Closer to Home -------------- Intro 8X G ------------ | ----------------- | --7 | D ------------ | -0-53-2-0-0------ | --- | A ----5--5--5- | -----------3-0-03 | 5-- | 5-5 ... and so on. E ---5--5--5-- | ----------------- | --- | While singing: Markus is frickin' quite a lot here. He varies the bass part freely. I think there is no exact riff, only a basis to play on. I just write down some standard patterns. Feel free to write something like this on your own. Can't be wrong :) 1.) 2.) G|:----------------|----------------:|------75-75------| D|:----------------|----------------:|----35-----75----| A|:5--505-3------3-|5-5505-3-------3:|5035---------7535| E|:---------0123---|---------0-1-23-:|-----------------| or so: 1.) 2.) G|:----------------|----------------:|-------5-75------| D|:----------------|----------------:|-----------75----| A|:5--505-3------3-|5-5505-3-------3:|5-5505-------7505| E|:---------0123---|---------0-1-23-:|-----------------| The small bass riff before the "And in my cabin ..." G|: ------------------------------- :| D|: ----6-5---3-------------------- :| A|: 5-0-----------5---0-3---2---1-0 :| E|: ------------------------------- :| The part "And in my cabin ..." D, B-flat: something like this ... G| -----7---|-------------------------| D| ----7-7-7|8---8---10-8--7----------| A| 5-5----5-|------------------10-8-7-| E| ---------|-------------------------| Sorry, but I don't know the F-maj and a-min part right now ... The silent part is something like this: 8X G|:----------------------------|-------------------:| D|:--------12------------------|-------------------:| A|:5----12----12--------------3|--(3)--------0-2-3-:| E|:--------------10(slide to)3-|-(3)-0-1-2-3-------:| The solo part is not transcriptable. Here Markus is frickin' on D maj and C maj 2 measures each. Sometimes he uses the half riff (see above) from the silent part. But later it seems to me that he just improvizes. I play something like this: G|:------------------------------|------------------------------:| D|:------------------------------|------------------------------:| A|:5-5----5-5-----5-5-----5-5----|3-3----3-3----3---------0-2-3-:| E|:-----5-------5-------5------3-|-----3------3---0-1-2-3-------:| Later I play something like this (ME, not Markus :) ): Dmaj: G|----------------------------------|----7-9-7-----------------------| D|--------4---4-5---5-6---6-7---7---|7-9-------9-7-5---7-5---7-5-----| A|5---5-5---------------------------|----------------7-----7-----7---| E|----------------------------------|--------------------------------| Rhythm * * * * * * * * * * |* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 1...+...2...+...3...+...4...+...|1...+...2...+...3...+...4...+... Cmaj: G|----------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|-8-10---8----------------------| A|--------7---7-8---8-9---10---10---|------------10---8-7-8-7-------| E|8---8-8---------------------------|---------------------------8---| Rhythm: * * * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * * 1...+...2...+...3...+...4...+...| 1...+...2...+...3...+...4...+... I think that's it ... (more or less :) ). Thanks to Sebastian (almeyer@rz.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE) for the tab!!