Bass Tab:Read A Book

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Read A Book
By: They Might Be Giants
Key: C Minor
Year: 2011
Tabbed By: A Red Galaxy and Apollo
[one bar of rest]

chorus ("How fast is the speed of light?")/interlude
G-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|  
A--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-------------------|------------------------------------|
E--------------------4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-| x2

verse ("How could you ask me that?")
G---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
D---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
A-----3----3----|-----3-----3-----|---------------|---------------|
E--3----3----3--|--1-----1-----1--|--1---1--1--1--|--3---3--3--3--|

G--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
D--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
A--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
E--------------------|--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--|--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--|--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|

ending
G--------------------|     G-----|
D--------------------|     D-----|
A--3-3---------------|     A--3--|
E------1-1-3-3-4-4---| x3  E-----|


VERSION 2 by A Red Galaxy

Main Riff

G-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|   x2
A--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E-------------------|-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|

(How could you ask me that...)

G-------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-------------------|------------------|------------------|
A--3------------3-5-|-3--------3-------|------------------|
E-------------------|------------------|-3------------3-5-|

G-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
D-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
A-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
E--3--------3\------|-1------------1---|--1--------1---x-x-|

G-------------------|------------------|
D-------------------|------------------|
A-------------------|------------------|
E--3------------3---|-3------------3---|

(How could you ask me that...)

G-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|   x2
A--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E-------------------|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|

Then the bass solo:

G-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|------------------|------------------|------------------|   x2
E-------------------|-3-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-|-2-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-0-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|

Then play the main riff again (with repeat)

Then the ending:

G-------------------|----------------|
D-------------------|----------------|
A--3---3------------|----------------|   x3
E-----------1---1---|-3---3----4---4-|

End on:

G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A--3----------------|
E-------------------|

Key:
\ = slide down
x = muted