SEMI-CHARMED LIFE (Bassline)
As recorded by Third Eye Blind
(From the 1997 Album THIRD EYE BLIND)
Words and Music by Stephan Jenkins
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=102
4/4
Gtr I
S H e e e S S e S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S e E 4x
|--------||-----------------------|------------------------------||
|--------||o----------------------|-----------------------------o||
|--------||o---------x-5---5----x-|-3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-3---x-3---o||
|--------||--3-5-3----------------|------------------------------||
Verse
e e e S S e S S E. S e S S E e S S S S e S S
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------x-5---5----x-|-3---3---3---3---x-3---x-|
|-3-5-3----------------|-------------------------|
e e e S S e e e S S S S S S S S S S S S E e S S
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------2---------|
|---------x-5-7-5---x-|-3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-----------|
|-3-5-3---------------|---------------------0-1---x-|
e e e S S e S S E. S e S S E e S S S S e S S
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------x-5---5----x-|-3---3---3---3---x-3---x-|
|-3-5-3----------------|-------------------------|
e e e S S e S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S E e S S
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------x-5---5----x-|-3-3-3-3---x-3-3---x-4-5-----|
|-3-5-3----------------|---------------------------x-|
e e e S S e S S E. S e S S E e S S S S e S S
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------x-5---5----x-|-3---3---3---3---x-3---x-|
|-3-5-3----------------|-------------------------|
e e e S S e S S E. S e S S E S S S e S S S S S
|----------------------|---------------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------------||
|---------x-5---5----x-|-3---3---3-3---3---3-3-4-5-||
|-3-5-3----------------|-----------------3---------||
Chorus
e e e S S e S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S e E 3x
||-----------------------|-------------------------------||
||o----------------------|------------------------------o||
||o---------x-5---5----x-|-3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-3---x-3----o||
||--3-5-3----------------|-------------------------------||
e e e S S e S S Q H +E E Q
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|---------x-5---5----|-3----(3)s10-------||
|-3-5-3--------------|--------------/15--||
e e e S S e S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S e E
||-----------------------|-------------------------------||
||o----------------------|------------------------------o||
||o---------x-5---5----x-|-3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-3---x-3----o||
||--3-5-3----------------|-------------------------------||
Verse
e e e S S e S S E. S e S S E e S S S S e S S
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------x-5---5----x-|-3---3---3---3---x-3---x-|
|-3-5-3----------------|-------------------------|
e e e S S e e e S S S S S S S S S S S S E e S S
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------2---------|
|---------x-5-7-5---x-|-3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-----------|
|-3-5-3---------------|---------------------0-1---x-|
e e e S S e S S E. S e S S E e S S S S e S S
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------x-5---5----x-|-3---3---3---3---x-3---x-|
|-3-5-3----------------|-------------------------|
e e e S S e e e S S E S S +S S E S E S S S S S
|---------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------x-5-7-5---x-|-3---3-(3)---3---3---3-3-----||
|-3-5-3---------------|---5-------5---5---5-----5-3-||
Pre-Chorus
E E E. S S S E Q E. S E. S +S S E E. S
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-5-5-5--3---x-3-3--|-5--5-5--3-(3)-3-3-3----|
|-------------------|----------------------3-|
E E E. S S S E S S S S E E E E E S S E E
|------------------------|-------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------||
|-5-5-5--3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5---5-5---x-5---||
|------------------------|-------------------||
Chorus
e e e S S e S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S e E 3x
||-----------------------|-------------------------------||
||o----------------------|------------------------------o||
||o---------x-5---5----x-|-3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-3---x-3----o||
||--3-5-3----------------|-------------------------------||
e e e S S e S S Q H. +Q
|--------------------|---------------||
|--------------------|---------------||
|---------x-5---5----|-3-------(3)/--||
|-3-5-3--------------|---------------||
Verse
Wx3 H E E Q
|------------|-------------------|
|------------|-------------------|
|------------|--------/10-------|
|------------|-------------/12--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------x-5-5-7p5-5-5---|-3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-3---x-3-3----|
