Bass Lessons — Cool Riffs For Beginners bass tabs


Here are some cool riffs for beginners to play.

Standard Tuning

"Iron Man" By: Black Sabbath
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A|——————————7—7——10—9—10—9—10—9———————7—7—||
E|—7——10—10—————————————————————10—10—————||



"Smoke On The Water" By: Deep Purple
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D|——————————————————————————||
A|—————5——————6—5—————5—————||
E|—5—8————5—8—————5—8———8—5—||



"The Sunshine of Your Love" By: Eric Clapton
G|—8—8—6—8—————————————||
D|—————————8—7—6———————||
A|———————————————6—9—6—||
E|—————————————————————||



"God Of Thunder" By: Kiss
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D|————————————————————————5———————————————————————————————||
A|————7———5—7—————7———5—7———————7———5—7———3—0—3—5—6—5—3—5—||
E|—0————7——————0————7————————0————7———————————————————————||



"Crazy Train" By: Ozzy Osbourne
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D|—————————————————————————————————————————————————||
A|———————————————————5—5——————————————————————5——7—||
E|—2—2——5—5—0—0—2—2——————0—0—2—2——5—5—0—0—2—2——————||



"Feel Good Inc." By: Gorillaz
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D|————————————————————————————2—||
A|——————————3—2——0——0—3—2———————||
E|—0——0—2—3———————————————3—0———||



"Back In Black" By: AC/DC
G|—————————————————9—7————————————————————————————————————————||
D|————0—0—0————————————9—7————————0—0—0———————————————————————||
A|——————————0—0—0——————————10———————————0—0—0—————————————————||
E|—0———————————————————————————0——————————————7—4—7—5—7—6—7—7—||



"Wings of a Butterfly" By: HIM
G|—12————12————12—10—8—10———10———10———10———10———10———10—8—7—8———8———8———7—||
D|————10————10————————————8————8————8————8————8————8——————————6———6———6———||
A|————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————||
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"Hypnotize" (The intro) By: System of a Down
G|—5—5—7—7—7—7—8—8—7—7—5—5—4—4—||
D|——5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5——||
A|—————————————————————————————|| X2
E|—————————————————————————————||



"Dance, Dance"  By: Fallout Boy
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D|———————————————————————————||
A|———————5—5—————————5—5—————||
E|—7—7—7—————5—5—3—3—————5—5—||

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Fabi_WatersBass

5 years ago
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I'm a beginner and I really liked these riffs, they're simple to play… Dou you know other riffs like these?

DSickness

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just a commentary, correction to feel good inc, its the same order of chords but play 6th on the a string, so it would be
“Feel Good Inc.” By: Gorillaz
G|————————————————————————————8—||
D|——————————9—8——6——6—9—8—————-—||
A|—6——6—8—9—-—-——-——-—-—-—9—6———||
E|—-——-—-—-———————————————-—-———||

DSickness

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well was…

dhjsusjnbw

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Sweeeeeet

mystique42

5 years ago
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hey

these are awesome thank you =^.^=
a slight change to dance dance by fall out boy though being:
G|———————————————————————————||
D|———————————————————————————||
A|——2-2——5-5—————————5—5—————||
E|———————————5—5—3—3—————5—5—|| and i advice anyone to learn the whole song as its a killer jam to jump to and super easy to learn, its just the same thing repeated through most of it

Mortem

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Just an Improvement, (Iv played it before using a different tab), I felt like it sounded more like the actual thing. Maybe it's just my Bass? Well try this out but you don't have to listen to me. I h=just changed to a note lower for each for the A string.
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D|——————————————————————————||
A|—————4——————5-4—————4—————||
E|—5—8————5—8—————5—8———8—5—||