I Believe In A Thing Called Love bass tab by The Darkness (Ver. 2)

Name: I Believe In A Thing Called Love
Channel: The Darkness

Bass Tab

Song: I Believe in a Thing Called Love
Artist: The Darkness
Album: Permission to Land (2003)

Standard tuning (EADG)

NOTE: The whole song is played w/ distortion.

LEGEND:
X = muted strike
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
() = sustained note
* = staccato
s = 16th note (appears above bar)


INTRO:

   (Guitar; rest x4)
G |-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |-----------------|
E |-r---------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

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


VERSE 1 (x2):                                            _________________ _________________
                                                        /1                /2
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------0-0-2-|-2---X-----2-2---|-------2-2---X-0-|-0-------0-2-4---|-0---------------|
E |-2---X-----------|---------------0-|-0---X-----------|-----4---------0-|-----4---5-4-2-0-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


PRE-CHORUS:

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

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------9-9-9\--|
A |-----7-9---9-9-9\|-----------------|-----------------|-------7/--------|
E |-0---------------|-5-5-5-6---6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-----------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 1:
                ( x3 )
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-------------12*12\|
A |-----------------|-------2---4-2---||-4---4-4-4-2-4-5-|(5)--------/-------|
E |-0-2-4-5---4-0-2-|(2)4-5-----------||-----------------|-------------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4  &


PRE-VERSE:

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


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


PRE-CHORUS:

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

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------9-9-9\--|
A |-----7-9---9-9-9\|-----------------|-----------------|-------7/--------|
E |-0-0-------------|-5-5-5-6---6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-----------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 2:
                ( x3 )
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-------------12*12\|
A |-----------------|-------2---4-2---||-4---4-4-4-2-4-5-|(5)--------/-------|
E |-0-2-4-5---4-0-2-|(2)4-5-----------||-----------------|-------------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4  &


GUITAR SOLO 1 (Repeat 1st staff x2):

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

(Repeat next staff x2):                                  _________________ _________________
                                                        /1                /2
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------0-0-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/7-|-7-7-7-----------|---------0-2-4---|-----------------|
E |-2-2-2-2-2-------|-----------------|-------7-7-7-7-5-|-5-5-4-4-------0-|-5-5-4-4-5-4-2-0-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


PRE-CHORUS:

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

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-----2---2-2-2/|-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 3 / BREAKDOWN:

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-r---------------|-r---------------|-r---------------|-r---------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

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


GUITAR SOLO 2 & OUTRO:
                ( x7 )                                       (Tempo slows)
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-------2---4-2---||-----------------|-------2---4-2---|
E |-0-2-4-5---4-0-2-|(2)4-5-----------||-0-2-4-5---4-0-2-|(2)4-5-----------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


OUTRO (Off-tempo; refer to song for timing):
         sssssssssss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0----00000000000|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0---------|(0)--------------|-0---r-----------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

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