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TEARS (Bass Tab)
Original Song: X-JAPAN
Tabbed By: Kyosuke

OK, this was a long nightmare to figure out and write out. I tried to indicate the spacing a bit, but you really have to listen to the song to get it down. It's a pretty accurate tab...enjoy!

(The bass comes in the same times as the electric guitar)

Fill:
G----------------9
D------------7s9--
A----------7------
E-0----5s7--------

Then they go into the verse:
 
  Lonliness...
G---------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------
A-12---12-11------9---9-7-------------------11-12---
E--------------12-----------9-10----10-12-----------

            Memory...
G-------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------
A----12-------12-12---12-11------9---9-7----------
E-12----12-12-----------------12-----------9-10---

                                   Sometimes...
G--------------------14-------------------------
D-----------------14----14----------------------
A---------11-12------------12-11-11-9----9---9--
E-10-12--------------------------------9---9----
                     
                     We lost...                       But...
G------------6---------------------------------------------
D----------6---6----------------------------------6--------
A-9-0-2-3--------4-4-5----5---5--5-5-4-5--7-----7-----8-9--
E-----------------------5---5---------------9-7-----9------

                             Never...                  Alone...
G--------------------------4----------------------------------
D------------------------6---7-6-4----------------------------
A-9---9---9--9-0-2-3--4------------7-4-5--5----5---5-5-5-4-5--
E---9---9------------------------------------5---5------------

                                              Time...
G------9------------------12------------------------------
D----9----------------12--------9--12----9-10-----10-9-9--
A-7-------7-----10-10--------10-------10-------10---------
E-----------0---------------------------------------------

                    Sands...
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D----7---7-5-5-----------------------5--5---5---5-5-5---------
A-10------------7-8--8-7-5-5-5-5-7-8------5---5---------------
E------------------------------------------------------5-7-8--
 
 Love...                     Alive...             Dry...
G---------------------------------------------------12-12--
D----10-9--9----7--7-5-5------------------7---5--12--------
A-10---------10-----------7-8--8-7-5-5-5----5--------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
                            Dry...
G----------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------
A-8--8-10-10-10----10-12------12-10--8--8-10-10--10--
E---------------10---------12------------------------

Then, Hide goes into the solo:

G---------5-5s7-5----------------------------14----------
D-------5---------5--5--------------------14----14-------
A-3--3-----------------5-----10-9-10-12------------12-8--
E------------------------3-------------------------------

G-------------------------------5s7-5-------------9-7------------
D----------9-10-12--------------------------6-7-9-----10-9-------
A-8-10-10-----------3--3-3-3-3---------7--7----------------7--8--
E----------------------------------------------------------------

G------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------5---5-6--6---6-9-----7-7-7-5--7-7--------
A-8----8---8-8--7-8------------7----------------------5-6-7--
E----8---8---------------------------5-----------------------

G--------------------------------12----------------------------
D-----------------------------12----12---6----7-7-5-7-7--------
A-8--8----8-7-8--8-8-7-8-10-----------------------------5-6-7--
E-------8----------------------------------5-------------------

G-------9-7----------------------------------------------------
D-6-7-9-----10-9-----------------------------5-----------------
A----------------7-8-8----8---8-10-8-7-8-10--------2-5---0-1---
E-----------------------8---8------------------3-3-----3-------

The solo ends there. As for the rest of the song...
Play the basslines corresponding to the lyrics Toshi sings...like when he ssay "DRY YOUR TEEEEEAAAARRS", play the earlier bassline for that. There comes a section when it's just the violins playing for like four minutes. I just make up something...I'm reasonably sure Heath does, too. After all, at that point, everyone is listening to the violins anyway.
BTW, I tabbed this off the Singles Collection (Atlantic Years), Track1. There's about five versions of Tears out there that I know of...A live version (Tokyo Dome), a classical version, Track 8 on the ballad collection, Track 1 on the Singles Collection (it's longer than ballad collection version, and a live version that features only Toshi, playing a harp. Plus whatever the original version was, on whatever album it was originally released on. My point: The tab might not EXACTLY correspond. I'm sure you can download this version on Napster...I think it's about 8 minutes long.

Adios
Kyosuke
email:Kyosuke_66@yahoo.com