|-3-3-5p3-3-3-------------------|--------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-----------------5-----5---------||
|---------------x-5-5-7p5-5-5---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-----3-----||
|-3-3-5p3-3-3-------------------|-----------------------------5-3-||
Bridge
E E E. S S S E Q Q E. S S S E S S S S
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------5-|
|-5-5-5--3---3-3-3--|-5--5--3---3-3-3-5-7---|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
Q E. S S S E Q E E E S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-5--5--3---3-3-3--|---------------------------|
|-------------------|-3-3-3-x-x-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|
E E E. S S S E E E Q E. S S S E S S S S
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------5-|
|-5-5-5--3---3-3-3h4-|-5--5--3---3-3-3-5S7---|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
Q E. S +S S E S S S S e E Q H
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-7--7--5-(5)-------------|-------------|
|-5--5--3-(3)-x-3-3-3-4-5-|-------------|
|-------------------------|-3-----------|
Q +E. S S S E +Q Q E. S S S E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----12--10---x-10p9----|
|-----------------------|---------------------10-|
|-10--(10)-8---x-8-(8)--|-10---------------------|
Q E. S S S E Q S E S E S S +S S S S S S E
|---------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------------||
|-10--10--8---8-8-8--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3---||
Verse
e e e S S e S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S e E 3x
||-----------------------|-------------------------------||
||o----------------------|------------------------------o||
||o---------x-5---5----x-|-3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-3---x-3----o||
||--3-5-3----------------|-------------------------------||
e e e S S e S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|----------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------x-5---5----x-|-3-3-3-3---x-3-3-3-3---x-3--||
|-3-5-3----------------|-----------------------------||
Chorus
H H W 3x
||------------|-------||
||o-----------|------o||
||o------5----|-3----o||
||--3---------|-------||
H H +H. Q
|-----------|--------------|
|-----------|--------------|
|------5----|-(5)------3/--|
|-3---------|--------------|
Q. E +Q a Q +W
|---------------------|---------|
|-10----9-(9)---------|---------|
|--------------10h12--|-(12)----|
|---------------------|---------|
Q. E +Q a Q +H +E S S S S S S
|---------------------|--------------------------------|
|-10----9-(9)---------|--------------------------------|
|--------------10h12--|-(12)----(12)-10h12-10----------|
|---------------------|-----------------------12-10h12-|
Q. E +Q Q +H +E E Q
|----------------|------------------------|
|----------------|------------------------|
|----------------|------------------------|
|-8----7-(7)--5--|-(5)----(5)s(17)S(15)--|
E E E. S +S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5---|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---x-3-3------|
|-3-3-3------------------5-|-----------------------------x--|
E E E. S S S S S S S S S Q E S S +S E S E E
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------5---5-5-5-5-5-5---|-3--3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3------||
|-3-3-3------------------5-|--------------------/10-||
Outro
E E E. S S S E E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------5---5-5-5-5---|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---x-3-3-----|
|-3-3-3--------------5-|-----------------------------x-|
E E E. S S S S S S S S S E. S +E E +S E. Q
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|-5--5-(5)-5-(5)-5--5--|
|--------5---5-5-5-5-5-5---|-3--3-(3)-3-(3)-3--3--|
|-3-3-3------------------5-|----------------------|
E E E. S S S E E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------5---5-5-5-5---|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---x-3-3-----|
|-3-3-3--------------5-|-----------------------------x-|
E E E. S S S S S S S S S E. S +E E +S E. E E
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|----2-(2)-3-(3)-4--5------|
|--------5---5-5-5-5-5-5---|-3------------------------|
|-3-3-3------------------5-|---------------------/15-|
E E E. S S S E E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------5---5-5-5-5---|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---x-3-3-----|
|-3-3-3--------------5-|-----------------------------x-|
E E E. S S S S S S S S S E. S +E E +S E. Q
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|-5--5-(5)-5-(5)-5--5--|
|--------5---5-5-5-5-5-5---|-3--3-(3)-3-(3)-3--3--|
|-3-3-3------------------5-|----------------------|
Q. E +E +E Q +H H
|--------------------|-------------*|
|--------------------|-------------*|
|-3----2-(2)-(2)/-0--|-(0)---------*|
|--------------------|-------------*|
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
