Lets Go Crazy bass

Lets Go Crazy

Incubus version of Prince classic:

INTRO:
Talky intro: "Dearly beloved..."
Drums come in for last 12 measures of talky part, then:

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|-2---2-2---2-2-2|----------------|-2---2-2---2-2-2|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|2---2-----------|----------------|2---2-----------|----------------|
x2

Main Riff:
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------2-------|
A|----------------|2-h1-p2-4-------|----------------|2-h1-p2---------|
E|2---2---2---2---|----------------|2---2---2---2---|----------------|
Repeat

VERSE1: (Main Riff x4)
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------2-------|
A|----------------|2-h1-p2-4-------|----------------|2-h1-p2---------|
E|2---2---2---2---|----------------|2---2---2---2---|----------------|
x4

PRE-CHORUS: "Are we gonna let the elevator bring us down..."
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|1---------------|----------------|
A|4---4---4---4---|4---4---4---4---|------2-----4---|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

CHORUS:  (Main Riff x2)
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------2-------|
A|----------------|2-h1-p2-4-------|----------------|2-h1-p2---------|
E|2---2---2---2---|----------------|2---2---2---2---|----------------|
Repeat

POST-CHORUS:  x2
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|--2---2---------|----------------|--2---2---------|
A|----1---2---3---|4---4-----------|----1---2---3---|4---4-----------|
E|2---------------|----------------|2---------------|----------------|
x4

VERSE2:  Same as VERSE1

Repeat PRE-CHORUS and CHORUS (play bridge instead of post chorus this time)

BRDIGE: (an easier version of the bridge is just to play Eb and E on the first and 
frets of the D string along with the guitars)
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|1---1-------1---|2---1-------1---|
A|1---1-------1---|2---1-------1---|--------2-------|--------2-------|
E|--------2-------|--------2-------|----------------|----------------|

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

GUITAR SOLO:  (Main Riff x4, same as a verse)

Repeat PRE-CHORUS and CHORUS

VERSE3: (Short Verse, modified main riff played twice)
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------2-------|
A|----------------|2-h1-p2-4-------|----------------|2-h1-p2---------|
E|2---2-----------|----------------|2---2-----------|----------------|
x2

OUTRO:
Long POST-CHORUS:  x4
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|--2---2---------|----------------|--2---2---------|
A|----1---2---3---|4---4-----------|----1---2---3---|4---4-----------|
E|2---------------|----------------|2---------------|----------------|
x4

Then guitar wails for a bit

then:
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--------1-----1-|2-----2-3-----3-|4-0-------------|----------------|
E|2-----2---------|----------------|----4-3-2-0~----|----------------|

guitar wails some more (continue to play open E) then end on:

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|2---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

x

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