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Down To The Waterline Bass Tab by Dire Straits

Down To The Waterline bass tab by Dire Straits

Bass Tab 

Dire Straits - "Down to the Waterline" - Bass Tab

common time(4/4)
standard tuning(EADG)

INTRO:

|--------------|-------------|-----------|------------|
|*-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------*|
|*-------------|-----------0-|-2---2---0-|-2---2---0-*|
|--3---3---0-2-|-3---3---3---|-----------|------------|
   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4

VERSE:
                                                   (x2)
|------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|*-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------*|
|*-.---9-----|-.-.-----7-5-|-----------9-|-----------9-*|
|--7---------|-5-5---7-----|-7---7---7---|-7---7---7----|
   1 2 & 3 4   1 & 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4 &

|-------4-2-|-----------|---------|---------|-----------|
|-----4-----|-4-----4-2-|---------|---------|-----------|
|-2---------|-----4-----|-0-4-5-6-|-7-----0-|-2---2---0-|
|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|-----------|
  1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 & 3 4

|-----------|
|-----4-/-2-|
|-2---------|
|-----------|
  1 2 & 3 4

LEAD 1:

|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|
|-------------|-----------0-|-2---2---0-|-2---2---0-|-----------2-|
|-3---3---0-2-|-3---3---3---|-----------|-----------|-3---3---3---|
  1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4 &

|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-0---0-----|-2---2---0-|-2---2---0-|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|
  1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4

LEAD 2:

|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|
|-------------|-----------0-|-2---2---0-|-2---2---0-|-----------2-|
|-3---3---0-2-|-3---3---3---|-----------|-----------|-3---3---3---|
  1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4 &

|-----------|
|-----------|
|-0---0-----|
|-----------|
  1 2 & 3 4

SOLO:

|-----------|---------------|-------------|-----5---3-2---|
|-----------|---------------|-------------|-------------5-|
|-7---/-5-0-|-4---4-----2-0-|-3---3---2---|-3-------------|
|-----------|---------2-----|-----------2-|---------------|
  1 2 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 & 4 &

|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----5---3-2---|
|-------------|-5---5---4-|-------------|-------------5-|
|---------0-5-|-----------|-3---3-----2-|-3-------------|
|-3---3-------|-----------|---------3---|---------------|
  1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 & 4 &

|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------|---------7-|---------7-|-----------|-----------|
|-5---5---0-3-|-5---5-----|-0---0-----|-0---0-----|-----------|
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-2---2---0-|
  1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4

|---------------|-----------|-----------|
|---------------|-----------|-----------|
|---------------|-----------|-0---0-----|
|-2---2---2-3-5-|-3---3-----|-----------|
  1 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4

By: Johari Taylor
E-mail: viking@powerup.com.au

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