Swing 16'ths feel, s s = e^ s^

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

G||----r---r---r-----r---r---r---|---r---r---r-----r---r---r---|
D||*---e---e---e-----e---e---e---|---e---e---e-----e---e---e---|
A||*---s---s---s-----s---s---s---|---s---s---s-----s---s---s---|
E||--0-t-0-t-0-t-0-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-|-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-|

Interlude

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

G|---r---r---r-----r---r---r---|---r---r---r-------------|
D|---e---e---e-----e---e---e---|---e---e---e-------------|
A|---s---s---s-----s---s---s---|---s---s---s-------------|
E|-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-|-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-0-0-3-2-1-|

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

G||----r---r---r-----r---r---r---|---r---r---r-----r---r---r---|
D||*---e---e---e-----e---e---e---|---e---e---e-----e---e---e---|
A||*---s---s---s-----s---s---s---|---s---s---s-----s---s---s---|
E||--0-t-0-t-0-t-0-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-|-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-|

Keyboard enters

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

G|---r---r---r-----r---r---r---|---r---r---r-----r---r------||
D|---e---e---e-----e---e---e---|---e---e---e-----e---e-----*||
A|---s---s---s-----s---s---s---|---s---s---s-----s---s-----*||
E|-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-|-0-t-0-t-0-t-0-0-t-0-t-0-3--||

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

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

e^e^e^e^e^e^e^e^e^e^e^e^ 2x e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e e q

G||---------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------|
D||*-------------------------*||-------------------------|--------------------|
A||*-------------------------*||-------------2-----------|-------------7-7/10-|
E||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-3-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-0-0--------|

s s s s s s e s s s s s s e 7x s s s s s s e s s s s s s s s

G||-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
D||*-----------------------------*||-----------------------------6-|
A||*---------9-8-7---7-7---7h8-7-*||---------9-8-7---7-8-7-5-7-8---|
E||--0-0-0-0-------0-----0--------||-0-0-0-0-------0---------------|

s s s s q s s s s s s s s s s t t t t q+s s s s s s s s 2x

G|---------------------------||---------------------------------||------|
D|-------------------------6-||*-----------------------------6-*||-3:---|
A|-8-7---------7-8-7-5-7-8---||*-8-7-------------7-8-7-5-7-8---*||-4:---|
E|-----0-0-0-0---------------||------0-0-0-0-0-0----------------||------|

s s t t t t h +h s t t s s s s s s s t t t t

G|------------------|-------------------------------|
D|---------------4:-|-----------------6-------------|
A|-8-7-----------4:-|---7-7-7-7-5-7-8---8-7---------|
E|-----0-0-0-0-0----|-0---------------------0-0-0-0-|

q+s s s s s s s s s s t t t t 18x w

G||---------------------------------||----||
D||*-----------------6-------------*||----||
A||*-----7-8-7-5-7-8---8-7---------*||----||
E||--0-0-------------------0-0-0-0--||--0-||

Outro Hold

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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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