------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Song 2 - Blur ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Zaqq E-mail: zaqqthe@gmail.com Tuning: standard (EADG) Tempo: 130 BPM Notes: 1. I used the original bass track to transcribe this line. You can find it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhx_GWNRgnk Also I watched the video with Blur's bass player, where he describes how to play this song on bass (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18TiG3J-6vg). 2. IMPORTANT! This song features 2 bass lines, recorded using overdubbing. The second one starts to play in the second part of the second chorus, it plays that notes with slides. In this tab I combined both tracks into one. ~ - hold this note / - slide up \ - slide down Riff #1: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 G|-----------------|------------------| D|-----------------|------------------| A|-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-6-|------------------| E|-----------------|-4-4-6-8~~-8-8-8--| Riff #2: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 G|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------| E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 G|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|---------6~-/11--| A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4---------| E|-----------------|-----------------| Riff #3: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 G|-----------------|------------------| D|-----6\3-6\3~~~--|------------------| A|-8~--------------|------------------| E|-----------------|-4-4-6-8~~-8-8-8--| Riff #4: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 G|-----------------|------------------| D|-----6\3-6\3/10--|------------------| A|-8~--------------|------------------| E|-----------------|-4-4-6-8~~-8-8-8--| Slide down from C note (8th fret) after playing Riff #4 the last time when the song ends. Song structure: Chorus 1 (~0:15): Riff #1 x 4 Chorus 2 (~0:46): Riff #1 x 3 Riff #2 x 1 Riff #3 x 2 Chorus 3 (~1:26): Riff #1 x 3 Riff #2 x 1 Riff #3 x 2 Riff #4 x 2 If you are curious, heres's the tab for the second bass track, which plays over the Riff #1 in the 2nd and 3rd choruses: in the second and the third choruses: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 G|-----------------|------------------| D|-----6\3-6\3~~~~-|------------------| A|-----------------|------------------| E|-----------------|-4-4-6-8~~-8-8-8--| in the third chorus, after playing the riff above 2 times: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 G|-----------------|------------------| D|-----6\3-6\3/10~-|------------------| A|-----------------|------------------| E|-----------------|-4-4-6-8~~-8-8-8--|