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Down Bass Tab by The Birthday Massacre

Down bass tab by The Birthday Massacre

Bass Tab

Tuning: (D, A, D, G,  low to high)

Tab Note: The timing is tricky in some parts of this song, so I'm including alternate ways to play it that make it a bit easier, while still sounding good.

Intro Bass begins at 0:09
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|6-0--0-6-0-6-0--0-6-0----6-0--0-6-0-6-0-6-0---3-| x3 then

G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
D|6-0--0-6-0-6-0--0-6-0----6-0--0-6-0-6-0--0-6-0-|

Alternate Intro
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
D|6-0--6-0--6-0--6-0----6-0--6-0--6-0--6-0---3-| x3 then
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G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
D|6-0--6-0--6-0--6-0----6-0--6-0--6-0--6-0-|

Verse x2 0:29 "Tell me why..." (Alternately, play straight 8th notes)
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------3-3-3-3--3--3--3-3-3-3-3--3-|
D|0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-----------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|3-----------------------------1-1-1-1--1--1-1-1-1-1--1-|
D|--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5--------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|1-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3--3-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|3-----------------------------1-1-1-1--1--1---------------|
D|--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5---------------3-3-3-3--3--3-|

Pre-Chorus 1:07 (same as Intro figure) "Too late. No time, it's over and now..."

Chorus 1:26 "We all fall down. Into the fire..."
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3------------------1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
D|-----------------------------5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3------------------1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
D|-----------------------------5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|

Verse x2  1:46 "Leave me here..."
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------3-3-3-3--3--3--3-3-3-3-3--3-|
D|0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-----------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|3-----------------------------1-1-1-1--1--1-1-1-1-1--1-|
D|--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5--------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|1-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3--3-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|3-----------------------------1-1-1-1--1--1---------------|
D|--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5--5--5---------------3-3-3-3--3--3-|

Pre-Chorus 2:24 (same as Intro figure) "Too late. No time, it's over and now..."

Chorus 2:43 "We all fall down. Into the fire..."
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3------------------1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
D|-----------------------------5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3------------------1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
D|-----------------------------5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

Bridge 3:02 "There's a lesson that we learn in the pages that we burn..."
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

Outro 3:21 "It's too late..." (same as Intro figure)

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