From: Jay_Gibbes@cprailway.com
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 12:59:28 -0400
Subject: Save Me - Bass Tablature


Save Me - Bass Tablature
From: Splendor Solis  by The Tea Party
transcribed by: Jay Gibbes

There is very little that Stuart plays the same over and over in this
song; he makes small modifications to most of the bass lines as he
plays.  I have not included any of the changes here; I'm only giving
you the basics. If you want to play them listen for the different notes
he plays.

It is hard to believe how long he plays Fig.1. The song changes
many times and the bass stays the same. It doesn't change until the end
of the chorus when the bass plays descending notes with the guitar.

I have written the pieces of music in the order that they occur in the
song.
So, if you know where fig.5 comes, then you know that fig.4 comes before
that.

       Fig.1  (verse and most of chorus)
A----|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D----|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A----|--------------------------5___9---------------------------------|
D-12-|-0--12-0-0-12-12-0-0-12-0--------0--12-0-0-12-12-0-0-12___5___9-|
    \sl.                          sl.                        sl.

Fig.2 (plays with guitar)                     Fig.3 (very basic)
--------------------------------------------|------------------|
--------------------------------------------|------------9-----|
---------------9h10p9-----------------------|-9--10--12----12--|
--0--0--12-12-------------10-9-7-4--5-4-5-7-|------------------|

Fig.4
-------------------|repeat|--------------|
-------------------|------|-3-3-3-3__5-5-|
---------0h5-0h5---|-2x---|--------------|
-0--0--0--------\--|------|--------------|
                sl.
Fig.5
(5_7_9_7_10_9)|repeat-|-----------------|repeat|--------------|repeat|
--------------|-------|-----------------|------|--------------|------|
-5-5-5-5-5--5-|-2.5x--|-----------------|-2x---|--------------|-2x---|
--------------|-------|-10-9-7-4--5-4-5-|------|-5--4-5-4-5-7-|------|

In fig.5, the part in brackets is what the guitar is playing. I
included it so you could recognize where fig.5 is played.

There are some soft violin sounds behind fig.4 (I think it's actually
Jeff using a violin bow on a guitar though.) Behind fig.4, Stuart also
does some light bass improvisations which are similar to what the
guitar is doing at the start of fig.5.

In fig.1, you could substitute the 12th fret of the low D string with the
5th fret on
the low A string, but I believe Stuart actually plays as I have written
above because of the slide from 12 down to 5 near the end of the figure.

Happy Tea Partying.   Jay.