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Ship of Fools

The Doors
Bass Tab

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

Intro

Q=168(8=s8/shuffle feel)

4/4

Gtr I

Q Q Q E E +E E +E e E E Q 4x

G||-----7-----7---|-----7-(7)-7---5-7---||
D||o-------7------|-------------7------o||
A||o-5----------5-|-(5)----------------o||
E||---------------|---------------------||

1st Verse

Q Q Q E E +E E +E e E E Q 3x

G||-----7-----7---|-----7-(7)-7---5-7---||
D||o-------7------|-------------7------o||
A||o-5----------5-|-(5)----------------o||
E||---------------|---------------------||

Q Q Q E E +E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q E E +E E +E e E E Q

G|--------------|--------------------|----7-----7---|-----7-(7)-7---5-7---|
D|----7-----7---|-----7-(7)-7---5-7--|-------7------|-------------7-------|
A|-------7----7-|-(7)---------7------|-5----------5-|-(5)-----------------|
E|-5------------|--------------------|--------------|---------------------|

Q Q Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E

G|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-5--5-----5--|/9---9-9-(9)-9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|-7---7-7----7-0--|
A|-------5-----|---9-----------9---|-7---7---7---7---|---7-----7-------|
E|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

2nd Verse

Q Q Q E E +E E +E e E E Q 3x Q Q Q E E +E E +E E E E Q

G||-----7-----7---|-----7-(7)-7---5-7---||--------------|--------------------|
D||o-------7------|-------------7------o||----7-----7---|-----7-(7)-7---5-7--|
A||o-5----------5-|-(5)----------------o||-------7----7-|-(7)---------7------|
E||---------------|---------------------||-5------------|--------------------|

Q Q Q E E +E E +E e E E Q Q Q Q Q

G|----7-----7---|-----7-(7)-7---5-7--|-------------|
D|-------7------|-------------7------|-5--5-----5--|
A|-5----------5-|-(5)----------------|-------5-----|
E|--------------|--------------------|-------------|

E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E

G|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|-9---9-9-(9)-9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|-7---7-7----7-0-|
A|---9-----------9---|-7---7---7---7---|---7-----7------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|

Interlude

6/4 4/4

Q Q Q Q Q E E +Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 3x

G|----7-----7-----7---|---------------||----------------||
D|-------7------------|---------------||o--------------o||
A|-5-----------5----5-|-(5)--7--8--0--||o-5--7--8--0---o||
E|--------------------|---------------||----------------||

Bridge

E E E E E E E E 10x E E E E E E E E 16x

G||-------------------||-||-------------------||
D||o-9---9---9---9---o||-||o-9---9---9---9---o||
A||o-----------------o||-||o-----------------o||
E||----7---7---7---7--||-||----7---7---7---7--||

Guitar Solo

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 4x Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q

G||--------------|--------------||-------------|-------------||
D||o-------------|-------------o||-5--5--9--9--|-------7-----||
A||o-5--7--8--0--|-5--7--8--0--o||-------------|-7--7-----7--||
E||--------------|--------------||-------------|-------------||

3rd Verse

W W Q Q Q E E +E E +E e E E Q

G|----------|----------||-----7-----7---|-----7-(7)-7---5-7----||
D|----------|----------||o-------7------|-------------7-------o||
A|----------|----------||o-5----------5-|-(5)-----------------o||
E|----------|----------||---------------|----------------------||

Q Q Q E E +E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q E E +E E +E e E E Q

G|--------------|--------------------|----7-----7---|-----7-(7)-7---5-7---|
D|----7-----7---|-----7-(7)-7---5-7--|-------7------|-------------7-------|
A|-------7----7-|-(7)---------7------|-5----------5-|-(5)-----------------|
E|-5------------|--------------------|--------------|---------------------|

Q Q Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E

G|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D|-5--5-----5--|/9---9-9-(9)-9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|-7---7-7----7-0--||
A|-------5-----|---9-----------9---|-7---7---7---7---|---7-----7-------||
E|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||

Out-Chorus

Q Q Q E E +E E +E e E E Q 10x Q Q Q E E +E E +E e E E Q

G||-----7-----7---|-----7-(7)-7---5-7---||----7-----7---|-----7-(7)-7---5-7--|
D||o-------7------|-------------7------o||-------7------|-------------7------|
A||o-5----------5-|-(5)----------------o||-5----------5-|-(5)----------------|
E||---------------|---------------------||--------------|--------------------|

Q Q Q E E +E E +E e E E Q Q Q Q E E +E E +E e E E Q

G|----7-----7---|-----7-(7)-7---5-7--|----7-----7---|-----7-(7)-7---5-7---*|
D|-------7------|-------------7------|-------7------|-------------7-------*|
A|-5----------5-|-(5)----------------|-5----------5-|-(5)-----------------*|
E|--------------|--------------------|--------------|---------------------*|

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Duration Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;

+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;

Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the

duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.

Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

| (n) - note tied to previous

| /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")

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