Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun Bass Tab - Pink Floyd






Here it is, "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun," 
in all its glory.
Pink Floyd
"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"
>From the album _A Saucerful of Secrets_ (1968)

Tab transcribed by Peter McFerrin (pam35@cornell.edu)


Figure 1:
   e  e  e  q. q   e  e  e  e  h
G|---------------|---------------|
D|-2--2--2--3--2-|-2-----------2-|
A|---------------|----5--5--5----|
E|---------------|---------------|

Figure 2:
   e  e  e  q. q   e  e  e  e  h
G|-2--2--2--3--2-|-2-----------2-|
D|---------------|----5--5--5----|
A|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|

Figure 3:
   e  e  e  e  q. e+e e  e  e  h 
G|----------2-------|------------|  The last note of the first
D|-2--2--2-----5--5-|-3--3--3--2-|  measure here is also the
A|------------------|------------|  first note of the second 
E|------------------|------------|  (two tied eighth notes).

Figure 4:
   q  e  e  e  q.
G|---------------|
D|----2--2--2--2-|
A|-5-------------|
E|---------------|

Listen to the song to figure out the pattern; it's somewhat
based off a 12-bar blues (at least in the verses).

When playing, make sure to cut the highs quite a bit, and
probably the lows (but not much).  The whole song is pretty much 
a low-mid workout--it has that late '60s blues-bass vibe to it.