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/ Europe / The Final Countdown (1986) / The Final Countdown bass tab

The Final Countdown performed by Europe as performed on The Final Countdown
          Tab written by Skúli Á. Sigurðsson, E-mail: Skulisig@mi.is

          >: Let note last	b: Bend string

          Intro (before drum-opening)
          Play this four times (Bass fig. 1)
          G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          A[-----------][--4-5>-----][--2>-------][-----------]
          E[--2>-------][-----------][-----------][---0---1---]

          Play this once (Bass fig. 2)
          G[-----------]
          D[-----------]
          A[-------5-4>]
          E[-2-4-5-----]

          (Drum-opening)

          Play this twice (Bass fig. 3)
          G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          A[-----------][--5-5-5-5--][--2-2-2-2--][-----------]
          E[--2-2-2-2--][-----------][-----------][--0-0-0-0--]

          Play this once (Bass fig. 4)
          G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          A[-----------][------5-5--][--4-4-4-4--][--4-4-4-4--]
          E[--2-2-4-4--][--5-5------][-----------][-----------]

          Play this seven times (Bass fig. 5)
          G[-----------]
          D[-----------]
          A[-----------]
          E[--2-2-2-2--]

          Play this once (Bass fig. 6)
          G[-----------]
          D[-----------]
          A[--2-2-2-2--]
          E[-----------]

          Play Bass fig. 5 two more times

          Play this once (Bass fig. 7)
          G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          A[-----------][-----------][--5-5-5-5--][--7-7-7-7--][-----------]
          E[---2---2---][--5-5-5-5--][-----------][-----------][--5-5-4-4--]

          G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          A[-----------][--5-5-5-5--][--4-4-4-4--][--7-7-7-7--][-(7b)------]
          E[--2-2-0-0--][-----------][-----------][-----------][--0--------]

          (It’s The Final Countdown!)

          Play Bass fig. 3 twice
          Play Bass fig. 5 three times
          Play Bass fig. 6 once
          Play Bass fig. 5 twice
          Play Bass fig. 7 once
          Play Bass fig. 3 twice
          Play Bass fig. 4 once

          Play this once (Bass fig. 8)(Guitar solo)
          G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          A[--2-2-2-2--][--0-0-0-0--][--5-5-5-5--][-----------]
          E[-----------][-----------][-----------][--3-3-3-4--]

          G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          A[-----------][-----------][--2-2-2-2--][-----------]
          E[--0-0-0-0--][--5-5-5-5--][-----------][--2-2-2-2--]

          G[-----------][-----------] [-----------][-----------]
          D[-----------][-----------] [-----------][-----------]
          A[--2-2-2-2--][--0-0-0-0--] [--5-5-5-5--][-----------]
          E[-----------][-----------] [-----------][--3-3-3-2--]

          G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          A[-----------][-----------][--2-2-2-2--][--4-4-4-4--]
          E[--0-0-0-0--][--5-5-5-5--][-----------][-----------]

          Play this ? (Bass fig. 9)
          G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
          A[-----------][--4-5>-----][--2>-------][-----------]
          E[--2>-------][-----------][-----------][---0-1>----]

          Play Bass fig. 2 once
          Play Bass fig. 3 twice
          Play Bass fig. 4 once
          Play Bass fig. 3 as often as necessary as the song fades out

         This is the way I play it but it’s supposed to be played with a pick and each ]
         stroke in this tab sheet is actually one stroke up and two down.
         Have fun with it :)


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