Guns N Roses - The Garden Bass

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Bass performance by Michael 'Duff' McKagan


Notes: Remember that this song requires the bass guitar to be tuned to Eb (half-step down). 
Use plenty of octave jumps and descending scales during the solos/outro for that classic Duff effect.


Initial intro variation

Gb|--9-10-11~--/7~--7-5------11-7~---
Db|-----------------------------7-5------------	
Ab|---------------------------------------------
Eb|---------------------------------------------


Intro

Gb|------------------------------------------	 
Db|-------------------4-0~----------------
Ab|--3h5p3-------------------------------
Eb|-------------5-3------------------------


Verse

Gb|------------------------------------------
Db|-------------------4-0--0-0-0---------
Ab|--3h5p3-------------------------------
Eb|-------------5-3------------------------

NOTICE: With the Intro and Verse, remember to change the ‘4’ on the D-string with a ‘3’ for the 2nd and 3rd of every four bars. 
So the pattern is: 4 3 3 4 | 4 3 3 4 | 4 3 3 4 etc.


Bridge

Gb|---------------------------------------
Db|---------------------------------------
Ab|--5~----3~----2~----5~----------
Eb|---------------------------------------


Chorus/Guitar solo/Outro

Gb|----------------------------------------------
Db|----------------------------------------------
Ab|--/5-5x5---8x8---5/7-7x7---3x3/----
Eb|----------------------------------------------


Brief interlude after first guitar solo:

Gb|--5-4~--7~--5~--7-5----5~--7-5------------
Db|----------------------------7------------7-5-------
Ab|-----------------------------------------------5~--
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------



Order of play:

Initial intro variation (x1)
Intro/verse (x16)
Bridge (x2)
Chorus (x4)
Bridge (x2)
Chorus/guitar solo (x12)
Interlude (x1)
Verse (x9)
Bridge (x1)
Chorus/outro (continue to fade)