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When Your Walls Come Down

KISS
Bass Tab

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

Song

Song: WHEN YOUR WALLS COME DOWN

Artist: KISS

Album: CRAZY NIGHTS

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Transcribed by Emil Ortenmark, kfemil@telia.com

Standard tuning

Comments: Not much to it. Once again the bass stays with the guitars.

when it doesn't play riffs it keeps the eight-notes pumping on the

root. Predictable, yes. Boring, perhaps. Appropriate, I think so.

Although I would rather see Gene rip it up and kick some ass on a lot

of these tracks, this does work and as such it is fine.

Key:

/ = slide up

\ = slide down

b = bend (whole step)

b^ = bend (1/2 step)

b^^ = bend (1 1/2 steps)

pb = pre-bend

r = release-bend

t = tap with righthand finger

h = hammer-on

p = pull-off

~ = Vibrato

* = Natural Harmonic

#(#) = Trill

** = Artificial Harmonic

x = Dead notes (no pitch)

P.M. = Palm mute (- -> underneath indicates which notes)

(\) = Dive w\bar

(/) = Release w\bar

Tp = Tap w\plectrum

Rhythm Fig. 1

G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------5h7-----3-----3----3----5----------------|
E|--0-------------------------------------0-----------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------0--5----4--------------|
A|-----------5h7------------2-------------------------|
E|--0--------------0--2--3------------------0---------|

Rhythm Fig. 2

G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------5h7-----3-----3----3----5----------------|
E|--0-------------------------------------0-----------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------5p-4-----5p-4---------------|
A|-----------5h7----------------5--------5------------|
E|--0-------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm Fig. 3

G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------5h7-----3-----3----3----5----------------|
E|--0-------------------------------------0-----------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------0--5----2--------------|
A|-----------5h7------------2-------------2-----------|
E|--0--------------0--2--3----------------------------|

Rhythm Fig. 4

G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------5h7-----3-----3----3----5----------------|
E|--0-------------------------------------0-----------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--7--7--7-------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------0--0--0----------------------------|

Rhythm Fig. 5

G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

< - - - - 2x - - - - > < - - - - 2x - - - - >

G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

< - - - - 2x - - - - >

G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--7-------------------------------|
E|-----------------------0----------------------------|

Rhythm Fig. 6

G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------2----|
E|-----------------------------------------0h-2-------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--------0----|
E|-----------------------------------------0h-2-------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------|
E|-----------------------------------------0--2--0----|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm Fig. 7

G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----5--------------5--------5h7---------------------|
A|-------7--7--8--8-----7--0--------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm Fig. 8

G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------0----|
E|-----------------------------------------0--2-------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------5h7-------5h7-------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0------0--0------0--0--0-----|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|--3----2----1----1-----1--1--1--1-------------------|

Rhythm Fig. 9

G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|--1----1----1----1------1----1----1----1------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------0---------|
E|--3----3----3----3-----3----3----3--0--3------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------|
E|-----------------------------------------0--2--0----|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

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