Ill Stand By You Bass Tab by The Pretenders

Ill Stand By You bass tab by The Pretenders

Bass Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Title: I'll Stand By You
Artist: The Pretenders
Album: Last of the Independents

Intro:

No bass part during this section (1 bar 4/4 and 1 bar 6/4).


Verse 1:
  (4/4)
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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|--2-----------------------------------------------|

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -


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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------4-----------|
E|--3-----------------------------------------------|--5-----------------------------------------------|


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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-----------------------------------2-----------|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|--2-----------------------------------------------|


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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|--2-----------------------0-----------------------|
E|--3-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|


Pre-Chorus 1:


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


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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------5--7--5-----------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------5--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--3-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|


Chorus 1:

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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--0-----------------------0-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------0--|--2--------------------2--2-------------------/3--|
E|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|


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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--0-----------------------3-----------5-----------|
A|--0--------------------2--0-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------3-----|--------------------------------------------------|


Verse 2:

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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------3--3--------------------3--|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|--0--------------------0--0--------------------0--|


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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------2-----------------0--2--|
E|--1--------------------1--1-----------1--------1--|--3--------------------3--------------------------|


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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------3--3-----------0-----------|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|--0--------------------0--0-----------0--------0--|


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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|--0--------------------0--------------------------|
E|--1--------------------1--1-----------1--------3--|--------------------------3-----------3-----3\-1--|


Pre-Chorus 2:

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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------0-----------0--------0--|--------------------------0-----------------------|
E|--0-----------0--------0--------------------------|--0--------------------0--------------------------|


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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--1--------------------1--1-----------1--------1--|--3--------------------3--3-----------3-----3-----|


Chorus 2:

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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-----------------------5-----------5-----5--4--|--2-----------2-----------2-----------------2-----|
E|-----------------------5--------------------------|-----------------------2-----------------------2--|


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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|--5-----------5-----------5-----5-----5-----5--4--|
E|--5-----------5--------3--5-----5--5--5-----3-----|-----------------------5--------------------------|


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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------2--|--0--------------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------|
E|-----------------------2--------------------------|--------------------------------------------3-----|


Solo:

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


    1  e  +  a  2  e  +  a  3  e  +  a  4  e  +  a
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--3-----------3--------3--3--------3--3-----3-----|

  (6/4)
    1  e  +  a  2  e  +  a  3  e  +  a  4  e  +  a  5  e  +  a  6  e  +  a
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------7-----7--7--7--7--------|
A|-----------------------------------------------7--------------------------|
E|-/7-----------7--------7--5--------5--5-----------------------------------|


Pre-Chorus 3:
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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------4-----------------------------------|
A|--------------------------2-----------2--------2--|-----------------------4--2-----------2--------2--|
E|--2--------------------2--------------------------|--2-----------------------------------------------|


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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------5--|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------5-----|--------------------------4-----------4-----------|
E|--3-----------3--------3--3-----3--3--3-----------|--5-----------5-----5--5--------------------------|


Chorus 3:

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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-----------5-----------5-----5-----5--------4--|--2-----------2--------2--2-----------2-----2-----|
E|-----------------------5--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------3--|


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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|--5-----5--5--5--------5--5-----5--5--5-----5--4--|
E|--5-----------5--------5--5-----5--5--5--5--3--3--|--------------------------------------------------|


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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--2-----2-----2-----2--2--2--------2--2-----2-----|--------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------3--|--5-----------5--------5--5--------5--5--5--3--3--|


Outro:

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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-----5-----5--------5--5-----5--5--5-----5--4--|--2-----------2--------2--2-----------2-----2-----|
E|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------3--|


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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|--5-----5-----5--------5--5--------5--5--5--5--4--|
E|--5--------5--5--------5--5--------5--5--5--3--3--|--------------------------------------------------|


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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--2-----------2-----------2--------2--2-----2-----|--------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------2-----------------------3--|--5--------5--5-----5--3--5-----5--5--5--5--3--3--|


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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-----5-----5--------5--5-----5-----5-----5--4--|--2-----2-----2--------2--2-----2--2--2-----2--2--|
E|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|


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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|--5-----5-----5--------5--5-----5--5--5-----5--4--|
E|--5--------5--5-----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--|--------------------------------------------------|


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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------7-----7-----7-----5-----|
A|--2-----2-----2--------2--2-----2--2--2-----2-----|-----------------------7--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------3--|--5--------5--5-----------------------------------|


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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-----5--5-----------5--5--------5--5-----5--4--|--2-----2--2--2-----------2-----2--2--2--2--2-----|
E|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------2-----------------------3--|


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G|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------7--7--7--7--7-----5-----|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------7--------------------------|--5--------5--5--------5--5--------5--5-----5--4--|
E|--5--------5--5-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|





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