No Doubt - Simple Kind Of Life
Submitted By: Anjel
EMail: chimchim221@yahoo.com
Album: Return of Saturn
Bass tab
..From Guitar Player Magazine

(Tony uses his StingRay 5 string)
On the melancholy, mid tempo "Simple kind of life", he covers quite a bit
of the 5's range, using it to heighten the pop tune's mournful sense.
Starting down low on the B string during the verse, Tony leaves room for
the vocals, before sliding up to grab a high octave Cmaj7 chord going into
the chorus. The melodic line solidly outlines the chord tones while pushing
the beat with a rythym that says "rock n' roll". At the end of the line,
Tony backs off the agressive feel with a sliding fill that includes the
plaintive major 7 and 9 scale degrees.


Verse:

|----------|------------|----------|----------|------------------------||
|----------|------------|----------|----------|------------------------||
|----------|------------|----------|----------|---------------------0--||
|----------|------------|----------|----------|------------------------||
|----1-----|--3--1--3---|----------|-------0--|--1--0--1---------1-----||
             D9           D no 3rd   C9         C no 3rd


Chorus:

|--16---------------------|---------------------|
|--14---------------------|---------------------|
|--15--15-15-15-15-15-15--|--15-15-15-15-15-15--|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|  Cmaj7                                        |
|                                               |
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|--3-----3-3-3-3--3/10---|---10-10-10-10-12-12--|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|  C                       C7                   |
|                                               |
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|--------3------3--5--|
|--------------3----3--1--|---3/5-------5-------|
|--1------3/5----5--------|---------------------|
|  F                        Bb                  |
|                                               |
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|---9---------12-9-----|
|--3----3-3-3-3--3/10----|-------10-10------10--|
|------------------------|----------------------|
   Cmaj7add9