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Ultra COOL bass line to (the last half of) "This Jesus Must Die" from Jesus Christ Superstar

Tablature for bass guitar by Robb Anagnostis 7-15-03 robb@musician.org

(This is very similar to "Blood Money" which is played in Gm)
(Numbers above tab lines are the beat count.
The plus signs [+] signify the "and" beat such as "2 and" or "3 and")

---VERSE 1---
  Fm    C      C7    Fm     Ab    Bb     Eb7   Ab
  1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4   
G|-----45-----|------------|------------|------------|
D|3--3----5---|--12-3---3-6|---6--------|--35-6---5--|
A|---------3--|3-------3---|--6--1---1--|6-------6---|
E|------------|------------|--------1---|------------|
  What...      Jesus...     Miracle...   hero...fools?
  Fm    C      C7    Fm     Ab    Bb     C7    Fm
  1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4   
G|-----45-----|------------|------------|5-55--------|
D|3--3----5---|--12-3---3-6|--6-8---8---|-----3---3--|
A|---------3--|3-------3---|-6-----8----|--------3---|
E|-----------3|------------|------------|------------|
  riots...  no fighting...  One...       Jesus is cool
---VERSE 2---
  Fm    C      C7    Fm     Ab    Bb     Eb7   Ab  
  1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4   
G|-----45-----|------------|------------|------------|
D|3--3----5---|--12-3---3-6|---6--------|--35-6---5--|
A|---------3--|3-------3---|--6--1---1--|6-----------|
E|-----------3|------------|--------1---|--------4---|
  We...     to his...   His half-witted..out of control
  Fm    C      C7    Fm     Ab    Bb     C7    Fm
  1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4   
G|-----45-----|------------|------------|5-----------|
D|3--3----52--|--5--3---3-6|--6-8---8---|--5--3---3--|
A|------------|3--3----3---|-6-----8----|---3--------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
  how...   His glamour...By leaps...he's top of the poll
---CHORUS 1---
  C#                        Ab      F#    Fm     C7    C#
  1  2  3  4    |1     2    3   4  |1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4   
G|--------------|---------13-------|-----------4|5----------3|
D|------------11|15-13----15--10---|--6-----5---|--5-----36--|
A|------11-13---|------16-------11-|4--4-3---3--|---3--4-----|
E|9--13---------|------------------|------------|------------|
  I     see      bad...  arising    crowd King   Romans ban
  C#                 Ab     F#    Fm     C7    Fm
  1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4   
G|6--6--------|------------|--6--------4|5-----------|
D|-----56--3--|--36-----6--|4--4-3---3--|--5--3------|
A|--------4--6|4----3--6---|--------3---|---3----33-3|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
  I     see    blood destru elimi nation because of one man
  Fm    C      C7    Fm     Ab    Bb     Eb7   Ab
  1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4   
G|-----45-----|------------|------------|------------|
D|3--3----5---|--12-3---3-6|-56-8--78---|--35-66--5--|
A|---------3--|3-------3---|------------|6-------6---|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
  Blood destru becaus man!Becau becaus because of one man
  Fm    C      C7    Fm     Ab    Bb     C7    C7     C7    Fm
  1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4   1  2  3  4  |  
G|-----45-----|------------|-----3--33-4|5-3-----55--|--55--------|
D|3--3----5---|---5-3---3-6|--56--------|---6--------|-----3------|
A|---------3--|3-3-----3---|------------|-----3-----3|------------|
E|-----------3|------------|------------|------------|------------|
  elimination  becaus man   Becau becaus because of one man
---VERSE 3--- (same as VERSE 1)
---CHORUS 2--- (same as CHORUS 1)
 
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Blank charts
  1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4  |1  2  3  4   
G|------------|------------|------------|------------|
D|------------|------------|------------|------------|
A|------------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|


  1   2   3   4   |1   2   3   4   |1   2   3   4   |1   2   3   4   
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
(A GUIDE TO TABLATURE NOTATION written by Howard Wright)