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Stranger Than Fiction Bass
Version #2
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STRANGER THAN FICTION (Bassline)
As recorded by Bad Religion
(From the 1994 Album STRANGER THAN FICTION)

	

Words and Music by Brett Gurewitz

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Picked Bass'

 Intro
  Q=165
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W            E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  3x
|----------||------------------|------------------||
|----------||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|----------||o-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|-----------------o||
|----------||--------------3-3-|-1-1-0-0-1-1-3-3--||


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|-----------------||
|-------------3-3-|-1-1-0-0-1-1-3-3-||


 Verse 1
  Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-3--3--3---3---|-1--1--1---1---|-0--0--0---0---|----------------|
|---------3---3-|---------1---1-|---------1---1-|-3--3-1-3-1-3-1-|


  Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|---------------|--------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|-2--2--2-2-2--|---------------|----------------||
|-3--3--3-3-3-3-|--------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|--------------|-1--1--1-1-1-1-|-3--3-1-3-1-3-1-||


 Verse 2
  Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-3--3--3---3---|-1--1--1---1---|-0--0--0---0---|----------------|
|---------3---3-|---------1---1-|---------1---1-|-3--3-1-3-1-3-1-|


  Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-3-5-3-----||
|-3--3--3-3-3-3-|---------------|----------------|-------------5-3-||
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------||


 Interlude
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|
|-----------------|-------3-1-0-----|-----------------|-------3---3-1---|
|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-5-3-5-------3-1-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-5-3-5---------3-|


  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E Q
|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|------------5--|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0--0-0-0-0----|


  Q  E E E E E E   E H..         E E E E E Q.
|----------------|-------------|----------------||
|----------------|-------------|----------------||
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-----------|----------------||
|----------------|-------------|---3-3-3-3------||


 Chorus
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-3--3---2--2---|-0--0----------|-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|
|------3------1-|------1-3--3-1-|-------------3-3-|


  E E E E E E E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-3--3---1--1---|
|-1-1-0-0-1-1-3-3-|------3------1-|


  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|-0--0----------|----------------|----------------|
|------1-3--3-3-|-1--1-1-3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1-3-3-3-1-|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
|-----------------|-----------------||


 Verse 3
  Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-3--3--3-3-3-3-|-1--1--1---1---|-0--0--0---0---|----------------|
|---------------|---------1---1-|---------0---0-|-3--3-1-3-1-3-1-|


  Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-3-5-3-----||
|-3--3--3-3-3-3-|---------------|----------------|-------------5-3-||
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------||


 Interlude
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------3-1-0-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-5-3-5-------3-1-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|


  E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E Q
|-----------------|---------------|
|---------0-------|---------------|
|-------3---3-1---|------------5--|
|-5-3-5---------3-|-0--0-0-0-0----|


  Q  E E E E E E   E H..         E E E E E Q.
|----------------|-------------|----------------||
|----------------|-------------|----------------||
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-----------|----------------||
|----------------|-------------|---3-3-3-3------||


 Chorus
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-3--3---2--2---|-0--0----------|-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|
|------3------1-|------1-3--3-1-|-------------3-3-|


  E E E E E E E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-3--3---1--1---|
|-1-1-0-0-1-1-3-3-|------3------1-|


  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|-0--0----------|----------------|----------------|
|------1-3--3-3-|-1--1-1-3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1-3-3-3-1-|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
|-----------------|-----------------||


 Bridge
  Q  E Q  Q  E   Q  Q  E E Q    Q  E E E Q.     Q  Q  E E Q
|--------------|-------0-2-0--|------2--------|--------------|
|------7--5----|--------------|-3------3-2----|-2--2--3-2----|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|-----------3--|
|-5----------1-|-3------------|---------------|--------------|


  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3--3-2-3-2-0-2-|-3--3-2-3-2-0---|-----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|--------------3-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-7-7-||


 Outro
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-3--3---2--2---|-0--0----------|-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|
|------3------1-|------1-3--3-1-|-------------3-3-|


  E E E E E E E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-3--3---1--1---|
|-1-1-0-0-1-1-3-3-|------3------1-|


  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-0--0-----------|----------------|----------------|
|------1-3-1-3-1-|-1--1-1-3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1-3-3-3-3-|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|-----------------|
|-------------3-3-|-1-1-0-0-1-1-3-3-|


  W          +W           +W           +W           +W
|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----*|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|



Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
            
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