'What Was I Thinking' -- Bass Tab
Performed by 311
From the album "Transistor" on Capricorn/Mercury Records
Music by: N. Hexum
Lyrics by: N. Hexum
(c) 1997 Allegiance Music/Hydroponic Music BMI
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Tabbed by: Chris McCoy (misterkite@msn.com)
Additions/Corrections by: Tony Boehler (tboehler@adams.net)
Polyshed (Poly@juno.com)
Pfunkboy (Pfunkboy@aol.com)
Alex Martinez (music_man_mrtnz@hotmail.com)
Cody Thigpen (Thunderychunk69@aol.com)
Nick von Sternberg (nickvrules@hotmail.com)
The 311 Guitar Archive -- http://bigworm.colorado.edu/311archive/


Verse A:
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1:-----------------------
2:-------------------5-7-
3:---------------0h5-----
4:-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------

-- or --

S S S S S S S S P P
G:---------------------------
D:---------------------------
A:----------------0h5-x-7p5--
E:--0-0-x-0-x-0-0------------
^possibly 7

-- or --

1:------------------------X(7)--p5--h7--
2:------------------------x-x---x----x--
3:------------------0h5---x---x-x----x--
4:--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------

All small x's are hit with whole thump with right hand

Half of you may think its not right, but it is. You just have to know how
to mute with the left hand while slapping. Its a little advanced in
slap...

-- or --
P-H
G:----------------------------------------------------------------------
D:-----------------------------------------------------------------0--2-
A:----------------------------------------------------------------------
E:-0--(0)--0--(0)---(0)--0--(0)--(0)---0--(0)--0--(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-------
T * T * * T * * T * T * * * *

* = Left-hand slap

-- or --

T T T T T T T T P T P
G:--------------------------7h9-
D:----------------------X-------
A:------------------------------
E:0--0--X-0--0-0--0hX-X---X-----
|-*-|

The "|-*-|" area are triplets. All notes that have 2 dashes next to it are
8th notes, and all notes that have 1 dash next to it are 16th notes. T =
Thumb Slap, P = Finger Pull Slap, h = Hammer-On

-- or --

G:---------------------------------
D:-----------------------------0h2-
A:------------------0h5-0h5-5------
E:--0-0--0-0--0--0-----------------


Verse B:
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1:-----------------
2:-----------------
3:-----------------
4:-1-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-

Chorus:
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1:-------------
2:-(4-4-4-4-4)-
3:-(4-4-4-4-4)-
4:--2-2-2-2-2--

* Second time through, play as power chords, Listen *

Bridge:
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1:----------------------------------
2:----------------------------------
3:----------5h7---------5h7---------
4:-0h7--5h7-----0h7-5h7-----0h7-7p5-

1:------------------------------------
2:------------------------------------
3:------------------5h7---------5h7---
4:-0h7-7p5--0h7-5h7-----0h7-5h7-----0-


Song Structure:
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Verse A (x12)
Verse B (x4)
Verse A (x4)
Verse B (x4)
Verse A (x4)
Chorus (x8)
Bridge (x2)
Verse B (x4)
Verse A (x4)
Verse B (x4)
Verse A (x4)
Chorus (x8)
Bridge (x2)