Boxcar Racer (album) Bass Tab - Boxcar Racer






Band: Box Car Racer
Album: Box Car Racer
TheMutts (halo2k@forerunners.org)


Note: I would like to thanks to authors for these tabs. NOTE: I (TheMutts)
do not take credit at all for these tabs. I simply compiled the most accurate
bass tabs and put this album together so you can find all the songs in here.

Tracks
1. I Feel So
2. All Systems Go
3. Watch The World
4. Tiny Voices
5. Cat Like Thief
6. And I
7. Letters to God
8. My First Punk Song
9. Sorrow
10. There Is
11. End With You
12. Elevator
13. Instrumental

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1. I Feel So

Main Riff:
G--------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------|
A-------------555-----------555--------------|X6
E---4-33-4-33-----4-33-4-33------------------|

Verse:
G--------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------|X1
E-----33-22----00-22----33-22----00-22-------|

Chorus:
G--------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------|
A---777777-666666-444444-666666--------------|X2
E--------------------------------------------|

Main Riff:
G--------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------|
A-------------555-----------555--------------|X2
E---4-33-4-33-----4-33-4-33------------------|

Verse:
G--------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------|X1
E-----33-22----00-22----33-22----00-22-------|

Chorus:
G--------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------|
A---777777-666666-444444-666666--------------|X2
E--------------------------------------------|

Main Riff:
G--------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------|
A-------------555-----------555--------------|X4
E---4-33-4-33-----4-33-4-33------------------|

Bridge:
just sit around and look pretty because you don't get a bridge part!

Chorus:
G--------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------|
A---777777-666666-444444-666666--------------|X4
E--------------------------------------------|
let ring on 4th


2. All Systems Go

Intro (After first guitar riff)

G:----------------|
D:----------------|
A:---4------------|
E:-5--4---5-4-0---|

Verse: (Bass comes in at the middle of the verse, listen to the song for timing)

G:------------------|
D:------------------|
A:-----4------------|
E:--5---5--44-4-----|

Chorus:
G:------------------------------------------|
D:------------------------------------------|
A:-33333-22222-00000------------------------|
E:------------------------------1111111-----|

Bridge (Part with wierd harmonics) Not sure if its right but it sounds ok

G:--------------------------|
D:--------------------------|
A:--------------------------|
E:-555555555555--5555555555-| etc

Outro:
G:------------------------|
D:------------------------|
A:-----4------------------|
E:--5---4-5~(let ring)----|


3. Watch The World

Intro
G-4-44-44-4h6-4-44-44h6-4-44-44h6----8------------------------|
D-------------6-66-66~--4-44-44-------9-8h9-------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse
G-------------------------4~------1~--------------------------|
D----------------------------------------6~-------------------|
A--------------------12--------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
G-4444444----------------------------------------------------|
D------------66666666-4444444444444444-----------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|

Bridge
G------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A-6-66-66---66----------------6-66-66---66-------------------|
E---------4---------------------4----------------------------|

4. Tiny Voices

Intro
G-4-44-44-4h6-4-44-44h6-4-44-44h6----8----------------------|
D-------------6-66-66~--4-44-44-------9-8h9-----------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|

Verse
G-------------------------4~------1~------------------------|
D----------------------------------------6~-----------------|
A--------------------12------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
G-4444444---------------------------------------------------|
D------------66666666-4444444444444444----------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|

Bridge
G------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------|
A-6-66-66---66----------------6-66-66---66-|
E---------4---------------------4----------|


5. Cat Like Thief

Verse:
G:--------------------------------------|
D:--------------------------------------|
A:----------4444444-555555-555555-------|
E:--555555------------------------------|

Chorus and Outro:
     (Dooooooooon't leave)
G:--------------------------------------|
D:--------------------------------------|
A:----------4444444-555555-555555-------|
E:--555555------------------------------|

     (Doooooooon't leave her)
G:--------------------------------------|
D:--------------------------------------|
A:----------55555555-777777-777777------|
E:-5555555------------------------------|

6. And I

Guitar intro x4

Intro/Chorus x2
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5555/9999-2222-----------5:--------------------------|
E|----------------3333----------------------------------|

