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Absolute bass tab by The Fray

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  • Tuning: Standard tuning
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
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              Artist - The Fray
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               Song - Absolute
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              Album - Fray (2009)
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              Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard


Tune the E string down to D#

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00:20
VERSE 1
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  Cause she  barely  even  knows  him  but if she could see inside
G |----------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
D |--s-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
A |-6\-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-----------------|-------------------------|
D#|----------------------------|-------------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|

  Everything is quiet as she waits to tell him who she is
G |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|--s----------------|-----------------|
D#|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4\9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

    Is this all- we- get-  to be ab--solute
G |---------------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------------s-|
A |-----8---6-----------s------------13-13-13-13-13-13-13-\-|
D#|-9----------7---9---9\-14----12--------------------------|


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00:48
CHORUS
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  Quiet but Im sure there is something here
G |---------------|------------------------------|
D |---------------|------------------------------|
A |---------------|------------------------------|
D#|-5-5--5--5-0-0-|-5-7-9-9--7-9-9--9-7--7-7-7-7-|

  Tell me everything because I want to hear, Absolute
G |-----------------|------------------------------|-----|
D |-----------------|------------------------------|-----|
A |-----------------|------------------------------|--s--|
D#|-4-5-5--5--5-0-0-|-5-7-9-9--7-9-9--9-7--7-7-7-7-|-7\9-|


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01:04
VERSE 2
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  Its a kiss sits upon on her  lips  that  waits for  planes  and  battle  ships
G |----------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
D |--s-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
A |-6\-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-----------------|-------------------------|
D#|----------------------------|-------------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|

  She  wants  to be  a  dancer  and  he  has  got a  picture
G |-----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
D |-----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
A |-----------------|--s------------------------|-----------------|--s---------------10-10----|
D#|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5\16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9\12-12-12-12-12-------12-|

  On his wall and its a sailor   in   a   new port  every night
G |-----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
D |-----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
A |-----------------|--s------------------------|-----------------|--s---------------10-10----|
D#|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5\16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9\12-12-12-12-12-------12-|

  Yet man was born to  trouble    like   sparks  fly   upwards innocent
G |-------------------------|----------------------|-----------------|---s----------------|
D |-------------------------|----------------------|-10-10--10-10-10-|-10\13-13--13-13-13-|
A |-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-10-10-10-13-13-10-10-|-----------------|--------------------|
D#|-------------------------|----------------------|-----------------|--------------------|

01:32
    Is this all- we- get-  to be ab--solute
G |---------|--------------------------------------|
D |---------|--------------------------------------|
A |-----s---|---------------8---6------------------|
D#|-12--\14-|-12---7---9------------7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|


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01:46
CHORUS
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  Quiet but Im sure there is something here
G |---------------|------------------------------|
D |---------------|------------------------------|
A |---------------|------------------------------|
D#|-5-5--5--5-0-0-|-5-7-9-9--7-9-9--9-7--7-7-7-7-|

  Tell me everything because I want to hear, Absolute
G |-----------------|------------------------------|
D |-----------------|------------------------------|
A |-----------------|------------------------------|
D#|-4-5-5--5--5-0-0-|-5-7-9-9--7-9-9--9-7--7-7-7-7-|


  Quiet but Im sure there is something here
G |---------------|------------------------------|
D |---------------|------------------------------|
A |---------------|------------------------------|
D#|-5-5--5--5-0-0-|-5-7-9-9--7-9-9--9-7--7-7-7-7-|

  Tell me everything because I want to hear, Absolute
G |-----------------|---------------------------------|
D |-----------------|---------------------------------|
A |-----------------|-------------------------------s-|
D#|-4-5-5--5--5-0-0-|-5-7-9-9--7-9-9--9-7--7-7-7-7-7\-|


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02:16
SOLO
*****
G |------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
D |------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------s-|
A |------------------------|-------------------s---------|-------------8-8--8-8-8\-|
D#|-0-5-5--7-7--2-2--2-0-2-|-0-5-5--7-7--9-9--9\16-16-16-|-0-5-5--7-7--------------|


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02:26
BRIDGE
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All we are and all we want, 40 years come and gone, All we are in photographs, Will never be taken
G |------------------|---------------------|------------------|----------|
D |------------------|---------------3-1---|------------------|----------|
A |---------s------s-|-------------3-----3-|-------s--------s-|----------|
D#|-5-5--7-7\9-9-11\-|-5-5--5-2-2----------|-5-5--7\9-9--7-9\-|-5-5--0-2-|


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02:40
PRE CHORUS
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Quiet but Im sure there is something here

Tell me everything cause I want to hear

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02:54
CHORUS
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  Quiet but Im sure there is something here
G |------|---------------|------------------------------|
D |------|---------------|------------------------------|
A |-6--s-|---------------|------------------------------|
D#|---7\-|-5-5--5--5-0-0-|-5-7-9-9--7-9-9--9-7--7-7-7-7-|

  Tell me everything because I want to hear, Absolute
G |-----------------|------------------------------|
D |-----------------|------------------------------|
A |-----------------|------------------------------|
D#|-4-5-5--5--5-0-0-|-5-7-9-9--7-9-9--9-7--7-7-7-7-|


  Quiet but Im sure there is something here
G |---------------|------------------------------|
D |---------------|------------------------------|
A |---------------|------------------------------|
D#|-5-5--5--5-0-0-|-5-7-9-9--7-9-9--9-7--7-7-7-7-|

  Tell me everything because I want to hear, Absolute
G |-----------------|------------------------------|
D |-----------------|------------------------------|
A |-----------------|------------------------------|
D#|-4-5-5--5--5-0-0-|-5-7-9-9--7-9-9--9-7--7-7-7-7-|


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03:21
OUTRO
******
G |--------h-------------|--------------------------------------|
D |-------5-6-6-6-5----s-|--------------------------------------|
A |-----------------6-6\-|------------------------------------s-|
D#|-5-5-0----------------|-5-7-9-9--7-9-9--9-11-11--9-11-11-11\-|


G |--------h-------------|------------------------------|---|
D |-------5-6-6-6-5----s-|------------------------------|---|
A |-----------------6-6\-|------------------------------|---|
D#|-5-5-0----------------|-5-7-9-9--7-9-9--9-7--7-7-7-7-|-5-|



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