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Ian Dury And The Blockheads - That's Not All Bass

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That's Not All Bass

(ver. 1)
Ian Dury And The Blockheads
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - That's Not All
Bass, 4 string - Standard EADG
Scale: Eb minor


Intro (notice the first note of every last exactly one beat, don't let it ring -it will 
mess up the feel of the song-)
|----------|----------|----------|-----3----|----------|----------|----------|
|--------4-|----------|--------4-|----------|----------|----------|--------4-|
|6----64---|4---------|6----64---|1-------1-|2----42---|4----4--4-|6----64---|
|-------6--|-----1--4-|-------6--|----------|-------42-|------64--|-------6--|

|----------|
|----------|
|-----4----|
|6---------|

Verse 1 (notice the bassline is exactly the same, with exception in bar 2 -octave on F-)
|----------|----------|----------|-----3----|----------|----------|----------|
|--------4-|-----3----|--------4-|----------|----------|----------|--------4-|
|6----64---|4---------|6----64---|1-------1-|2----42---|4----4--4-|6----64---|
|-------6--|--------4-|-------6--|----------|-------42-|------64--|-------6--|

|----------|
|----------|
|-----4----|
|6---------|

Chorus 1                   x 3
|--------8/10-8--|-----------|
|----------------|-------7---|
|6--664----------|-----------|
|------6---------|5--5505--5-|

|--------8/10-8--|-----------------|
|----------------|----------6-7----|
|6--664----------|6-6-8-9-9--------|
|------6---------|-----------------|

Verse 2: repeat Intro + Verse 1


Chorus 2                   x 3
|--------8/10-8--|-----------|
|----------------|-------7---|
|6--664----------|-----------|
|------6---------|5--5505--5-|

|--------8/10-8--|--------------|
|----------------|--------------|
|6--664----------|6---66---6----|
|------6---------|--6----6------|

Bridge (improvise)          x3
|---------------|------------|
|---------------|------------|
|9------9-------|6----6---6--|
|--11-9----11-9-|--66---6----|

|---------------|------------|
|---------------|------------|
|9------9-------|2-----------|
|--11-9----11-9-|------------|

End
|----------|----------|----------|-----3----|----------|----------|----------|---------|
|--------4-|----------|--------4-|----------|----------|----------|--------4-|---------|
|6----64---|4---------|6----64---|1-------1-|2----42---|4----4--4-|6----64---|6--------|
|-------6--|-----1--4-|-------6--|----------|-------42-|------64--|-------6--|---------|

Note: This is a personal interpretation of the song. Suggestions are welcome. Enjoy!
            
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