Fences Bass

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	D A D G
Capo:	no capo

Author spiff-corgi [a] 832. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014

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Artist: Paramore
Song: Fences
Album: Riot!
Bassist: Jeremy Davis
Tuning: Drop D
Timing: 3/4
 
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
READ THIS:
THIS WAS A REAL RUSH JOB, SO THERE WILL BE SOME MISTAKES. I'LL UPDATE IT AS I CHECK IT
THROUGH. ALSO, LISTEN TO THE SONG FOR TIMINGS, SOME BITS MAY BE CONFUSING, BUT IF YOU LISTEN
THROUGH HEADPHONES AND CRANK THE BASS UP IT'S EASY ENOUGH TO FOLLOW THE TAB.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
 
Intro:
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
D|----0-20|----0-20|--2-0---|--2-4---|----0-20|----0-20|--2-0---|0---420--|
A|2-4-----|2-4-----|------4-|------4-|2-4-----|2-4-----|------4-|--4----4-|
D|--------|--------|4-------|4-------|--------|--------|4-------|---------|
                                                                     ^ fast fill, more obvious in
                                                                       the post-chorus
Verse:
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|----0-20|----0-20|--2-0---|2-4-2-0-|----0-20|----0-20|--2-0---|2-4-2-0-|
|2-4-----|2-4-----|------4-|--------|2-4-----|2-4-----|------4-|--------|
|--------|--------|4-------|--------|--------|--------|4-------|--------|
 
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|7-7-7-7-|7-------|----0-20|----0-20|--2-0---|2-4-20--|
|--------|----7070|--------|--------|2-4-----|2-4-----|------4-|------0-|
|2-2-2-2-|2-2-----|--------|--------|--------|--------|4-------|--------|
 
Pre-chorus:
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------------|
|--------|--------|--------|0-------|--------|----0---|----0---|------------|
|2-------|--------|0-------|--------|2---4---|5-------|0-------|4444444-----|
 
Chorus:
|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------| x 2 (second time- slide the first note)
|9-------|--------|5-------|2---4---|
 
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|--------|
|----4---|5-4-5---|--------|--------|----4-5-|554-5-54-|--------|--------|
|--5---5-|-----5--|--------|--------|--5-----|---------|0-0-0-0-|1-------|
|5-------|--------|22--22--|22--22--|55------|---------|--------|--------|
 
Post-chorus:
(same as intro)
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
|----0-20|----0-20|--2-0---|--2-4---|----0-20|----0-20|--2-0---|0---420--|
|2-4-----|2-4-----|------4-|------4-|2-4-----|2-4-----|------4-|--4----4-|
|--------|--------|4-------|4-------|--------|--------|4-------|---------|
 
Verse:
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|----0-20|----0-20|--2-0---|2-4-2-0-|----0-20|----0-20|--2-0---|2-4-2-0-|
|2-4-----|2-4-----|------4-|--------|2-4-----|2-4-----|------4-|--------|
|--------|--------|4-------|--------|--------|--------|4-------|--------|
 
|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|7-7-7-7-|7-------|
|--------|----7070|--------|--------|
|2-2-2-2-|2-2-----|--------|--------|
 
Pre-chorus:
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------------|
|--------|--------|--------|0-------|--------|----0---|----0---|------------|
|2-------|--------|0-------|--------|2---4---|5-------|0-------|4444444-----|
 
Chorus:
|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------| x 2
|9-------|--------|5-------|2---4---|
 
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|---------|
|----4---|5-4-5---|--------|--------|----4-5-|554-5-54-|--------|----0----|
|--5---5-|-----5--|--------|--------|--5-----|---------|0-0---0-|1-1---11-|
|5-------|--------|22--22--|22--22--|55------|---------|----22--|---------|
 
"Yeah, yeah you're asking for it!"
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|5-5-----|--------|0-0------|--------| x2
|2-2-----|--------|5-5-----|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|
 
Solo:
(LISTEN! SOMETIMES YOU CAN HEAR THE BASS PLAYING BETWEEN THE GUITAR RESTS, I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED
THE PARTS OF THE TAB SHOWING THIS)
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|2-2-2-22|1-1-1-1-|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|-----2-2|7-7-7975|6-6-6-6-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-57--|
       ^^     ^^^^     ^^^^
 
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|2-2-2-2-|1-1-----|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|---2-2-2|----4-6-|7-7-7-7-|6-6-6-6-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-57--|
   ^^^^^^     ^^^
 
Solo part 2:
|-------|--------|--------|---------|
|----0-2|4-5-4-0-|----0-2-|---------|
|2-4----|--------|--2-----|---------| x2
|-------|-------5|-------2|--2-4--4-|
 
"Yeah, yeah well you're just a mess!"
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|5-5-----|--------|0-0------|--------|
|2-2-----|--------|5-5-----|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|
 
Chorus:
|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------| x 2
|9-------|--------|5-------|2---4---|
 
|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|----4---|5-4-5---|--------|--------|
|--5---5-|-----5--|--------|--------| play this bit a few times
|5-------|--------|22--22--|22--22--|
 
Outro:
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
|----0-20|----0-20|--2-0---|--2-4---|----0-20|----0-20|--2-0---|0---4204-|
|2-4-----|2-4-----|------4-|------4-|2-4-----|2-4-----|------4-|--4------|
|--------|--------|4-------|4-------|--------|--------|4-------|---------|
 
There we have it. The CORRECT way to play fences.
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on the album it is either dropped D or on a 5 string bass because at the prechorus you can CLEARLY hear the very low D. I mean really clearly. You'd have to be tone deaf to miss it out. The other tabs tabbed the prechorus an octave high which is plain wrong. THIS is right.

on intro he plays on the top 2 strings for the first 2 bars..i saw him playing it on their live dvd so jsut move those notes up, but accurate notes :)

they're all shit, i checked before tabbing!! haha