I Wish I Was Joking bass tab by MGMT

Key: D

Verse 1: Rest for first x7 bars

(Enter Bar 8)
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"Half the time, I feel sad"
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D|-11------------------------------|-12------------------------------|
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A|-12------------------------------|-10------------------------------|
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A|-9-------------------------------|-7-----------7---|
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G|---------------------------------|
D|-7-------7-----------7-----7-9---|
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Pre-Chorus:

"For six dollar coffee"
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D|-12------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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A|-14------------------------------|-10------------------------------|
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D|-11------------------------------|
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Chorus:
"I wish I was joking"
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A|-7-------------------7-----7-9---|-12------------------------------|
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                   r
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Verse 2:

"Here's the thing about drugs"
   *
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D|-11------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|-12--------------------------12--|
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A|-10------------------10------9---|-7---------------7-----7-----7-8-|
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G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------7-----|---------------------------------|
A|-9---------------------------9\--|-5---------------5-----------5---|
E|---------------------------------|---------------5-----------5-----|
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"I'm kinda in to being home"
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A|-4---------------------------4---|-5---------------5---5-------5---|
E|---------------------------5-----|---------------5-----------------|
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G|-----------------------8---------|---------------------------------|
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A|-12--------------12--12------12--|-10------9-------7-------5-------|
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A|-9---------------------------5-6-|-7-----------9---|
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D|-7---------------7---7-----7-----|
A|---------------7---7---------7---|
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Pre-Chorus:

"No body calls me the gangster of love"
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A|-5---------------------------5---|-9-------------------------------|
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D|-9-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|-10------------------------------|
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Chorus:

"I wish I was joking"
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G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-9---------------9-----9-----7---|---------------------------------|
A|---------------9-----------------|-10------9-------7-------5-------|
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G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------7---7-/9--|---------------------------------|
A|-9-------------------9-----------|-5-----------------5---5-----5---|
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G|-----------------------8---------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------7-----|---------------------------------|
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Outro:
"Half of love (is joking)"
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D|-7---7---------7/9---------------|-------9---7---------------------|
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************************************

| x   Dead note
| r   Release
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| *   Harmonic
************************************

I don't play Bass, so here's my best shot.

I didn't really notate anything except the notes.
If you wan't to sound like how it's played in the recording,
pay attention to when they stop letting the notes ring.