Stranger Than Fiction Bass

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Tuning:	Eb Ab Db Gb
Capo:	no capo
Author tonedeafidiot 49,008. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
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STRANGER THAN FICTION (Bassline)
As recorded by Bad Religion
(From the 1994 Album STRANGER THAN FICTION)
 
Transcribed by Unregistered
	
 
Words and Music by Brett Gurewitz
 
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Picked Bass'
 
 Intro
  Q=165
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W            E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  3x
|----------||------------------|------------------||
|----------||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|----------||o-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|-----------------o||
|----------||--------------3-3-|-1-1-0-0-1-1-3-3--||
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|-----------------||
|-------------3-3-|-1-1-0-0-1-1-3-3-||
 
 
 Verse 1
  Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-3--3--3---3---|-1--1--1---1---|-0--0--0---0---|----------------|
|---------3---3-|---------1---1-|---------1---1-|-3--3-1-3-1-3-1-|
 
 
  Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|---------------|--------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|-2--2--2-2-2--|---------------|----------------||
|-3--3--3-3-3-3-|--------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|--------------|-1--1--1-1-1-1-|-3--3-1-3-1-3-1-||
 
 
 Verse 2
  Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-3--3--3---3---|-1--1--1---1---|-0--0--0---0---|----------------|
|---------3---3-|---------1---1-|---------1---1-|-3--3-1-3-1-3-1-|
 
 
  Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-3-5-3-----||
|-3--3--3-3-3-3-|---------------|----------------|-------------5-3-||
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------||
 
 
 Interlude
  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 E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|
|-----------------|-------3-1-0-----|-----------------|-------3---3-1---|
|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-5-3-5-------3-1-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-5-3-5---------3-|
 
 
  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E Q
|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|------------5--|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0--0-0-0-0----|
 
 
  Q  E E E E E E   E H..         E E E E E Q.
|----------------|-------------|----------------||
|----------------|-------------|----------------||
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-----------|----------------||
|----------------|-------------|---3-3-3-3------||
 
 
 Chorus
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-3--3---2--2---|-0--0----------|-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|
|------3------1-|------1-3--3-1-|-------------3-3-|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-3--3---1--1---|
|-1-1-0-0-1-1-3-3-|------3------1-|
 
 
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|-0--0----------|----------------|----------------|
|------1-3--3-3-|-1--1-1-3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1-3-3-3-1-|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
|-----------------|-----------------||
 
 
 Verse 3
  Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-3--3--3-3-3-3-|-1--1--1---1---|-0--0--0---0---|----------------|
|---------------|---------1---1-|---------0---0-|-3--3-1-3-1-3-1-|
 
 
  Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-3-5-3-----||
|-3--3--3-3-3-3-|---------------|----------------|-------------5-3-||
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------||
 
 
 Interlude
  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 E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------3-1-0-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-5-3-5-------3-1-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E Q
|-----------------|---------------|
|---------0-------|---------------|
|-------3---3-1---|------------5--|
|-5-3-5---------3-|-0--0-0-0-0----|
 
 
  Q  E E E E E E   E H..         E E E E E Q.
|----------------|-------------|----------------||
|----------------|-------------|----------------||
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-----------|----------------||
|----------------|-------------|---3-3-3-3------||
 
 
 Chorus
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-3--3---2--2---|-0--0----------|-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|
|------3------1-|------1-3--3-1-|-------------3-3-|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-3--3---1--1---|
|-1-1-0-0-1-1-3-3-|------3------1-|
 
 
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|-0--0----------|----------------|----------------|
|------1-3--3-3-|-1--1-1-3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1-3-3-3-1-|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
|-----------------|-----------------||
 
 
 Bridge
  Q  E Q  Q  E   Q  Q  E E Q    Q  E E E Q.     Q  Q  E E Q
|--------------|-------0-2-0--|------2--------|--------------|
|------7--5----|--------------|-3------3-2----|-2--2--3-2----|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|-----------3--|
|-5----------1-|-3------------|---------------|--------------|
 
 
  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3--3-2-3-2-0-2-|-3--3-2-3-2-0---|-----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|--------------3-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-7-7-||
 
 
 Outro
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-3--3---2--2---|-0--0----------|-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|
|------3------1-|------1-3--3-1-|-------------3-3-|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-3--3---1--1---|
|-1-1-0-0-1-1-3-3-|------3------1-|
 
 
  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-0--0-----------|----------------|----------------|
|------1-3-1-3-1-|-1--1-1-3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1-3-3-3-3-|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|-----------------|
|-------------3-3-|-1-1-0-0-1-1-3-3-|
 
 
  W          +W           +W           +W           +W
|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----*|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
 
 
 
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff
 
Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
 
Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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great ta1, very easy to learn from, you fucking nailed it... except the second "interlude", which is different from the first for some reason, and doesn't match up with the song at all. other than that small bit, 5 stars!