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4th of July

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Bass Tab for 4th of July

Performed by: X. Composed by: Dave Alvin.
This song is published by BUG MUSIC O/B/O BLUE HORN TOAD MUSIC and displayed here with permission. All rights reserved.
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What is this?
4th of July (Bass Tab) as recorded by: X
Album: See How We Are, 1987 – Elektra Records
Written by: Dave Alvin Published by: BUG Music
Bass by: John Doe Tab by: Gary Holdsworth, CA 2009
Standard tuning: EADG Time signature: 4/4

Intro: First 3 bars guitar only, band in on pickup to 4
G: ||----|----|----|-------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
D: ||----|----|----|-------|-------------|-------------|-2----2----|-------------|
A: ||----|----|----|-------|-------------|---------2-5-|-----------|-3--2--0-----|
E: ||----|----|----|---0-2-|-3---3---0-2-|-3-----3-----|-----------|----------3--|

G: |--------------|--------------|-----------|----------------||
D: |--------------|--------------|-2----2----|----------------||
A: |--------------|----------2-5-|-----------|-3-3-2-2-0-0----||
E: |-3---3----0-2-|-3---3--3-----|-----------|-------------3--||
Verse:
G: ||-------------|------------|------------|-------------|-----------|
D: ||-----5----2--|-----5------|------------|-------------|-----------|
A: ||-------------|--------0-2-|-5--------7-|-5-------0-2-|-3-------0-|
E: ||-3-----------|-3----------|------5-----|-----5-------|------3----|

G: |------------|-----------|-------------|-------------|------------|
D: |------------|----5--2p0-|-------------|-----5----2--|-----5------|
A: |-3----2--0--|-----------|-------0-2-5-|-------------|--------0-2-|
E: |------------|-3---------|-3---3-------|-3-----------|-3----------|

G: |-----------|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|----------||
D: |-----------|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|----------||
A: |-5-------7-|-5------0-2-|-3-------0-|-3-------0-|-5~----|-5----0-2-||
E: |-----5-----|-----5------|------3----|------3----|-------|----------||
Pre-Chorus: “On the steps I smoke a cigarette alone …”
G: ||------------------|------------------|-----------|------------|
D: ||------------------|------------------|-----------|------5-3p2-|
A: ||-3----------------|-3----------------|-5----3----|------------|
E: ||---(5)--(3)--(5)--|---(5)--(3)--(5)--|-----------|-3----------|

G: ||------------------|------------------|-------------------||
D: ||------------------|------------------|-------------------||
A: ||-3----------------|-3----------------|-5--5-3--3-2--2-0--||
E: ||---(5)--(3)--(5)--|---(5)--(3)--(5)--|-------------------||
Chorus: “Hey baby, it’s the 4th of July…”
G: ||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
D: ||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
A: ||-----0---2---|-5---2-------|---------2---|-5---2---------|
E: ||-3-----------|---------3---|-0---3-------|----------0-2--|

G: ||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
D: ||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
A: ||-----0---2---|-5---2-------|---------2---|-3-3-2--0-0----||
E: ||-3-----------|---------3---|-0---3-------|------------3--||
Post-Chorus:
G: ||--------------|--------------|-----------|-------------||
D: ||--------------|--------------|-2----2----|-------------||
A: ||--------------|----------2-5-|-----------|-3--2--0-----||
E: ||-3---3----0-2-|-3---3--3-----|-----------|----------3--||

Repeat Verse
Repeat Pre-Chorus

Chorus: (alternate ending)
G: ||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
D: ||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
A: ||-----0---2---|-5---2-------|---------2---|-5---2---------|
E: ||-3-----------|---------3---|-0---3-------|----------0-2--|

G: ||-------------|-------------|-------------|------------||
D: ||-------------|-------------|-------------|------------||
A: ||-----0---2---|-5---2-------|---------2---|-5-------5--||
E: ||-3-----------|---------3---|-0---3-------|------3-----||
Bridge:
G: ||------|--------|------|-----------|------|--------|---------|---------||
D: ||------|--------|------|-----------|------|--------|---------|---------||
A: ||-3~---|--0-2-3-|-5~---|---------5-|-3~---|--0-2-3-|-5---3---|-2---0---||
E: ||------|--------|------|-3----3----|------|--------|---------|---------||
Guitar Solo: (similar to Chorus changes, with some alteration)
G: ||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
D: ||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
A: ||-----0---2---|-5---2-------|---------2---|-5---2---------|
E: ||-3-----------|---------3---|-0---3-------|----------0-2--|

G: |------------|-----------|------------|-------------||
D: |------------|-----0-----|-----2------|-------------||
A: |-2-------0--|-2------2--|-0-------0--|-0---0---0-2-||
E: |-----2------|-----------|------------|-------------||

Repeat Pre-Chorus
Repeat Chorus to fade

Legend:
p = pull off
~ = let ring
( ) = optional note, not played every time
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