So by the time I taught myself the bass guitar at the age of 14, my hands were already pretty nimble.
quote by John Entwistle
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My baSs gUitar stRing
Pull my string as i sit my back on you
i can make anything you want me to
your hands touching mine at the rhythm of blues
playing fastly like you do with your bass guitar, oh!
And you said relax, don't scream
i did bite my string to shut the voice within
as you move....move...and move...
playing on my curve, your bass guitar moan....
poem by InNer WhisPers
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Eep Opp Ork Ah-ah
Transcribed by bryson meunier
Chords used:
Gm7 d7 e7
E---10-----10-----12------|
B---11-----10-----12------|
G---10-----11-----13------|
D---12-----10-----12------|
A---10-----12-----14------|
E----------10-----12------|
Strum the gm7 chord for the intro.
Gm7 / d7 e7
Eep opp ork ah-ah
Chord progression for chorus: d7-gm7-e7-d7-gm7
It sounds like a bass with fuzz during the verse. the equivalent on
Guitar is bb5 with a fuzz box.
Gm7(with chorus or something)
Come fly with me...
Guitar solo 1-
E----------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------10-10-x--|
G------7b-r-b-r--------------7b-r-7-----7-7----------|
D--7h9----------9-9-7-9--7-9--------9-9--------------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------10h12--12--10---12p10--|
B-10-10---10-12-12-12-10-12------10--10--10------10--|
G----------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
E-12--10---12-10-12-10-12-10-12\14-------------------|
B-10--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
Fuzz bass solo(guitar plays chorus chord progression)
Guitar solo 2-
E--9--6---6---------6---9--6---6----------------6----|
B-----------9--6--9---------------9----6--6--6-----9-|
G-----------------------------------8----------------|
D----------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
B-6--------------6-----------------------------------|
G----8--6---6--8----8--6-----------------------------|
D---------8---------------8--6-----------------------|
A-------------------------------8--6-----------------|
E-------------------------------------6--------------|
The same chords are played at the end but the tempo obviously changes. at
The very end the guitar is slowly moving up the neck and ending by speed
Picking around the 22nd fret on e.
song performed by by Violent Femmes
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Eep Opp Ork Ah-ah (Means I Love You)
Transcribed by bryson meunier
Chords used:
Gm7 d7 e7
E---10-----10-----12------|
B---11-----10-----12------|
G---10-----11-----13------|
D---12-----10-----12------|
A---10-----12-----14------|
E----------10-----12------|
Strum the gm7 chord for the intro.
Gm7/d7 e7
Eep opporkah-ah
Chord progression for chorus: d7-gm7-e7-d7-gm7
It sounds like a bass with fuzz during the verse. the equivalent on
Guitar is bb5 with a fuzz box.
Gm7(with chorus or something)
Come fly with me...
Guitar solo 1-
E----------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------10-10-x--|
G------7b-r-b-r--------------7b-r-7-----7-7----------|
D--7h9----------9-9-7-9--7-9--------9-9--------------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------10h12--12--10---12p10--|
B-10-10---10-12-12-12-10-12------10--10--10------10--|
G----------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
E-12--10---12-10-12-10-12-10-1214-------------------|
B-10--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
Fuzz bass solo(guitar plays chorus chord progression)
Guitar solo 2-
E--9--6---6---------6---9--6---6----------------6----|
B-----------9--6--9---------------9----6--6--6-----9-|
G-----------------------------------8----------------|
D----------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
B-6--------------6-----------------------------------|
G----8--6---6--8----8--6-----------------------------|
D---------8---------------8--6-----------------------|
A-------------------------------8--6-----------------|
E-------------------------------------6--------------|
The same chords are played at the end but the tempo obviously changes. at
The very end the guitar is slowly moving up the neck and ending by speed
Picking around the 22nd fret on e.
song performed by by Violent Femmes
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There are a lot of people who can do it on the guitar and sing at the same time, but I think what is harder is bass players that can play the bass and sing.
quote by Graham Coxon
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I like the guitar better these days. I like the bass, too, but it's hard to fit a bass amp in a small car.
quote by Dee Dee Ramone
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Pop Goes The World
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,
Pop goes the world, by men without hats
Johnny played guitar, jenny played bass.
