Duran Duran Bass Tabs

johnny [staff]
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we all have our off days

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Gerr
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I'm sorry, but I thought you were ironic at the time. I guess I misunderstood then ..

Sidsquishus
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Sid, Land is not sounding so good to me. The introduction notes seem to be a bit different

Hugorj, I have listened again several times to Land, both intro and chorus, and I think I will not change the intro as I have it. If you have something else, I would like to hear it.

I thought perhaps that the second note was a Bb (A1) instead of an F (E3), but then the bass line would climb to the third note (C). What I hear in the song is the bass dropping down to get to the C.

Does John Taylor ever play a 5 sting bass?

So I can't find anything better that sounds more correct, so I am staying with what I have already posted for the intro.
Cheers.

Sidsquishus
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I have worked on Land a bit more, so here is the tab so far (including what I posted earlier since it is now several pages back):

Tabs:

Intro
G:|----|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:|----|5>------|3>------|--------|1>--3>--|5>----4!|3>------|--------|
A:|-R--|--------|--------|3>------|--------|--------|--------|3>------|
E:|----|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
   + +  + + + +  + + + +  + + + +  + + + +  + + + +  + + + +  + + + +

                              x4
G:|--------|--------||--------|--------||
D:|1>--3>--|--------||-53-5!--|53------||
A:|--------|3>------||---6----|--65!---||
E:|--------|-------3||3-------|------33||
   + + + +  + + + +   + + + +  + + + +

Verse                                  x2
G:||--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------||
D:||-53-5!--|53------|-53-5!--|53------|-75-7!--|75------|-53-5!--|53------||
A:||---6----|--65!---|---6----|--65!---|---8----|--86!---|---6----|--65!---||
E:||3-------|------33|3-------|------55|5-------|------33|3-------|------33||
    + + + +  + + + +  + + + +  + + + +  + + + +  + + + +  + + + +  + + + +

Prechorus
G:|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:|--------|33333333|53-5-555|53-5-55-|--------|33333333|53-5-555|53-5----|
A:|----5555|--------|--6-----|--6----6|----5555|--------|--6-----|--6-----|
E:|6666----|--------|--------|--------|6666----|--------|--------|-----333|
   + + + +  + + + +  + + + +  + + + +  + + + +  + + + +  + + + +  + + + +

Chorus
G:|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:|55-5-5-5|33-3-3-3|--------|--------|55-5-5-5|33-3-3-3|--------|--------|
A:|--5---5-|--3---3-|33-3-3-3|-666-888|--5---5-|--3---3-|33-3-3-3|-666-888|
E:|--------|--------|--3---3-|--------|--------|--------|--3---3-|--------|
   + + + +  + + + +  + + + +  + + + +  + + + +  + + + +  + + + +  + + + +

G:|--------|
D:|--------|
A:|3>------|
E:|--------|
   + + + +

Fill
G:|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:|-53-5!--|53------|-53-5!--|53------|
A:|---6----|--65!---|---6----|--65!---|
E:|3-------|--------|3-------|------33|

Verse                                  x2
G:||--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------||
D:||-53-5!--|53------|-53-5!--|53------|-75-7!--|75------|-53-5!--|53------||
A:||---6----|--65!---|---6----|--65!---|---8----|--86!---|---6----|--65!---||
E:||3-------|------33|3-------|------55|5-------|------33|3-------|------33||

Prechorus
G:|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:|--------|33333333|53-5-555|53-5-55-|--------|33333333|53-5-555|53-5----|
A:|----5555|--------|--6-----|--6----6|----5555|--------|--6-----|--6-----|
E:|6666----|--------|--------|--------|6666----|--------|--------|-----333|


Chorus Reprise                         x2
G:||--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------||
D:||55-5-5-5|33-3-3-3|--------|--------|55-5-5-5|33-3-3-3|--------|--------||
A:||--5---5-|--3---3-|33-3-3-3|-666-888|--5---5-|--3---3-|33-3-3-3|-666-888||
E:||--------|--------|--3---3-|--------|--------|--------|--3---3-|--------||

G:|--------|
D:|--------|
A:|3>------|
E:|--------|

Next comes a flamenco guitar section, which I think is one time through the verse riff (instead of twice) then the prechorus. Comments and corrections welcome. Cheers.

Hugorj
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Sid, my verse interpretation:

Tabs:

G|-------3-3-------------5-5------------|
D|---5-3----3-------7--5----5-----------|
A|------------6---------------8---------|
E|3-------------3-5------------5--------|

What do you think?

Sidsquishus
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Hugorj, I will play your verse interpretation but I won't have time until Thursday. Cheers.

lovetheeighties
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Nice work Sid.

Hugorj
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Great news for fans:John Taylor Named Greatest Bassist Of All Time

http://www.contactmusic.com/news/john-taylor-named-greatest-bassist-of-all-time-in-new-poll_3531465

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/the-60-greatest-bassists-of-all-time-279007/60

Gerr
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Definitely, John Taylor is most complete bassist in activity

Sidsquishus
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Hogorj,
I am sorry - I did not have time to play your verse interpretation for Land yet. I will not have time until perhaps Monday. cheers.

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