Orchids bass tab by Glass Beach

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)


(no bass in intro + verse 1)

Chorus 1: (0:54, "blue orchids bloom through the city streets at night...")

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  etc.
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-2-------2---2-2-|-2/4-4---4---4\--|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-2-------2---2-2-|-2/3-3---3---3/--|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------4-|
E|-4-------4---4\--|-1-------1---1-1-|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-2---2-2---2-2---|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-------------2---|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-2---2---2---2-2-|-2/4-4---4-----4-|-----------------|-------------4---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-2---2---2---2-2-|-2/3-3---3-----3-|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-----------|-----4-----------|
A|-------------2---|-----------------|-----------------|-------------4---|
E|-4---4---4-----4-|-1-1-1---1---1-1-|-0-----0---0-0-0-|-2-2---2---2-----|

G|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------| (that third 6 in the second bar
D|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------| is a 16th note, that's why it
A|-2-----------2/4-|-6-----6-4--6-4\2-|-----------------|-----------------| threw off the whole bar structure
E|-----------------|------------------|-4-----/-----7-\-|-1---------------| a bit)

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|---------2-----2-|-1---------------|-4---------------|
A|-----------------|---------2-------|-----------------|
E|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|


guitar solo: (1:45)

G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|---------2-/-4---|
E|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-4---------------|
A|-2-------2---2-2-|-2/4-4---4---4-2-|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-2-------2---2-2-|---3-3---3---3-3-|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-----------|-----4-----------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------4-|
E|-4-------4---4\--|-1-------1---1---|-0-----0---0-0-0-|-2-2---2---2-2---|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------2-----|---------4-------|-----------------|
A|-2-------2---2/3-|-4-------4---4---|-----------------|---------4-------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-2---2-2---2-2---|-3---3-3---3-3-3-|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-----------|-----4-------4---|
A|-------------2---|-----------------|-----------------|---------------4-|
E|-4-------4-4---4-|-1---1-1-1---1---|-0-0---0---0-0-0-|-2-----2---2-----|


Chorus 2: (2:22, "blue orchids bloom through the city streets at night...")

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----4-------4---|-----------------|
A|-2---2-2-2-2-2-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2---2-2-2---2-|-3---3-3-3-3-2-3-|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-4~--4---4---4-4\|-1---1---1---1---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-|

G|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-10-|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
             |_|                      |__|__| |_|_|
           these two                      3    3
          are 16th notes

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
A|-11~-----11--11\-|-8-------8---8---|-7---7-----------|---------------------|-14--------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-------0-0-0-0-0-|-2--/--14---14-14-14-|-----------------|


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| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
| ~  Vibrato
| 3  Triplets

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