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Give it Up

Midtown
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

Ok this is from my own ear, so no copying was done here. This a great song with awesome

bass, so if you want to play it here it is. (I´ve seen big mistakes on previous tabs for

this song, so I'm here to fix them.)

Standard Tuning

G

D

A

E

~- let it ring

/-slide up

\-slide down

Intro (10 sec into the song)

G|-------------6-------------------------------6-------------------|
D|-8868-868-868-8------------------8868-868-868-8-------------6~---|
A|----------------9989-986-689-6-4----------------9989-989-989-----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1 (22 sec into the song)

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------686-4~------------------------------|
A|--1(12x)------1(12x)------1~--------4/6\1------------------------|
E|--------2(12x)------2(12x)---------------------------------------|

On the first verse, the sliding part 4/6\1, make sure you hold 4 for 1.5 sec. Or just

listen closely and you'll know what I mean.

Pre-Chorus (40 sec into the song)

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------4~--6~------------------------------|
A|--1(12x)-----1(12x)-----------------6-4--------------------------|
E|--------2(12x)-----2(12x)-444------------------------------------|

Chorus (58 sec into the song)

G|-------------------------------|
D|--868-6--------------------666-|
A|-------9999999\6666666/9999----|
E|-------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|--868-6--------------------666-8\0-|
A|-------9999999\6666666/9999--------|
E|-----------------------------------|

=============================================================================

Pre-Verse (1:11 into the song)

G|--------------6--|
D|--8868-868-868-8-|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|--1(12x)-----1(8x)/4(8x)-------|
E|--------2(12x)----------2(12x)-|

Verse 2 (1:27 into the song)

G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------4~--6~------|
A|--1(12x)-----1(12x)-----------------4----|
E|--------2(12x)-----2(12x)-444------------|

Chorus 2 (1:45 into the song)

G|-------------------------------|
D|--868-6--------------------666-|  2x
A|-------9999999\6666666/9999----|
E|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|--868(10)(11)(10)86--------------------666-|10 and 11 was set in
A|-------------------9999999\6666666/9999----|parenthesis to not cause
E|-------------------------------------------|confusion with 1's and 0's
G|----------------------------------|
D|--868-6--------------3(11x)-8~~\0-|
A|-------9999999\6(11x)-------------|
E|----------------------------------|

Pre-Bridge (Do absolutly nothing until 2:42)

Bridge (2:42)

G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|--868-868-868(10)(10)(11)(11)(10)(10)---------------|
A|-------------------------------------989-989-989-6~-|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|--868-868-868(10)(10)(11)(11)(10)(10)------------6~-|
A|-------------------------------------989-989-989----|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|--868-868-868(10)(10)(11)(11)(10)(10)---------------|
A|-------------------------------------989-989-989-6~-|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|--868-868-868(10)(10)(11)(11)(10)(10)------------6~-|
A|-------------------------------------989-989-989----|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------6-------------------------------6-------------------|
D|-8868-868-868-8------------------8868-868-868-8-------------6~---|
A|----------------9989-986-689-6-4----------------9989-989-989-----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

I love this part, its where the electric guitar screams.

G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|  2x
A|--1(12x)/4(3x)/9(12x)/11(3x)-|
E|-----------------------------|

Outro (3:30 into the song) Almost done :)

G|-------------------|
D|--8868-868-868~~\0-|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

There! Your done, congrats. I may be off by some, but I think it sounds pitch perfect.

Please vote for my tab, thanks.

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