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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D|————————————————————————————————————————||
A|——————————7—7——10—9—10—9—10—9———————7—7—||
E|—7——10—10—————————————————————10—10—————||



"Smoke On The Water" By: Deep Purple
G|——————————————————————————||
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
G|——————————————————————————————||
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|————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————||
E|————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————||



"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

5 years ago
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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

4 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

4 years ago
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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.
G|——————————————————————————||
D|——————————————————————————||
A|—————4——————5-4—————4—————||
E|—5—8————5—8—————5—8———8—5—||

mike23

4 years ago
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hmm any good christian bass songs to do, i mean i got jesus freak, and take take it all by hillsong down but i want some more so i can be ready for my youth group

droslag

4 years ago
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songs can be played many ways is just pitch really. I find the origional sounds best for feel good inc. And to me the last part sounds best as a slide. So

on the e string - 3/12

CurtisHair

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“Sunshine of your love” is not by just Eric Clapton, they did that song in the mid and late 60's as Cream

Celric

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I wish i knew how to read this though….. Maybe i should just sell my bass…….

grotesktruth

4 years ago
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Read the numbers left to right. The letters represent your 4 strings. The numbers represent the fret you play it on. Sequence from left to right is just the order of the notes. Its easy to learn tableture

tetedudeman

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Medicine by Hollywood undead is easy, too.

G|–5-4-2-0-2—5-4-2-0-4–}
D|————————2}
A|————————-} repeat through whole song.
E|————————-}

tetedudeman

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Also, Money by Pink floyd.

G|–4———-}
D|—4—0—–}
A|—-2-0-2—-} Repeat through whole song
E|—–2——-}

Aaronator2000

4 years ago
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Cocaine by Eric Clapton is really easy too. E_____________5h7___________ A____7_7_5_7_________7_5

tetedudeman

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O rly? try this

El urgencia by Hollywood undead

}
A|—-5-5-0-0-8-8-7-7————–} x3 }
}
} repeat through song.
}
D|—-7—5————— }
A|————8—7——- }
}

spiralout97

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G|————————–|
D|-7-7-5-7—————-|
A|———–7-6-5-0-3-0-|
E|————————-|
Then

G|————————–|
D|-9-9-7-9—————-|
A|———–9-8-7-0-5-0-|
E|————————–|
Easier version of sunshine of your love

JammyJamJam

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Im amazing >

bass2211

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Tabs:

G|--13-----13-----13----13--11---11---11---11--9-8-9----9---9----9--9-9-9---
D|------10-----10----10--------9----9----9-----------7----7---7-------------
G|-13-11-13-16----16----16-                                               G|-------------14----14----14- repeate

Just something I made up when playing (Wings of a butterfly)

Npftech

4 years ago
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Hello fellow bass junkies. Any advice for someone just starting out? Everything. I attempt to play seems way to fast for me. My fingers. Seem to note able to keep up.

Sev

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G|—-7—–5h7—-8p7—–5h7– -3h5——
D|-0—–0——0——-0——-0———-
A|——————————————
E|——————————————

46&2 By Tool, i love this one

dash62g

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Disturbed: Down with the sickness
G]——————————————–
D]——————————————–
A]0-3-0-1-0—0-3-0-1-0—0-3-0-1-0-3-0-1-0—
E]——————————————–