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Violent and Funky

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

Song

Infectious Grooves - Violent and Funky.

Played By: Rob Trujillo

Tabbed By: Syd)o(nia

Previous version didn't sound quite right so made my own.

Played on 5 string.

Standard Tuning.

P= Pop

S= Slap

p= Pull-off

h= Hammer-on

/T\= Triplet

Intro

P P P P

G|--------------------------------|
D|--10-10h12-12p10-10p9-----------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------0/16\-|
B|--------------------------------|

Main Riff

/T\/T\/T\ /T\/T\/T\

G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|-5------------222333444-|
E|---2223334445-----------|
B|------------------------|

Variation after "You take the pen and I'll take the sword..."

P P P P S

G|---5h7p5-------------|
D|--------7-5h7-3h5----|
A|-----------------3---|h5    Follows on to Main Riff.
E|---------------------|
B|---------------------|

"You know it snapped like a motha" Part (after Main Riff)

G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|    Play Twice then back
E|------------------------------------------|       to Main Riff.

B|-3333333333333333/101010101010101099999999|

Final Piece

G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
B|-3333333333333333/101010101010101099999999-3--|

There's some basic slides on the E string before re-entering the main riff

after the verses, but pretty simple to incorporate.

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This is my first tab so would appreciate some feedback/corrections.

This song is super bad-ass by the way...

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