Riff plays through whole song. You can hear it best by itself in the middle breakdown of the song and the very end part without drums. It's also the same thing that's cut up at the beginning.
E ----------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------
G ----------------------------------------
D 333333333335555577777775555-8-8-8-8-----
A 5555555---------------------8-8-7-5-----
E--------55555555566666666666-------------
THE WAY THINGS GO (BASS) - 'IDENTIFICATION PARADE'
By The Octopus Project (copyright 2005)
Riff #1
G -------------------------------------------------------------
D -------------------------------------------------------------
A ------------------------------------------------------------- x 2
E 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-10-8-7
Riff #2
G -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- x 3
A -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E 12-12-12-12-12-12-12-15-10-10-10-10-10-10-14-15-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-19-15-14
Riff #3
G ------------------------------------------------------
D -------12------------12-------12--------12-14-12------ x 4
A ---/14---14-------/14--14--/14--14---/14---------0ho14
E 12----------12-12---------8--------88-----------------
(ho = hammer on)
Then Riff #1 many, many times.
MUSIC IS HAPPINESS - 'ONE TEN HUNDRED THOUSAND MILLION'
By The Octopus Project (copyright 2005)
This main riff part is played by only hitting the strings on the 2 and 4, then sliding around for the rest. It's sort of hard to tab out, but listen to it. Hopefully it will make sense.
E -------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------
G 3-3-3-3-/6-6-6-6-/8-8-8-8-/10-/6-6-6\ x 12
D -------------------------------------
A 1-1-1-1-/4-4-4-4-/6-6-6-6--/8-/4-4-4\
E--------------------------------------
This is played during the middle breakdown.
E ---1------------------------
B ----------2-----------------
G -----2/3-----1/3--1--------- x 4
D ---------------------3-4-3--
A 1---------------------------
E-----------------------------
E ---------
B ---------
G --------- End of 4th time
D 1--------
A ---4-3-0--
E----------
This starts in when everything kicks back in. Same rhythm as the first part, but has some embellishments.
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------
A#m G#Maj F#Maj
B ------------------------------------------------------------------------
G 3-3-3-3-/6-6-6-6-/8-8-8-8-/11-11-\10-\6-6-6-6-/8-8-8-8-\5-5-5-5-/6-6-6-6\ x 4
D ------------------------------------------------------------------------
A 1-1-1-1-/4-4-4-4-/6-6-6-6--/9--9-\-8-\4-4-4-4-/6-6-6-6-\3-3-3-3-/4-4-4-4\
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
These chords are played with kinda a reggae rhythm, but they're really hard to hear on the recording, and incredibly hard to play this way. If you're having problems, you can just play the barre chord versions.
E --1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1-----4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-----1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1--
B --2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-----4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-----2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--
G --3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-----5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-----3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-- x 4
D --3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-----6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-----4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--
A --------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------
A#m
E --1----1----1----1----
B --2----2----2----2----
G --3----3----3----3----
D --3----3----3----3----
A ----------------------
E-----------------------