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Oldest Trick In The Book Bass

(ver. 1)
Less Than Jake
After guitar intro, when bass comes in;

Verse:

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------2-3-3-----3-3-2-------------3---|
A|-------0-1-1--0------0-3-3--0------0-1-1--------3-3-------3-1-1--1--1---1-|
E|--1-1-----------1-1-----------1-1-----------------------------------------|

 |------------------------------------2---0-2-0--------------|
 |-------------------------3-------------------------5-3-2-3-|
 |-----------0-3-1-1--1--1---1-0-0--0---0-------3--3---------|
 |-1-1--1--1-------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:

 |---------------------------2---------------------------------------------|
 |-----------------------0-3-----------------------------2-----------------|
 |--1-1--1-0-0--0-3-3--3-------5-1-1--1-0-0--0-3-3--3--3---3-1-1--1-0-0--0-|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 |------------2-------------------------------|
 |--------0-3---------------------------------|
 |-3-3--3-------5-1-1--1-5-5--5-3-3--333-3--3-|
 |--------------------------------------------|

Second Verse, slightly different compared to first:

 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------2-3-3-----3-3------------------|
 |-------0-1-1--0------0-3-3--0------0-1-1--------3-3------3------0-1-1--0-|
 |--1-1-----------1-1-----------1-1--------------------------1-1-----------|

 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------2-3-3---------2-3-3-----3-3-2-------------3-----------------|
 |------0-3-3---------0-1-1--------3-3-------3-1-1--1--1---1-----------0-3-|
 |-1-1-------------------------------------------------------1-1--1--1-----|

 |----------------------2---0-2-0-0-------------|
 |-----------3--------------------------5-3-2-3-|
 |-1-1--1--1---1-0-0--0---0---------033---------|
 |----------------------------------------------|

Second Chorus, same as first except at end:

 |---------------------------2---------------------------------------------|
 |-----------------------0-3-----------------------------2-----------------|
 |--1-1--1-0-0--0-3-3--3-------5-1-1--1-0-0--0-3-3--3--3---3-1-1--1-0-0--0-|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 |------------2--------------------------------|
 |--------0-3--------------------------5-3-2---|
 |-3-3--3-------5-1-1--1-5-5--5-3-3--3-------3-|
 |---------------------------------------------|

Brrrrrrrrridge:

 |------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------------------|
 |------------------0-0---0-0-0---0-----------------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
 |--0-0---0-0-0---0-----------------0-0---0-0-0---0-----------------|
 |------------------------------------------------------------------|

 |-----2-------2-------2-------2-----------------------------------|
 |-----------------0-0---0-0-0---0-5-5-5-5-5-3-2-0-----------------|
 |-0-0---0-0-0---0---------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Third Chorus/Outro:

 |-------------2--------------------------------------------------------2---|
 |---------0-3-----------------------------2------------------------0-3-----|
 |--3-3--3-------5-1-1--1-0-0--0-3-3--3--3---3-1-1--1-0-0--0-3-3--3-------5-|
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 |-------------------------------------------------------2-----------------|
 |----------------------5-3-2-3----------------------0-3-------------------|
 |-1-1--1-5-5--5-3-3--3---------1-1--1-0-0--0-3-3--3-------5-1-1--1-0-0--0-|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 |-----------------------------------------2------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------0-3--------------------------|
 |-3-3--3-3-3---0-1-1--1-0-0--0-3-3--3-------5-1-1--1-5-5--5-3-3--3-|
 |------------3-----------------------------------------------------|

 |---------------------------------------------|
 |-5-3-2-3-3-3--3--3-2--------------2-3--------|
 |---------------------3-1-1--1--1-------------|
 |---------------------------------------------|

Listen to the song to know when to use hammer-on's and slides, I didn't feel like 
writing them in.

This is my first tab ever, and I know it's not a very well-known song, but I hope anyone 
that does need it finds it helpful.

Thank you all very much,
Eric.
            
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