Backseat Driver guitar/bass tabs
Posted 2013-08-16 by cornbeast
A few years ago someone requested tabs for guitar and bass for my Gameboy song Backseat Driver. Thought i’d post it here for you rock bands out there.
You can grab the original song is over at 8bitpeoples.
Guitar part:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BACKSEAT DRIVER - Cornbeast Guitar tabs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original song in D but transposed to E to make better sense for guitar/bass. / = slide up Verse e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------7-----7---4-----4-----4---------------| D|-----2-----2---2-5-5-7-----5---5-------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------5-5---5-5---5---2-2---2-2---2-3-----------| E|-0-0---0-0---0---------3-3---3---------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------3-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------0---------0---0---------7-----7---4-----4-----4-----------------| D|-------2-------0-0-2---0---0-4---------------------------------------------| A|-----2-------------------------5-5---5-5---5---2-2---2-2---2-3-------------| E|-0-0-----------------------------------------------------------------------| ^ | Note the wait between the 4th and 5th note Chorus - 1st part e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-----------------------------------------------| G|-4-4---2/4-4---2-4-4---2/4-4-----------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---------------| E|-------------------------------3-5-5---3/5-5---3-5-5---3/5-5---3-----------| Chorus - 2nd part e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---------------------------------------------| G|-2-4-4---2/4-4---2-4-4---2/4-4---------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-------------| E|---------------------------------3-5-5---3/5-5---3-5-5---3/5-5-------------| (Here the bass keeps playing the same riff, the drums go down to half the tempo. The guitar riff stays the same, but it's cast off, starting one note later, kinda turning the song upside down) Chorus - 3rd part (this is basically just the plain chords picked: E G C A) e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------1----------------------------------------| G|---------------------0-------0------0---------2----------------------------| D|---------2-------0-----0-------2----------2-----2--------------------------| A|-----2-----2-------2-------3------------0---4------------------------------| E|---0---4-------3-----------------------------------------------------------| ^ ^ ^ ^ | | | | Note: the first notes are left out, just be quiet one beat The original song layout I think is basically: 2 x Verse - bass only 2 x Verse - bass + bass drum 4 x Verse - bass + guitar + bass drum 4 x Verse - bass + guitar + drums (the beat starts) (4 x on the two lines above means 4 times what the bass plays, the guitar plays a longer sequence so it's only 2 times for the guitar) 2 x Chorus 1st part - guitar + drums (no bass) 2 x Chorus 1st part - bass + guitar + drums 4 x Chorus 2nd part - bass + guitar + drums 2 x Chorus 3rd part - bass + guitar + drums This is basically repeated two times, but with some variation... ===============================================================================
Bass part:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BACKSEAT DRIVER - Cornbeast Bass tabs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original song in D but transposed to E to make better sense for guitar/bass. Verse G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-0-0-12-0-0-12-0-12-3-3-5-3-3-5-3-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-7-5-5-7-5-7--------| Chorus - easy version (choose between this one or the one below) G|-----------4-------------7-------------------------------------------------| D|-2-2-----2-----5-5-----5---------------5-------------2---------------------| A|-----2-2-----------5-5-------3-3-----3-----0-0-----0-----------------------| E|---------------------------------3-3-----------0-0-------------------------| Chorus - harder version (may be hard to play and sound sloppy) G|-----------4-----0-----0-9-------------------------------------------------| D|-2-2-----2---------0-------------------5-------------2---------------------| A|-----2---------------2---------3-----3-------0-----0-----------------------| E|-------0-------------------------3-0-----------0-3-------------------------| ^ ^ ^ | | | Note: the first notes in the last 3 rounds are left out, just be quiet one beat (I think this sounds cooler) ===============================================================================