Reptile Bass

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                             REPTILE - The Church
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Tabbed by: Brian Gray
Bassist: Steve Kilbey
Tuning: Standard
 
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
 
Fig 1. (Bass enters at 0:06)
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|10--------------------|
E|--------------3--\----|
 
(0:12)
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|10\-------------------|
E|--------------3--\----|
 
Fig. 2 (0:18)
 
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------12--1212--12-10----10--12-----|
A|10--10---10-12-13-----------------13--------10--|
E|------------------------------------------------| 4x
 
Fig. 3 (0:42)
 
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|---------/8888888-66666666-66666666|
E|33333333---------------------------| 4x
 
Fig 1. Variation (1:07)
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|10\-------------------|
E|--------------3--/----|
 
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|10\-------------------|
E|--------------3-------|
 
Return to Fig. 2 (1:19) (4x)
 
Fig 3. (1:44) (4x)
 
Fig 4. (2:08)
 
G|---------------------------|
D|5-------7------------------|
A|-----------------3---------|
E|--------------------------3| (3x)
 
(2:32)
G|---------------------------|
D|5-------7------------------|
A|-----------------3-0-3-0-3-|
E|--------------------------3|
 
Return to Fig. 1 (2:46)
 
Fig. 2 (2:59) (4x)
 
End on Fig. 3 (3:23) (Repeat as necessary, Fade Out)
 
Form:
 
Fig. 1
Fig. 2 (4x)
Fig. 3 (4x)
Fig. 1v
Fig. 2 (4x)
Fig. 3 (4x)
Fig. 4
Fig. 1
Fig. 2 (4x)
Fig. 3 (Repeat as necessary)
 
Notes: Make sure to grab those slides for full effect.
 
Parts of this song have a lot of space and atmosphere so have fun with that by adding
extra notes, slides or anything else that sounds good!
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On The Fig 3,from 3:46 to the end, the G note is playing one octave up on D string; it is the way Steve Kilbey plays :-) G|--------------------------------------------------| D|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------|

I play Fig 2 like this (notes the same, except the Bb substituted for the A on the 9th note): G|--------5-7----7--7-5------5-7------| D|5---7-8---------------8---------5---| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| Thanks for the tab