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Second Nature

Rush
Bass Tab

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

Song

Second Nature By: Rush

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w +w +w +w +w +w +w +w +w +w +w +w +w +w +w

+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+

|4:-R-|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
|4:---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|

+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+

+w +w +w +w +w +w +w +w Q e+h +e e+h e e Q e+h +H e e

+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-------+------------+-------+--------+

|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|-------|------------|-------|--------|
|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|-2-2---|----2---6-4-|-2-2---|----6-4-|

+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-------+------------+-------+--------+

Q e+h +H q Q e+h +H e e Q e+h +H e e Q Q q +h+Q e w

+-------+------+-------+--------+-------+--------+-------+--------+---+

|-------|------|-------|--------|-------|--------|-------|--------|---|
|-2-2---|----6-|-2-2---|----4-3-|-------|----4-3-|-----4-|------4-|-4-|
+-------+------+-------+--------+-2-2---+--------+-2-2---+--------+---+

e e e e e e e e +e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e +e e e e e e e e

+-----------------+------------------+-----------------+------------------+

|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------R---R-------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
+-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-+----3-3-3-3-3-2-3-+-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-+----3---3---3-2-3-+

q e e e e e e +e e e e e e q q e e e e e e +e q q q e

+---------------+----------------+---------------+------------+

|---------------|------------7-6-|-4-4---4-6-4-2-|----2-2-4-2-|
|-5-5---5-7-9-7-|----7-7---7-----|-----4---------|------------|
+-----5---------+--------7-------+---------------+------------+

e e e e e e e e +e e e e q e e q q e e e e +e e q e e e e q Q e e e

+-----------------+----------------+-------------+----------------+-----------+

|-----7-----------|------4-R-5-4---|---7---9-7-5-|------4-5---4---|-----------|
|-----------------|--------------7-|-------------|----5-----5---7-|-5-5-7-9-7-|
+-5-5---5-5-5-5-3-+----3-----------+-5---5-------+----------------+-----------+

+e e Q q e h+Q e +w Q e+h +w Q e+h +w Q e+h +w Q e+h

+------------+-------+----+-------+----+-------+----+-------+----+-------+

|--------7-6-|-4---2-|----|-------|----|-------|----|-------|----|-------|
|------7-----|-------|----|-------|----|-------|----|-2-2---|----|-2-2---|
+----7-------+-------+----+-2-2---+----+-2-2---+----+-------+----+-------+

+H e e Q e+h +w Q Q q +w +e e e e e e e e Q h e H q Q h e

+--------+-------+----+-------+----+------------------+-------+-----+-------+

|--------|-------|----|-------|----|------------------|-------|---4-|-------|
|----4-3-|-------|----|-----4-|----|----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-|-2---|-2-2-2-|
+--------+-2-2---+----+-2-2---+----+------------------+-------+-----+-------+

H s E Q e+h +H q Q e+h H q Q h e H s E Q Q q +h e e e e

+-------+-------+------+-------+-----+-------+-------+-------+------------+

|---2-4-|-------|----4-|-------|-----|-------|-------|-------|------------|
|-2-----|-2-2---|------|-2-2---|-2-4-|-------|---2-4-|-----4-|----4-4-4-4-|
+-------+-------+------+-------+-----+-2-2-2-+-2-----+-2-2---+------------+

e e e e e e s s e e e e e e e e e +e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e

+-------6-----------+-----------------+------------------+-----------------+
|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
+-------------------+-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-+----3-3-3-3-3-2-3-+-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-+

e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e +e e e e e e q q e e e e e e

+-----------------+-----------------+----------------+---------------+

|-----------------|-----------------|------------7-6-|-4-4---4-6-----|
|-----------------|-5-5-5---5-7-9-7-|----7-7---7-----|-----4-----5-7-|
+-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-+-------5---------+--------7-------+---------------+

+e e e q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e

+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+

|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----7---7-9-7-9-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
+------7---------+-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-+-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-+-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-+

e e e e e e s E q e e e e e e +q e e e q e h+Q e +w Q e+h +w

+-----------------+---------------+--------------+-------+----+-------+----+

|-----------------|---------------|----------7-6-|-4---2-|----|-------|----|
|-----------------|-5-5---5-7-9-7-|----7---7-----|-------|----|-------|----|
+-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-+-----5---------+------7-------+-------+----+-2-2---+----+

Q e+h +w Q e+h +w Q e+h +e+h e e e Q e+h +w Q e+h +w

+-------+----+-------+----+-------+----------6-+-------+----+-------+----+
|-------|----|-------|----|-------|------4-R---|-------|----|-------|----|
|-------|----|-------|----|-------|------------|-2-2---|----|-2-2---|----|
+-2-2---+----+-2-2---+----+-2-2---+------------+-------+----+-------+----+

Q e+h +w Q e q q +H e e e e s s e s s e s s e Q e h H s E

+-------+----+---------+--------+-----------------------+-------+-------+

|-------|----|---------|--------|-----------------------|-------|---2-4-|
|-------|----|-------4-|----4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-|-2-----|
+-2-2---+----+-2-2-2---+--------+-----------------------+-------+-------+

Q e h w Q e h H s E Q e h H e e Q e+h +w Q e+h +w Q e+h

+-------+---+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+----+-------+----+-------+

|-------|---|-------|---2-4-|-------|-------|-------|----|-------|----|-------|
|-2-2-2-|-2-|-2-2-2-|-2-----|-2-2-2-|-2-4-4-|-------|----|-------|----|-------|
+-------+---+-------+-------+-------+-------+-2-2---+----+-2-2---+----+-2-2---+

+w Q e+h +w Q e+h +H e e Q e+h +w Q e+h +w Q e+h +w +w

+----+-------+----+-------+--------+-------+----+-------+----+-------+----+----+

|----|-------|----|-------|----6-7-|-------|----|-------|----|-------|----|----|
|----|-------|----|-------|--------|-------|----|-------|----|-------|----|----|
+----+-2-2---+----+-2-2---+--------+-2-2---+----+-2-2---+----+-2-2---+----+----+

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

Created using the Bass Tab Creator

__ by Mario D'Alessio (motcid!marble!dalessio)

+|oo|+

+|oo|+ Notes: w = Whole h = Half q = Quarter

|| e = 8th s = 16th t = 32nd x = 64th

||

|| Capital durations are dotted notes

|| (equal to 1.5 times the duration value)

||

|| #

|| +----+ +----+

_ || _ |*--*+ = MEASURE |4:--| = TIME

\\_||_// |*--*+ REPEATS |4:--| SIGNATURES

| [] | +----+ (#=Num Repeats) +----+

| || |

/ [] \ + = TIE ^ = TRIPLET > = BEND

\______/ H = HAMMER ON \ = SLIDE TO FRET R = Rest

P = PULL OFF \X = SLIDE TO NOWHERE ~ = Trill

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