WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Cars - Just What I Needed Bass | Ver. 2
A classic by The Cars (also sung by bass player Benjamin Orr)
Tuning: EADG
Time signature: 4/4 (except where noted)
r = rest (listen for duration)
/ = slide (low to high)
\ = slide (high to low)
()= note inside parenthesis not plucked or hammered on
{}= note inside pointed parenthesis still ringing from previous measure
||= measure gets repeated (see number of times above measure, e.g. 4x)
*My tabs are meant to be read in conjunction with listening to the song.
In other words, there are no specific notations to account for note/rest duration.
However, you will find that I've made an attempt to strategically space the notes
and rests within their respective measures in order to represent the appropriate
durations.
INTRO
4x 4x
G||--------------------------------||--------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------||--------------------------------||
A||------------------------7---r---||------------------------7---7---||
E||--------------------------------||--------------------------------||
VERSE 1
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------7\--|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4/--|
2x
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4/--||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---4---|
SOLO (keyboard)
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7---7---7---7---7---7---7\------|2---2---2---2---2---2---2/------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|4---4---4---4---4---4---4/------|11--11--11--11--11--11--11\-----|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7---7---7---7---7---7---7\------|2---2---2---2---2---2---2/------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|4---4---4---4---4---4---4/------|12--12--12--12--12--12--12\-----|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
VERSE 2
3x
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4/--||
(strum these chords gently with your thumb using a downstroke only)
|--------------------------------|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|
|9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|
|7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---4---|
CHORUS 1
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7---0---4---2---------------0---|0---------------4-------2---2-r-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7---0---4---2---------------0---|0---------------4-------r-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7---0---4---2---------------0---|0---------------4-------2---2-r-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7---0---4---2---------------0---|0---------------4---4---4---4---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
6/4
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4/--|
|------------------------------------------------|
SOLO (guitar)
4/4
2x
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||7-----------2---------------4---|4-------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|------------4------------(4)/---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|7-----------2---------------4---|4-------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------5------------(5)/---||
VERSE 3
3x
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4/--||
(strum these chords gently with your thumb using a downstroke only)
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|--------------------------------|
|7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---4---|
CHORUS 1
CHORUS 2
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7---0---4---2---------------0---|0---------------4-------2---2-r-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------4/--6---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7---0---4---2---------------0---|0---------------4---------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7---0---4---2---------------0---|0---------------4-------2---2-r-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7---0---4---2---------------0---|0---------------4---4---4---4---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
6/4
|----------------6---6---------------------------|
|--------6---6-----------6---6---4---4---6---6---|
|4---4-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
OUTRO
4/4
3x
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||7-----------2---------------4---|4-------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|------------4------------(4)/---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|7-----------2---------------4---|4-------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------5------------(5)/---||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7-----------2---------------4---|4-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------4------------(4)/---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7-----------2---------------4---|{4}-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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