Bass tabs
Tuning: Standard (E A D G)
Key: C
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
G|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-7---------7-7---------7-7---------7-7---------|-7-7---------7-7---------7-7---------7-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|-7---5---3---2-2-2-2-|-7---5---3---2-2-2-2-|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---7---5---3---------|---7---5---3---------|
G|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|-3-5--7-7-7-7--7-5--7-7-7-7-|
E|-3-5--0-0-0-0--3-5--0-0-0-0--3-5--0-0-0-0-|----------------------------|
Verse:
("Five lovely lessons learned today, Coating my throat with the dust of a new day")
G|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-3-3-3-3--------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
("As the saints pray their lonely way, And their deadweight lays the passion to waste")
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D|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--7-5--7-7-7-7--7-5--7-7-7-7-|
E|-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------------------------------------|
("Maybe if I sew my heart on my sleeve, They'll drop the bomb on me and I'll wake up")
G|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-3-3-3-3--------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
("I can only fix so much in my sleep, I can only drink so much from this empty cup")
G|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--7-5--7-7-7-7--7-5--7-7-7-7-|
E|-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
("I know I must not think bad thoughts, I'm always beaten to the punch,
I'm holding aces high and low And in between I'm trying to break my fall")
G|------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
A|-2-2-2-2--3--5--2-2-2-2--3--5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7---|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
Intro:
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|-7---5---3---2-2-2-2-|-7---5---3---2-2-2-2-|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---7---5---3---------|---7---5---3---------|
G|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|-3-5--7-7-7-7--7-5--7-7-7-7-|
E|-3-5--0-0-0-0--3-5--0-0-0-0--3-5--0-0-0-0-|----------------------------|
Verse:
("Give me a piece of what you've got, I'll make it new with much less thought")
G|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-3-3-3-3--------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
("It's symbolic and full of trash, Lofty endearments whispered under your breath")
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D|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--7-5--7-7-7-7--7-5--7-7-7-7-|
E|-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------------------------------------|
("Five lessons remembered from yesterday, Easing my mind and seizing each new day")
G|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-3-3-3-3--------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
("Beyond and back I'm still the same, Kicked over some old trash but I still waste I still waste I still waste
G|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--7-5-7---7-5-7---7-5-7---7-5-7-|
E|-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------------------------------|