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Surprise You're Dead Bass Tab by Faith No More

Surprise You're Dead bass tab by Faith No More

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Surprise!  You're Dead!
by Faith No More
From the album The Real Thing
(C) 1989 Big Thrilling Music/Vomit God Music (ASCAP)
transcribed by Steve Gorenburg
re-tabbed by Joe White

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8-:-s-|-s-|-8:-s-|-8-:---s---s---s---s-|---------s---------s-||*-2-----1---3----
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    Intro

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  e e e  3x e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e     e e e e e e e
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Play low E                           1st Verse
3rd time only

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e e e e e e e e          e e e e e q    e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e
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----5-7-7-------|----||----0-0---0------0-|---0-0---0---0---|-0-0---0-0---0-0---
                         Chorus

  e e e e e q e  4x         e e e e e e e e e e e e  3x e e e e e e e e e e e
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                            2nd Verse

e     e e e e e e e e e e e e  3x e e e e e e e e e e e e          e e e e e
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--||*-------------------2-----*||-------------------------|-4:-||*--------------
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                                                                   Chorus

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                                                               Interlude

e s s e s s e e e e     e s s e s s e s s e e e e e e      e s s e s s e s s
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--------------3-2-5-||*-4-------------------3-2-5-4-7-|-5:-6--------------------
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e e e e     3x    e s s e s s e s s e e e e e e q      e e e e q      e e e e
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--3-2-5-6:-*||-7:-4-------------------3-2-5-4-7-6\|-3:-------e---|-4:-------e---
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q e e      e e e e q      e e e e q e e q      e e e e q      e e e e e e e e
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|----5-5---5---|----5-5---t---t---t-|---------------|---------4-3-2-1-|---------

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    3rd Verse

e e e  3x e e e e e e e e e e e e     e e e e e e e e e e e e  2x Q Q H   w
-------||-------------------------||---------------------------||---r-r-|-r-||--
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--0-0--||-3-5-5-------5-7-7-------||--3-5-5-------5-7-7--------||---t-t-|-t-||--
                                      Outro

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