Motions by Glass Beach

Name: Motions
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🎸 Intro:

(bass enters at 0:12)

    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
G |-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |-----------------|
E |---------------0-|
B |-----------------|

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G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|---------6-4-6---|-----------------|---------6-4-6---|
E |---0---0---0---0-|---0-----------0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0-----------0-| x2
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

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G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------2---6-|---4-----6-4-6---|-----------2---6-|---7-4---6-4-6---|
E |---2---4---------|-----7---------0-|---2---4---------|---------------0-|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

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G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------2-----|---------6-4-6---|-----------2-----|---------6-4-6-7-|
E |---2---4-------4-|---2-0---------0-|---2---4-------4-|--2-0------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   🎸 Verse 1: (0:37)                      
                                      "gotta get me out of this mess  ."

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G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---7---7---7---7-|---7-----6-4-6-7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7-----6-4-6-7-|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  "New York Times best-seller  ."

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G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---7---7---7---7-|---7-----6-4-6-7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7-----6-4-6---|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------0-|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

                                       "and cut me out of my clamshell  . "

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G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------2---6-|---4-----6-4-6---|-----------2---6-|---7-4---6-4-6---|
E |---2---4---------|-----7---------0-|---2---4---------|---------------0-|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   "tallow taste on a forked tongue  .  not my problem"                 

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G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------2-----|---------6-4-6---|-----------2--/6-|---6-4-4---------|
E |---2---4-------4-|---2-0---------0-|---2---4---------|---------7-7-6-6-|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  pre-🎸 Chorus: (1:00)           
                                       "damned to abject heads  ."

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G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---------------4-|-----------------|-2---2---2-4-2---|-----------------|
E |-5---5-5-5-7-----|---4---0---0-2-4-|---------------4-|---4---2---0-2-4-|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   "i'll win the devil's favor  ."

    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-4---4---4-6-4-3-|---3---3-3-3-3---|-2---x-------4---|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-------5---5---4-|---4-4-4-6---7---|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

                                      "i'll hollow out your shell  ."

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G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------1-----|-----------------|
A |---------------4-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-5---5-5-5-7-----|---4---0---0-2-4-|---------------0-|---0---2---0-4-6-|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-0---0-2---------|-----------------|

  "i spiral in dark patterns  .        i'm so sick of-"

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G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-4---4---4---4-6-|---6-------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|
E |-----------7-----|-----5-------5-7-|-----------------|---------------0-|
B |-----------------|-------5---5-----|-----------------|-5-\\------------|

   🎸 Chorus: (1:23)

   "-going through thе motions  ."   

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G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|---------6-4-6-7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7-6-4-6---|
E |---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---------|-----------------|---------------0-|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

                  "and I wanna kill the competition  . 

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G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|---------6-4-6-7-|---7---7---7---7-|
E |---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---------|-----------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

       i wanna find  .                another way out"          

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G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---7---7-6-4---5-|---5-5-5-5-5-5---|---------6-4-6-7-|
E |-------------0---|---------------5-|-----------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3---------|

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G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |---7---7---7-----6-4-6---|-----------------6-4-6-7-|---7---7---7-----6-4-6---|-----------------6-4-6-7-|
E |-----------------------0-|---0---0---0-------------|-----------------------0-|---0---0---0-------------|
B |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

  post-🎸 Chorus: (1:47)

   
          "select all images containing traffic lights select all images containing stop signs"

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G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |---7---7---7-----6-4-6---|-----------------6-4-6-7-|---7---7---7-----6-4-6---|-------6---6-4-4---------|
E |-----------------------0-|---0---0---0-------------|-----------------------0-|---0-------------8-8-7-7-|
B |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

  pre-🎸 Chorus: (1:56)           
                                       "beyond my own success  ."

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G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---------------4-|-----------------|-2---2---2-4-2---|-----------------|
E |-5---5-5-5-7-----|---4---0---0-2-4-|---------------4-|---4---2---0-2-4-|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   "beneath my chitin jacket  ."

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G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-4---4---4-6-4-3-|---3---3-3-3-3---|-2---x-------4---|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-------5---5---4-|---4-4-4-6-6-7---|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

                                      "i come with no pretense  ."

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G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---------------4-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-5---5-5-5-7-----|---4---0---0-2-4-|---------------0-|---0---2---0-4-6-|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-0---0-2---2-----|-----------------|

  "i spiral in dark patterns  .            i'm so sick of-"

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G |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
A |-4---4---4---4-6-|---6-------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-<7>-------------6---4----|
E |-----------7-----|-----5-------7---|-------------------------|--------------------------|
B |-----------------|-------5---5---5-|-------------------------|--------------------------|
                                        \_3_/ \_3_/ \_3_/ \_3_/

  🎸 Chorus: (bass enters at 2:29)

                     "and I wanna run like a machine"

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G |------------------------|------------------------|
D |------------------------|------------------------|
A |---------------------19-|---19\17\15\13\12\11\10\|
E |------------------------|------------------------|
B |------------------------|------------------------|

  🎸 Bridge: (2:32)

         "i wanna fight"

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G |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A |-9\7--------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E |----------------------8-|----8/14-14-14-12-----8-|----8/14-14-14-12-------|
B |------------------------|------------------------|----------------------8-|

    1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +   1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +   1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +   1  +  2  +  3  +  4  + 
G |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E |------14-14-14-12-------|------14-14-14-12-------|------14-14-14-12-----6-|----6/14-14-14-12-----7-|
B |----8/----------------8-|----8/----------------7-|----7/------------------|------------------------|

                                                        "i wanna fight"

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G |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E |----7/15-15-15-14\---10-|---10/14-14-14-12-----8-|----8/14-14-14-12-----8-|----8/14-14-14-12-------|
B |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------8-|

        "i wanna fight"

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G |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E |------14-14-14-12-------|------14-14-14-12-------|------14-14-14-12-----6-|
B |----8/----------------8-|----8/----------------7-|----7/------------------|

                                        "i wanna fight"

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G |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E |----6/14-14-14-12-----7-|----7/15-15-15-14\---10-|---10/14-14-14-12-----8-|
B |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

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G |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E |----8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-8--8--8--8--8-10-\-----|------------------------|------------------------|
B |------------------------|----------------------8-|----8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-8--8--8--8--8-10-11--7-|

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G |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------0-|
B |-7--7--7--7--7--7--7/11-|11-11-11-11-11-11-11/12-|12-12-12-12-12-12-12\10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10----|

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G |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A |----------9-----9--9----|----------9-----9--9----|----------9-----9--9----|----------9-----9--9----|
E |----0--0----------------|------------------------|----------------------6-|----6--6----------------|
B |----------------------7-|----7--7--------------8-|----8--8----------------|---------------------10-|

    1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +   1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +   1  +  2  +  3  +  4  + 
G |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A |----------9-----9--9----|----------9-----9--9----|-------------9--9--9--9-|
E |----------------------7-|----7--7--------------8-|-8--8--8--8-------------|
B |---10-10----------------|------------------------|------------------------|

   🎸 Outro: (3:19)

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G |-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |---------6-4-6---|-----------------6-4-6-7-|---7---7---7-----6-4-6---|
E |---------------0-|---0---0---0-------------|-----------------------0-|
B |-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

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E |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A |---------6-4-6-7---7-----|-6-4-6-------6-4-6-7-----|-6-4-6---6-4-6-7-6-4-6-4-6-4-7-------|
E |---0---------------------|-------0-----------------|-------0-----------------------0-----|
B |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|


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Motions Bass Tab Info

Published: October 2, 2025

Last Updated: October 2, 2025

Difficulty: Intermediate 💪