E A D G
Tempo=174
F# Minor
Stu is quite pleased to be the only guy to have tabbed out this songs bass :]
This tab applies to the newer version of the song, although the riffs are exactly the
on every version...
Anyhoo:
[0.18]
|--------|--------|---------|77776666|
|77777777|--------|666666666|--------|
|--------|99999999|---------|--------| x2 followed imediately by silence
|--------|--------|---------|--------| (eg dont play an A)
qqqqqqqq etc
[0.28]
|----------|
|-Two Bars-|
|---Rest---|
|----------|
[0.32]
|----|----|----|---------|
|7---|----|7---|-One Bar-|
|----|7---|----|--Rest---|
|----|----|----|---------|x2
W W W
|--------|----------|----------|
|-6 bars-|7777777777|----------|
|--rest--|----------|7777777777|
|--------|----------|----------|
qqqqqqqqqq qqqqqqqqqq
[0.54]
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|7777777777|7777777777|7777777777|7---7---7-|
qqqqqqqqqq etc C+ C+ C
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|5555555555|5555555555|5555555555|5---5---5-|
qqqqqqqqqq etc C+ C+ C
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_maccabees/first_love_btab_ver_2.html ]
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|7777777777|7777777777|7777777777|7---7---7-|
qqqqqqqqqq etc C+ C+ C
[1.10]
|------|----|------|
|-2Bar-|7---|-1Bar-|
|-Rest-|----|-Rest-|
|------|----|------|
W
Repeat
[0.32]
[0.41]
[0.51]
[0.54]
Then
[1.53]
|7777777777|7777777777|7777777777|7777777777|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------| x2
qqqqqqqqqq etc
[2.05]
|7---|(7)-|----|----|7---|(7)-|----|----|
|----|----|4---|(4)-|----|----|4---|4--/|
|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
W &W W &W W &W W W ^
slide up
[2.15]
|----|7---|----|----|7---|7---|----|----|
|12--|----|4---|4---|----|----|4---|(4)-|
|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
W W W W W W W &W
|--------|
|-12bars-|
|--rest--|
|--------|
Repeat [0.18] twice
Finish by hitting an F# (9th on A string)
LEGEND:
\ SLide Down
/ Slide Up
( ) dont play the note just hold it on from the last time you played it
S Semitone (quarter of a beat)
Q Quaver (half a beat)
Q+ A quaver plus half a quaver (3/4 of a beat)
C Crotchet (A beat)
C+ A Crotchet plus half a crotchet (One and a half beats)
H Half aka 'Minim' (Two beats)
H+ A half plus half a half (Three beats)
W Whole aka 'Semibreve' (4 beats)
W+ Guess.
& Instead of a tie... hold the note played before the '&' on for the length of the
after the '&' aswell.
