Title: Longview
Artist: Green Day
Album: Dookie

Okay, i'm not a bass player, but I worked this out. Hope it's close enough,
Wait, someone has just emailed me to tell me it's wrong, so if you want a good version
....go somewhere else :)
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bass tuned down ½ a step (low to high: Eb Ab Db Gb)

Intro:
(segued in from "Chump"..the first note is not
played, but is already ringing out as the last
note of the previous song)

Gb|---|
Db|---|
Ab|---|
Eb|-2-| let ring

After a while..
Gb|-----|
Db|-12\-| pick evenly while slowly
Ab|-----| sliding down from this note
Eb|-----|

Gb|-----4-2-1-----2-1-------4-2-1-/-9-7-6-7-|
Db|-0-2-------2-0-----0-4-2---------0-0-0-0-|
Ab|-----------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------|
play this riff through the verse..

then when the guitar kicks in play this:
Gb|-------------------------|
Db|-------------------------|
Ab|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Eb|-------------------------|

Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------| play this
Ab|-------------------------7-7-7-7-| three times,
Eb|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5---------|  then..

Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------|
Eb|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

then play this:
Gb|-----9-----9---7-5-4-2-|
Db|-0-2---7-9---9-0-0-0-0-| play twice.
Ab|-----------------------|
Eb|-----------------------|

Play first riff again for second verse.
again, when the guitar kicks in play this:
Gb|-------------------------|
Db|-------------------------|
Ab|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Eb|-------------------------|

and then this again:
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------| play
Ab|-------------------------7-7-7-7-| three times
Eb|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5---------|

Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------|
Eb|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

then for the interlude, play this:
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|   play
Ab|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| four times
Eb|---------------------------------|

and then back into this:
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------| play
Ab|-------------------------7-7-7-7-| three times
Eb|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5---------|

Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------|
Eb|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

and then this again:
Gb|-----9-----9---7-5-4-2-|
Db|-0-2---7-9---9-0-0-0-0-|
Ab|-----------------------|
Eb|-----------------------|

play it through the verse
until "my mother says to
get a job," at which point
you play this again:
Gb|-----4-2-1-----2-1-------4-2-1-/-9-7-6-7-|
Db|-0-2-------2-0-----0-4-2---------0-0-0-0-|
Ab|-----------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------|
and play it through the rest of the verse

then back to this part again when the guitar kicks in
Gb|---------------------------|
Db|---------------------------|
Ab|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
Eb|-------------------------5-|
    |_____________________|
         |
     twice as long
      this time
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|   play
Ab|-------------------------7-7-7-7-| seven times
Eb|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5---------|

Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------|
Eb|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

then it's just this for the rest of the song:
Gb|-----9-----9---7-5-4-2-|
Db|-0-2---7-9---9-0-0-0-0-|
Ab|-----------------------|
Eb|-----------------------|
and it fades out.....
please email me if you think it's crap


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