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Star 69

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Bass Tab

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

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STAR 69 (Bass tab)

From: silversa@VAX.CS.HSCSYR.EDU (silverstone)

Bass does not play for the first refrain of the guitar riff before each

verse. Just after that, and before the vocals start, the bass starts

playing:

Verse:

Start with fast slide from high E(12) to G(3) and back up to B(7) on the E

string, then:

G-----------------------------------------------

D----------------------------------------------- Repeat 2x/verse

A------7-7---------2-2-5------7-7---------------
E-7-7--------7-5-5--------7-7-----7-5-5-5--2-3-5

Refrain:

G----------------------------------------------------------

D----------------------------------------------------------

A-----9------9------9--5-7-------------9------9------9--5-7 (fast side down)
E-7-7----7-7----7-7----------4-5-6-7-7----7-7----7-7-------

Repeat 2x/refrain

At end of the second refrain hit a loud B (7) on the E string, then mute it

when the guitar riff starts again.

Play it fast, and like most of the songs on Monster, with a pick. I'm

almost positive this is right- I wasn't sure myself until I saw Mike

(Mills, of course), play it in concert. The only thing that might be off

is the number of times each note is played, but you can work that out for

yourself.

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