Intro Verse 6/4
G|------7--------------5--5-----5-----|
D|---7-----5-----3-----------5--------|
A|5-----------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------7-----------------------------|
D|---7-----5-----3-----5--5-----------|
A|5--------------------------3--3-----|
D|------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------7--------------5--5--7--5-----|
D|---7-----5-----3--------------------|
A|5-----------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------7-----------------------------|
D|---7-----5-----3-----5--5-----------|
A|5--------------------------3--3-----|
D|------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
Main Verse 6/4
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--0-----0--|
D|---------7-----3--------------5-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|5--5--5-----------------------------|
D|---------7-----3-----3--5--7--5-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--0-----0--|
D|---------7-----3--------------5-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------5--|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--5--7-----|
D|---------7-----3--------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
Pre-Chorus 8/8
G|---------------5--------------------------------|
D|3--------3--5--------3-----------3--5--7--5-----|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 &
G|---------------5--------------------------------|
D|3--------3--5--------3-----------3--5--6--5-----|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 &
G|---------------5--------------------------------|
D|3--------3--5--------3-----------3--5--7--5-----|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 &
G|---------------5--------------------------------|
D|3--------3--5--------3-----3--3--3--5--6--------|
A|------------------------------------------3-----|
D|------------------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 &
Chorus 1 6/4 & 4/4
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--0-----0--|
D|---------5-----3-----3--------5-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------5--|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--5--7-----|
D|---------5-----3-----3--------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|7-----7-----------7-----3--3--3--3--|
A|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--0-----0--|
D|---------5-----3--------------5-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------5--|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--5--7-----|
D|---------5-----3--------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|7-----7-----3--3--------|
D|------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Break 6/4
G|------------------------------------|-Slide and-|
D|------------------------------------|-rest for--|
A|------------------------------------|-a while---|
D|12\---------------------------------|-----------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|5-------(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)-|
D|------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)|
D|------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
Main Verse 6/4
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--0-----0--|
D|---------7-----3--------------5-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|5--5--5-----------------------------|
D|---------7-----3-----3--5--7--5-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--0-----0--|
D|---------7-----3--------------5-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------5--|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--5--7-----|
D|---------7-----3--------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
Pre-Chorus 8/8
G|---------------5--------------------------------|
D|3--------3--5--------3-----------3--5--7--5-----|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 &
G|---------------5--------------------------------|
D|3--------3--5--------3-----------3--5--6--5-----|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 &
G|---------------5--------------------------------|
D|3--------3--5--------3-----------3--5--7--5-----|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 &
G|---------------5--------------------------------|
D|3--------3--5--------3-----3--3--3--5--6--------|
A|------------------------------------------3-----|
D|------------------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 &
Chorus 2 6/4 & 4/4 (Lots of Variations)
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--0-----0--|
D|---------5-----3--------------5-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------5--|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--5--7-----|
D|---------5-----3--------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|7-----7-----------7-----3--3--3--3--|
A|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--0-----0--|
D|---------5-----3--------------5-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------5--|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--5--7-----|
D|---------5-----3--------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------|
D|7-----7-----3--3--3--3--|
A|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|3--0--5--------------3--3--0-----0--|
D|---------5-----3--------------5-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------5--|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--5--7-----|
D|---------5-----3--------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|7-----7-----7--7--7-----3--3--3--3--|
A|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--0-----0--|
D|---------5-----3--------------5-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------5--|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--5--7-----|
D|---------5-----3--------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------|
D|7-----7-----------------|
A|------------8--8--------|
D|------------------7\----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Interlude 7/4
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|x4
A|---------------3--------------------------|
D|3--------3--5--------3-----------7\-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 &
G|---------------5--------------------------|
D|3--------3--5-----------------------------|x2
A|---------------------8--------------------|
D|---------------------------------7\-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 &
G|------------------------------------------|
D|3--------3--2-----------------------------|
A|---------------3-----8--------------------|
D|---------------------------------7\-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 &
G|---------------5--------|
D|3--------3--5-----------|
A|------------------------|
D|---------------------3--|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 &
Guitar Solo 6/4
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--0-----0--|
D|---------5-----3--------------5-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|5--5--5-----------------------------|
D|---------5-----3-----3--5--7--5-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--0-----0--|
D|---------5-----3--------------5-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--5--7-----|
D|---------5-----3--------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
Final Chorus 6/4 & 4/4 (even more variations)
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--0-----0--|
D|---------5-----3--------------5-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------5--|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--5--7-----|
D|---------5-----3--------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|7-----7-----------7-----10-10-10-10-|
A|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--0-----0--|
D|---------5-----3--------------5-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------5--|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--5--7-----|
D|---------5-----3--------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------|
D|7-----7-----3--3--3--3--|
A|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|3--0--5--------------3--3--0-----0--|
D|---------5-----3--------------5-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------5--|
A|5--5--5--------------3--3--5--7-----|
D|---------5-----3--------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|
D|7-----7-----------7-----10-10-10-10-|
A|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
G|------------------------------------|-Play this-|
D|10h1212--10h1212--10h1212--10h1212--|-one by----|
A|------------------------------------|-ear-------|
D|------------------------------------|-----------|
Triplets Repeat
G|------------------------|-Fill from-|
D|10h1212--10h12-10-------|-triplets--|
A|------------------12-10-|-into------|
D|------------------------|-outro-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Outro: 6/4 (repeat part 1. twice then
alternate between 1. and 2. until song ends)
1.
G|------------------------------------|
D|7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3-----------5--|x2
A|------------------------5--5--7-----|
D|------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
2.
G|------------------------------------|
D|7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3--4--4--------|
A|------------------------------7--5--|
D|------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
You can drop an octave on the A and G for the last few bars.
Bass Tabs | |
Title | Black Heart Inertia |
Artist | Incubus |
Tablature Type | ASCII Tab |
YouTube ID | s1e4nIxSVUk |
Interactive Bass Tab Guide
Interactive bass tabs provide a better experience than ASCII tabs. With playback, loop, print features and a responsive display that follows the screen of your device.
Use these buttons to control the digital tab player.
Symbol | Function |
| Move cursor to the first bar |
| Play interactive tabs |
| Pause playback |
| Loop |
| Print the tab |
| Zoom |
Page | Switch between page and horizontal view mode |
How to Read Bass Tab: A Beginner's Guide
1. Understanding the Basics
a. Strings:
Bass tab consists of horizontal lines representing the strings of the bass guitar. The lowest-pitched string (usually the E string) is at the bottom, and the highest-pitched string (usually the G string) is at the top.
b. Numbers:
Numbers on the lines indicate which fret to play on a specific string. For example, if you see "3" on the E string, it means you should press down the third fret on the lowest string.
2. Reading Bass Tab Example
In this tab:
- Play the note on the 1st fret of the E string.
- Play the open E string.
- Play the 3rd fret on the A string.
- Play the 1st fret on the A string.
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|---------3-------|
E|---1-1---1---3---|
3. Playing Techniques
a. Hammer-ons and Pull-offs:
Hammer-ons are represented by an "h" (e.g., 5h7 means play the 5th fret and hammer onto the 7th fret). Pull-offs are represented by a "p" (e.g., 7p5 means play the 7th fret and pull off to the 5th fret).
b. Slides:
Slides are often indicated by an "/" or "\\" between two numbers (e.g., 5/7 means slide from the 5th fret to the 7th fret).