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Firehouse

KISS
Bass TabTuningHalf-Step Down
★4.7(3)

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

Intro

Q=118

4/4

Gtr I (1/2 step down: Eb Ab Db Gb)

Wx3 H E E Q Q Q H Wx3

Gb|------------|------------14\--|-------------|--------|
Db|------------|--------/16------|-------------|--------|
Ab|------------|-----------------|-------------|--------|
Eb|------------|-----------------|-5\----------|--------|

Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E q Q E E E E +W

Gb||-----------------|----------------|---------------|---------||
Db||o----------------|----------------|---------------|--------o||
Ab||o----------------|----------------|-5--3----------|--------o||
Eb||--5----3---0-3-0-|-5----3---0-3-0-|-------5---3-5-|-(5)-----||

1st Verse

Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q q Q E E E E +W

Gb||----------------|---------------|---------------|---------||
Db||o---------------|---------------|---------------|--------o||
Ab||o---------------|---------------|-5--3----------|--------o||
Eb||--5\-------0-3--|-5\-------0-3--|-------5---3-5-|-(5)-----||

Interlude

H E E E E +H E E E E +H +E E E E E E E E H

Gb|--------------|----------------|------------------|--------------||
Db|------2-3-4-5-|-(5)------------|------------------|--------------||
Ab|-3------------|--------0-3-2-1-|-(1)----(1)---1-2-|---2----------||
Eb|--------------|----------------|------------3-----|-------0------||

2nd Verse

Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E

Gb||-----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------||
Db||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------o||
Ab||o----------------|----------------|-5--3-----------|-------------------o||
Eb||--5----3---0-3-0-|-5----3---0-3-0-|--------5---3-5-|-(5)-0-2---3-0---3--||

Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E

Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----5--------------|
Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------7---5--------|
Ab|----------------|----------------|-5--3-----------|-------------7-5-3--|
Eb|-5----3---0-3-0-|-5----3---0-3-0-|--------5---3-5-|-(5)----------------|

Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E q Q E E E E +W

Gb|----------------|----------------|---------------|--------||
Db|----------------|----------------|---------------|--------||
Ab|----------------|----------------|-5--3----------|--------||
Eb|-5----3---0-3-0-|-5----3---0-3-0-|-------5---3-5-|-(5)----||

Interlude

H E E E E +H E E E E +H +E E E E E E E E H

Gb|--------------|----------------|------------------|--------------||
Db|------2-3-4-5-|-(5)------------|------------------|--------------||
Ab|-3------------|--------0-3-2-1-|-(1)----(1)---1-2-|---2----------||
Eb|--------------|----------------|------------3-----|-------0------||

Chorus

Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E

Gb||-----------------|----------------|---------------|--------------------||
Db||o----------------|----------------|---------------|-------------------o||
Ab||o----------------|----------------|-5--3----------|-------------------o||
Eb||--5----3---0-3-0-|-5----3---0-3-0-|-------5---3-5-|-(5)-0-3---3-0-2-3--||

Bridge

6/4

Q E E Q Q Q E E +Q Q Q E E Q Q E E E E +W

Gb|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------||
Db|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------||
Ab|-2----2-2-----|----------------|--------------|----------------||
Eb|--------------|-0----0-(0)-----|-1----1-1-----|-3-3---3-(3)----||

Guitar Solo

4/4

Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E q Q E E E E +W

Gb||-----------------|----------------|---------------|---------||
Db||o----------------|----------------|---------------|--------o||
Ab||o----------------|----------------|-5--3----------|--------o||
Eb||--5----3---0-3-0-|-5----3---0-3-0-|-------5---3-5-|-(5)-----||

Bridge

Q E E Q Q Q E E +Q Q Q E E Q Q E E E E +H

Gb|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
Db|--------------|----------------|--------------|-5----------------|
Ab|-2----2-2-----|----------------|--------------|---5-(0)----------|
Eb|--------------|-0----0-(0)-----|-1----1-1-----|---------3-(3)----|

+W Wx2 H E E +E E

Db|------------||------------|--------4-(4)S9-|
Gb|------------||------------|----------------|
Ab|------------||------------|----------------|
Eb|-(3)--------||------------|----------------|

Out-Chorus

E E Q E E Q Q E E E E E E

Gb|---7-----------||------------------|
Db|-----7------5--||------------------|
Ab|--------5h7----||------------------|
Eb|---------------||-5----3---0-3-0---|

Q E E E E E E q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

Gb|----------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
Db|----------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
Ab|----------------|-5--3---0-----0-|-(0)---------------|-----------------|
Eb|-5----3---0-3-0-|------------3---|-----0-3---3-0-2-3-|-5----3---0-3-0--|

q Q H Q Q Q E E E E Q +H Q E E E E E E

Gb|------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
Db|------------|-/5--4--2----4-|---2-----------|-----------------|
Ab|------------|-----------0---|-----0--(0)----|-----------------|
Eb|-5----------|---------------|---------------|-5----3---0-3-0--|

q Q H Q Q Q E E E E Q +H +W

Gb|------------|---------------|---------------|--------*|
Db|------------|-/5--4--2----4-|---2-----------|--------*|
Ab|------------|-----------0---|-----0--(0)----|-(0)----*|
Eb|-5----------|---------------|---------------|--------*|

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Duration Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;

+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;

Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the

duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.

Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

| (n) - note tied to previous

| h - hammer-on

| /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")

| S - shift slide

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