Blume bass tab by Einstürzende Neubauten

Bass tabs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)


Verse 1:

(Chrysantemum...)

 For you I am a chrysantemum, supernova, urgent star
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A|4----------------------------2-------------3-----------0-------------------|
E|--------------2-----------------------------––0----------------------------|

Verse 2:

(Astera Compositae...)

 For you I'll be a dandelion, a thousand flowerettes in the sky
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 Or just a drop in the ocean            M
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Break 1:

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Chorus:

 If you know my name,  don't speak it out

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 It holds a power       as before

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Verse 3:

(Liliacea...)

 A lily of the valley, a flower of saron

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Verse 4:

(Helianthus annus...)

 For you I even be a sunflower, do you hear my enlightening laughter?

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 Another reason to cut off an ear

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Break 2:

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Chorus:

 You know my name, do you not?     Don't say it

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 For it's a sacred,  immovable,    frozen

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Verse 5:

(Rosa, Anemone et Nymphea alba...)

   I'll even be a waterlily, a marygold, a rose, or a little thistle

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Verse 6:

(Euphorbia...)

 A blue dahlia, a black tulip,  that's where opinions differ
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 The scholars disagree
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Break 3:

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Chorus:

  My name, should you know it, remains unspeakable

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 And it's spoken,     malediction

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Outro:

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       M
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| /  Slide up
| M  Muted note (slightly)
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