Artist: Mogwai Album: Come On Die Young Song: Helps Both Ways Tabbed by: Andrew (theglorifiedmalcontent) Tuning: Standard 4-string - E, A, D, G plus Standard 5-string - B, E, A, D, G ------------= Key =------------ / slide up slide down ~ let ring * stop string As I was tabbing this excellent song, I found that (as I had suspected) there are really two basslines, one overlying the other; either that or a bassline and a synth line, but I doubt that is the case. I have tabbed them both separately here; the higher main part is first and the lower part comes after it. The lower part also has a low D, which I've assumed to be a 5- string because I really have no idea of the tuning. Intro (0:04) G |--------11--------------------------------------11-h12-p11~-----| D |10-h12~-------------------------------------12------------------| A |----------------------------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------------------| | | x1 G |(11)~-----------11~---------------------------------------------| D |----------------12~---------------------------------------------| A |10~-------------10~---------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------------------| Main Riff (0:14) G |----11----------------------------------------------------------| D |14~-------------------------------------------------------------| A |----------------------------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------------------| | | G |----------------------------------------------------------------| D |16-h17-p16---------------------14-------------12-------------| A |----------------------------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------------------| | | x4 G |--------11--------------------------------------11-h12-p11~-----| D |10-h12~-------------------------------------12------------------| A |----------------------------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------------------| | | G |(11)~-----------11~---------------------------------------------| D |----------------12~---------------------------------------------| A |10~-------------10~---------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------------------| Variation I (1:32) G |----11----------------------------------------------------------| D |14~-----------------------------------------------------/---/---| A |----------------------------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------------------| | | G |----------------------------------------------------------------| D |16-h17-p16---------------------14-------------12-------------| A |----------------------------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------------------| | | x1 G |--------11------------------------------------------------------| D |10-h12~---------------------------------------------------------| A |--------------------------------9--h10-p9~----------------------| <-play 9-10-9 BEFORE E |----------------------------------------------------------------| the guitar does | | G |(11)~-----------11~---------------------------------------------| D |----------------12~---------------------------------------------| A |10~-------------10~-----------------------------5---5---/-/-/-/-| E |----------------------------------------------------------------| Variation II (1:51) G |----11----------------------------------------------------------| D |14~-----------------------------------------------------/---/---| A |----------------------------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------------------| | | G |----------------------------------------------------------------| D |16-h17-p16---------------------14-------------12-------------| A |----------------------------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------------------| | | x1 G |--------11------------------------------------------------------| D |10-h12~---------------------------------------------------------| A |--------------------------------9--h10-p9~------12~-------------| <-play 9-10-9 BEFORE E |----------------------------------------------------------------| the guitar does | | G |(11)~-----------11~---------------------------------------------| D |----------------12~---------------------------------------------| A |10~-------------10~---------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------------------| Variation III (2:11) G |----11----------------------------------------------------------| D |14~-----------------------------------------------------/---/---| A |----------------------------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------------------| | | G |----------------------------------------------------------------| D |16-h17-p16---------------------14-------------12-------------| A |----------------------------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------------------| | | x2 G |--------11------------------------------------------------------| D |10-h12~---------------------------------------------------------| A |--------------------------------9--h10-p9~----------------------| <-play 9-10-9 BEFORE E |----------------------------------------------------------------| the guitar does | | G |(11)~-----------11~---------------------------------------------| D |----------------12~---------------------------------------------| A |10~-------------10~---------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------------------| Variation II (2:50) x1 Variation III (3:10) x3 Outro (4:09) G |----11----------------------------------------------------------| D |14~-------------------------------------------------------------| x1 A |----------------------------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------------------| Tacet for rest of song while guitar plays. =================================== SECOND BASS PART =================================== Part I (1:32) G |----------------------------------------------------------------| D |----------------------------------------------------------------| A |----------------------------------------------------------------| E |0~--------------------------------------------------------------| B |----------------------------------------------------------------| | | G |----------------------------------------------------------------| D |----------------------------------------------------------------| A |----------------------------------------------------------------| E |0~--------------------------------------------------------------| B |----------------------------------------------------------------| | | x1 G |----------------------------------------------------------------| D |----------------------------------------------------------------| A |----------------------------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------------------| B |3~--------------------------------------------------------------| | | G |----------------------------------------------------------------| D |----------------------------------------------------------------| A |------------------------------------------------5---5---/-/-/-/-| E |3~--------------------------------------------------------------| B |----------------------------------------------------------------| Part II (1:51) G |----------------------------------------------------------------| D |----------------------------------------------------------------| A |----------------------------------------------------------------| E |0~--------------------------------------------------------------| B |----------------------------------------------------------------| | | G |----------------------------------------------------------------| D |----------------------------------------------------------------| A |----------------------------------------------------------------| E |0~------------------------------0~------------------------------| B |----------------------------------------------------------------| | | x1 G |----------------------------------------------------------------| D |----------------------------------------------------------------| A |----------------------------------------------------------------| E |--------------------------------3~--------------5~--------------| B |3~--------------------------------------------------------------| | | G |----------------------------------------------------------------| D |----------------------------------------------------------------| A |----------------------------------------------------------------| E |3-----------------------------------------------2~--------------| B |----------------------------------------------------------------| Part III (2:11) G |----------------------------------------------------------------| D |----------------------------------------------------------------| A |----------------------------------------------------------------| E |0~--------------------------------------------------------------| B |----------------------------------------------------------------| | | G |----------------------------------------------------------------| D |----------------------------------------------------------------| A |----------------------------------------------------------------| E |0~------------------------------0~------------------------------| B |----------------------------------------------------------------| | | x2 G |----------------------------------------------------------------| D |----------------------------------------------------------------| A |----------------------------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------------------| B |3~--------------------------------------------------------------| | | G |----------------------------------------------------------------| D |----------------------------------------------------------------| A |----------------------------------------------------------------| E |3~------------------------------------------------------*-------| B |----------------------------------------------------------------| Part II (2:50) x1 Part III (3:10) x3 Outro (4:09) G |--------------------------------| D |--------------------------------| A |--------------------------------| x1 E |0~------------------------------| B |--------------------------------|
