Snake In The Grass bass tab by Much The Same

Bass tabs

Tuning: Half-Step Down (Eb Ab Db Gb)

Intro:

Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------|

Gb|-8---8---8--9---9---9--8---8---8--6---6---6----------------------------------------|
Db|--9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9--9---9---9---11---11---11---9---9---9---|
Ab|---------------------------------------------7-7-7-7------7-7--7-7------7-7-7-7----|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Gb|-8---8---8-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--7-7-7-7--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------7---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1:

Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------1-4-4------------------------------------2-2-1------|
Ab|-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-4------------------------------------------------2----|
Eb|------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|

Wait for me by the sea     I'll tell you everything you needed to believe

Gb|---------------------------------8---8---8--9---9---9--8---8---8--6---6---6--------|
Db|----------------------------------9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9---------|
Ab|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-7-7-7-7-9-9-7-7---------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Through encoded messages and texts, communication at its best, that’s me

Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------2-2--2-4-4--4-6-6--6-9-9-9---------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------------------------------------|

Can't you see me smiling

Gb|----------------------------------------6-8------10--------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------9-9------8-8----8--6-6--8-9--4-4-6-4-----------|
Ab|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-7-7-7-7-9p7-7-6h7-------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Through the teeth made out of wood? This feint's not working out so good, you see

Gb|---------9------9--11-11-9-9-8-----------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------11------------------9-11-----------------------------------------------|
Ab|------11---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---9-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

I’m a bit of everything, a farce from the start

Chorus:

Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------2--2--2-2-2-----1--1--1-1-1----------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------4--4--4-4-4------0--0--0-0-0-------------|

You were the ruse, you were the cover, of a deception like no other

Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------4--4--4p2h4-------------6--6-6h8/9----------------------|
Ab|-----------2--2--2-2-2----------------------------------------------7--7--7-7-7----|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

You'll know the truth when you discover, I'm more than an inconvenient lover

Gb|---------------------11-11-11-11-11-11---------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------9--9--9---8h9p8--------------------------------------|
Ab|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--7---------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

I'll try to keep the intelligence brief

Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

This plot is not as thick as it seems to me

Gb|-8---8---8--9---9---9--8---8---8--6---6---6----------------------------------------|
Db|--9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9--9---9---9---11---11---11---9---9---9---|
Ab|---------------------------------------------7-7-7-7------7-7--7-7------7-7-7-7----|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Gb|-8---8---8-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--7-7-7-7--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse 2:

Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------1-4-4---------------------------------2-2-1-------|
Ab|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4---------------------------------------------2-----|
Eb|---------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|

I'll stand here outside in the cold, waiting for an ally to relieve my post

Gb|----------------------------------8---8---8--9---9---9--8---8---8--6---6---6-------|
Db|-----------------------------------9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9--------|
Ab|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-7-7-7-7-9-9-7-7---------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A turncoat switched at your behest, treason's not so bad in jest, I'm told

Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------2-2--2-4-4--4-6-6--6-9-9-9----------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------------------------------------|

My allegiance has been sold

Gb|----------------------------------------6-8------10--------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------9-9------8-8----8--6-6--8-9--4-4-6-4-----------|
Ab|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-7-7-7-7-9p7-7-6h7-------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

An infiltrator in your care, a snake in the grass, I know you're scared

Gb|------------------9------9--11-11-9-9-8--9-11--------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------11------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------11-11-11------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---9-9-9---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

But I won’t succumb to fear like a shade in the dark


Chorus:

Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------2--2--2-2-2-----1--1--1-1-1----------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------4--4--4-4-4------0--0--0-0-0-------------|

You were the ruse, you were the cover, of a deception like no other

Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------4--4--4p2h4-------------6--6-6h8/9----------------------|
Ab|-----------2--2--2-2-2----------------------------------------------7--7--7-7-7----|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

You'll know the truth when you discover, I'm more than an inconvenient lover

Gb|---------------------11-11-11-11-11-11---------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------9--9--9---8h9p8--------------------------------------|
Ab|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--7---------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

I'll try to keep the intelligence brief

Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

This plot is not as thick as it seems to me


Bridge:

Gb|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------11---11--------11---11---------11---11------------------------|
Ab|--------9---9---9-9--9----9----9-9--9----9----9-9--9----9---------------------------|
Eb|-7-7--7---7-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Gb|--------11--------------11-------------11--------------11---------------------------|
Db|----9------9h11-----9------9h11----9------9h11-----9-------9h11---------------------|
Ab|--7---7-----------7---7----------7---7-----------7---7------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Gb|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------13--9h11-----------13--9h11-------------13--9h11------------13--9h11------|
Ab|----11-----------------11-----------------11-------------------11-------------------|
Eb|--9-----9------------9------9-----------9-------9------------9------9---------------|

Gb|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------------------------|

Gb|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------|

Can you release me from this service, ‘cause no one here deserves this

Gb|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--7--6--4-------------------7--6--7--6--7--9--9--7\6--------------------------------|
Eb|-----------7--6--4--6--7------------------------------------------------------------|

The winds of change will clear the way, and leave me with a world to pave

Gb|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6---6-8-9-8-6---------------------------------|
Ab|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

You would bless me if you cursed this, 'cause it's too late to reverse this

Gb|--9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8---------9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-11-11-11-----9-8-------9-8-11-------------|
Db|------------------9-9-9------------------------------9-----11--9--------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

We've come too far to clear the stain, I'll build my house out of the waste


Chorus:

Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------2--2------------1--1-----------------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------4--4--4-4-4------0--0--0-0-0-------------|

You were the ruse, you were the cover, of a deception like no other

Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------4--4--4p2h4-------------6--6-6h8/9----------------------|
Ab|-----------2--2--2-2-2----------------------------------------------7--7--7-7-7----|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

You'll know the truth when you discover, I'm more than an inconvenient lover

Gb|---------------------11-11-11-11-11-11---------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------9--9--9---8h9p8--------------------------------------|
Ab|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--7---------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

I'll try to keep the intelligence brief

Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

This plot is not as thick as it seems to me

Gb|-8---8---8--9---9---9--8---8---8--6---6---6----------------------------------------|
Db|--9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9-----------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------7\------------------------------------|

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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down

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