Thieves bass

Thieves

Artist: Incubus
Album: If Now Now, When?
Song: Thieves
Tabbed by: A Dead Fly

Standard Tuned Bass

Intro: (All notes palm muted)

G|----14-16-14-16-14----14-|-16-14-16-14----14-16-14-|
D|-16----------------16----|-------------16----------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------| x6
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|

Verse 1:

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--5-----5----5--|--/9-9-9-9-9-9--|--5-----5----5--|--/9-9-9-9-9-9\-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--2-----2----2--|--/7-7-7-7------|--2-----2----2--|--/7-7-7-7------|
E|----------------|-----------5----|----------------|-----------5--5-|

Then repeat those eight bars a total of 4 times, and omit the very last 5
in some of the repeats

Chorus 1:

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|--------4-5-4-0-|----------------|--------4-5-4-0-|
A|-5--5-5-5---5-5-|---5------------|-3--3-3-3---3-3-|---3------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
A|-2--2-2-2---2-2-|---2------------|-3--3-3-3////10-|--10--10-10-10-10-|
E|----------------|--------0-1-0---|----------------|------------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|--4---5---7---7-|----------------|----------------|
A|-5--5-5-5---5-5-|----------------|-3--3-3-3---3-3-|---3------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------2-3-2-0-|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
A|-2--2-2-2---2-2-|---2------------|-3--3-3-3////10-|--10--10-10-10-10-|
E|----------------|--------0-1-0---|----------------|------------------|

Post Chorus Bridge:

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--5-----5----5--|--/9-9-9-9-9-9--|--5-----5----5--|--/9-9-9-9-9-9--|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Verse 2:

(Same as verse 1 only instead of playing it 4 times you play it only 3)

Chorus 2:

(Same as chorus 1 only play the last 2 bars one more time at the very end)

G|----------------|------------------|
D|----------------|------------------|
A|-3--3-3-3////10-|--10--10-10-10-10-|
E|----------------|------------------|

Guitar Solo: (kind of has a weird groove rythym to it)

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|-1---1-1---1--1-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|-1---1-----1--1-|-3---3--------3-|
E|----------------|-3---3--------3-|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|-1---1-1---1--1-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|-1---1-----1--1-|-3---3--------3-|
E|----------------|-3---3--------3-|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|-1---1-1---1--1-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|-10-10-10--10\--|-1---1-----1--1-|-3---3--------3-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|-1---1-1---1--1-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|-1---1-----1--1-|-3---3--------3-|
E|----------------|-3---3--------3-|----------------|----------------|

Chorus 3:

First play this little bass bridge before the drums come back in

G|-7--------------|--------2-4-7-9-|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|-10-------------|-------10-12----|
A|-5--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|--8-------------|----------------|

                                     * not sure about that chord
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|-9--------------|----5---5-7-----|-3--------------|-5\-------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|-7--------------|----------------|-1--------------|----------------|


Then play the same chorus part in the other ones the same length, and 
at the very end play the last two bars again only do it TWO extra times


Outro:

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--5-----5----5--|--/9-9-9-9-9-9--|--5-----5----5--|--/9-9-9-9-9-9--|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Play those 4 bars Three and a half times


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