What Do You Want Me To Say Bass Tab by The Dismemberment Plan

What Do You Want Me To Say by The Dismemberment Plan

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verse 1 and 2

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-------------33-------------------------10br-----------------------------|
A|--3----------x---4-3-44-55-66-7b8------------------------------------------|
E|----x6-x2222----------------------7h8h9---------9\-------------------------|

the 7b8 (hold 7 and bend up a semitone) you can hear on the stems they uploaded but i'm not 100% he
actually does this on every verse on the song. sometimes it sounds like just '7h8'

every second time the last bit goes

G|-----------------------|
D|-10br----10br----------|
A|-----------------------|
E|------9br------9br\----|

chorus 1

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------2-2-4-4-----------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------|  x2
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-----------------------------------------|

chorus 2 & 3

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------2-2-4-4-----------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------|  x2

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-2-2-----------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------------------------| 

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-----------------------------------------|


post-chorus

i normally play it

G|-x-x-|
D|-x-x-|
A|-x-7-|
E|-x-0-| x4

but on the stems it sounds more like
G|-x-0-|
D|-x-x-|
A|-x-7-|
E|-x-0-| x4

or maybe even

G|-x-0-|
D|-x-0-|
A|-x-0-|
E|-x-0-| x4

verse 3 and outro

it goes a bit nutty here and it's hard to figure out what's going on
when you slide up to the 17/A don't actually play it with your plucking/picking hand

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6---------------3-333----------------------------10b---10b----------------|
A|--3-------------------4p0-3-44-55-66-7b8h0---------------------------------|
E|---0-6/17\--2121---------------------------7h8h9-----9b----9b\-------------|

this second version is messy


G|--------------1515---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-----------------------3-333----------------------------10b---10b--------|
A|--3-------13------------------4p0-3p0-44-55-66-7---------------------------|
E|---0-6/-------------2121---------------------------7h8h9-----9b----9b\-----|

bridge

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-22-22-22-22-2-2-----------------------------------------------------------|



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| x   Dead note
| g   Grace note
| (n) Ghost note
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| r   Release
| >   Accented note
| t   Tapping
| b   Bend
| br  Bend release
| pb  Pre-bend
| pbr Pre-bend release
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| ~   Vibrato
| s   Slap
| P   Pop
| PM  Palm mute
| TR  Trill
| N   Tremolo

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