Bass tabs
Tuning: Standard (E A D G)
Intro: (0:00)
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A|-7-7-7-----7-7---|-7-7-7-----7-7---|-----------------|-4-4-4-----4-4---|
E|-------0-0-----0-|-------0-0-----0-|-5-5-5-0-0-5-5-0-|-------4-4-----0-|
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E|-------0-0-----0-|-------0-0-----0-|-5-5-5-0-0-5-5-0-|-------4-4-----0-|
Verse 1: (0:15, "all of my friends are getting married...")
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E|-------0-0-----0-|-------0-0-----0-|-5-5-5-0-0-5-5-0-|-------4-4-----0-|
Bridge: (0:31, "i lost a fight with trypho...")
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E|-------0-0-----0-|-------0-0-----0-|-5-5-5-0-0-5-5-0-|-------4-4-----0-|
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A|-7-7-7-----7-7---|-7-7-7-----7-7---|-----------------|-4-4-4-----4-4---|
E|-------0-0-----0-|-------0-0-----0-|-5-5-5-0-0-5-5-0-|-------4-4-----0-|
Chorus: (0:47, "we've all had better times to die...")
(there are perhaps easier/more comfortable ways to play this,
but you can tell it's played like this on just one string
bc of the slides between notes)
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Instrumental: (1:19)
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E|-------0-0-----0-|-------0-0-----0-|-5-5-5-0-0-5-5-0-|-------4-4-----0-|
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E|-------0-0-----0-|-------0-0-----0-|-5-5-5-0-0-5-5-0-|-------4-4-----0-|
Verse 2: (1:35, "get a job! job lying in bed while all his friends...")
(the 16th note now added between the + and 3 of each bar might actually
have been present for the entire time the bassline plays in this song,
but i like to add it in around here for some extra variety)
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A|-7-7-7-------7-7---|-7-7-7-------7-7---|-------------------|-4-4-4-------4-4---|
E|-------0-0-0-----0-|-------0-0-0-----0-|-5-5-5-0-0-0-5-5-0-|-------4-4-4-----0-|
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E|-------0-0-0-----0-|-------0-0-0-----0-|-5-5-5-0-0-0-5-5-0-|-------4-4-4-----0-|
Chorus: (1:51, "we've all had...")
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E|-------0-0-0-----0-|-------0-0-0-----0-|-5-5-5-0-0-0-5-5-0-|-------4-4-4-----0-|
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G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
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A|-7-7-7-------7-7---|-7-7-7-------7-7---|-------------------|-4-4-4-------4-4---|
E|-------0-0-0-----0-|-------0-0-0-----0-|-5-5-5-0-0-0-5-5-0-|-------4-4-4-----0-|
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A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-\-|-------------------|-4-4-4-------4-4---|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-5-5-5-0-0-0-5-5-0-|-------4-4-4-----0-|
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A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-\-|-------------------|-4-4-4-------4-4---|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-5-5-5-0-0-0-5-5-0-|-------4-4-4-----0-|
(no bass for the rest of the chorus)
Verse 3: (2:35, worming my way into your heart...")
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E|-------0-0-0-----0-|-------0-0-0-----0-|-5-5-5-0-0-0-5-5-0-|-------4-4-4-----0-|
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E|-------0-0-0-----0-|-------0-0-0-----0-|-5-5-5-0-0-0-5-5-0-|-------4-4-4-----0-|
Verse 4: (2:51, and when they took him to their temple...")
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E|-------0-0-0-----0-|-------0-0-0-----0-|-5-5-5-0-0-0-5-5-0-|-------4-4-4-----0-|
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E|-------0-0-0-----0-|-------0-0-0-----0-|-5-5-5-0-0-0-5-5-0-|-------4-4-4-----0-|
Verse 5: (3:06, and when they took him to their temple...")
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E|-------0-0-0-----0-|-------0-0-0-----0-|-5-5-5-0-0-0-5-5-0-|-------4-4-4-----0-|
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E|-------0-0-0-----0-|-------0-0-0-----0-|-5-5-5-0-0-0-5-5-0-|-------4-4-4-----0-|
Bridge: (3:23, "most of the time i am just getting older...")
(bass comes in at 3:39, after an 8-bar break)
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A|-----------------|-----7-------7---|-----------------|-----7-------7---|
E|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|
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Chorus: (3:57, "we've all had better times to die...")
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Bridge: (4:29, "invited into the divine council...")
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E|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|
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A|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----7-------7---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-0-|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-0-|
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A|-----------------|-----7-------7---|-----------------|-----7-------7---|
E|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|
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A|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----7-------7---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-0-|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|
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Outro: (5:17, "while i'm holding your hands...")
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E|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
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E|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
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E|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
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from then it's just an A drone for 8 bars until it cuts to just vocals
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