Walk on the Wild Side
From the sheet music so pretty sure it's accurate unless I've made mistakes
writing the tab out. I adjusted the main riff to work on 1 bass. The timings
in the second half(ish) of the song get complicated so you'll have to listen
to the song although I've tried to use one '-' to equal one semi-quaver
but it's not entirely consistent. So |-9--8--7--4--| Would be a bar of
quavers. Hope this tab helps.
x4
G||:-9----9/|-14----17\:|| }
D||:--------|----------:|| } Rif A (This is supposed to be split
A||:--------|----------:|| } between two basses but if you
E||:-8----8/|-13----13\:|| } play this it sounds about the same)
G|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|
D|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|
A|-------|-8----8|-------|-8----8|--------|-8------|
E|-8----8|-------|-8----8|-------|-8----10|------10|
Rif A x4
x2
G||:------------|---------:||
D||:------------|---------:||
A||:----10-7---8|---------:||
E||:-8----------|-----5--7:||
G|--------|--------|------------|-----------|------------|----------|
D|--------|--------|------------|-----------|------------|----------|
A|--------|-8------|----10-9----|-8---------|----10-9-8--|----------|
E|-8----10|------10|-8----------|------5-6-7|-8----------|----5--6-7|
Rif A x5
G|-9-----9/|-14----17\|-9-------|------------|------------|
D|---------|----------|---------|------------|------------|
A|---------|----------|---------|----10-9---8|----10\--7--|
E|-8-----8/|-13----13\|-8----567|-8----------|-----------8|
G|------------|------------|--------|--------|------------|
D|------------|------------|--------|--------|------------|
A|----10-9---8|------------|--------|-8------|----10-9---8|
E|-8----------|------5--6-7|-8----10|------10|-8----------|
G|------------|------------|----------|------------------------|
D|----10------|------------|----------|-14--13-14---15-16-17-18|
A|------8-----|------------|----------|------------------------|
E|--------5--7|-8----3--2-1|----5-6--7|------------------------|
G|-------------17\|----------------------|-----17-17--16--14---|
D|-19---17-19-----|-14--13-14---15--15/17|-19---------------17\|
A|----------------|----------------------|---------------------|
E|----------------|----------------------|---------------------|
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|--------|
D|-------------|----7--------|-------------|----------|--------|
A|------10--9-8|------8------|------10-9--8|----------|--------|
E|-8-----------|---------8-10|-8-----------|----5--6-7|-8----10|
G|--------|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
D|--------|--------10----|----10--------|-------------|--10---------|
A|-8------|------10---9-8|------8-------|------10-9--8|----8--------|
E|------10|-8------------|---------5-6-7|-8-----------|-------5-6--7|
Rif A x2
G|-------|-------------|--------|------------|--------|--------|
D|-------|------7------|--------|------7-----|--------|--------|
A|-------|-8-------8---|------10|-8------8---|--------|-8------|
E|-8----8|-----------10|-8------|----------10|-8----10|------10|
G|----------------|-------|------------|--------------------|
D|-------16-------|---10--|---10-------|--------------------|
A|-----14---10-9-8|-----8-|-----8------|------10-7-10--10-8-|
E|-8--------------|------5|------5--6-7|-8------------------|
G|------------------|----------|-14-------14---------|----------|
D|-----7-----7------|-14----17\|-------17---17--17-15|-14----17\|
A|------8--10-----10|----------|---------------------|----------|
E|-------------10---|----------|---------------------|----------|
G|-14-------------14|----1314-X16-17\|----------------------|
D|-------15h1617----|----------------|-14---171617----171719|
A|------------------|----------------|-------------14-------|
E|------------------|----------------|----------------------|
G|-------------|---------X15-16-17|-14----------------|
D|-------------|----1819----------|------X17-16-17-17/|
A|-------------|------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------|------------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------17\|---------------------|---------15-X16-17----|
D|-19---1617-18-19----|-14-1415-1516-17--14/|-19-1819-----------17\|
A|--------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
E|--------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
G|-------------------|-----------X15-X16----|-17\---------------|
D|-14---1417-1716-17/|-19---1819------------|------14---17-16-17|
A|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
G|-14---1314-X16-17\|--------------|---------------19-18|
D|------------------|-14-----17-16/|-19---1819-X20------|
A|------------------|--------------|--------------------|
E|------------------|--------------|--------------------|
G|-17--17\--14\--12\--|-10----9-10-12-10-|-9--9--14-12-14/-17-|
D|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|
A|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|
G|-17----17---17--------|--------------------|---------------------|
D|---------15---14-14-12|-----/17--14-17/-19-|-19---1819-17-19-19/-|
A|----------------------|-15-----------------|---------------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
G|-17--17\--------------|------------------|----------------------|
D|----------14-17-17-15-|----1517-14-17-15-|-14---171617-14-17-17/|
A|----------------------|------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------|------------------|----------------------|
G|----------------17--17----|----------------------|
D|/19-1819--17-19--------19-|-14---1717------------|
A|--------------------------|----------------------|
E|--------------------------|----------------------|
|_3__| |_3__|
Triplets
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| h Hammer-on
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
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| Bass Tabs |
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| Title |
Walk On The Wild Side |
| Artist |
Lou Reed |
| Tablature Type |
ASCII Tab |
| YouTube ID |
oG6fayQBm9w |
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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).
