Pokey Means Business

                        Earthbound - Pokey Means Business BASS TAB
                                 Song by: Keiichi Suzuki

                          Tabbed by auriplane ([email protected])


The first half of this song, the bass is played as a triangle wave, like the NES bass sound.
In the second half, it sounds like a regular electric bass.

Four-string bass, standard tuning.



        Part A (NES bass)


      E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   4x  W                 
G||----------------------------||-------------------|
D||*--------------------------*||-------------------|
A||*--0--1--2--3--4--3--2--1--*||-------------------|
E||----------------------------||-------------------|


   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E      S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  
------------------------------15--|--14----------------------------------------------|
--------------12--14--12----------|-----17-15-17-15-14-15-14----14----------------14-|
--12--13--16--------------16------|--------------------------17----17-16-17----16----|
----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------15-------|


    S S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S    S S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  
|-------------------------------------------------|------17-17-16-16-15-15-14-14-13-13-12-12-11-11-|
|*--0-0-19-19-18-18-17-17-16-16-15-15-14-14-13-13-|--0-0-------------------------------------------|
|*------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|


  S S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S S S    
------19-19-18-18-17-17-16-16-15-15-14-14-13-13-|-------19----18----16----14----12----10---9----||
--0-0-------------------------------------------|--0-------------------------------------------*||
------------------------------------------------|----17----17----16----14----12----10----8---7-*||
------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||


   E  S S  S S S  S E  S S  S S S  S  4x   W                    W                 
--------------------------------------||--------------------|--------------------|
*--0--0-0-12-0-0-12-0--0-0-12-0-0-12-*||--12----------------|--12----------------|
*------------------------------------*||--------------------|--------------------|
--------------------------------------||--------------------|--------------------|


   W                    W                     E   S  S E   S  S E   S  S E   S  S  4x
--14----------------|--------------------||----------------------------------------||
--------------------|--------------------||*--0--12-12-0--12-12-0--12-12-0--12-12-*||
--------------------|--12----------------||*--------------------------------------*||
--------------------|--------------------||----------------------------------------||


        Part B (Normal bass)


   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  8x   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   
------------------------------------||---------------------------|--------------------------|
*----------------------------------*||*-----------1--1--1--1--1--|--------------------------|
*--0-0-1-1-2-2-3-3-4-4-3-3-2-2-1-1-*||*--0--0--0-----------------|--------------------------|
------------------------------------||---------------------------|--4--4--4--4--1--1--1--1--|


  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E       S S E  S S S S E  E  Q     
--------------------------|---------------------------||----------------------------|
-----------3--3--3--3--3--|--------------------------*||----------------------------|
--0--0--0-----------------|--1--1--1--1--------------*||----------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------2--2--2--2---||--1-1-L--1-1-L-1-L--1--L----|


  S S E  S S S S E  E  Q       S S Q.     H           S S Q.     H         
----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
--1-1-L--1-1-L-1-L--2--L----|--0-0-----------------|--0-0-----------------|


    S  S S  S S S S S T T T T T T T T S  S S  S    S  S S  S S S S S T T T T T T T T S  S S  S    
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
|*----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------*||
|*--7s-4------------------------------0s-5------|--7s-4------------------------------0s-4-3s-7-*||
|--------3s-8-9-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------1s-6-|-------3s-8-9-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------||


  S S E  S S S S E  Q      E     S S E  S S S S E  E  Q       H        H         
------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------|
------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------|
-----------1-L-2-L------------|-----------1-L-2-L--3--L----|--4-----------------|
--0-3-L--1----------2s----20--|--0-3-L--1------------------|--------------------|


    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   
|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|*--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|*--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--3--6--L--2--|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|


  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    
---------------------------||--------------------------||
--------------------------*||--------------------------||
--------------------------*||--------------------------||
--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--||




Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
. - note dotted
|-n-|  - n-tuplets


Tablature Legend
----------------
L - tied note
s - legato slide