Title: These Days
Artist: Foo Fighters
Album: Wasting Light
Tempo = 133
Electric Bass
Tabbed by guillaume.grison@yahoo.fr
Legend
# - silence
L - tied note
> - accentuated note
s - slide
3/ - slide out upward
3\ - slide out downward
\5 - slide in from above
/5 - slide in from below
Intro
G| ---------------- |
D| ---------------- |
A| -----no bass---- |
E| ---------------- |
Verse 1 (bass starts at 0:36)
G| ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
D| ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
A| 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- | -----silence---- | 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- | -----silence---- |
E| ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
G| ---------------- | ---------------- |
D| ---------------- | ---------------- |
A| 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- | 7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7- | x8
E| ---------------- | ---------------- |
Pre-Chorus 1
G| ----------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
D| ----------------- | ---------------- | --4---5-L-4----- | ---------------- |
A| --7---10-L-7----- | --2---5-L-2----- | 5---5-------5-L- | --4---5-L-4----- |
E| 8---8--------8-L- | 3---3-------3-L- | ---------------- | 5---5-------5-L- |
G| ----------------- | ---------------- | ----------------- |
D| ----------------- | ---------------- | ----------------- |
A| --7---10-L-7----- | ------5--------- | ----------------- |
E| 8---8--------8-0- | 3-L-3---3-3-3-3- | 3-3-3/-L-#------- |
Chorus
G| ---------------- | ----------------- | ---------------- | ----------------- |
D| ---------------- | ----------------- | ---------------- | ----------------- |
A| ---------------- | ----------------- | ---------------- | ----------------- |
E| #---5-L-5-5-0-5- | L-5-5-L-5-5-3/-L- | 0-L-0-L-0-0-3-0- | L-0-0-L-0-0-3/-L- |
>
G| ---------------- | ---------------- | ----------------- | ---------------- |
D| ---------------- | ---------------- | ----------------- | ---------------- |
A| 3-L-3-L-3-3-0-3- | L-3-3-L-3-3-3-0- | \5-L-5-L-5-5-7-5- | L-5-5-L-0-5-0-5- | x2
E| ---------------- | ---------------- | ----------------- | ---------------- |
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/foo_fighters/these_days_btab_ver_3.html ]
G| -----------------| ------------------------ |
D| -----------------| ------------------------ |
A| 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- |*5s12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12- | x2
E| ---------------- | ------------------------ |
*Appoggiatura : which means that the note on the 5th fret is played before the 12th fret.
Play the first note (5th fret - D2) and slide to play the 12th fret (A2).
Verse 2
(between the 4th & 5th time : slide out upward then downward during the drumroll)
G| ---------------- | ---------------- |
D| ---------------- | ---------------- |
A| 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- | 7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7- | x8
E| ---------------- | ---------------- |
Pre-Chorus 2
G| ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
D| ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
A| 3-L-3-L-3-3----- | --------------0- | 5-L-5-L-5-5-0--- | --------------5- |
E| ------------0-3- | L-3-3-L-3-3-3--- | --------------5- | L-5-5-L-5-L-5--- |
G| ---------------- | ---------------- | ----------------- |
D| ---------------- | ---------------- | ----------------- |
A| 3-L-3-L-3-3----- | ---------------- | ----------------- |
E| ------------0-3- | L-3-3-L-3-3-3-3- | 3-3-3/-L-#------- |
Chorus
Bridge
G| ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
D| ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
A| 3-L-3-L-3-3----- | --------------0- | 5-L-5-L-5-5-0--- | --------------5- | x3
E| ------------0-3- | L-3-3-L-3-3-3--- | --------------5- | L-5-5-L-7-5-7--- |
G| ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
D| ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
A| 3-L-3-L-3-3----- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
E| ------------0-3- | L-3-3-L-3-3-3-3- | 3-3-3-L-#------- |
Interlude
G| ---------------- |
D| ---vocals only-- |
A| -----no bass---- |
E| ---------------- |
Chorus (restart at 4:09)
Outro
G| -----------------| ------------------------ |
D| -----------------| ------------------------ |
A| 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- |*5s12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12- |
E| ---------------- | ------------------------ |
G| ---------------------| ---------------------- |
D| ---------------------| ---------------------- |
A| 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-*5s12- | ------(let ring)------ |
E| -------------------- | ---------------------- |
