Artist: Pixies
Song: Bone Machine
Album: Surfer Rosa
Bassist: Kim Deal
This is my interpritation of the bass line-
*=mute
/=slide up
Beginning
G-----------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------| (PART 1)
A-5-5-5-*---------------------------------------|
E---------5-5-5-5/8-8-8-*-3-3-3-*---------------|
When the guitar part starts it goes like this-
G-----------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------| (PART 2)
A-5-5-5-5---------3-3-3-3-----------------------|
E---------5-5-5-5---------3-3-3-3---------------|
play that until "Your bones got a little machine"-
G-----------------------------------------------|
D-2---------------------------------------------| (PART 3)
A---------3-------------------------------------|
E-----------------1-------3---------------------|
"you're the bone machine"-
G-----------------------------------------------|
D-2-2-2-2---------------------------------------| (PART 4)
A---------3-3-3-3-------------------------------|
E-----------------1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3---------------|
I don't know the names for each part of the song so broke it up into parts. This
is the order they go in-
PART 1 X2
PART 2 X12
PART 3 X1
PART 2 X2
PART 4 X1
PART 2 X10
PART 3 X1
PART 2 X2
PART 3 X1
PART 2 X8
PART 3 X1
I hope this helped. I saw the other tabs and they didn't look right (I don't know
how they got five stars). Please rate.
| Bass Tabs |
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| Title |
Bone Machine |
| Artist |
Pixies |
| Tablature Type |
ASCII Tab |
| YouTube ID |
HfLk4o6ybCU |
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G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|---------3-------|
E|---1-1---1---3---|
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