Cousins Bass

by Vampire Weekend
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: no capo
Author Maisnon [a] 41. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
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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
jbhf1
that's why he said use a capo
+1
Jilljoy
Drop D seems an easier alternative.
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UGROQFAN
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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