WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | The Whitest Boy Alive - High On The Heels Bass | Ver. 1
First of all the timing isn't correct throughout the song, but it's pretty easy to
hear the rythm and groove of the bass!
Intro with synth: (Bass starts at 0:16)
G|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|
A|------------------------------1-| A|3--3--3--5-5-6-6------------1-1-|
E|--------------------------------| E|-----------------1-1-1--3-3-----|
G|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|
A|3--3--3--5-5-6-6------------1-1-| A|3--3--3--5-5-6-6------------1-1-|
E|-----------------1-1-1--3-3-----| E|-----------------1-1-1--3-3-----|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-----------------6--6--5--5-----|
A|3--3--3--5-5-6-6------------(1)-|
E|--------------------------------|
Verse: (Instruments at 0:32)
G|--------------------| G|--------------------|
D|--------1-1-3-1-----| D|--------1-1-3-1--58-|
A|3-3-33-3--------(1)-| A|3-3-33-3------------|
E|--------------------| E|--------------------|
G|--------------------| G|--------------------|
D|--------1-1-3-1-----| D|--------1-1-3-5-----|
A|3-3-33-3--------(1)-| A|3-3-33-3--------(1)-|
E|--------------------| E|--------------------|
Sounds like he varies from playing 3-5 and 3-1 and 3-3 throughout the song
Verse: (With singing at 0:49)
"I keep an open mind, but only till the bottle stops to spin"
G|--------------------| G|--------------------|
D|--------1-1-3-1--58-| D|--------1-1-3-1-----|
A|3-3-33-3------------| A|3-3-33-3--------(1)-|
E|--------------------| E|--------------------|
"And there is only one directional state that I am in"
G|--------------------| G|--------------------|
D|--------1-1-3-1--58-| D|--------1-1-3-3-----|
A|3-3-33-3------------| A|3-3-33-3--------(1)-|
E|--------------------| E|--------------------|
"High on the heels of an opening door, you run out"
G|--------------------| G|--------------------|
D|--------------------| D|--------1-1-5-5-----|
A|3-3-33-3------------| A|3-3-33-3--------(1)-|
E|--------1-1-3-3-3~--| E|--------------------|
"Battered and bruised, strangely relieved, you run in"
G|--------------------| G|--------------------|
D|--------1-1-3-5-----| D|--------1-1-3-1-----|
A|3-3-33-3--------(1)-| A|3-3-33-3--------(1)-|
E|--------------------| E|--------------------|
Instrumental at 1:21
G|--------------------| G|--------------------|
D|--------1-1-3-1--58-| D|--------1-1-3-1-----|
A|3-3-33-3------------| A|3-3-33-3--------(1)-|
E|--------------------| E|--------------------|
G|--------------------| G|--------------------|
D|--------3-3-5-5--58-| D|--------------------|
A|3-3-33-3------------| A|3-3-33-3--------(1)-|
E|--------------------| E|---------1-1-3-3----|
Verse at 1:37
"You said life it still worth living Girl, it seems you're not so sure"
G|--------------------| G|--------------------|
D|--------1-1-3-1--58-| D|--------1-1-3-1-----|
A|3-3-33-3------------| A|3-3-33-3--------(1)-|
E|--------------------| E|--------------------|
"You only need to be more certain what it is you're living for"
G|--------------------| G|--------------9-9-10-9-----|
D|--------1-1-3-1--58-| D|10-10-1010-810--------10-8-|
A|3-3-33-3------------| A|---------------------------|
E|--------------------| E|---------------------------|
+The timing isn't correct, just listen to the song+
"Climbing the hill of pursuing the front runner's tail"
G|--------------------| G|--------------------|
D|--------1-1-3-3-----| D|--------1-1-3-3-----|
A|3-3-33-3--------(1)-| A|3-3-33-3--------(1)-|
E|--------------------| E|--------------------|
"Lower the bar to a point you can't possibly fail"
G|--------------------| G|--------------------|
D|--------3-3-5-5--58-| D|--------------------|
A|3-3-33-3------------| A|3-3-33-3--------(1)-|
E|--------------------| E|---------1~-3~------|
Back to the intro at 2:10
G|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------| D|-----------------6--6--5--5-----|
A|3--3--3--5-5-6-6------------1-1-| x7 A|3--3--3--5-5-6-6------------(1)-|
E|-----------------1-1-1--3-3-----| E|--------------------------------|
Outro (same as verse) at 2:42
G|--------------------| G|--------------------|
D|--------1-1-3-1--58-| D|--------1-1-3-1-----|
A|3-3-33-3------------| A|3-3-33-3--------(1)-|
E|--------------------| E|--------------------|
G|--------------------| G|--------------------|
D|--------1-1-3-1--58-| D|--------------------|
A|3-3-33-3------------| A|3-3-33-3--------(1)-|
E|--------------------| E|--------1-1-3-3-----|
G|--------------------| G|--------------------|
D|--------1-1-3-1--58-| D|--------1-1-3-1-----|
A|3-3-33-3------------| A|3-3-33-3--------(1)-|
E|--------------------| E|--------------------|
G|--------------------| G|--------------------|
D|--------1-1-3-1--58-| D|--------------------|
A|3-3-33-3------------| A|3-3-33-3--------(1)-|
E|--------------------| E|--------1-1-3-3-----|
And that should be it!
Don't know if it's 100 % correct but it sounds ok when you play it along with the
song. Sweet band and awesome song btw!
