Welcome to The Bass Diaries Pixies collection — your home for accurate, play-ready bass sheet music and tabs inspired by one of alternative rock’s most influential bands.
Whether you’re diving into those dynamic, quiet-loud grooves or exploring the artful simplicity that shaped the sound of the ’90s, these transcriptions capture the essence of Kim Deal’s unmistakable bass style. More Pixies songs will be added regularly, so keep checking back for updates.
About Pixies
Emerging from Boston in the late 1980s, Pixies revolutionised alternative rock with their unconventional song structures, surreal lyrics, and explosive shifts between soft melodies and distorted chaos. Albums like Surfer Rosa and Doolittle laid the foundation for a generation of rock bands — influencing everyone from Nirvana and Radiohead to Weezer and Smashing Pumpkins.
At the heart of the band’s sound, from 1986 until their breakup in 1993 and again from the 2004 reunion until 2013, is Kim Deal, whose bass lines provided the melodic backbone beneath Black Francis’s raw vocals and Joey Santiago’s jagged guitar work. Her approach combined rhythmic precision with minimalist confidence — proving that great bass playing isn’t always about complexity, but about feel, timing, and restraint.
Why bass players love learning Pixies songs:
- Melodic yet minimalist bass lines that shape the song’s mood
- Tight interplay between bass, drums, and vocals
- Great practice for timing, tone control, and groove awareness
- Instantly recognisable riffs that helped define alternative rock
Available Pixies Bass Tabs
Gigantic
🎵 BPM: 115
🎵 Key: G Major
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Here Comes Your Man
🎵 BPM: 125
🎵 Key: D Major
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Monkey Gone To Heaven
🎵 BPM: 117
🎵 Key: F♯ minor
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Wave Of Mutilation
🎵 BPM: 133
🎵 Key: F Major
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Where Is My Mind?
🎵 BPM: 81
🎵 Key: E Major
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Why Our Bass Tabs?
- Highly researched to ensure play-accurate parts
- Correct rhythms, note lengths & performance detail
- Clear layouts designed for real-world practice
- Mobile-friendly PDFs for easy reading anywhere
Our goal:
Reliable, musician-friendly bass notation that players can trust.
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