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The Dress Bass Tab by Olivia Dean

The Dress by Olivia Dean

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Key: Bb
Tuning: E A D G

Verse:
 "Take a long time  "
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
A|---------------|6-----6-6------|---------------|6-----x-6-6---x-|
E|6-----6-6-----6|--------------6|6-----6-6-----6|------------6---|
 "Turn your head  "
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
D|---------------|----------8----|---------------|----------------|
A|8-----8-8------|6-----x-6------|8-----8-8------|----------8---8-|
E|--------------6|---------------|--------------6/11---11---------|
 "Wait a long time  "
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
D|--------8------|----------8----|5-----5--------|----------------|
A|------x---8----|6-----x-6-----8|---------------|6-----x-6-6---6/|
E|6-------------6|---------------|--------3-----3/----------------|
 "Turn the lights down  "
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
A|8-----x-8-8----|6-----x-6---6--|8-----x-8-8---8\6---6---8---8\--|
E|--------------6|---------------|---------------|----------------|
Chorus:
     "We should go out  "
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|---------P5----|---------------|---------P5---5|----------------|
D|---------------|----------3-5--|5-3-4--------5-|----------3-3---|
A|------3-------x|5-----6--------|------3--------|5-----6------xxx|
E|3--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
 "I can't tell you  "
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------x-----|
A|------3------xx|5-----6---8-8\-|-------------xx|8-----6-----3---|(Let ring for 2 2/4 bars)
E|3--------------|---------------|4-----3--------|----------------|
 
Verse:
 "Took a long time  "
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
D|---------------|----------8----|---------------|----------------|
A|---------------|6-----6-6-----8|-------------xx|6-----x-6---6\--|
E|6-----6-6-----6|---------------|6-----6-6------|----------------|
 "Know that I  "  (1 and 4, not 14)
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
A|8-----8-8------|6--------------|8-----8-8------|----6-----8---8-|
E|--------------6|-------36-6---x|---------------|----------------|
 "Hated myself  " (The slides are only one beat. The second number)
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
D|---------------|-----8/10-8----|---------------|----------8-----|
A|------x---8----|6---------8/10-|---------------|6-----x-6------6|
E|6-------6-----6|---------------|3-----3-3-----x|----------------|
 "Tried and I  "
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
D|---------------|----------8----|---------------|----------------|
A|8-----10-8-----|-------x10-----|8-----8-8---8/-|----6---8---8---|
E|--------------6/11-----------11|---------------|----------------|
 
Chorus:
     "We should go  out  "
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
D|----8----P10---|---------------|---------P10---|----------------|
A|--10--8--------|----------8---8|D-8-D----------|----------8-8---|
E|--------------8/10----10-------|------8-------8|11-D--11--------|
 "I can't tell you  " (Read where the hammer/slide lands, not where it  starts)
G|----7----------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
D|--8-----P8h10--|---------------|--8/10-8-------|----------------|
A|10-------------|----------8---8/11------D----10|8---------------|
E|----_-8-------6/10-D---11------|---------------|------11-----8--|
 
[FILL]
  1   +   +   +   2   +   +   +   3   +   +   +   4   +   +   +
G|----------------19--20--17--19--15--17----------15--15---------|
D|----------------------------------------15--------------15--13-|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------| (One bar rest)
 
Chorus:
like we used to Dance  "
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------P5----|----------------|
D|---------------|---------P10---|---------------|---x53--------x|----8-----------|
A|---------------|--------------x|----------8-xxxx------3--------|5-----6---8--xx-|
E|-------------18/10-----8-------|10-----11------|3--------------|----------------|
 
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
A|11-----10------|8---------8----|-xxx-----xxx---|-xxx----10-8----|
E|---------------|------11-----8-|-----xxx----xxx|-----xx---------|
 
 
 
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| x   Dead note
| h   Hammer-on
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| P   Pop
| D = 10th fret
 
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The Dress Bass Tab by Olivia Dean
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Difficulty: Intermediate 💪