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Daddys Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car

U2
Bass Tab

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

Song

U2 "Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car"

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steve palmer am560@freenet.carleton.ca

Tune down 1/2 step to: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

This whole song is one chord: A (after tuning down)

[Intro] (guitar and bass together)

guitar

eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------5---3-----------------------5---3-------|

bass

Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-3-3--1-3-3--1-3-3--1-3-3--1-3-3--1-3-3--1-3-3--1-3-3--1-3-3-----|

(this repeats a few times)

When drums and bass stop:

guitar

eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------5------5------5-----------5------5------5-----------------|
Eb|--5-3----5-3----5-3----5-3--5-3----5-3----5-3----5-3-------------|

Bass line for whole song:

bass

Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Except for: [bass riff #1]

bass

Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-0-0-0--0-0-0---5-3-------0-0-0--0-0-0---------------------------|
Eb|--------------------5-3------------------------------------------|

(this riff is played a few times throughout the song)

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