Cousins Bass
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Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Capo: | no capo |
Cousins Bass Tab - tabbed by Maisnon, january 2010
I'm a guitar player myself, but playing just the guitar part when I'm alone
sounded pretty dull, since the verse is only supported by the bass. I
decided to tab the bass part as well therefore. I think it turned out
pretty nice, let me know if you got any feedback. There are bound to be
some small errors, since this is also the first tab I made.
The melody is pretty straightforward and easy, but the difficulty is in
the speed of the song and the tremolo picking.
Have fun!
Standard Tuning
Intro / Fill Riff (tremolo picked)
G ----|----------------|--------9-------|----------------|----------------|
D ----|--------11------|----------------|--------11------|--------9-------|
A 7---|9-----------7---|9-----------7---|9-----------7---|9-----------7---|
E ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Main Riff
G |3---------------| 3x G |3---------------| 1x
D |--4---4-----6---| D |--4---2-----4---|
A |----4-----4---4-| A |----2-----4---4-|
E |--------2-------| E |--------2-------|
Bridge Riff ( ) played during the end of the second time
G |-----------------| 3x G |-----------------| 1x
D |--------(9)-11-9-| D |--------9--(9)---|
A |9-9--------------| A |9-9--------------|
E |-----------------| E |-----------------|
Cousins Riff
G |----------------| 8x
D |----------------|
A |----------------|
E |--2---2---2---2-|
End Riff
G |3---------------| 8x
D |--4-------6-4---|
A |----4---4-----4-|
E |----------------|
Order:
1x Intro / Fill Riff
6x Main Riff
2x Intro / Fill Riff
2x Main Riff
-- No Riff ("Me and my cousins!")
2x Intro / Fill Riff
2x Bridge Riff
-- No Riff (Me and my cousins!)
1x Cousins Riff
2x Intro / Fill Riff
1x End Riff
And end the song on a low F :)
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4 comments

that's why he said use a capo
+1

Drop D seems an easier alternative.
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Great tab but verse sounds wrong, besides he uses a capo on the second fret, here's how the verse should be, in my opinion
If you don't have a capo then just play it like this, or if you do have one then play the 2's as 0's
G |-------------------| x4
D |-2-6-2-8-2---------|
A |-------------2-7-9-|
E |-----------7-------|
There could be flaws but I think it's very accurate
Feel free to take this and put it as your verse if you want, I'm glad if it helps
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