Anaconda Bass

"Anaconda" by The Sisters of Mercy (from the album "Some Girls Wander by Mistake")
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transcribed by Frank Tower (towerf@Sol.ACS.UWOsh.Edu)
 
 
Riff 1:
 
G|-----------------
D|-----------------
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
E|-----------------
 
 
Riff 2:
 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-2---0-2---0-2-0---2---0-2---0-2-0---2---0-2---0-2-0---5---7---8-
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
Riff 3:
 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-2---0-2---0-2-0---2---0-2---0-2-0---2---0-2---0-2-0---8---7---5-
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
Riff 4:
 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-2---0-2---0-2-0---2---0-2---0-2-0---2---0-2---0-2-0---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
Riff 5:
 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7---
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/------------------------------9-
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
 
or
 
G|------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-
E|------------------------------------------------------------------
 
G|----------------
D|----------------
A|-14-14-14-14-14\
E|----------------
 
 
Riff 6:
 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
Riff 7:
 
G|-----------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------
A|-7---------------5---------------2-
E|-----------------------------------
 
 
Riff 8:
 
G|-----------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------
A|-7---------------5---------------7-
E|-----------------------------------
 
 
 
                            How to play it
                            --------------
 
               |  Verse    |  Chorus   |           |           |
    Bass:   1  |  2 3 2 4  |  5 6 5 6  |  2 3 2 4  |  2 3 2 4  |
               |           |           |           |           |
 
            Verse    |  Chorus   |      Verse    |  Chorus   |
    Bass:   2 3 2 4  |  5 6 5 6  |  2 3 2 3 2 4  |  5 6 5 6  |  7 8
                     |           |               |           |
 
 
 
                                Notes
                                -----
 
When playing the alternate bass riff #5, be sure that the slide down
from the 14th fret is slow.
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