Ben Bass

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                             BEN - Michael Jackson
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Tabbed by: Walter Ian Kaye
E-mail: walter@natural-innovations.com
 
Tuning: standard
 
Played with a brief syncopation-like rest between notes.
 
[Where I placed one note above another is where I am unsure of how to fret the
note; I am not a bass player, I just love the song. Fret it however you like.]
 
 
G|------------------|---------10-------|------------------|---------10-------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|-8----------------|------------------|-8----------------|
E|-1----------------|------------------|-1----------------|------------------|
 
 
  Ben, the two...                       We both found...
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|-3-------3--------|-2-------3--------|-3-------3--------|-2-------2--------|
A|-------3----------|-------3----------|-------3----------|-------3----------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 
  With a friend...
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|-3-------3--------|-2-----0----------|-1-----1-0--------|------------------|
A|-------3----------|---------4--------|-6-----6-5--------|-4-----4-3--------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 
   me...                                Ben, you're always...
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|-3----------------|-3-------3--------|-2-------2--------|
A|------------------|------------------|-------3----------|-------3----------|
E|-1----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 
  You feel you're...                    If you ever...
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|-3-------3--------|-2-------2--------|-3-------3--------|-2-----0----------|
A|-------3----------|-------3----------|-------3----------|---------4--------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 
   find, there's...                      go...
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|-1-----1-0--------|------------------|-3----------------|-3----------------|
A|-6-----6-5--------|-4-----4-3--------|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 
  used to say...                        Now it's us...
G|-0----------------|------------------|-0----------------|------------------|
D|-5-----3-2--------|-3----------------|-5-----3-2--------|-3----------------|
A|------------------|-------3----------|------------------|-------3----------|
E|------------------|---------1--------|------------------|---------1--------|
 
  used to say...                        Now it's us...
G|-0----------------|------------------|-0----------------|------------------|
D|-5-----3-2--------|-3----------------|-5-----3-2--------|-3----------------|
A|------------------|-------3----------|------------------|-------------3----|
E|------------------|---------1--------|------------------|-------1-1--------|
 
  Ben, most people...                    I don't listen...
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|-3-------3--------|-2-------3--------|-3-------3--------|-2-------2--------|
A|-------3----------|-------3----------|-------3----------|-------3----------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 
  They don't see...                     to.  I'm sure...
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|-3-------3--------|-2-------2--------|-1-------0--------|------------------|
A|-------3----------|-------3----------|-------1----------|-4-----4-3--------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 
  Ben...
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|-3----------------|-3----------------|-3----------------|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------3--|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|-1----------------|
 
 
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|-1----------------|
 
 
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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