Song: The Valley
Artist: Duran Duran
Album: Red Carpet Massacre
Tabbed by LoudLon for BigBassTabs.com
Requested by Mari7

Standard tuning EADG

PERFORMANCE NOTE: There are only two bass sequences in this song.  Rather than
provide copious empty staffs to keep time with, just watch the time on the song;
it's exactly five minutes long, and each bass sequence is exactly thirty seconds
long.  Starting time for each sequence is included below.

LEGEND:
/ = slide up
x = mute
h = hammer on
. = slap
s = 16th note (will appear above bar)


FIRST BASS SEGMENT (2:30)(x2)

          s                 s                 s                 s
G|————————————5————|————————————2————|————————————5————|————————————2————|
D|/5——————3/5————5—|—3——————2/3————3—|/5——————3/5————5—|—3——————2/3————3—|
A|—————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|
E|—————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
 
(all slap notes)

     s s     s s           s s     s s           s s     s s           s s     s s
G|—————————————————————|—————————————————————|—————————————————————|—————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————|—————————————————————|—————————————————————|—————————————————————|
A|—x—3h5—x—x—3h5—x—x—x—|—x—3h5—x—x—3h5—x—x—x—|—x—3h5—x—x—3h5—x—x—x—|—x—3h5—x—x—3h5—x—x—x—|
E|—————————————————————|—————————————————————|—————————————————————|—————————————————————|
   1  &  2 &  3  & 4 &   1  &  2 &  3  & 4 &   1  &  2 &  3  & 4 &   1  &  2 &  3  & 4 & 


SECOND BASS SEGMENT (3:30)(all slap notes)(x4):

     s s   sss sss        s s   sss sss        s s   sss sss        s s   sss sss  
G|————————————————————|————————————————————|————————————————————|————————————————————|
D|————————————————————|————————————————————|————————————————————|————————————————————|
A|—x—3h5—x—xx3h5xxx—x—|—x—3h5—x—xx3h5xxx—x—|—x—3h5—x—xx3h5xxx—x—|—x—3h5—x—xx3h5xxx—x—|
E|————————————————————|————————————————————|————————————————————|————————————————————|
   1  &  2 &  3 & 4 &   1  &  2 &  3 & 4 &   1  &  2 &  3 & 4 &   1  &  2 &  3 & 4 &

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