Here's the bass tabs to Tea Party's "Drawing Down the Moon"
as heard on "The Edges of Twilight"
Tabbed by: Jason Clark
Firstly, I just want to say that if anyone has any level of
correction to make on this tab don't hesitate to post it.
Secondly, I am musically retarted so if anyone who knows
what their doing wants to re-post this tab after inserting
the correct notations, such as timing and the like, I'll
gladly send my copy of this to them via e-mail so they
don't have to re-type the whole thing all I ask is give
credit where credit's due. send corrections, any
questions, or comments to:
jasonclark@sprintmail.com
thanks to doug and tyris curran for their tabbing of the
guitar to this song. I took some parts from there tabs to
make life easier on me.
intro
G-----------------------------------------------
D-8^9--------------8----------8^9---------8-8^9-
A-----8^9------8^9--------8^9---------8^9-------
E---------7----------7------------7-------------
G-----------------------------------------------
D---9---------4---------------------------------
A-9---9/7-6^7---7-6-7--5^7-5--4^5-4--2^4-2------
E-----------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------7-6--
D-----8-8^9-----------------5------------8------
A-8^9----------9---9-9-7-5----5------8^9--------
E-------------------------------3---------------
"You're holding on. . . "
G------------------------------------6-----------
D-8^9-------------8---------8-8^9------8^9-------
A-----8^9-----8^9-------8^9----------------8^9---
E---------7---------7--------------------------7-
G-----------------------------------------------------
D-----9---9------------4------------------------------
A-8^9---9------7---6^7----7-6-7---5^7-5--4^5-4--2^4-2-
E-----------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------7-6---6-------
D-----8-8^9--------------------------8---------9-----
A-8^9--------8^9--9--7-5--10\----8^9-------9---------
E-----------------------------3------------------7-7-
"I need you now. . . "
G---------------------------7-6---7-8--9-7-------------
D--------------9--9-9-----9-----9----------9-------8-9-
A------------------------------------------------8-----
E-7--0--2\\\\7----------7----------------------7-------
this part^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ is hard to
hear but I'm 90% sure it's right.
"Stop the rains baby. . . "
G--------------------------------------------------
D-----8-8^9-9-9----9---9-----------4--------9--9---
A-8^9------------9---9---9\7---6-7---7-6-7---77-7--
E--------------------------------------------------
this part is fast^^^^^
G---------------------------------6~-7~-9~/11~----
D---------------------------8-8^9-----------------
A-5^7-7--4^5-4--2^4-2---8^9-----------------------
E-------------------------------------------------
G---------------------7-6-----6---------
D-------------------8-----------9-------
A-9-7-5--10\----8^9---------9-----------
E-----------3----------------------7-7--
G-------7-6----6-------
D-----8----------9-----
A-8^9--------9---------
E------------------7-7-
No bass for a while, then the bass follows the guitar
G---------------------------------------------------
D-----4-----5-----4--4-5-4-----4-----5-----4--4-5-4-
A-2-2---2-2---0-0----------0-0---0-0---2-2----------
E---------------------------------------------------
at the start of the solo or bridge or whatever you want
to call it, listen for a variation like this, chances
are, if something is wrong on this tab it's this part.
G--------------------------------------------------
D-----4-----5-----4-5-4-------4-----5-----4--4-5-4-
A-2-2---2-2---0-0-------4-2-0---0-0---2-2----------
E--------------------------------------------------
then back to the above psuedo-"Sweet Dreams" part
"you tell me what you want. . ."
G-------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------7-7--7^10-10\-
E-7^9-9-9-----7^9-9-9-----7^9-9-9-----9-9---------------
G----------------------- repeat I
D---------4^5-4--4^5-4-- don't know how
A----------------------- many times but the last
E-5^7-7-7--------------- time play:
"you tell me what you want. . ."
G-----------------------------7-6------------------7-6-
D---------4-5-5-5-5---------8--------------------8-----
A-----------------------8^9------------------8^9-------
E-5^7-7-7----------------------------------------------
G-7-7^6-----------------7-6----6--- back to the
D------8^9------------8----------9- "Sweet Dreams" part
A----------8^9----8^9--------9----- (sorry for the
E--------------7------------------- blasphemy)
Outro
G-------7-6--7-7^6------------------7-6--6-7-9-9-9(b&r)-
D-----8------------8^9------------8---------------------
A-8^9------------------8^9----8^9-----------------------
E--------------------------7----------------------------
G-------7-6-----------------|-------7-6----6--------|
D-----8-------------------8-|-----8----------9------|
A-8^9-------------------8---|-8^9--------9----------|
E------------0-0-1\\\\7-----|-------------------7-7-|
repeat what's in brackets about 4 times and then after
the fast strumming play
G---
D-9- and it's over.
A---
E---
Notes:
^ means a hammer-on or a pull-off
\ means slide up
/ means slide down
\\\\ means an extremely slow slide
~ means vibrato
and (b&r) means bend and release
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