Mother Bass

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G
Capo:	no capo
Author arrell [a] 1,604. Last edit on May 15, 2024
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Artist: Danzig
Song: "Mother"
Album: Danzig (1988)
Bass: Eerie Von
 
Tabbed by: arrell
 
[Intro]
   W                 x8
G||------------------||
D||o----------------o||
A||o-r--------------o||
E||------------------||
 
[Verse 1]
     W              x15 +H.        +E  E
G||------------------||------------------|
D||o----------------o||------------------|
A||o-r--------------o||--r----------r----|
E||------------------||----------------7-|
 
   W                 +H.       +E  E   W                 +H.       +E  E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-7---------------|-(7)-------(7)-7-|-7---------------|-(7)-------(7)-7-|
 
   (crescendo)
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
 
[Chorus 1]
   Q   q   E E E E   +Q   q   E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   H       H
G|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
E|-3---3---3-3-3-5-|-(5)--5---5-5-5-7-|-(7)--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-------5-------|
 
   Q   q   E E E E   +Q   q   E E E E   +Q   E e H         H       H
G|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|------------------|----------r-------|-----------------|
E|-3---3---3-3-3-5-|-(5)--5---5-5-5-7-|-(7)--7-7---------|-7-------5-------|
 
   Q   q   E E E E   +Q   q   E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   H       H
G|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
E|-3---3---3-3-3-5-|-(5)--5---5-5-5-7-|-(7)--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-------5-------|
 
   Q   q   E E E E   +Q   q   E E E E   E E E E E E E E   q   H       E E
G|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
A|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----r-------r---||
E|-3---3---3-3-3-5-|-(5)--5---5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-------------7-||
 
[Verse 2]
   +E  E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E x15 H       H
G|-------------------||-------------------||-----------------||
D|-------------------||o-----------------o||-----------------||
A|-------------------||o-----------------o||-----------------||
E|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||-3-------5-------||
 
[Chorus 2]
   Q   q   E E E E   +Q   q   E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   H       H
G|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
E|-3---3---3-3-3-5-|-(5)--5---5-5-5-7-|-(7)--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-------5-------|
 
   Q   q   E E E E   +Q   q   E E E E   +Q   E e H         H       H
G|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|------------------|----------r-------|-----------------|
E|-3---3---3-3-3-5-|-(5)--5---5-5-5-7-|-(7)--7-7---------|-7-------5-------|
 
   Q   q   E E E E   +Q   q   E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   H       H
G|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
E|-3---3---3-3-3-5-|-(5)--5---5-5-5-7-|-(7)--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-------5-------|
 
   Q   q   E E E E   +Q   q   E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
A|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
E|-3---3---3-3-3-5-|-(5)--5---5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
 
[Solo]
   Q   E E E E E E   +E  E E Q   E E E   Q   E E E E E E   +E  E E Q   E E E
G|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E|-7---7-7-7-7-7-3-|-(3)-3-3-5---5-5-7-|-7---7-7-7-7-7-3-|-(3)-3-3-5---5-5-7-|
 
   Q   E E E E E E   +E  E E Q   E E E   Q   E E E E E E   H       H
G|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|-7---7-7-7-7-7-3-|-(3)-3-3-5---5-5-7-|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-------5--------|
 
   +W
G|-----------------||
D|-----------------||
A|-----------------||
E|-(5)-------------||
 
[Chorus 3]
   Q   q   E E E E   +Q   q   E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   H       H
G|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
E|-3---3---3-3-3-5-|-(5)--5---5-5-5-7-|-(7)--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-------5-------|
 
   Q   q   E E E E   +Q   q   E E E E   +Q   E e H         H       H
G|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|------------------|----------r-------|-----------------|
E|-3---3---3-3-3-5-|-(5)--5---5-5-5-7-|-(7)--7-7---------|-7-------5-------|
 
   Q   q   E E E E   +Q   q   E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   H       H
G|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
E|-3---3---3-3-3-5-|-(5)--5---5-5-5-7-|-(7)--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-------5-------|
 
   Q   q   E E E E   +Q   q   E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
A|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
E|-3---3---3-3-3-5-|-(5)--5---5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
 
[Outro solo]
     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  x3
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
D||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
A||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
E||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
 
                                                          [--3--]  [--3--]
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-/10-10-10-9--9--r--|
 
   S S H..
G|-----------------||
D|-----------------||
A|-----------------||
E|-7-7-7-----------||
 
 
Duration Legend
---------------
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.
 
Tablature Legend
----------------
 r   - rest
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 
Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
X
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Cheers to the comments above. I'll edit the tab if I can - I've been working on presenting my tabs better.
this song is great! also, the tab is quite impressive...for only being played on 1 string! 5 star tab and song!
GREAT!!!