Name of the band is the human race.
Everybody tell me have you heard? pop goes the world.
Jenny played keyboard, johnny played drums,
Called little baby and a big bonhomme
Everybody tell me have you heard? pop goes the world.
It goes something like this: (p p p pop)
Johnny and jenny had a crazy dream,
See their pictures in a magazine.
Every little boy needs a girl.
Pop goes the world.
Jenny and johnny getting smart (it seems)
Made more money on a movie screen.
Every little nest needs a bird.
Pop goes the world.
One two three and four is five,
Everybody here is a friend of mine.
Whatever happened to the duke of earl?
Pop goes the world.
Six seven eight and nine is ten,
Send al gunn to see the doctor (ben)
Say what planet are we on? the third!
Pop goes the world.
And every time I wonder where the world went wrong,
End up lying on my face going ringy dingy ding dong
And every time I wonder if the world is right,
End up in some disco dancin all night & day.
Johnny played guitar, jenny played bass,
Name of the band is the human race.
Everybody tell me have you heard? pop goes the world.
Johnny played guitar, jenny played bass,
Aint nobody couldnt take their place.
Everybody tell me have you heard? pop goes the world.....
song performed by by Men Without Hats
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The Musician
The piano came to me
It could not find the right key
Apparently it was looking for a door
Then came the drums
Causing a ruckus
Seems I was the only one
Who took the time to listen
The bass-
With its deep voice
Didn't know wether it was a fish
Or an instrument of greatness
And the guitar-
I looked for the guitar
It was ringing a sad song
I suppose it was looking for me too.
poem by Elvis Lantan
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I Was Made For Loving You
Back when I was dating Rich,
he gave me Kiss’s guitar pic.
Gene Simons handed it to him,
in the 1978 recording session.
“I Was Made For Loving You Baby”
the song they were recording at the time,
Gene was playing the bass and singing just fine.
Now if I google the price of this guitar pic,
It would be the price of ten times 9.
But I’m not selling I’m sorry to say,
maybe I will play my guitar with it someday.
poem by Suzae Chevalier
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I Was Made For Loving You
Back when I was dating Rich,
he gave me Kiss’s guitar pic.
Gene Simons handed it to him,
in the 1978 recording session.
“I Was Made For Loving You Baby”
the song they were recording at the time,
Gene was playing the bass and singing just fine.
Now if I google the price of this guitar pic,
It would be the price of ten times 9.
But I’m not selling I’m sorry to say,
I will play my guitar with it someday.
poem by Christina Sunrise
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Dorsey played the upright bass and steel guitar, as well as acoustic guitar. Johnny played acoustic guitar and together they were fabulous songwriters and singers.
quote by Jimmy Griffin
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Color Me Once
Guitar chords: [email protected]
Bass tablature: [email protected]
Intro:
Opening/ending riff: [x refers to 10th fret]
G:|x--99--7--5-7-|x--99--7--5-7-|x--99--7--5-7-|x--99--7--5-7-|
D:|0-------------|7-------------|8-------------|7-------------|
A:|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E:|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G:|xh------|12h-----|--------|------------------------|
D:|0-------|--------|12h-----|------------------------|
A:|--------|--------|--------|12-12--10-10--8-8--7-7--|
E:|--------|--------|--------|------------------------|
[h = harmonic]
Verse refrain: [note x refers to the 10th fret]
G:|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D:|-----xx-7----------xx-7----------------------------------------|
A:|5-77-------0305-77-------030---------------03-5--305305-530530-|
E:|----------------------------3-13-1-01-3313---------------------|
^
|
This note might not be played...
