A Means To An End Bass Tab - Joy Division






"A Means To An End" by Joy Division (from the album "Closer")
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transcribed by Gilles Velay (gvelay@free.fr)

Notation :
w : whole         h : hamer on
h : half      R : rest
q : quarter      / : slide up
e : 8th    +++ : tied notes

Riff I
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    e e e e e e e e    e e e e e e e e    e e e e e e e e     e e e e e e e e
G-|---12--12--12--12-|---10--10--10--10-|---9---9---9---9--|----9---9---9---9--|
D-|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|  
A-|-10--10--10--10---|-8---8---8---8----|-7---7---7---7----|--7---7---7---7----|
E-|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|

Riff Ib
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    e e e e e e e e    e e e e e e e e    e e e e e e e e     e e e e e e e e
G-|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
D-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|------------------|------------------|-------------------|  
A-|------------------|-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E-|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|

Riff II
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     e e e e e e e e    e e e e e e e e    e e e e e e e e     e e e e e e e e
G-|-------------------|------------------|------------------|----9---9---9---9--|
D-|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|  
A-|5h7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|--7---7---7---7----|
E-|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|


Intro :
Riff I  (x4)  - guitar enters on 3rd bar

Verse 1 :
Riff Ib (x3)
Riff I  (x2)

Verse 2 :
Riff I  
Riff Ib (x3)
Riff I  (x3)

Bridge
Riff II (x4)
Riff Ib
Riff I

Verse 3 :
Riff Ib (x3)
Riff I  (x2)

Outtro :
Riff I  (x3)
Riff II (x2)