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Pretty Vacant

Sex Pistols
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Tab3

Bass5

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

Intro

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|--------2--2---------------(x16)-|
D|--------------------2--2---------|
A|--0--0--------0--0---------------|
E|---------------------------------|

Verse

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-----------7-7----------------9-9-9----------|
D|-7-7--5-5--7-7--7--7-7-7-5----9-9-9----------|
A|-7-7--5-5--5-5--7--7-7-7-5----7-7-7----------|
E|-5-5--3-3-------5--5-5-5-3-------------------|

Bridge Part 1

e|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------12--------------|
G|-9-9--------------9-11^12----12-11p9----9-|
D|-9-9---------9-11--------------------11---|
A|-7-7-----9s11-----------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

Bridge Part 2

e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-2-2----4b5r4-4p2---4b5r4--4p2------------|
D|-2-2--------------4------------4----------|
A|-0-0--------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

Chorus

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-5----2-2---------2-2-2--2--------2-2-2--|
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-5----2-2---------2-2-2--2--------2-2-2--|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3----0-0-3b-0----0-0-0--0-3b-0---0-0-0--|
E|-----------------------------------------3---------------3--------|

Verse

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-----------7-7----------------9-9-9----------|
D|-7-7--5-5--7-7--7--7-7-7-5----9-9-9----------|
A|-7-7--5-5--5-5--7--7-7-7-5----7-7-7----------|
E|-5-5--3-3-------5--5-5-5-3-------------------|

Bridge 2

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|--------------8-8------------------------|
G|-9-9-9---7~9-7---7---~7-9-7-9-7-9-7-9~7--| Let it ring
D|-9-9-9------------~8---------------------|
A|-7-7-7-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

Chorus

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-5----2-2---------2-2-2--2--------2-2-2--|
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-5----2-2---------2-2-2--2--------2-2-2--|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3----0-0-3b-0----0-0-0--0-3b-0---0-0-0--|
E|-----------------------------------------3---------------3--------|

Verse

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-----------7-7----------------9-9-9----------|
D|-7-7--5-5--7-7--7--7-7-7-5----9-9-9----------|
A|-7-7--5-5--5-5--7--7-7-7-5----7-7-7----------|
E|-5-5--3-3-------5--5-5-5-3-------------------|

Bridge 1

e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9--------~5-7-5--------5~7-7--5-5----|
D|-9-9-9------5-7-----6~6--------------6~6--|
A|-7-7-7----5-7-----------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

Chorus

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------|
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------|
E|------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|

were pretty, pretty vacant

Solo

e|-----------------|
B|---------8-8-----|
G|----7~9-7---7----|
D|-------------~8--|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

And play the Chorus as the Outro.

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------|
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------|
E|------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|

*....We don't care!!

Outro

e|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|--7--7-7----|
A|--7--7-7----|
E|--5--5-5----|

This is as close as I can get it from listening to the track and the live track, but I

it is very accurate! So please give me a good rateing!

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| ~ Vibrato

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