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Green Day — When I Come Around (ver 14) bass tabs



(submitted by Svienbass)
Tuning: Gb Db Ab Eb (1/2 step down)

All the other tabs I see here
just weren't completely what
Dirnt played, so I hope this
is closer than the rest.
Listen to the isolated
bass track for strumming patterns.

Key:
h hammer on
p pull off
. staccato
^ marcato
x mute note
/ slide up
\ slide down
~ let ring

Intro
——X2 rest———X1
Gb———————|————4h5p4p0—|
Db———————|——55————————|
Ab———————|————————————|
Eb———————|————————————|


Verse
X10
(Alternating, kinda)
1st,3rd,4th,5th,7th,8th,9th times
————.——————————.———————————.——————>
Gb——————4h5p4p0————————————————4h5>
Db——5—55———————————4h5p4p0—2—22———>
Ab—————————————5—55———————————————>
Eb————————————————————————————————>
———————————.—|
Gb>——————————|
Db>——————————|
Ab>3—333—550—|
Eb>——————————|

Alternate Verse
2nd,6th,10th times
————.—————————^—.—————————x——————>
Gb——————4h5p4—7———————————————4h5>
Db——5—55————————————4h5p4—2—22———>
Ab——————————————5—55—————————————>
Eb———————————————————————————————>

————————————.——10th time only
Gb>——————|———|——————————|
Db>——————|———|——————————|
Ab>3—333—|550|/(7)*—————|
Eb>——————|———|————*(12)\|

* slide up to 7 on Ab string, then slide down from 12 on Eb string. May take practice to make fluent *

Chorus
X1
Gb————————————————————————>
Db——————————————————5h7p5—>
Ab———————————————————————7>
Eb——55555555—7—8—8—8——————>
——————————————————————————^———|
Gb>———————————————————————5p4—|
Db>———————————————————————————|
Ab>———————————————————————————|
Eb>55—555—555—7—8—8888888—————|

Then Verse again, playing the alternate on the 2nd, 6th, and 10th times, and sliding on the 10th time, just as before

Then Chorus, just as before

Then Verse, only 4 times, the alternate on the 2nd and 4th times, and sliding after the 4th time

Then Chorus, just as before

Then verse, only 3 times, and never the alternate

End on this variation of the Verse
———.—————————^——.————————.—————————|
Gb—————4h5p4—7—————4h5p0——————4h5——|
Db—5—55—————————2—22—————2—22——————|
Ab————————————————————————————————3|~~
Eb—————————————————————————————————|

And that's it! Enjoy!

The isolated bass track:

Tablature player for this song:
Green Day - When I Come Around (ver 14) Bass Tab

About Green Day

Green Day is an American rock trio formed in 1987. The band has consisted of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tré Cool for the majority of its existence. The band is credited as one of the two main bands, along with The Offspring, who put the punk revival into process.

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