Tab Bass Taylor Swift – Mean Versi 1

----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mean - Taylor Swift ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Country Bass E-mail: [email protected] Great happy feeling song, fun to play bass but there is a lot of stops and starts so it's best to listen closely to the lyrics when playing this song Listen to song for timing, the bass is hard to hear but once you hear it its easy to follow Tuning: Standard The bass doesn't come in until the first chorus During the first pre-chorus Taylor's bassist claps to the beat of the bass Chorus G|----------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|--5--5--1--1--------------5--5--1--1----------/-5-3-| E|--------------3--3--3--3--------------3--3--3-------| G|----------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------| A|--5--5--1--1--------------5--5--1--1----------| E|--------------3--3--3--3--------------3--3--3-| G|------------------------| D|------------------------| A|--5--5--5--5--3b--5-5-5-| E|------------------------| Verse G|-------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|--1--1--0--0--------------1--1--0--0-------------| E|--------------3--3--3--3--------------3--3--3----| the last 3 in the above tab is a stop, bass comes back in when Taylor finishes her line G|--------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--1--1--0--0--------------1--1--0--0--------------| E|--------------3--3--3--3--------------3--3--3--3--| Pre-Chorus G|-----------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------| A|--0--0--0--0--5--5--------0--0--0--0-----------------------| E|--------------------3--3--------------3--3--3--3--3--3--3--| don't let last note ring, all instrumental stops while Taylor finishes her line, then go straight to the chorus Chorus 2 The only difference between the first and second chorus is the little bass fill in the middle G|------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------| A|--5--5--1--1--------------5--5--1--1----------/-5-3-5-| E|--------------3--3--3--3--------------3--3--3---------| G|----------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------| A|--5--5--1--1--------------5--5--1--1----------| E|--------------3--3--3--3--------------3--3--3-| G|------------------------| D|------------------------| A|--5--5--5--5--3b--5-5-5-| E|------------------------| Bridge G|--------------------------| D|--------------------------| A|--0--0--0--0--------------| E|--------------3--3--3--3--| "And I cans see you years from now in a bar..." G|--------------------------| D|--------------------------| A|--0--0--0--0--5--5--------| x2 E|--------------------3--3--| G|-----------------------------| D|-----------------------------| A|--0--0--0--0--5-----0--------| E|--------------------------3--| no bass until the chorus Chorus 3 No bass until Taylor sings "Yeah-ah-ah" G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|--/-5-3-5--5--5--5--5--1--1--------------5--5--1--1--------------| E|-----------------------------3--3--3--3--------------3--3--3--3--| G|----------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|--5--5--1--1--------------5--5--1--1----------/-5-3-| E|--------------3--3--3--3--------------3--3--3-------| G|--------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------| A|--5--5--1--1--------------5-----1-----------| E|--------------3--3--3--3--------------3-----| Playing Order (no bass in Verse 1 & Pre-Chorus 1) Chorus Verse Pre-chorus Chorus 2 Bridge Chorus 3 Have Fun | / slide up | slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note =============================================================================