Swing feel ( ie: e e = q e )
{ 3 }
Drop D Tuning (D,A,D,G)
G|-----|-----|-------------------------|---------------------|
D|-----|-----|-------------------------|---------------------|
A|-----|-----|-------------------------|------------------x\-|
D|-----|-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---x\----|
W W e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q q
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } {3}
G|-----------------------|---------------------|-----|-------------------||
D|-----------------------|---------------------|--%--|-------------------||
A|-----------------------|---------------------|-----|----------------x\-||
D|-0---0-2-1-0---0-2-1-0-|---0-2-1-0---0-2-1-0-|-----|---0-2-1-0---x\----||
e E e e e e E e e e e E e e e e E e e e e E e e e e E q q
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } {3}
G||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D||o-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A||o-----------------1-|-------------------|-----------------4-|
D||--0---0-2-1-0---0---|-0---0-2-1-0---0-6-|-0---0-2-1-0---0---|
e E e e e e E e q e E e e e e E e q e E e e e e E e q
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }
2x
G|--------------------------||-------------------------||
D|-------------------------o||-------------------------||
A|-------------------------o||-------------------------||
D|-0-0-0-1-0-3-0-4-0-3-0-1--||-0-0-0-1-0-3-0-4-0-3-0-1-||
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }
[verse 1] 2x
G||------------------------|---------------------|-----|------------------||
D||o-----------------------|---------------------|-----|-----------------o||
A||o-----------------------|---------------------|--%--|-------------4-4-o||
D||--0---0-2-1-0---0-2-1-0-|---0-2-1-0---0-2-1-0-|-----|---0-2-1-0--------||
e E e e e e E e e e e E e e e e E e e e e E e e e e E e q
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }
[pre-chorus] 2x
G||-----|--------|-----------------------|----------------------||
D||o----|--------|-----------------------|---------------------o||
A||o-3--|--------|-----------------------|---------------------o||
D||-----|--6--7--|-0---0-2-1-0---0-2-1-0-|---0-2-1-0---0-2-1-0--||
w h h e E e e e e E e e e e E e e e e E e e e e
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }
G|---------|---------|---------|----------------||
D|---------|---------|---------|----------------||
A|--3------|---------|---------|----------------||
D|---------|--6------|--3------|--2------1------||
w w w h h
[chorus]
G||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D||o-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A||o-----------------1-|-------------------|-----------------4-|
D||--0---0-2-1-0---0---|-0---0-2-1-0---0-6-|-0---0-2-1-0---0---|
e E e e e e E e q e E e e e e E e q e E e e e e E e q
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }
2x
G|--------------------------||-------------------------||
D|-------------------------o||-------------------------||
A|-------------------------o||-------------------------||
D|-0-0-0-1-0-3-0-4-0-3-0-1--||-0-0-0-1-0-3-0-4-0-3-0-1-||
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }
G|-----------------------|---------------------|-----|-------------------||
D|-----------------------|---------------------|--%--|-------------------||
A|-----------------------|---------------------|-----|----------------x\-||
D|-0---0-2-1-0---0-2-1-0-|---0-2-1-0---0-2-1-0-|-----|---0-2-1-0---x\----||
e E e e e e E e e e e E e e e e E e e e e E e e e e E q q
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } {3}
[verse 2] 2x
G||------------------------|---------------------|-----|------------------||
D||o-----------------------|---------------------|-----|-----------------o||
A||o-----------------------|---------------------|--%--|-------------4-4-o||
D||--0---0-2-1-0---0-2-1-0-|---0-2-1-0---0-2-1-0-|-----|---0-2-1-0--------||
e E e e e e E e e e e E e e e e E e e e e E e e e e E e q
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }
[pre-chorus] 2x
G||-----|--------|-----------------------|----------------------||
D||o----|--------|-----------------------|---------------------o||
A||o-3--|--------|-----------------------|---------------------o||
D||-----|--6--7--|-0---0-2-1-0---0-2-1-0-|---0-2-1-0---0-2-1-0--||
w h h e E e e e e E e e e e E e e e e E e e e e
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }
G|---------|---------|---------|----------------||
D|---------|---------|---------|----------------||
A|--3------|---------|---------|----------------||
D|---------|--6------|--3------|--2------1------||
w w w h h
[chorus]
G||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D||o-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A||o-----------------1-|-------------------|-----------------4-|
D||--0---0-2-1-0---0---|-0---0-2-1-0---0-6-|-0---0-2-1-0---0---|
e E e e e e E e q e E e e e e E e q e E e e e e E e q
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }
4x
G|--------------------------||-------------------------|-----|-----||
D|-------------------------o||-------------------------|-----|-----||
A|-------------------------o||-------------------------|--%--|--%--||
D|-0-0-0-1-0-3-0-4-0-3-0-1--||-0-0-0-1-0-3-0-4-0-3-0-1-|-----|-----||
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }
[guitar solo]
G|-------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-----------------/x-|-------------------------|
D|-0-0-0-1-0-3-0-0-0-1-0-3-|-0-0-0-1-0-0-3-2----|-0-0-0-1-0-3-0-0-0-1-0-3-|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q q q e e e e e e e e e e e e
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
A|-------------5-3-0-0-----|-------------------------|-----------------/x-|
D|-0-0-0-3-0-0---------5-3-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-2----|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q q q
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D|-0-0-0-0-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }
G|-------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-----------------/x-|-------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-5-8-5-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-5----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-5-8-5-7-|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q q q e e e e e e e e e e e e
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------------|---0-0-3-0-0---0-0-3-0-0-|---0-0-3-0-0-1-0-0-|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|-5-----------5-----------|-5-----------------|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q q q
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }
G|-------------------------|-------------2-2-2-2-2-2-|--------||
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------||
A|---0-0-3-0-0---0-0-3-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-------------|--------||
D|-5-----------5-----------|-5-----------------------|-0------||
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e w
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }
G|-----|-----|-------------------------|---------------------||
D|-----|-----|-------------------------|---------------------||
A|-----|-----|-------------------------|------------------x\-||
D|-----|-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---x\----||
W W e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q q
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } {3}
[chorus]
G||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D||o-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A||o-----------------1-|-------------------|-----------------4-|
D||--0---0-2-1-0---0---|-0---0-2-1-0---0-6-|-0---0-2-1-0---0---|
e E e e e e E e q e E e e e e E e q e E e e e e E e q
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }
4x
G|--------------------------||-------------------------||
D|-------------------------o||-------------------------||
A|-------------------------o||-------------------------||
D|-0-0-0-1-0-3-0-4-0-3-0-1--||-0-0-0-1-0-3-0-4-0-3-0-1-||
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }
[outro] repeat & fade
G||-----------------------||
D||o---------------------o||
A||o---------------------o||
D||--0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-1-0--||
e e e e e e e e e e
{ 3 } { 3 }
Bass Tabs |
|
Title |
Walk |
Artist |
Pantera |
Tablature Type |
ASCII Tab |
YouTube ID |
AkFqg5wAuFk |
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).