Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 09:23:47 -0800 (PST)
From: "Brian" <brian (at) ysib dot com>
Subject: XTC bass tabs
Message-ID: <61033.24.16.235.236.1130693027.squirrel (at) bigonezero dot net>


Hello,

I wrote out some XTC bass tabs last night and thought you might want to
use them for your site.  The tabs were done completely by me and I give
permission for them to be reposted anywhere as long as credit is given,
etc. etc. etc....

Thanks, and keep up the good work with your site.

- Brian

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XTC
"Meccanic Dancing"
tabbed by Brian Rogers (brian (at) ysib dot com)

4 string bass, standard tuning

Intro (0:02)

G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------3--2--1--0--|
E|--------------------|

Pre-verse 1 (0:04)

G|----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----1----0---0-1-----|------1----0---0-1-----|
A|----------------------|-----------------------|
E|1------------------1--|--------------------1--|

G|---------------------|------------------------|
D|----1----0---0-1-----|------1---1-------------|
A|---------------------|------------3--2--1--0--|
E|------------------1--|------------------------|

(play twice)

Verse 1 (0:18)

G|----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----1----0---0-1-----|------1----0---0-1-----|
A|----------------------|-----------------------|
E|1------------------1--|--------------------1--|

G|---------------------|---------------------|
D|----1----0---0-1-----|----1----0---0-1-----|
A|---------------------|---------------------|
E|------------------1--|------------------1--|

G|------------------------|
D|---1--0--1-----1--0--1--|
A|------------------------|
E|1-----------1-----------|

Chorus 1 (0:28)

G|-----------------------| }
D|-----------------------| } (x 4)
A|---2--3--4----5--4--3--| }
E|3----------------------| }

Post-chorus 1 (0:36)

G|--------------------|--------------------| }
D|--------------------|--------------------| } (x 2)
A|3----3----2----2----|1----1----2----2----| }
E|--------------------|--------------------| }

Pre-verse 2 (0:44)
(same as Pre-verse 1)

Verse 2 (0:58)
(same as Verse 1)

Chorus 2 (1:08)
(same as Chorus 1)

Post-chorus 2 (1:15)

G|--------------------|--------------------| }
D|--------------------|--------------------| } (x 2)
A|3----3----2----2----|1----1----2----2----| }
E|--------------------|--------------------| }

G|--------------------|----------------------| }
D|--------------------|----------------------| } (x 2)
A|5----5----4----4----|--3----3----4----4----| }
E|--------------------|----------------------| }

G|------------------------|------------------------| }
D|------------------------|------------------------| } (x 2)
A|5--5--5--5--4--4--4--4--|3--3--3--3--4--4--4--4--| }
E|------------------------|------------------------| }

G|------------------------| }
D|------------------------| } (x 4)
A|3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--| }
E|------------------------| }

Verse 3 (1:45)
(same as Verse 1)

Chorus 3 (1:55)
(same as Chorus 1)

Post-chorus 3 (2:03)
(same as Post-chorus 1)

Chorus 4 (2:10)
(no bass)

Post-chorus 4 (2:18)

G|--------------------|--------------------| }
D|--------------------|--------------------| } (x 2)
A|3----3----2----2----|1----1----2----2----| }
E|--------------------|--------------------| }

G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--|1--1--1--1--2--2--2--2--|
E|------------------------|------------------------|

G|------------------------| }
D|------------------------| } (x 2)
A|3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--| }
E|------------------------| }

G|----|
D|----|
A|3---|
E|----|

Guitar & Bass (UK)
May 2005

Generally Major: Colin Moulding Workshop
by Gareth Morgan

Ex. 2

MECCANIK GROOVING
Meccanik Dancing opened Go 2 and our exercise gives you a good flavour of the verse groove. If you look closely and fiddle with the phrasing a bit you'll get something akin to Elvis Costello's Pump It Up, so maybe both Bruce Thomas (see workshop in issue 16/1) and Moulding had sampled the delights of both The Everly Brothers and Richard Hell... stranger things have happened. Other than marking the end of Andrews' tenure, Go 2 is also notable as the album where Moulding the stylist really emerges.