[repeat through verse, repeat in a broken kinda way in some parts though]
Solo: (let open d ring occasionally)
G:|7--9--9/10\9--10--12--14-14-14-14--14-14-14--12--14--14/15\14--15--17--|
D:|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:|19-19-19-19--19-19-19--12--14--14/15\14--12--10--12/14\12--10--|
D:|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A:|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E:|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G:|---------------------------------------|
D:|---------------------------------------|
A:|12-12-12----12-12--10-10--8-8--7-7--(5)|
E:|---------------------------------------|
D
Color me once color me twice
Everything gonna turn out nice
G
Everlasting arms
D
You gotta keep me from these false alarms
Alarm, alarm I see you sad
Maybe I see you Im glad
G d
Maybe maybe the fire of her desire
Patience patience said the man
Patience patience I cant understand
G
Patience like a man and a wife
D
I got patience on my neck like a cold cold knife
I say jack be nimble jack fall dead
Jack bend over and give jilly head
G d
Oh you gotta help my body heal my soul
Bass solo:
Verse 2:
D
Dead men working a sinner a saint
Mixing up a pail of paint
G
Painted the house, black as night
D
When the sun came up the house was white
Gotta go on
G
Gotta go on
We gotta go on
D
You gotta go on
You gotta go on
G
Go on
Go on
D
Try and live life like I couldnt
Guitar solo:
Outro:
Bass
G|-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7-|
D|-0------------7------------8------------7------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7---7-|
D|-0------------7------------8------------7----------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
Harmonic^
song performed by by Violent Femmes
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Color Me Once
Guitar chords: [email protected]
Bass tablature: [email protected]
Intro:
Opening/ending riff: [x refers to 10th fret]
G:|x--99--7--5-7-|x--99--7--5-7-|x--99--7--5-7-|x--99--7--5-7-|
D:|0-------------|7-------------|8-------------|7-------------|
A:|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E:|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G:|xh------|12h-----|--------|------------------------|
D:|0-------|--------|12h-----|------------------------|
A:|--------|--------|--------|12-12--10-10--8-8--7-7--|
E:|--------|--------|--------|------------------------|
[h = harmonic]
Verse refrain: [note x refers to the 10th fret]
G:|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D:|-----xx-7----------xx-7----------------------------------------|
A:|5-77-------0305-77-------030---------------03-5--305305-530530-|
E:|----------------------------3-13-1-01-3313---------------------|
^
|
This note might not be played...
[repeat through verse, repeat in a broken kinda way in some parts though]
Solo: (let open d ring occasionally)
G:|7--9--9/10\9--10--12--14-14-14-14--14-14-14--12--14--14/15\14--15--17--|
D:|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:|19-19-19-19--19-19-19--12--14--14/15\14--12--10--12/14\12--10--|
D:|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A:|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E:|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G:|---------------------------------------|
D:|---------------------------------------|
A:|12-12-12----12-12--10-10--8-8--7-7--(5)|
E:|---------------------------------------|
D
Color me once color me twice
Everything gonna turn out nice
G
Everlasting arms
D
You gotta keep me from these false alarms
Alarm, alarm I see you sad
Maybe I see you Im glad
G d
Maybe maybe the fire of her desire
Patience patience said the man
Patience patience I cant understand
G
Patience like a man and a wife
D
I got patience on my neck like a cold cold knife
I say jack be nimble jack fall dead
Jack bend over and give jilly head
G d
Oh you gotta help my body heal my soul
Bass solo:
Verse 2:
D
Dead men working a sinner a saint
Mixing up a pail of paint
G
Painted the house, black as night
D
When the sun came up the house was white
Gotta go on
G
Gotta go on
We gotta go on
D
You gotta go on
You gotta go on
G
Go on
Go on
D
Try and live life like I couldnt
Guitar solo:
Outro:
Bass
G|-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7-|
D|-0------------7------------8------------7------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7---7-|
D|-0------------7------------8------------7----------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
Harmonic^
song performed by by Violent Femmes
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Air Guitar
for Tad
Now that the radiance of day
has been sucked into the hole
beyond those distant hills,
I am lying alone and listening,
hands clasped behind my head,
staring at the ceiling.
I take up the guitar,
on which I am a virtuoso,
and take a bottle-neck slide riff
for Bonnie, a bass-line tumble
for Flea. Eric, you're the man,
but you concentrate on the lyrics,
I'll rip on this solo. Neil,
you cajole the crowd,
I'll strike the thunderous chords,
the cacophonic feedback. Hey hey
my my, listen to me tear up
this thirty-two bar, one note solo.
Sit down here, Keith, and smoke
that cigarette. Looks like you
need a break. I'll take this one
for you. Just sit and watch Mick prance.
