To Defy the Laws of Tradition Bass Tab

Tabbed by: Sade
Date: 6/21/04
Email: Systm106789@hotmail.com *please email me comments or questions*

It seems like no tabs for this song have all of it, or the intro, so here they are (I'm pretty sure these are correct)

T=Thump Slap
V=Downstroke
^=Upstroke
/=Slide down
X=Palm Mute

Intro (played twice)
I usually play this classical guitar style (with your thumb and index finger) but you’re index and ring ringer would work too if you’re fast enough. Just alternate between the notes, it’s not hard at all.

G|-----9------9-----9-----9--|-----9-----9-----9-----9--|
D|---------------------------|--6-----6-----7-----7-----|
A|-7------------7-----7------|--------------------------|
E|--------0------------------|--------------------------|


G|-----9------9-----9-----9--|-----9-----9-----9-----------|
D|---------------------------|--6-----6-----7-----6-7h-6p--|
A|---7------------7-----7----|-----------------------------|
E|--------0------------------|-----------------------------|


G|-----9------9-----9-----9--|----9---9---9---9--|----9---9---9---9--|
D|---------------------------|--6---6---7---7----|--5---5---5---5----|
A|--7------------7-----7-----|-------------------|-------------------|
E|--------0------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
		   
G|----9---9---9---9--|
D|-------------------|
A|--5---5---6---6----|
E|-------------------|


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

G|----9---9---9---9--|
D|--8---8---8---8----|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

Main Riff (W/ Chromatic triplet intro)
This riff is played throughout basically the whole song. Be patient with this riff, it’s hard to bring up to speed, believe me. Learn it by heart, then put your bass down for a while, and come back to it after you take little breaks. It’ll get much easier; keep doing that and eventually you’ll get it down. It’s EXTREAMLY fun to jam along too.

G|6-7-9/---------------6-6/---------------6-6-6-7-6/-|
D|6-7-9/---------------6-6/---------------6-6-6-7-6/-|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|--------4-h7-5-h7-XX-------4-h7-5-h7-XX------------|
  V V V   T    T    TT V V   T    T    TT V V V ^ V

For the bridge/chorus (where it’s just a little doodling and Les sings “To defy the laws of tradition is a crusade only of the brave”) just do a little descending thing from the 9th fret on the A string (G, F, E, D, C, A, etc)

And end with the chromatic triplet,
G-6-7-9/-|
D-6-7-9/-|
A--------|
E--------|