“Houses and Billboards” by Saves the Day, for the bass guitar.
Tabbed by Greg Mitchell
>=Strum quickly
x=Dead note
Intro:
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|-33-(guitar break)-----3~-|
E|--------------------------|
Verse (Remember that last friday...):
G|------------------------------------|
D|---------33-3-22-2------------------|
A|-33333-3----------------------------| x4
E|-------------------1111-1-00-0-33-3-|
Transition:
G|-------------------------|
D|-----------22-2-3-2------|
A|-33-3-22-2---------5-----| x2
E|----------------------1>-|
Transition pt.2
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------33-333-333-333-333-3-------------3~|
E|-5>--x0-1-0-1-----------------------5>-x0-1-0-1---|
Verse x2
“I will sit...” awesome part:
G|-------------| |-------------|
D|-------------| |-------------|
A|-3-333-5>-8>-| x2 |-------------|
E|-------------| |-1-1-1-3-0-3-|
I’ll call this the “breakdown”:
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3~---------------------------| x2
E|---------3-3-3~---5-5-5~---1-1-1~-|
A|--3--| Then a guitar break
Outro, play for the rest of the song with different strumming patterns:
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
E|-------------------------------------|
End on:
A|--3~~--|
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