Dance Gavin Dance - Spooks

Dance Gavin Dance - "Spooks" Track 1 from 2011's Downtown Battle Mountain II My playthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZTMR7IMIq0 Worked out partially through other tabs, partially watching bass covers on youtube, partially by ear. Haven't seen a tab for the way I play it, which I think is closer to the actual bass track than anything else I've seen/heard. -Bass comes in w/ drums and unclean vocals at "not a lot of shit to break"- -Triplet rhythm- G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3--------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| a bunch of times -rhythm switches from triplets to straight eighths- -there are several ways to play this part, but I find this string/fret arrangement is easiest- -"slow plans inside my bladder/turn yourself sideways"- G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|7-79~--7---------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------0-3-0-7-8-7-(these are triplets - follow the drums)---------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 3x then: G|-------------------| D|7-79~--7-----------| A|--------0-3-0-7~---| D|-------------------| -repeat the above, playing the alternate ending to the phrase every 4th time- -you're gonna do this for a while until the last time, with the "sideways, sideways" unclean line- -last time: G|------------------------------------| D|7-79~--7----------------------------| A|----------0-3-0-7-8-7--8~-7~-8~-7~--| D|------------------------------------| then: -"move in take what's not yours, take what I work for" cleans re-enter- -those are "10"s not "1"s and "0"s- G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| D|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------| (phrase continued below) G|------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| once, then: -"slow down, stop me now, you're tearing apart my soul"- -Once again those are "10"s not "1"s and "0"s- G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------5-8-8-8-8-10-10-10----------------5-8-8-8-10-8-8-8-| A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| (phrase continued below) G|---------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------5-8-8-8-8-10-10-10----------------------------------| A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------| once, then: -"and lately we should be making me..." unclean verse"- G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------5-8-8-8-8-10-10-10----------------5-8-8-8-5-8-8-8--| A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| (phrase continued below) G|---------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------5-8-8-8-8-10-10-10----------------------------------| A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------| repeat many times, until: G|0---0---0---0-| D|--------------| A|--------------| D|--------------| then: -rap vocals enter- G|0--------0-----------------| D|-----3--------3------------| A|-----------------------0h2-| D|-----------------3--3h5----| this repeats throughout the rap verse, until the last two-ish lines, when it goes: G|0---------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----| D|-----3-----------------------------------| A|--------------0h2------------------------| D|--------3--3h5---------------------------| then: -"Cause I know the lonely road it took to get there" clean verse- G|---------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------| D|3-3-3-x3~--6-6-6-x6~-7-7-7-x7~--5-5-5-x5~----| once, then the second time: -of course, these are "10"s and "12"s, not "1", "0" and "1", "2"- G|--------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------10--12~---| D|3-3-3-x3~--6-6-6-x6~-7-7-7-x7~--5-5-5/10----------| Then you do the same thing again, but more legato, less staccato (more long notes, less short ones): G|----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|3~-33~-33~-3x3~--6~-66~-66~-6x6~-7~-77~-77~-7-7x7~--5~-55~-55~-5x5~---| G|------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------10--12~---| D|3~-33~-33~-3x3~--6~-66~-66~-6x6~-7~-77~-77~-7x7~--5~-55~-5/10-----------| -chaotic band music part comes in: "stop me now..."- G|--------------| D|--------------| A|8~--7~--0~----| D|--------------| 4x, then: G|--------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|8-8-8-8~---8-8-8-7-7-7-7~---7-7-7-0-0-0-0~---0-0-0-0-0-0-0~---0-0-0~| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 2x, then: -"A thinly veiled guise..." unclean verse- G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-3-3-| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-3-0-3-3-| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| -(not 100% sure of the 0/3 part of the end of that last phrase. I /think/ that's what it is, but I could be wrong. It is definately a combination of 0s and 3s, though.- repeat the above two phrases once more each, then end on: G|------------------| D|------------------| A|8~----------------| D|------------------| ************************************ | ~ Vibrato | h Hammer-on | x Dead note | / Slide up ************************************