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Heaven Knows

Slade
Bass Tab

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

Song

Title: Heaven Knows

Artist: Slade

Album: Slade in Flame

Instrument: 4 String Bass

Tabbed by: RighteousDuncan (Duncanthebassplayer@msn.com)

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Here's the bass tab for one of my favorite songs, Heaven Knows.

Listen to it for timing:

Intro

G|-------------------------------------------------------||
D|-12-12-9-12-9-12-12-9-12-9-12-12-9-12-9-12-12-9-12-9---||
A|-------------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------------------||
D|-12-12-9-12-9-12-12-9-12-9-12-12-9-12-9-12-12-9-12-9---||
A|-------------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------------------||
D|-12-12-9-12-9-12-12-9-12-9-12-12-9-12-9-12/0-||
A|---------------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------------||

Verse

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------||

Caught...

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|------------5-5-2-5-2----------------------------------------------||
A|-----------------------5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-----||
E|-5-5-2-5-2---------------------------------------------------------||

There's a...

G|----------------------||
D|----------------------||
A|-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2--||
E|----------------------||

Chorus

G|-----------------------------------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------||
A|--------7-7-7---5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2----||
E|-5-5-5-----------------------------------------------------||

Verse

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-------||
E|------------------------------------------------------------------||

Caught up....

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|------------5-5-2-5-2----------------------------------------------||
A|-----------------------5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-----||
E|-5-5-2-5-2---------------------------------------------------------||

made...

G|----------------------||
D|----------------------||
A|-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2--||
E|----------------------||

Chorus

G|-----------------------------------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------||
A|--------7-7-7-7-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2----||
E|-5-5-5-----------------------------------------------------||

Heaven...

Bridge ( The way I play it )

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|--7-5-3-5-7-9-12-14-9-7-5-7-5-3-2-0--5-7-9-12-14-9-7-5-7-3-0-5-7---||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-9-12-14-9-7-5-3-2---3-5-7-9h10-12-12-12-12-10---------------------||
E|-------------------3-----------------------------------------------||

Verse

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|------------5-5-2-5-2----------------------------------------------||
A|-----------------------5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-----||
E|-5-5-2-5-2---------------------------------------------------------||
G|----------------------||
D|----------------------||
A|-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2--||
E|----------------------||

Chorus

G|-----------------------------------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------||
A|--------7-7-7-7-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2----||
E|-5-5-5-----------------------------------------------------||

Heaven...

Bridge ( The way I play it )

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|--7-5-3-5-7-9-12-14-9-7-5-7-5-3-2-0--5-7-9-12-14-9-7-5-7-3-0-5-7---||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-9-12-14-9-7-5-3-2---3-5-7-9h10-12-12-12-12-10---------------------||
E|-------------------3-----------------------------------------------||

Verse

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|------------5-5-2-5-2----------------------------------------------||
A|-----------------------5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-----||
E|-5-5-2-5-2---------------------------------------------------------||
G|----------------------||
D|----------------------||
A|-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2--||
E|----------------------||

Chorus

G|-----------------------------------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------||
A|--------7-7-7-7-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2-5-5-2-5-2----||
E|-5-5-5-----------------------------------------------------||

Repeat and fade on this:

G|--------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------||
A|--5-5-2-5-2---------------------||
E|--------------------------------||

Thanks

RighteousDuncan

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