BRYAN ADAMS - "Heaven" - Bass Tab
Common Time(4/4)
Standard Tuning(EADG)
INTRO:
|-----------|---------|---------|---------|
|-----------|---------|---------|---------|
|-3-----3---|---------|---------|---------|
|---------3-|-5-------|-3-------|-1-------|
1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
PRE-VERSE:
|-----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|-----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|-3-----3---|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------3-|-5-------|-3-----0-|-1-------|---------|
1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
VERSE 1:
|---------|---------|---------|-----------|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|---------|-----------|---------|---------|
|-3-------|---------|---------|---------3-|-5-------|---------|
|---------|-5-------|-3-----3-|-3-----3---|---------|-5-------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|---------|---------|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|
|---------|---------|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|
|---------|---------|-3-----3---|---------|---------3-|-5-------|
|-6-----5-|-3-------|---------3-|-3-----3-|-3---3-5---|---------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 & 4 1 2 3 4
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|-5-------|
|---------|---------|-------5-|---------|---------|
|-5-------|-6-----6-|-5-------|-3-------|---------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
1ST CHORUS:
|---------|-----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|-----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|-0-----0-1-|-3-------|---------|---------|---------|
|-1---3---|-----------|-------0-|-1-------|-1---3---|-5-------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|---------|
|-----------|-5-------|---------|-----------|-----------|---------|
|---------5-|---------|---------|-0-----0-1-|-3-------3-|---------|
|-3-----5---|---------|-1---3---|-----------|-------0---|-1-------|
1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4
|---------|---------|----------|---------|
|---------|---------|----------|---------|
|---------|---------|----------|---------|
|-1---3---|-5-----3/|-15-------|---------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
PRE-VERSE(x1)
VERSE 2:
|-----------|---------|---------|-----------|---------|---------|
|-----------|---------|---------|-----------|---------|---------|
|-3-----3---|---------|---------|---------3-|-5-------|---------|
|---------3-|-5-------|-3-----3-|-3-----3---|---------|-5-------|
1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|---------|
|---------|-----5---|---------|---------|----------|---------|
|---------|---------|-3-------|---------|--------3-|-5---7/--|
|-6-----5-|-3-------|-------3-|-3-----3-|-3----3---|---------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4
|----------|-----------|----------|-----------|---------|
|----------|-----------|----------|-----------|---------|
|-12-------|-13-----13-|-12-------|-10---10/5-|---------|
|----------|-----------|----------|-----------|-3-3-----|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
1ST CHORUS:
|---------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|-----------|
|---------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|-----------|
|---------|-0-----0-1-|-3---------|---------|---------|---------5-|
|-1---3---|-----------|-------0-0-|-1-------|-1---3---|-5-----5---|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 &
|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|---------|
|-5-------|-5-------|---------|-----------|-------0-2-|-3-------|
|---------|---------|---------|-0-----0-1-|-3---------|---------|
|---------|---------|-1---3---|-----------|-----------|---------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4
|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|---------|-------7-|-5---5-5-5-|-5-5---5-5-|-5-5---5-5-|
|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-1---3---|-5-------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 &
|-----------|
|-5-5-------|
|-----3-2-3-|
|-----------|
1 2 3 4 &
MIDDLE-EIGHT:
|-----------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|---------|
|-----------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|---------|
|-5-------5-|-5---7---|-8-------|-8/3-----|-0---0---0-|-0-----0-|
|-----------|---------|---------|-----3---|-----------|---------|
1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4
|---------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|-----------|-----------|---------|-------7-|-5---3---|
|-2-----2-|-2---2-3---|-5-------5-|-5/2-----|---------|---------|
|---------|-----------|-----------|-----0---|-1-------|---------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 & 4 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------|---------|-----------|-------------|
|-----------|---------|-----------|-------------|
|-3-----3-3-|-3-------|-----------|-----3-1-0---|
|-----------|-----0-1-|-3-3---3-3-|-3-3-------3-|
1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 & 4 &
SOLO:
|---------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|-----------|
|---------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|-----------|
|---------|-0-----0-1-|-3-----3---|---------|---------|-------5-3-|
|-1---3---|-----------|---------3-|-1-------|-1---3---|-5---------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 &
|---------|---------|
|---------|-5-------|
|---------|---------|
|-3-------|---------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
END:
|---------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|-0-----0-1-|-3-----3---|---------|---------|-------5-|
|-1---3---|-----------|---------0-|-1-------|-1---3---|-5-------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------|-------------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|-5---3---5-|-----5-3-----|---------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|---------5---|---------|-0-----0-1-|-3-----3-5-|
|-----------|-3-3-------3-|-1---3---|-----------|-----------|
1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 &
|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|---------|
|-3-------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|---------|
|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|---------|
|---------|-1---3---|-5-----3/|-15---13---|-12---10---|-1---3---|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|-0-----0-1-|-3-------|---------|---------|-----------|---------5-|
|-----------|-------0-|-1-------|-1---3---|-5-----5-0-|-3---------|
1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 &
|-----------------|---------|-----------|---------|---------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------|-----------|---------|---------|
|-----------------|---------|-0-----0-1-|-3-------|---------|
|-----------------|-1---3---|-----------|-------0-|-1-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|---------|-----------|---------|
|---------|-----------|-5-------|
|---------|-0-------5-|---------| (fade-out)
|-1---3---|-----------|---------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4
By: Johari Taylor
E-mail: viking@powerup.com.au
Bass Tabs |
|
Title |
Heaven |
Artist |
Bryan Adams |
Tablature Type |
ASCII Tab |
YouTube ID |
s6TtwR2Dbjg |
Interactive Bass Tab Guide
Interactive bass tabs provide a better experience than ASCII tabs. With playback, loop, print features and a responsive display that follows the screen of your device.
Use these buttons to control the digital tab player.
Symbol | Function |
| Move cursor to the first bar |
| Play interactive tabs |
| Pause playback |
| Loop |
| Print the tab |
| Zoom |
Page | Switch between page and horizontal view mode |
How to Read Bass Tab: A Beginner's Guide
1. Understanding the Basics
a. Strings:
Bass tab consists of horizontal lines representing the strings of the bass guitar.
The lowest-pitched string (usually the E string) is at the bottom, and the highest-pitched string
(usually the G string) is at the top.
b. Numbers:
Numbers on the lines indicate which fret to play on a specific string.
For example, if you see "3" on the E string, it means you should press down the third fret on the lowest string.
2. Reading Bass Tab Example
In this tab:
- Play the note on the 1st fret of the E string.
- Play the open E string.
- Play the 3rd fret on the A string.
- Play the 1st fret on the A string.
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|---------3-------|
E|---1-1---1---3---|
3. Playing Techniques
a. Hammer-ons and Pull-offs:
Hammer-ons are represented by an "h" (e.g., 5h7 means play the 5th fret and hammer onto the 7th fret).
Pull-offs are represented by a "p" (e.g., 7p5 means play the 7th fret and pull off to the 5th fret).
b. Slides:
Slides are often indicated by an "/" or "\\" between two numbers (e.g., 5/7 means slide from the 5th fret to the 7th fret).