--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BLISTER IN THE SUN - Violent Femmes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: satogata@hazel.fnal.gov (Todd Satogata) |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| 4 times |----------------------------------------| (Figure A) |---2---3-2-----2---3-2-----2---3-2-0----| |-3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3--| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| Chorus |---0^2----0^2-0^2-----------------------0^2----0^2-0^2--| (Figure B) |-------------------3-2-0--2-3-3-2-0---------------------| |-0------0---------------------------3--0-----0----------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |---------0--2^0-------------| and then back to Figure A... |-3-2-3-4--------3--5-3-2-0--| |----------------------------| |----------------| |----------------| |----------------| Bass riff before guitar harmonics... |-4^2^0-3^2------| |-----------3^2--| |----------------| Another song I know the bass line for off the same album (that is, ignoring the bass solo which I never got all the way through, and so fake) is "Please Do Not Go": |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |---------0------------------------------------| |-------0---3-2-0-----------0---2^0------------| Main Verse bass line |-----2-------------3-2-3-4---------3--5^3-2-0-| |-3-3------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |--5-3-2-0----------0---------| Basic Chorus bass |-----------3-2-3-4---3-2-0---| |-----------------------------| A very similar riff to the 4^2^0 riff in "Blister" starts off the bass solo, if you feel inclined to actually figure it out. (Hint: there's lots of alternating picking, with an open string ringing a note while another string is played in a sliding, climbing fashion.) I'd love to see real tab for the entire bass solo of this song... =====================================================================