All About You (bass)

By Bass Levite

Hillsong's style of bass for praise songs incorporates a lot of open string hammer ons. There are slight variations in plucking techniques, but it goes roughly like this...

For example, if the chord is A,

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-5-5-0h5-0h5-5-5-- (1 bar)

To make the tabs easier to read, the symbol <> will indicate this style of playing being used.




Intro: (2x)
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-12-11-5---------
---------<5>-<4>-

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-5-5-----5h7-5-
-----5h7-------

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-5-5-----5h7-5-------
-----5h7-------5h7-0-


Verse: (2x)

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-----4-4h6-4-----2-2h4-2-
---4-----------2---------
-2-----------0-----------

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---------------
-5-5-----5h7-5-
-----5h7-------

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-5-5-----5h7-5-------
-----5h7-------5h7-0-


Prechorus:

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-------------
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-<2>-<4>-<5>-

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-5-5-----5h7-5-------
-----5h7-------5h7-0-

-------
-------
-------
-<2>-0-


Chorus: | A | E | F#m | D | A | E/G# | D | F#m E |





Bridge:

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---------
-<2>-----
-----<2>-

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-5-5-0h5-5-5-5h7- (2x)
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----------------
-<2>-----5-5s17-
-----<2>--------





Instrumental:

--------------11-
-----------11----
-9-------9-------
---12-10---------

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-------14-------12-
----14-------12----
-12-------10-------

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-------12h14-12----12-
----12----------12----
-10-------------------

-11----11h13-11-----
----11----------11s-
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--------------------

-9---9h11-9----
---9--------9s-
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---------------

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-12----12h14-12-----
----12----------12s-
--------------------

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-12----14-12-11----11-
----12----------12----
----------------------

-11----11h13-11----11-
----11----------11----
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----------------------

-9---9h11-9---9-
---9--------9---
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----------------

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-12----12h14-12----12s-
----12----------12-----
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Ending: (not in video)

| A | E/G# | C#m | D | F#m | E | D | D |

5 comments:

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Unknown said...

I am extremely impressed bass levite...keep up this awesome work!

Unknown said...

how do you do those hammer on stuff wow you do it mad fast or something

Anonymous said...

are you using slide instead of hammering for the intro? its so fast..

Unknown said...

The video ia private.
:/