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Floating Bass Tab by The Moody Blues

Floating bass tab by The Moody Blues

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Tuning: Standard tuning

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                            Artist - The Moody Blues
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                               Song - Floating
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                Album - To Our Children's children children (1969)
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                             Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard


INTRO
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     h      h                             h      h          h               s
G|-16-17--16-17-|----14--14-------h---|-16-17--16-17-|----12-14--14-12----12\-|
D|--------------|-15--------17--15-17-|--------------|-15--------------15-----|
A|--------------|---------------------|--------------|------------------------|
E|--------------|---------------------|--------------|------------------------|
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00:14
VERSE 1
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  Floating free as a bird   sixty foot leaps  it's so absurd
G|------------------------|------------------|-------------|
D|------------------------|-10----9----7-----|-------------|
A|---------8---------10---|------------------|-8--------10-|
E|-8----------------------|------------------|-------------|

  From up here you should  see the view   Such a lot of space for  me, and you
G|-----------------------|--------------|------------------------|-----------|
D|-----------------------|--------------|------------------------|-5-------5-|
A|-8------10-------------|--------------|-5--------------5-------|-----------|
E|-----------------------|-8---7---5----|------------------------|-----------|


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00:29
CHORUS
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  Oh---oh, you'd like it, gliding a - round  Get your feet off the ground
G|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
A|---------7--------------8----------------|----------10-------------|
E|-8---8------------------------------8----|-----------------------8-|

  Oh---oh, you'd like it, do as you please,  with so much ease     h
G|-----------------------------------------|-------------------|-10-12-|
D|-----------------------------------------|-------------------|-------|
A|--------7---------------8---------10-----|------8-------10---|-------|
E|-8---8-----------------------------------|-------------------|-------|


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00:47
BREAK
******
     h      h                             h      h
G|-16-17--16-17-|----14--14-----------|-16-17--16-17-|----14--14----------s-|
D|--------------|-15--------17--15-17-|--------------|-15--------17--15-17\-|
A|--------------|---------------------|--------------|----------------------|
E|--------------|---------------------|--------------|----------------------|


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00:55
VERSE 2
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  Now I know how it feels to  have wings on my heels
G|----------------------|---------------|---------|
D|----------------------|-10--9----7----|---------|
A|------8-----------10--|---------------|-8----10-|
E|-8--------------------|---------------|---------|

  To take a stroll  a - mong the stars  Get a close look at  planet Mars
G|----------------|-------------------|--------------------|----------|
D|----------------|-------------------|--------------------|-5------5-|
A|---8------10----|-------------------|-5-----------5------|----------|
E|----------------|-----8----7---5----|--------------------|----------|


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01:10
CHORUS
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  Oh---oh, you'd like it, gliding a - round  Get your feet off the ground
G|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
A|---------7--------------8----------------|----------10-------------|
E|-8---8------------------------------8----|-----------------------8-|

  Oh---oh, you'd like it, do as you please,  with so much ease     h
G|-----------------------------------------|-------------------|-10-12-|
D|-----------------------------------------|-------------------|-------|
A|--------7---------------8---------10-----|------8-------10---|-------|
E|-8---8-----------------------------------|-------------------|-------|


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01:27
BREAK
******
     h      h                             h      h
G|-16-17--16-17-|----14--14-----------|-16-17--16-17-|----14--14----------s-|
D|--------------|-15--------17--15-17-|--------------|-15--------17--15-17\-|
A|--------------|---------------------|--------------|----------------------|
E|--------------|---------------------|--------------|----------------------|


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01:35
VERSE 2
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  Bouncing about on the Moon  Guess you'll all... be up here soon
G|--------------------------|-------------------|---------------|
D|--------------------------|-10----9------7----|---------------|
A|----------8-----------10--|-------------------|----8-------10-|
E|-8------------------------|-------------------|---------------|

 The candy stores they'll be brand new And you'll buy rock with The Moon'right through
G|---------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
D|---------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------5-----------5-|
A|---8-----10----|--------------------|----5----------5-|--------------------------|
E|---------------|--------8--7-----5--|-----------------|--------------------------|


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01:50
CHORUS
*******
  Oh---oh, you'd like it, gliding a - round  Get your feet off the ground
G|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
A|---------7--------------8----------------|----------10-------------|
E|-8---8------------------------------8----|-----------------------8-|

  Oh---oh, you'd like it, do as you please,  with so much ease     h
G|-----------------------------------------|-------------------|-10-12-|
D|-----------------------------------------|-------------------|-------|
A|--------7---------------8---------10-----|------8-------10---|-------|
E|-8---8-----------------------------------|-------------------|-------|


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02:08
BREAK
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     h      h                             h      h
G|-16-17--16-17-|----14--14-----------|-16-17--16-17-|----14--14----------s-|
D|--------------|-15--------17--15-17-|--------------|-15--------17--15-17\-|Repeat
A|--------------|---------------------|--------------|----------------------|This and
E|--------------|---------------------|--------------|----------------------|Fade Out.


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About Floating

"Floating" is a song from English rockers The Moody Blues concept album "To Our Children's Children's Children". The album is about space travel and is dedicated to the Apollo 11 crew and NASA. It was released in 1969.

"Floating" is written by singer Ray Thomas. Bass is played by John Lodge.

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