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Criminal

Fiona Apple
Bass Tab
4.6(28)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------1-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|3--333---1-3---313--333--1-3----------(play 3 times)-----------------------|
E|------3----------------3-----1-3-------------------------------------------|

the fourth time

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------1-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|3--333---1-3---313--333--3--321-------(go right into the verse)------------|
E|------3----------------13--------------------------------------------------|

Verse Part One

G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-5-------------35-5------3-1---01-1---3--|(play 4 times, then right into

I've been a bad bad girl... verse part 2.)

Verse Part Two

G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|3--311--13----------3-311--1--------1-3--311--1-----------------------------|
E|----------1--111--3----------5--555-------------4--433--3-1--111--3-4-444-3-|

Don't... (to the chorus

Help... now)

Chorus

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------3--333-----(play twice)-------------------------------------------|
E|1--111-3---------3---------------------------------------------------------|

What...

then

G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------3--311-1-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|1--111-3----------4--433-3-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--3--------(back to verse part 1---|

or to the intro

riff then the middle

part)

You'll notice that in the chorus, you play a lot of F (1st fret E string).

Instead of just playing the same idiot note over and over again, you can

play fills in F. Here are two good ones:

G|-------------------------------    G|--------1--------------------------|
D|--1-3--------------------------    D|----13----3-1----------------------|
A|------3-------(then hit the C)-    A|--13--------------(then hit the C)-|
E|1-------1-3--------------------    E|1----------------------------------|

The middle part thing:

G|-------------------------------------|
D|1--1--------------1--1---------------|
A|----22-2-----22-2-----22-2-----------|
E|---------4--4--------------4--444-4--|       (play again, but the second time

Let me... drag out the last note pattern

for another measure. Then go

back to the chorus.)

The song fades out playing the intro over and over again.

That's it. Have fun!

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