Never Tear Us Apart bass tab by INXS

Tuning: Standard

Song: Never Tear Us Apart
Artist: INXS
Album: Kick (1987)

Standard tuning (EADG); Triplet 8th feel

🏷Legend:
r = rest
(3) = triplet 8ths (appears above bar)

INTRO:
     (Rest x4)
G |-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|
A |-------------------------|
E |-r-----------------------|
  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &

VERSE 1:
     (Rest x4)
G |-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|
A |-------------------------|
E |-r-----------------------|
  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &


CHORUS 1:
     (Rest x6)
G |-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|
A |-------------------------|
E |-r-----------------------|
  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &


PRE-VERSE:
  (3) (3)        (3) (3)
G |---------------------------|---------------------------|
D |---------------------------|---------------------------|
A |---------------------------|---------------------------|
E |-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-r---------|-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-r---------|
  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &


VERSE 2:

G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-------------------------|---------------------0-3-|-5-------3-0-5---------7-|-8---------8-8---------5-|
E |-5-------3-0-5---------3-|-1---------1-1-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &

                                                  (3)
G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-----------------------0-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-------------------3-----|---------------------0-3-|-5-------3-0-5-------3-0-|-8---------8-8-----8-8-8-|
E |-5-------3-0-5-----------|-1---------1-1-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &


CHORUS 2:
            ( x2 )             (3) (3) (3) (3)
G |-------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-3-----------------------|--3----------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------|
E |-----------0-1-----------|-----------0-1-----------||-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|-3-r---------------------|
  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &


LEAD-IN TO SAX SOLO:

  (3) (3)        (3) (3)
G |---------------------------|-------------------------|
D |---------------------------|-------------------------|
A |---------------------------|-------------------------|
E |-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-r---------|-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-r-------|
  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &


SAX SOLO:
                                                   (3)
G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
A |-------------------------|---------------------0-3-|-5---------3-5-----5---7-|-8---8-8---8-8---8--8-8-8-|
E |-5-------3-0-5-------3-0-|-1---------1-1-----------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &


OUT-CHORUS (Repeat to fade-out):

            ( x2 )             (3) (3) (3) (3)
G |-------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------3-3-3-|
A |-3-----------------------|--3----------------------||----------------------------|
E |-----------0-1-----------|-----------0-1-----------||-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--------|
  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &  1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &

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