First Love by The Maccabees E A D G Tempo=174 F# Minor Stu is quite pleased to be the only guy to have tabbed out this songs bass :] This tab applies to the newer version of the song, although the riffs are exactly the on every version... Anyhoo: [0.18] |--------|--------|---------|77776666| |77777777|--------|666666666|--------| |--------|99999999|---------|--------| x2 followed imediately by silence |--------|--------|---------|--------| (eg dont play an A) qqqqqqqq etc [0.28] |----------| |-Two Bars-| |---Rest---| |----------| [0.32] |----|----|----|---------| |7---|----|7---|-One Bar-| |----|7---|----|--Rest---| |----|----|----|---------|x2 W W W |--------|----------|----------| |-6 bars-|7777777777|----------| |--rest--|----------|7777777777| |--------|----------|----------| qqqqqqqqqq qqqqqqqqqq [0.54] |----------|----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------|----------| |7777777777|7777777777|7777777777|7---7---7-| qqqqqqqqqq etc C+ C+ C |----------|----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------|----------| |5555555555|5555555555|5555555555|5---5---5-| qqqqqqqqqq etc C+ C+ C |----------|----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------|----------| |7777777777|7777777777|7777777777|7---7---7-| qqqqqqqqqq etc C+ C+ C [1.10] |------|----|------| |-2Bar-|7---|-1Bar-| |-Rest-|----|-Rest-| |------|----|------| W Repeat [0.32] [0.41] [0.51] [0.54] Then [1.53] |7777777777|7777777777|7777777777|7777777777| |----------|----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------|----------| x2 qqqqqqqqqq etc [2.05] |7---|(7)-|----|----|7---|(7)-|----|----| |----|----|4---|(4)-|----|----|4---|4--/| |----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| |----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| W &W W &W W &W W W ^ slide up [2.15] |----|7---|----|----|7---|7---|----|----| |12--|----|4---|4---|----|----|4---|(4)-| |----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| |----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| W W W W W W W &W |--------| |-12bars-| |--rest--| |--------| Repeat [0.18] twice Finish by hitting an F# (9th on A string) LEGEND: \ SLide Down / Slide Up ( ) dont play the note just hold it on from the last time you played it S Semitone (quarter of a beat) Q Quaver (half a beat) Q+ A quaver plus half a quaver (3/4 of a beat) C Crotchet (a beat) C+ A Crotchet plus half a crotchet (One and a half beats) H Half aka 'Minim' (Two beats) H+ A half plus half a half (Three beats) W Whole aka 'Semibreve' (4 beats) W+ Guess. & Instead of a tie... hold the note played before the '&' on for the length of the after the '&' aswell. www.TAB6.com