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Glorious Pop Song

Skunk Anansie
Bass Tab
4.8(5)

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

Song

Glorious Pop Song

by Skunk Anansie

This took me quite a while to tab and i'm pretty sure most of it is right.

timings are as always approximate.

Verses 1&2 (only do the repeat once):

||-------------------|----------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|----------------------|------------------|
||o-2---2---2-2-2(2)-|-0---0-0---0----------|-2---2---2-2-2(2)-|
||-------------------|--------------2-4-5-2-|------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-0---0-0---0--------|-2---2---22------|---------------|
|-------------2-4-5--|------------4--4-|-5--5---(5)(5)-|

1st time_____________________________|

|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0--o||
|-----------------|-------------------||

2nd time_________

|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|--------3-3-3--|-----------------|

Chorus:

||------------------|---------------------||

||o-----------------|--------------------o|| play 3 times

||o---3-------------|-3------3-5/6\5-3---o||
||--5---5-0-----3-5-|------5--------------|| then go into:
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-/11\--|

Verse 3:

|------------------|----------------------|------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-2---2---2-2-2(2)-|-0---0-0---0----------|-2---2---2-2-2(2)-|
|------------------|--------------2-4-5-2-|------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-0---0-0---0--------|-2---2---22------|----------------|
|-------------2-4-5--|------------4--4-|-5--5---(5)(5)5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|----------------|

Chorus:

|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------5----|
|---3------------|-3------3-5/6\5-3--|----3------------|-3-----3-5/-7---7--|
|-5---5-0----3-5-|------5------------|--5---5-0----3-5-|-----5-------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---3------------|-3------3-5/6\5-3--|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---5-0----3-5-|------5------------|-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

Bridge:

|---------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------55-------|
|-3---3---3-3-3-|-5--55--(5)5-5-3-|-0-0-0h3-0----|-0---0-0---7----7-5-3-|
|---------------|-----------------|------------3-|----------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|-------------|---------------------|
|---------------|----------5h75h7-5---|-------------|-------------55------|
|-3---3---3-3-3-|-5--55-5/7---------7-|-0-0-0h3-0---|-0---0-0---7---7-5-3-|
|---------------|---------------------|-----------3-|---------------------|
|---------------|----------------|-------------|---------------------|
|---------------|----------------|-------------|------------55-------|
|-3---3---3-3-3-|-5--55-5555-5-3-|-0-0-0h3-0---|-0---0-0--7----7-5-3-|
|---------------|----------------|-----------3-|---------------------|
|---------------|-------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|-------------|----------------|----------------|
|-3---3---3-3-3-|-5--55-555-3-|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|-------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|-6-6-6-6-/-10-\-|

Guitar Solo & Verse 4:

||-------------------|----------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|----------------------|------------------|
||o-2---2---2-2-2(2)-|-0---0-0---0----------|-2---2---2-2-2(2)-|
||-------------------|--------------2-4-5-2-|------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-0---0-0---0--------|-2---2---22------|----------------|
|-------------2-4-5--|------------4--4-|-5--5---(5)(5)5-|

1st time____________________________|

|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||
|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-|------------------||

2nd time_________________

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------3-3-3-3-|-----------------|

Final Chorus & Outro:

(repeat to fade with slight variations on the basic riff)

|----------------|------------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|-----------5---|
|---3------------|-3------3-5/6\5-3-|---3------------|-3---3-5/7---7-|
|-5---5-0----3-5-|------5-----------|-5---5-0----3-5-|---5-----------|
|----------------|------------------|-----------|------------|
|----------------|------------------|-----------|------------|
|---3------------|-3-----3-5--5-3-0-|-1111-1111-|-311-311-31-|
|-5---5-0----3-5-|-----5------------|-----------|------------|
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------------|
||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------------|
||o---3-----------|-3----3-5--------|---3-----------|-3----3-5-5h75h7-5\-|
||--5---5-0---3-5-|----5------0-3-5-|-5---5-0---3-5-|----5---------------|

repeat to fade

|----------------|-----------------|-----------|-------------||
|----------------|-----------------|-----------|------------o||
|---3------------|-3-----3-5/6\5-3-|-1111-1111-|-311-311-31-o||
|-5---5-0----3-5-|-----5-----------|-----------|-------------||

tabbed by: ice monkey steve

scrape@uk.packardbell.org

this is my first attempt at tabbing so overlook the mistakes

any comments, corrections or if anybody works out any other skunk anansie

basslines email ---> scrape@uk.packardbell.org

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Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

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