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Shapes Of Things Bass Tab by Gary Moore

Shapes Of Things bass tab by Gary Moore

Bass Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: Em

Difficulty: Intermediate

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Neil Murray - Bass'

 Intro:
 Q=112
 4/4
  Gtr I
   W          S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
G|----------|---------------------------------|
D|----------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|----------|---------------------------------|
E|----------|---------------------------------|
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   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
G|----------------------------------||
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
A|----------------------------------||
E|----------------------------------||


  1st & 2nd Verses:
  Segno $
     e e S S S S E. S S S S S   e e S S S S E. S S S S S
G||---------------------------|--------------------------|
D||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
A||o-2-2---2---2-2------2-----|-2-2---2---2-2------------|
E||-----------------2-4---4-2-|----------------2-4-5-4-2-|


   e e S S S S E. S S S S S   e e S S S S E. S S S S S
G|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-2-2---2---2-2------------|-2-2---2---2-2---------------|
E|----------------2-4-5-4-2-|----------------2-4-5-4-2----|


   e e S S S S E. S S S S S   e e S S S S E. S S S S S
G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A|-2-2---2---2-2------2-----|-2-2---2---2-2------------|
E|----------------2-4---4-2-|----------------0-4-4-4-0-|


   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||


  Chorus:
     E E Q  H      E E Q  H     3x
G||--------------|--------------||
D||o-9-9---------|-7-7---------o||
A||o-7-7---------|-5-5---------o||
E||--------------|--------------||


                                       Dal Segno
   Q.   E Q.   E   W          +H.      S  E.
G|---------------|----------|----------x-(x)\---||
D|-7------7------|----------|-------------------||
A|-5------5------|-9--------|-(9)------6--------||
E|---------------|----------|-------------x\----||


  Guitar Solo:
     e e S S S S E. S S S S S   e e S S S S E. S S S S S
G||---------------------------|--------------------------|
D||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
A||o-2-2---2---2-2------------|-2-2---2---2-2------------|
E||-----------------2-4-5-4-2-|----------------2-4-5-4-2-|


   e e S S S S E. S S S S S   e e S S S S E. S S S S S
G|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-2-2---2---2-2------------|-2-2---2---2-2---------------|
E|----------------2-4-5-4-2-|----------------2-4-5-4-2----|


   e e S S S S E. S S S S S   e e S S S S E. S S S S S
G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A|-2-2---2---2-2------2-----|-2-2---2---2-2------------|
E|----------------2-4---4-2-|----------------0-4-4-4-0-|


   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||


     E E Q  H      E E Q  H     3x H    Q.   +E     W          +H..       E
G||--------------|--------------||----------------|----------|----------------|
D||o-9-9---------|-7-7---------o||-7----7----(7)/-|----------|----------------|
A||o-7-7---------|-5-5---------o||-5----5----(5)/-|-9--------|-(9)------------|
E||--------------|--------------||----------------|----------|----------------|


   W          H..       E     S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
G|----------|-------------||----------------------------------|
D|----------|-------------||o---------------------------------|
A|-9--------|-9-----------||o---------------------------------|
E|----------|-----------0-||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|


   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S     5x
G|-------------------------------------||
D|------------------------------------o||
A|------------------------------------o||
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-----||


   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|


                                    3rd Verse:
   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S    e e S S S S E. S S S S S
G|---------------------------------||---------------------------|
D|---------------------------------||---------------------------|
A|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||-2-2---2---2-2------2------|
E|---------------------------------||----------------2-4---4-2--|


   e e S S S S E. S S S S S   e e S S S S E. S S S S S
G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A|-2-2---2---2-2------------|-2-2---2---2-2------------|
E|----------------2-4-5-4-2-|----------------2-4-5-4-2-|


   e e S S S S E. S S S S S   e e S S S S E. S S S S S   e e S S S S E. S S S S S
G|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
A|-2-2---2---2-2------------|-2-2---2---2-2------2-----|-2-2---2---2-2-------------|
E|----------------2-4-5-4-2-|----------------2-4---4-2-|----------------0-4-4-4-0--|


     S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  3x
G||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
D||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
A||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
E||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||


 Outro (Free Time):
   W          +W           +H     Q  Q
G|----------:------------:----------------*|
D|-4--------:-(4)--------:-(4)----4-------*|
A|-2--------:-(2)--------:-(2)----2-------*|
E|----------:------------:----------------*|

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Duration 🏷Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

|  (n)  -  note tied to previous
|  /\   -  slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
|   x   -  muted
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