The Final Countdown
Europe
The Final Countdown
The Final Countdown performed by Europe as performed on The Final Countdown
>: Let note last b: Bend string
Play this once (Bass fig. 2)
(Drum-opening)
Play this twice (Bass fig. 3)
G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
A[-----------][--5-5-5-5--][--2-2-2-2--][-----------]
Play this once (Bass fig. 4)
G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
A[-----------][------5-5--][--4-4-4-4--][--4-4-4-4--]
Play this seven times (Bass fig. 5)
Play this once (Bass fig. 6)
Play Bass fig. 5 two more times
G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
A[-----------][--5-5-5-5--][--4-4-4-4--][--7-7-7-7--][-(7b)------]
(It’s The Final Countdown!)
Play Bass fig. 3 twice
Play Bass fig. 5 three times
Play Bass fig. 6 once
Play Bass fig. 5 twice
Play Bass fig. 7 once
Play Bass fig. 3 twice
Play Bass fig. 4 once
Play this once (Bass fig. 8)(Guitar solo)
G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
A[--2-2-2-2--][--0-0-0-0--][--5-5-5-5--][-----------]
G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
A[-----------][-----------][--2-2-2-2--][-----------]
G[-----------][-----------] [-----------][-----------]
D[-----------][-----------] [-----------][-----------]
A[--2-2-2-2--][--0-0-0-0--] [--5-5-5-5--][-----------]
G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
A[-----------][-----------][--2-2-2-2--][--4-4-4-4--]
Play this ? (Bass fig. 9)
G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
A[-----------][--4-5>-----][--2>-------][-----------]
Play Bass fig. 2 once
Play Bass fig. 3 twice
Play Bass fig. 4 once
Play Bass fig. 3 as often as necessary as the song fades out
This is the way I play it but it’s supposed to be played with a pick and each ]
stroke in this tab sheet is actually one stroke up and two down.
Have fun with it :)