Verse x2
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-77777--55555-33333-33333-----------------------------|

Outro x2
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|-555555555555-----------------------------------------|
E|--------------222222-333333---------------------------|

7. Letters To God

Heavy Part
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-00000h2-333333---------------------------------------|

G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-00000-2-333333---------------------------------------|

G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------33333------55555-------------------------------|
E|-00000------33333-------------------------------------|

End on E|0


8. My First Punk Song

g-------------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------|
a---000000------444-------------------|
e----------222------------------------|
(sometimes miss out the 1st 2)


g-------------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------|
a--222222-----666---------------------|
e---------444-------------------------|
(sometimes miss out the 1st 4)

g-------------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------|
a--2222222222-------------------------|
e-------------------------------------|x4

(just follow the drum beat 4 this 1)


9. Sorrow

Intro
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------77777-55555------------------------------------|
E|-55555------------------------------------------------|

Verse
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|5:----------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-55555-44444-22222-44444------------------------------|

Bridge
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------77777-55555--x2--------------------------------|
E|-55555------------------------------------------------|

G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|-44444-55555------------------------------------------|
E|-------------55555-66666------------------------------|

G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|-44444-555555-----------------------------------------|
E|--------------55555-77777-----------------------------|


10. There Is

( I'm pretty sure this is right, I saw the music video and I saw him using
the E string but this sounds superb so here it goes.)
-Verse-
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-66666666-44444444-22222222-44444-11111-|
E|----------------------------------------|x3 for the Intro and
                                              then x4 for the 1st Verse.

-Chorus-
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-66666666-77777777-44444444-22222222--|
E|--------------------------------------|x2

Verse x3

Chorus x3 then you play this right after the 2nd Chorus:
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-66666666-77777777------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|x3

G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-22222222-44444444-----------------|
E|-----------------------------------|


11. End With You

Intro(3x)  Start after the guitar doesAt the end do this once.
   the first string of theI will just call it the
   intro then you come in.eIntro for (endIntro)
G|---------------------||-----------|
D|---------------------||-----------|
A|---------------------||-----------|
E|--222-555555555-5h7--||--222-555--|

Pre-VerseVerse(7x)
G|-------------||----------------------|
D|-------------||----------------------|
A|------44-----||---------------44-----|
E|--222----22--||--5555-555-222----22--|


Wait until Tom starts singing.

Chorus(2x)"if you'll go then we'll go..."
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--5555555555555555-44444444-22222222-----------------------------------|

Intro(2x)eIntro
G|---------------------||-----------|
D|---------------------||-----------|
A|---------------------||-----------|
E|--222-555555555-5h7--||--222-555--|

Pre-VerseVerse(7x)
G|-------------||-----------------------|
D|-------------||-----------------------|
A|------44-----||---------------44------|
E|--222----22--||--5555-555-222----22---|

Wait until Tom starts singing.Again

Chorus(4x)"if you'll go then we'll go..."
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--5555555555555555-44444444-22222222-----------------------------------|

Break for the guitar to do the bridge (3x).Then you come in.

Bridge(4x)
G|---------------------------------|            Then it pauses for a sec and
D|---------------------------------|            then you go right into the chorus
A|----------444-4p2----------------|            again for the last time.  After
E|--222-2h4------------------------|            Tom starts singing once again.

Chorus(4x)"if you'll go then we'll go..."
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--5555555555555555-44444444-22222222-----------------------------------|

Then you're done but the guitar goes on until Tom sings "What the F%$k"

12. Elevator

-The songs bass might not be there, but this is what i play.

-Either riff sounds perfectly fine, w/e u feel like playing.

-P.S. This song is very simple, and the same riff is repeated
 for the entire song. Enjoy, and please rate !


Bass Riff
|-----------------|---------------4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7---|-----------------|--------------5-5|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


          OR


Bass Riff
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|-----------------|--------------3-3|

13. Instrumental

The bass part is really hard to hear but i got it.

Soft Part
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5:-44-2:-00------------------------------------------|

Heavy Part
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------6666--------------------------------------------|
E|-0000------0000-7777-0000-4444-0000-5555--------------|