Long Story Short bass tab by Taylor Swift

Bass tabs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Intro:

*break*


Verse 1: (bass comes in at 0:31, "..shoe fits" second to last measure)

 Fatefully / I tried to pick my battles 'til the battle picked me
 Misery / Like the war of words I shouted in my sleep
 And you passed right by / I was in the alley, surrounded on all sides
 The knife cuts both ways / If the shoe fits, walk in it 'til your high heels break

*Rest 14 bars*

G|-9---------|-7---------|
D|-----------|-----------|
A|-----------|-----------|
E|-----------|-----------|

Chorus:

 And I fell from the pedestal / Right down the rabbit hole / Long story short, it was a bad time
 Pushed from the precipice / Clung to the nearest lips / Long story short, it was the wrong guy

G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
A|-----------|-3---------|-0---------|-----------| x2
E|-1---------|-----------|-----------|-3---------|


Post-Chorus:

 Now I'm all about you / I'm all about you, ah / Yeah, yeah
 I'm all about you, ah / Yeah, yeah

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

G|-5-7h-/9---|-10--------|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|-3---------|
E|-----------|-----------|-3---------|-----------|


Verse 2: (bass comes back in at 1:18 "When I dropped..")

 Actually / I always felt I must look better in the rear view
 Missing me / At the golden gates they once held the keys to
 When I dropped my sword / I threw it in the bushes and knocked on your door
 And we live in peace / But if someone comes at us, this time, I'm ready

*Rest 8 Bars*

G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D|-3---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-3---------|-5---------|-7---------|-9---------|
A|-----------|-3---------|-0---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-3---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|

Chorus:

 'Cause I fell from the pedestal / Right down the rabbit hole / Long story short, it was a bad time
 Pushed from the precipice / Clung to the nearest lips / Long story short, it was the wrong guy

G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
A|-----------|-3---------|-0---------|-----------| x2
E|-1---------|-----------|-----------|-3---------|


Post-Chorus:

 Now I'm all about you / I'm all about you, ah / Yeah, yeah
 I'm all about you

G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-5-7h-/9---|-10--------|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
A|-----------|-3---------|-0---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-3---------|
E|-1---------|-----------|-----------|-3---------|-----------|-----------|-3---------|-----------|


Bridge: (bass back in at 2:06)

 No more keepin' score / Now I just keep you warm (Keep you warm)
 No more tug of war / Now I just know there's more (Know there's more)
 No more keepin' score / Now I just keep you warm (Keep you warm)
 And my waves meet your shore / Ever and evermore

*Rest 8 bars*

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


Verse 3: (if you can't play both strings at the same time you can just play the higher line)

 Past me / I wanna tell you not to get lost in these petty things
 Your nemeses / Will defeat themselves before you get the chance to swing
 And he's passing by / Rare as the glimmer of a comet in the sky
 And he feels like home / If the shoe fits, walk in it everywhere you go

*Rest 7 bars, come in at the end of bar 8*

G|-----9--12-14-|-14-12-10-12-10-9--|-----9--10-12-|-12-10-9--10-12----|
D|-----10-14-15-|-15-14-12-14-12-10-|-----10-12-14-|-14-12-10-12-14-12-|
A|--------------|-------------------|--------------|----------------10-| x2
E|--------------|-------------------|--------------|-------------------|


Chorus:

 And I fell from the pedestal / Right down the rabbit hole / Long story short, it was a bad time
 Pushed from the precipice / Climbed right back up the cliff / Long story short, I survived

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


Post-Chorus:

 Now I'm all about you (and now)/ I'm all about you, ah (and now)
 I'm all about you (And now) / I'm all about you, ah / Yeah, yeah
 I'm all about you / (And now) Yeah, yeah / I'm all about you

G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|    |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|-3---------|-5---------|-----------|    |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
A|-3---------|-----------|-----------|-3---------| x3  |-3---------|-----------|-----------|-3---------|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|    |-----------|-1---------|-3---------|-----------|


Outro:

 Long story short, it was a bad time
 Long story short, I survived

G|-14--------|-12--------|-/9--------|-7---------|-12/-14----|-12--------|-/9--------|-7---------|
D|-15--------|-14--------|-/10-------|-9---------|-14/-15----|-14--------|-10--------|-----------|
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|


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