Sticks And Stones Bass

Alien Ant Farm - "Sticks and Stones"
From "ANThology" Disc
tabbed by jjhand
tuning: 5 string bass, standard
 
I tabbed this to improve on the current bass tab, which was really off.
I like this song but it requires really fast fingers or a pick/plectrum.
 
Intro (played 2x)
G|----------------|-----------------|
D|----------------|-----------------|
A|------0-0-------|-----------------|
E|----------4-4---|----rest---------|
B|--6-6-----------|-----------------|
 
 
Pre-Verse Riff
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------3---3-|-----------------|
E|-------------5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
B|-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1-1-1-1-1---1---|-----------------|
 
 
Verse - play both lines then repeat (2x through all)
G|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|------0-0---------|-----------------|------0-0---------|-----------------|
E|----------4-4-----|-----------------|----------4-4-----|-----------------|
B|--6-6-------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/--|--6-6-------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/--|
 
G|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|------0-0-----5-5-|-----------------|------0-0-----5-5-|-----------------|
E|----------4-4-----|-----------------|----------4-4-----|-----------------|
B|--6-6-------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/--|--6-6-------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/--|
 
 
Chorus
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-------------5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
B|-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-------------5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-------------5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
B|-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|-------------5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|-3--3--3--3--3--3-|
B|-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|------------------|
                                                        * for 2nd chorus play 4 notes
 
play verse riff & chorus riff again as before
 
Break riff, comes after chorus #2
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-0-0-----0-0-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----5---5-5------|
E|-----------------|----------12\----|-0-0-----0-0-----|---3---3----------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
 
continued, play this line 3x
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-------------5---|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
B|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6---6-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|
 
 
Riff 6 (note that guitar plays while bass rests)
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
A|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
 
return to playing verse riff 4x, after Riff 6 finishes
 
For last Chorus, play chorus riff then play the last two lines (second half of chorus
to get to the ending.
 
At end, play
G|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
A|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0----------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
 
key:
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
X