Problems

Bass Tab

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Song

Song Title: Problems

Artist: Sex Pistols

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"Problems", from Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols

My first bass transcription. Be merciful. :)

Mordrid (bennyh@acs.bu.edu)

A. Intro

(3x)

G:--------------|----------------- ||-------------|-----------||
D:--------------|-----------------*||----------/7-|-7-7-5-4---||
A:--5-5-3-3-3---|---------------5-*||-5-5-3-3-3---|---------7-||
E:------------5-|-5-5-5-5-3/5-5--- ||-------------|-----------||

B. 1st Verse

(4x)

G:|| --------------|----------------- || -------------|-----------------|
D:||*--------------|-----------------*||*----------/7-|-7-7-7-7-5/7-7---|
A:||*--5-5-3-3-3---|---------------5-*||*-5-5-3-3-3---|---------------5-|
E:|| ------------5-|-5-5-5-5-3/5-5--- || -------------|-----------------|
G:--------------|----------------- ||
D:--------------|-----------------*||
A:--5-5-3-3-3---|-----------------*||
E:------------5-|-5-5-5-5-3/5-5-5- ||

C: 1st and 2nd Choruses

G:------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:--5-5-5-5-3/5-5-5-|-3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-5/7-7-7-|-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G:------------------|-----------------|| -------------|-------------------|
D:------------------|-----------------||*----------/7-|-7-7-7-7-5/7-7-7---|
A:------------------|---------------5-||*-5-5-3-3-3---|-----------------5-|
E:--8-8-8-8-7/8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|| -------------|-------------------|
G:--------------|----------------- ||
D:--------------|-----------------*||
A:--5-5-3-3-3---|---------------5-*||
E:------------5-|-5-5-5-5-3/5-5--- ||

D. 2nd Verse

(3x)

G:|| --------------|-----------------|------------|----------------- ||
D:||*-----------/7-|-7-7-7-7-5/7-7---|------------|-----------------*||
A:||*--5-5-3-3-3---|---------------5-|5-5-3-3-3---|---------------5-*||
E:|| --------------|-----------------|----------5-|-5-5-5-5-3/5-5--- ||
G:--------------|---------|-------------|-----------------||
D:-----------/7-|-7-5-4---|-------------|-----------------||
A:--5-5-3-3-3---|-------7-|-5-5-3-3-3---|-----------------||
E:--------------|---------|-----------5-|-5-5-5-5-3/5-5-5-||

E. Guitar Solo

(6x)

G:|| --------------|----------------- ||----------------|-----------------|
D:||*--------------|-----------------*||----------------|-----------------|
A:||*--5-5-5-3-3-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-*||--5-5-5-3-3-3-0-|-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-5-|
E:|| --------------|----------------- ||----------------|-----------------|
G:----------------|-----------------||
D:----------------|-----------------||
A:--5-5-5-3-3-3-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
E:----------------|-----------------||

F. 3rd Chorus

G:------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:--5-5-5-5-3/5-5-5-|-3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-5/7-7-7-|-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G:------------------|-----------------|-------------|---------|
D:------------------|-----------------|----------/7-|-7-5-4---|
A:------------------|---------------5-|-5-5-3-3-3---|-------7-|
E:--8-8-8-8-7/8-8-8-|-7/8-8-8-8-8-8---|-------------|---------|
G:--------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
D:--------------|-----------------|----------/7-|-7-7-7-7-5/7-7---|
A:--5-5-3-3-3---|---------------5-|-5-5-3-3-3---|---------------5-|
E:------------5-|-5-5-5-5-3/5-5---|-------------|-----------------|
G:--------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
D:--------------|-----------------|----------/7-|-7-7-7-7-5/7-7---|
A:--5-5-3-3-3---|-----------------|-5-5-3-3-3---|---------------5-|
E:------------5-|-5-5-5-5-3/5-5-5-|-------------|-----------------|
G:--------------|-----------------||
D:--------------|-----------------||
A:--5-5-3-3-3---|---------------5-||
E:------------5-|-5-5-5-5-3/5-5---||

G. Bridge

G:|| --------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------- ||
D:||*-----------/7-|-7-7-7-7-5/7-7---|-------------|-----------------*||
A:||*--5-5-3-3-3---|---------------5-|-5-5-3-3-3---|---------------5-*||
E:|| --------------|-----------------|-----------5-|-5-5-5-5-3/5-5--- ||

(3x)

G:|| -------------|----------------- ||-------------|-----------------||
D:||*-------------|-----------------*||----------/7-|-7-7-5-5-4-4-----||
A:||*-5-5-3-3-3---|---------------5-*||-5-5-3-3-3---|-------------7-7-||
E:|| -----------5-|-5-5-5-5-3/5-5--- ||-------------|-----------------||

H. Outro

G:------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:--5-5-5-5-3/5-5-5-|-3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-5/7-7-7-|-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G:------------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
D:------------------|-----------------|----------/7-|-7-7-7-7-5/7-7---|
A:------------------|---------------5-|-5-5-3-3-3---|---------------5-|
E:--8-8-8-8-7/8-8-8-|-7/8-8-8-8-8-8---|-------------|-----------------|
G:--------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
D:--------------|-----------------|----------/7-|-7-7-5-5-4-4-----|
A:--5-5-3-3-3---|---------------5-|-5-5-3-3-3---|-------------7-7-|
E:------------5-|-5-5-5-5-3/5-5---|-------------|-----------------|
G:--------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
D:--------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
A:--5-5-3-3-3---|---------------5-|-5-5-3-3-3---|---------------5-|
E:------------5-|-5-5-5-5-3/5-5---|-----------5-|-5-5-5-5-3/5-5---|
G:|| --------------|----------------- ||-------------|-----------------|
D:||*--------------|-----------------*||----------/7-|-7-7-7-7-5/7-7---|
A:||*--5-5-3-3-3---|---------------5-*||-5-5-3-3-3---|---------------5-|
E:|| ------------5-|-5-5-5-5-3/5-5--- ||-------------|-----------------|
G:--------------|-----------------|| -------------|----------------- ||
D:--------------|-----------------||*----------/7-|-7-7-7-7-5/7-7---*||
A:--5-5-3-3-3---|---------------5-||*-5-5-3-3-3---|---------------5-*||
E:------------5-|-5-5-5-5-3/5-5---|| -------------|----------------- ||
G:--------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
D:--------------|-----------------|----------/7-|-7-7-7-7-5/7-7-7-|
A:--5-5-3-3-3---|---------------5-|-5-5-3-3-3---|-----------------|
E:------------5-|-5-5-5-5-3/5-5---|-------------|-----------------|

(10x)

G:|| ----------------- ||-----|---------||
D:||*-----------------*||-7-5-|---------||
A:||*-----------------*||-----|-7-5-3---||
E:|| -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5- ||-----|-------5-||

Submitted by: Mordrid (bennyh@acs.bu.edu)

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