Bass tabs
The General Bass Tab
Tuning: standard
G
D
A
E
The bass part doesn't start until the first chorus.
If you wanna play along with the verse, just play
There was a decorated general with a heart of gold who likened him to all the stories he told
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Of past battles won and lost and 🏷Legends of old. A seasoned veteran in his own time
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On the battlefield he gained respectful fame with many medals of bravery and stripes to his name
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He grew a beard as soon as he could to cover the scars on his face and always urged his men on
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Pre-Chorus
But on the eve of great battle with the infantry in dream the old general tossed in his
sleep and wrestled with it's meaning
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He awoke from the night to tell what he had seen, and walked slowly out of his tent
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All the men held tall with their chests in the air with a courage in their blood and a
fire in their stare and it was a
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Grey morning and they all wondered how they would fare, til the old general told them to go home
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He said
Chorus
I have seen the others and I have discovered that this fight is not worth fighting
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And I've seen their mothers and I will no other to follow me where I'm going
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So
Take a shower and shine your shoes. You got no time to lose,
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You are young man you must be living
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Take a shower and shine your shoes. You got no time to lose,
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You are young man you must be living Go now you are forgiven
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E------------6-----6-------------1---1----1-1----------------------1-1--2--3------------------------------1---
Yeah
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But the men stood fast with their guns on their shoulders not knowing what to do with their contradicting orders
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The general said he would do his own duty but he would extend it no further. The men could go as they pleased
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Not a man moved; their eyes gazed straight ahead, til one by one they stepped back and not a word was said
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And the old general was left with his own words echoing in his head. He then prepared to fight, he said
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Chorus
I have seen the others and I have discovered that this fight is not worth fighting
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E-----------------1----------------------3-------------------------6------5---1-------1--------
And I've seen their mothers and I will no other to follow me where I'm going
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A---1-----------------------1--3--------1-----------5--6-----5------------------------------------
E--------------------1---------------------3---------------------6----------------5---------------
So
Take a shower and shine your shoes. You got no time to lose,
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E-----------------1--1---1-1-----------------------------------3--3---3-3-------------------------------
You are young man you must be living
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E-------------6-----6-------------1---1----1-1----------------------------------------------------------
Take a shower and shine your shoes. You got no time to lose,
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E-----------------1--1---1-1-----------------------------------3--3---3-3-------------------------------
You are young man you must be living Go now you are forgiven
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Yeah
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Second intro
Yeah
Don't play anything the first time the guitar goes through the intro again, but on the
second time through, start to play
Go now you are forgiven, go now you are forgiven, go now you are forgiven go
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Go now you are forgiven, go now you are forgiven, go now you are forgiven go
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Go now you are forgiven, go now you are forgiven, go now you got to be got to be got to be got to be hey
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During the final intro/extro,
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