“The Radiator Hums” by Cursive for the bass guitar.
Tabbed by Greg Mitchell(If you want more Cursive tabs for bass, message me on AIM at xxvrufiovxx.)
The number of times you hit the notes isn’t dead on in all parts, but you’ll get the idea.
Standard Tuning.
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|-88888-66-6-0-555----------------------------|
E|------------------66666-666-66-666-66-666-66-|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-88888-66-6-0-5555-----------------------------| x2
E|-------------------66666-666-66-666-66-666-666-|
Verse(“Your dinner’s getting cold...”):
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-999999999999-|
E|--------------------------------------------|
cont.
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-5555555555555555-666666666666666-|
E|----------------------------------|
cont.(“When it’s steady I’m just...”):
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-10-10-10-10-10-10-99999999-555-5-555-5-|
E|----------------------------------------|
cont.(“When you’re ready I’ll be...”):
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-6-6-6~~~~~~--|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
(“I’m your fuckin’ queen...”):
G|---------------------------------3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------1-1---1-1---1---1-1---1-1---1---|
E|-5-555-555-555-1-111-111-111---------------------------------|
cont.
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-5-5555555-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
Right after:
(“I threw out the phone...”):
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-111111-111-11-111-11-11-111--|
E|------------------------------|
^All ones, not elevens.
cont.(“The line is down, drowned...”):
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-------------------------|
A|-------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| x2
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
(“Vanities and love seats...”):
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|--1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
(“Sad little boy...”):
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|-10~----9~----5~-----6~-|
E|------------------------|
cont.
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-10-10-10-10-10-10-99999999-555-5-555-5-|
E|----------------------------------------|
cont.
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-6-~~~~~~--|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
(“I want to be cured...”):
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-1~-----1~----0~-------|
E|--------------------1~-|
cont.(“Throw me in....”):
G|------------------------3-----3---3-|
D|------------------------------------|
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1---1-1---1---|
E|------------------------------------|
cont.(“Headfirst, submerged in this...”):
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
cont.(“Impoverished, and impotent...”):
G|--------------------3-3x-------------|
D|---------------------------2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-1-1-1-1-1x---1-1-1------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
(“I threw out the phone...”):
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-------------------------|
A|-------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| x3
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
cont.(“That’s how we’ll communicate...”):
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-33-3-33-33-3-33-33-3-33-33-3-33-|
End(“Hey pretty baby, are you ready for bed?”):
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|-6--66--66--66---6~~~-|
E|----------------------|