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/ Beastie Boys / Ill Communication (1994) / Sabotage bass tab

"Sabotage" by The Beastie Boys

Tabbed by Paul Fivey   P.Fivey@dundee.ac.uk

This is a correction to the tab which has been online for a while
but is unfortunately not quite correct.
I have used the existing file to create this one so this isn't an entirely
new tab.

N.B. Play with the roughest overdrive you can and try to strum it with a pick, muting
the A, D and G strings appropriatly and hammering on to the C# on the D string
when neccesary, this is how Adam Yauch plays it live.

For example:

G---X----X----11----
D---X----X----X-----
A---11---11---11----
E---X----X----X-----

If you have a live video of the Beastie Boys you'll know what
I'm talking about, but if not try to get one 'cause this is a fairly weird
thing to try to describe.

The main figure:

G---------11--------11------11------11------11--------------
D---------------------------------------------------------
A--/11-11---11-11-11---11-11---11-11---11-11---11-11-11-11--
E---------------------------------------------------------

The fill line:

G------------------4----
D--------------4--------
A---------4--6---6------
E----4--6---------------

That's about it, its a good tune and quite easy apart from the strumming technique
which takes ages to perfect.


Beastie Boys albums
1998 Hello Nasty
1994 Ill Communication
1992 Check Your Head
1989 Paul's Boutique
1986 Licensed to Ill
Ill Communication tabs
01Sure Shot tabbass tab
02Tough Guy tabbass tab
05Root Down tabbass tab
06Sabotage tabbass tab
08Sabrosa tabbass tab
10Futterman's Rule tabbass tab
11Alright Hear This tabbass tab
16Heart Attack Man tabbass tab

 

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