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Bide Your Time Bass Tab by The Courteeners

Bide Your Time bass tab by The Courteeners

Bass Tab

Intro (0:00 - 0:21)

No bass for first 16 bars

Verse 1 (0:21 - 0:42)

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-5-----2-----0---|-4-----0---------|-2---------------|-4-----0---------|
E |-----------------|-------------3---|-------3-----0---|-------------3---|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-5-----2-----0---|-4-----0---------|-2---------------|-4---------------|
E |-----------------|-------------3---|-------3-----0---|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-5-----2-----0---|-4-----0---------|-2---------------|-4-----0---------|
E |-----------------|-------------3---|-------3-----0---|-------------3---|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-5-----2-----0---|-4-----0---------|-2---------------|-4-----0~~~~~~~~~|
E |-----------------|-------------3---|-------3-----0---|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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Pre-Chorus 1 (0:42 - 0:50)

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-3---3---3---3---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5--/|/17--17--15--15--|-14--14--12--12--|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Chorus 1 (0:50 - 1:15)

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----7-7---5-4---|-----------------|-----7-7---5-4---|-----------------|
A |-5---------------|-----7-7---5-4---|-5---------------|-----7-7---5-4---|
E |-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    (x2)
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----7-7---5-4---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-5---------------|-----7-7---5-4---|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-5---------------|-3---3---3---3~~~|---5---5-5---5---|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-3---3---3---3~~~|---5---5-5---5---|-3---3---3---3~~~|-5---5-3---3-2---|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Verse 2 (1:15 - 1:36)

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|  (x2)
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|  (x2)
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Pre-Chorus 2 (1:36 - 1:44)

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
E |-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &

Chorus 2 (1:44 - 2:09)

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----7-7---5-4---|-----------------|-----7-7---5-4---|-----------------|
A |-5---------------|-----7-7---5-4---|-5---------------|-----7-7---5-4---|
E |-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    (x2)
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----7-7---5-4---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-5---------------|-----7-7---5-4---|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-5---------------|-3---3---3---3~~~|---5---5-5---5---|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-3---3---3---3~~~|---5---5-5---5---|-3---3---3---3~~~|---5-5-5-5-------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Bridge/Solo (2:09 - 2:19)

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-5-----2-----0---|-4-----0---------|-2---------------|-4-----0---------|
E |-----------------|-------------3---|-------3-----0---|-------------3---|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-5-----2-----0---|-4-----0---------|-2---------------|-4-----0~~~~~~~~~|
E |-----------------|-------------3---|-------3-----0---|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Pre-Chorus 3 (2:19 - 2:26)

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-3---3---3---3---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5--/|/17--17--17--17--|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Chorus 3 (2:26 - 2:52)

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----7-7---5-4---|-----------------|-----7-7---5-4---|-----------------|
A |-5---------------|-----7-7---5-4---|-5---------------|-----7-7---5-4---|
E |-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    (x2)
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----7-7---5-4---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-5---------------|-----7-7---5-4---|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-5---------------|-3---3---3---3~~~|---5---5-5---5---|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-3---3---3---3~~~|---5---5-5---5---|-3---3---3---3~~~|-5---5-3---3-2---|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Outro (2:52 - 3:16)

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|  (x2)
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|  (x2)
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-------------0~~~|/5---------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

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