Request Killing Time by City and Colour

[RileyG]

I've been really digging C&C's 2015 album If I Should Go Before You, but this one song in particular I find the bass line suuuper groovy. I'm still relatively new to playing bass and I would really appreciate it if someone could help me with making a tab for this song. I seriously need it in my life.

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Cheers!

 

[Aric Keith]

Hey! Glad to know there's another Dallas Green fan around here
I normally jam his songs on guitar, and I also love this album. If I have time this week I will give it a listen. They're generally pretty simple minor blues based (pentatonic) patterns.

 

[RileyG]

Hey! Glad to know there's another Dallas Green fan around here
I normally jam his songs on guitar, and I also love this album. If I have time this week I will give it a listen. They're generally pretty simple minor blues based (pentatonic) patterns.

I've actually been thinking of picking up an acoustic so that I can learn some more Dallas Green songs. I'm going through a bit of a phase right now with him lol. Happens every couple of years. In regards to Killing Time, thanks for the reply! I figured it probably isn't anything crazy, but I'm so new to playing music in general that i just don't have an ear for it. Have a good week man, looking forward to hearing from you.

 

[Aric Keith]

My only issue is that I haven't worked with tab for like... 20 years. Would a video tutorial help? I could probably whip one up easier.

 

[RileyG]

My only issue is that I haven't worked with tab for like... 20 years. Would a video tutorial help? I could probably whip one up easier.

Yeah for sure, that would work just as well.

 

[Aric Keith]

Also, I hope you'll be OK with a "basic jist" lesson. The player is following a basic structure but is winging it in many places, so each phrase may not be identical to the last. What I will do is provide you with a template for playing the basic lines, and some of the extensions so you can play with it. It won't be real-time note-for-note accurate.

 

[RileyG]

Also, I hope you'll be OK with a "basic jist" lesson. The player is following a basic structure but is winging it in many places, so each phrase may not be identical to the last. What I will do is provide you with a template for playing the basic lines, and some of the extensions so you can play with it. It won't be real-time note-for-note accurate.

That's cool with me. I mainly wanted to learn this bass line because it would be fun to just jam with. Once I get the jist I'm sure that I could develop it further if I tried. I didn't really have any expectations when I posted on here, so whatever help I can get would be appreciated.

 

[Aric Keith]

I'm uploading a video to Youtube now, and I'll link it here once it's done. So the song is in F# minor, and the main riff is just a I-IV, relying on the minor third of the IV for color (that's the D note in this case).

Hopefully this video will help. Link will be here shortly...

 

[Aric Keith]

 

[RileyG]

Killer it's really helpful to see someone play the notes close up. Thank you for taking the time to do this! I am seriously pumped to practice this when I have some time weekend.

 

[Aric Keith]

I'm glad it is useful! Sometimes I wonder if these are actually helping LOL

 

[gkella]

My band is playing another City In Color song called Lover Come Back which is
going over really well....Great band and thanks for posting.

 

[Aric Keith]

My band is playing another City In Color song called Lover Come Back which is
going over really well....Great band and thanks for posting.

Lover Come Back was the song that got me into Dallas in the first place! Such a brilliant indie pop song.