When I'm winded and had enough,
I put down my guitar,
out of mind, wipe the sweat
from my forehead and neck,
stand in the hall outside
your closed bedroom door
and just listen to you play,
not wanting to take the guitar from your hands.
poem by Thomas Meade
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I even played bass for a while. Besides playing electric guitar, I'd also get asked to play some acoustic stuff. But, since I didn't have an acoustic guitar at the time, I used to borrow one from a friend so I could play folk joints.
quote by Mark Knopfler
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The Fastest Guitar Alive
Orbison/dees
Hey here I go a lucky so and so
Happy cos I know Ive got my fast guitar
Singing pretty songs, knowing I belong
I am first and last, and always a fast guitar
The fastest guitar alive
Rattling strings like a gattling gun
Shaped like a lovely woman
Stay right where you are
My guitar is a fast guitar
The fastest guitar alive
Im rolling on like a rolling stone
Gathering no moss, I play a boss guitar
The fastest guitar alive
Strumming like a battling soldiers drum
Shaped like a lovely woman
Stay right where you are
My guitar is a fast guitar
The fastest guitar alive
Hey here I go a lucky so and so
Happy cos I know Ive got my fast guitar
The fastest guitar
The fastest guitar
The fastest guitar alive
song performed by by Roy Orbison
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Kiss Off
I need someone a person to talk to
Someone whod care to love
Could it be you could it be you
Situation gets rough then I start to panic
Its not enough its just a habit
Hey kid your sick well darling this is it
You can all just kiss off into the air
Behind my back I can see them stare
Theyll hurt me bad but I wont mind
Theyll hurt me bad they do it all the time
Yeah yeah they do it all the time
I hope you know this will go down
On your permanent record
Oh yeah well dont get so distressed
Did I happen to mention that Im impressed
I take one one one cause you left me and
Two two two for my family and
3 3 3 for my heartache and
4 4 4 for my headaches and
5 5 5 for my lonely and
6 6 6 for my sorrow and
7 7 for no tomorrow and
8 8 I forget what 8 was for and
9 9 9 for a lost God and
10 10 10 10 for everything
Everything everything everything
Gordon gano: guitar, violin, lead vocal
Brian ritchie: acoustic bass guitar, xylophone, electric bass
Victor delorenzo: snare drum and trancephone,
Drum set, scotch marching bass drum, vocals
Engineers: glen l. loribecki and john tanner
Recorded at castle recording company, lake geneva, wi, july 1982
Produced by mark van hecke
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song performed by by Violent Femmes
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Blister In The Sun
When Im out walking I strut my stuff yeah Im so strung out
Im high as a kite I just might stop to check you out
Let me go on like I blister in the sun
Let me go on big hands I know your the one
Body and beats I stain my sheets I dont even know why
My girlfriend shes at the end she is starting to cry
Let me go on like I blister in the sun
Let me go on big hands I know your the one...
Gordon gano: guitar, lead vocal
Brian ritchie: acoustic bass guitar
Victor delorenzo: snare drum and trancephone,
Vocal
Engineers: glen l. lorbiecki and john tanner
Recorded at castle recording company, lake geneva, wi, july 1982
Produced by mark van hecke
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song performed by by Violent Femmes
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Blister In The Sun
When Im out walking I strut my stuff yeah Im so strung out
Im high as a kite I just might stop to check you out
Let me go on like I blister in the sun
Let me go on big hands I know your the one
Body and beats I stain my sheets I dont even know why
My girlfriend shes at the end she is starting to cry
Let me go on like I blister in the sun
Let me go on big hands I know your the one...
Gordon gano: guitar, lead vocal
Brian ritchie: acoustic bass guitar
Victor delorenzo: snare drum and trancephone,
Vocal
Engineers: glen l. lorbiecki and john tanner
Recorded at castle recording company, lake geneva, wi, july 1982
Produced by mark van hecke
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song performed by by Violent Femmes
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The ukulele was the first of many instruments they had bought for me. They got me a guitar when I was eleven, which my son Morgan uses until this day. They paid for 3 years of guitar lessons; they bought me a bass fiddle, which I still play.
quote by Tony Visconti
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At the time, I didn't know that bass would not be enough for me. I'm not a bass player because bass is always a background instrument even to this very day.
quote by Eberhard Weber
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