Les Savy Fav - Go Forth (album) Chords & Tabs

Les Savy Fav   Go Forth (2001)
Bass Tablature
Written by Syd Butler/Les Savy Fav








Tabbed by James Walinck
http://jameswalinck.com/ 
This band is ace, and this is a cracker of an album, which I was inspired to work out after seeing them in Glasgow. So here you go. 
Feedback to james@jameswalinck.com please.

1: Tragic Monsters

Beginning
'What......we don't know'
G-
D-
A------------------------000--3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-0--0
E-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-------------------------------

Middle
'prepare the isolation chamber..'
G-
D-
A-------------------3---3-3--5-5--0---0-0--3-3
E-3---3-3--3---3-3---------------------------

End
'and is it any wonder...'
G-
D-
A---------------------------000--3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-0--0
E-13s/3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-------------------------------

Last bit
G-
D-
A-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-3-3--3-3-3--3-2-2--2-2-2--2--
E---------------------------------------------------------3

2: Reprobate's Resume

Guitar intro
Lead-in
'He goes to bed, bereft and berated'
G-
D
A-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------
E---------------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5

Verse
G-
D-
A-8----8/5--5-5-5-7-8------8/--------------
E------------------------------3-3--3/5-5-5

Chorus
'The jewelery advances as the gums recede'
G-
D-
A-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------
E------------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5

Verse variation
Well I'm not sure this is the bass on the record but I like playing it
'Cheap sex with a discount broker'
G-
D--------5-7---------5-7--------5-7-10--10-10-5-7
A-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5----8-8-8-8---------------------
E-

Chorus variation
'Insurance can't cover what the world's exposed'
G-
D---------5-7--------5-7------------------------------
A-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------
E--------------------------------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5

3: Crawling Can Be Beautiful

Verse
'I was a member of a successful society'
G---------2-2------------
D-----4-4----2-2--0-0-0
A-2-2--------------------
E-

Chorus
'Crawling can be beautiful, it sure beats standing still'
G-
D-
A-5-5/4-4/2-0-------------7-7/5-5/4-2-0-0-0-0-0-0
E--------------3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------

Outro
'Who here finds this world attractive, who here finds this world a bore'
G-
D-
A-2---2-2--2-2--2--2-7---7-7--7-7--7--7--5----4----0---0-0--0-0--0--0
E-

'Crawling can be beautiful'
G-
D-
A-2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---0--0--
E-

4: Disco Drive

Intro
G-
D-9-9---9-9---9-9---9-9--9--9--9--9--9
A-
E-

Verse
G-
D-
A-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4
E-

Chorus
'I want a little pick me up, so I won't stumble down tonight'
G-
D-
A--------10-10---0--0--------- 
E-7--7--------------------2-2-2

Chorus end
'Hitch hiking on the disco drive'
G-
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A------10-10---0--0---------------------------------------
E-7-7-----------------2-2-2--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-5-5-5

Verse variation
'Sometimes jobs turn to vacations'
G-
D-9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9-9--------------------------------
A---------------------------7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4
E-



Build-up
G-----------------------------------------7-7-9-9---
D-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---------7-7 faster faster
A-
E-

End
'Don't trust the poets'
G-
D-
A-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------
E-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2

Last bit
'The hours/owls will get you'
G-
D-
A-2(x8)-------0(x8)-9(x8)-10(x16)-12(x16)--
E-------3(x8)---------------------------------7

5: The Slip
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/les_savy_fav/go_forth_album_btab.html ]
Toute la chanson
G-
D-
A--------------3-3-4-5--5--5--
E-5-5/3-1-1-1-----------------

6: Daily Dares

Haven't tabbed full rhythm here, just the notes
G------17---     ------15---  ------17--  -----15--  -----14--
D-----------     15-15---15   -17-17--17  14-14--14  14-14--14
A-17-17--17-
E-

Transition
G-
D-
A--------------------------------2-2-3-3-3
E-0-0-2-2-3-3-3--------------------------

G-
D-
A-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3
E------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------

I'm a bit murky on this last riff....
'The pen in the pocket'
G-
D-
A-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7
E-------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------

7: One To Three

'Don't place your bets on me just yet'
G-
D-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12
A------------------------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12
E-

'I'm only halfway home'
G-
D-
A--2~--------2------------------------------------------------------
E---------------2~---------2-3~--------3-5~----------5-7~----------7

'This racket takes it's toll'
G-
D-
A--5~----------0~----------
E-

'I crave to catch an edge'
G-
D-
A-5~----------------5~---------------12-----10-----2-----------5--------
E-----------3~----------------3~--------------------------3------------3

'Puff out your chest'
G-
D-
A--12----10----2-2---2-4-4---4-5-5----5-5-5---5-2-2---2-4-4---4-5-5---5-5-5
E-

Rest is based on the two sections above, play intro to finish.

8: Pills

Wait until...
'Hip hip for imperfection'
G-
D-
A--2-2--2-2/5-5--5-5--4-4--4-4/7-7-7/5-5
E-
Break between verses is same notes struck once each

'I must confess I said with a smile'
G-
D-
A-3--33--3-3--33--7--77--7-7--77-----------------5--55-5-5-55--
E--------------------------------1--1-1--1-1--1-1--------------

'And if the orgasms we fake'
G-
D-
A-7----------10-10-5--------10-10-7---------10-10-5----3--2
E-

'You and I, we were meant to be together'
G-
D---------------------------------------------
A-7--7-7-7-10-10---10--10--3--3-3--3--5-5-5-6-
E-

G-
D--------------------------------5--------------
A-7--7-7-7-10-10---10--10--3-3--3--2-2-2-2-5-5-6
E-

9: Adopduction

'Kidnapped!'
G-
D-
A----------------------------5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5
E-10/3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3------------------------

'But when they relayed the bargain...'
G-
D-
A-9-9-7-7-4-4-5-5-12-12-10-10-7-7-9-9
E-

'The haggling went on for months...'
G-
D-
A--5-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-12-12-9-7
E-

Solo
G-
D-
A--5------5/2-------2-----------------------9-9///
E---------------------3--------3/5--------5------
Strikes vary with speed of lead guitar

10: No Sleeves

This riff is played most of the song, can require some concentration (if you're me) when guitar + drums go on their separate rhythms
G-
D-
A--5-5---------------------
E------1-1-/6-6--5-5--3-3

'Hail hail the talk show'
G-
D-
A-5---5-5-3---3-3-2---2-2-1---1-1
E-

'I lied and I lied'
G-
D-
A-
E—3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-6-6-6-6

11: Bloom On Demand

'He was a rare orchid dealer'
G-
D---------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------------
A--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9/5--5------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
E-

Bridge
G-
D-
A-
E-10//////////

'This giving in is wearing thin'
G-
D-
A--9-----4------5------------
E-----------------------3----

(Strings/synth come in)
G-
D--------4-5-------------------------------------
A--7---------5----7-3-----5----------------------
E---------------------------3---------2----------