A classic by The Cars (also sung by bass player Benjamin Orr) Tabbed by: BASSteve Tuning: EADG Time signature: 4/4 (except where noted) r = rest (listen for duration) / = slide (low to high) \ = slide (high to low) ()= note inside parenthesis not plucked or hammered on {}= note inside pointed parenthesis still ringing from previous measure ||= measure gets repeated (see number of times above measure, e.g. 4x) *My tabs are meant to be read in conjunction with listening to the song. In other words, there are no specific notations to account for note/rest duration. However, you will find that I've made an attempt to strategically space the notes and rests within their respective measures in order to represent the appropriate durations. INTRO 4x 4x G||--------------------------------||--------------------------------|| D||--------------------------------||--------------------------------|| A||------------------------7---r---||------------------------7---7---|| E||--------------------------------||--------------------------------|| VERSE 1 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |----------------------------7\--|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4/--| 2x ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4/--|| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---4---| SOLO (keyboard) |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |7---7---7---7---7---7---7\------|2---2---2---2---2---2---2/------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |4---4---4---4---4---4---4/------|11--11--11--11--11--11--11\-----| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |7---7---7---7---7---7---7\------|2---2---2---2---2---2---2/------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |4---4---4---4---4---4---4/------|12--12--12--12--12--12--12\-----| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| VERSE 2 3x ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4/--|| (strum these chords gently with your thumb using a downstroke only) |--------------------------------|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---| |9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---| |7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---4---| CHORUS 1 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |7---0---4---2---------------0---|0---------------4-------2---2-r-| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |7---0---4---2---------------0---|0---------------4-------r-------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |7---0---4---2---------------0---|0---------------4-------2---2-r-| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |7---0---4---2---------------0---|0---------------4---4---4---4---| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 6/4 |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4/--| |------------------------------------------------| SOLO (guitar) 4/4 2x ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||7-----------2---------------4---|4-------------------------------| ||--------------------------------|------------4------------(4)/---| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |7-----------2---------------4---|4-------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|------------5------------(5)/---|| VERSE 3 3x ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4/--|| (strum these chords gently with your thumb using a downstroke only) |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|--------------------------------| |7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---4---| CHORUS 1 CHORUS 2 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |7---0---4---2---------------0---|0---------------4-------2---2-r-| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|------------------------4/--6---| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |7---0---4---2---------------0---|0---------------4---------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |7---0---4---2---------------0---|0---------------4-------2---2-r-| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |7---0---4---2---------------0---|0---------------4---4---4---4---| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 6/4 |----------------6---6---------------------------| |--------6---6-----------6---6---4---4---6---6---| |4---4-------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| OUTRO 4/4 3x ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ||7-----------2---------------4---|4-------------------------------| ||--------------------------------|------------4------------(4)/---| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| |7-----------2---------------4---|4-------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|------------5------------(5)/---|| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |7-----------2---------------4---|4-------------------------------| |--------------------------------|------------4------------(4)/---| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |7-----------2---------------4---|{4}-----------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| (PLEASE RATE THIS TAB / LEAVE COMMENT)