Head Down Bass

by Soundgarden
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: no capo
Author jjhand [a] 51,666. Last edit on Nov 12, 2016
Soundgarden - Head Down
Album: Superunknown
Bass tuned to CGCG
tabbed by jjhand
 
Enjoy and please rate my tabs so others will check them out too!
 
 
After acoustic intro, at 0:11
Intro, play 3x
G|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|-5---5---5---5----3---3---3---5-|-----------------------1---3-1-0---|
C|---7---7---7----5---3---5---3---|-5---5-5-5--5---5-5-5--------------|
  This part is played at 15 beats per bar (15/8 time)
 
 
Transition to verse (4/4 time)
G|-----------------|
C|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
C|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
 
 
Verse (4/4 time), play all 2x
G|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------|
C|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------|
C|-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5---5-5-7-8---|-0--------|
 
 
Play Intro and Transition again
Play verse again
 
 
Chorus, play 4x
G|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------|
C|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------|
G|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------|
C|-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5--5-5-5-3-2-|-0------|
    "Head down           Head down          Head down hide that smile"
 
 
 
Bridge - Play 4x,(3/4 time)
G|-------------|-------------|
C|-------------|-------------|
G|---------0-1-|-------------|
C|-0-2-3-5-----|-0-----------|
 
 
Mini-Guitar Solo part, play 4x             Ending
G|---------------------------------|    |------------------------------|
C|-7---7---7---7\5----5---5---5----|    |-5---5---5---5---5-5-5-5--555-|
G|---5---5---5------3---3---3---3/-|    |---3---3---3---3--------------|
C|---------------------------------|    |------------------------------|
 
 
Play Intro again
Play Verse again
Play Chorus 3x again
 
End last chorus with:
G|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--------|
C|-----------------|-12-10------------|-----------------|--------|
G|-8-10-8-10-8-8-8-|-------8-10-8-8-8-|-----------------|--------|
C|-----------------|------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-2-|-0------|
 
G|-----5---------------5-7-5--------|------------------|--------|
C|---------5-----------------5------|------------------|--------|
G|-5-8-------8-8---5-8---------8-8--|------------------|--------|
C|----------------------------------|------------------|--------|
  I will finish this later, since the bass solo is hard to hear
 
 
Key:
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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2 comments
halfrohp
What do the sets of 2 dashes represent? Like 5--5?
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jjhand
The dashes in my tabs are used to separate the notes and to help with note syncopation. Some notes play slightly longer than others and I hope that seeing the rhythm helps someone learn it better.
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