Ben Folds Five – Lullabye (Bass Fingerpicking Tab)

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Here's the main line that will be played quite often - pretty simple. Come in with the drums with a low pedal C note (3rd fret on the A string). And then:

G|--------------------------|
D|-------3--5--3------------|
A|---3--3-------------------| a bunch of times
E|--------------------------|

chorus        And the pilot...
G|------------------------------4--------------------------------------------|
D|------3-5-5-4-5-6-7-------5-----7---------4--5~-3~-2~2-1-0~----------------|
A|--3-3---------------3-5-7---7-----2-3-5-7----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Main line again, and then when it's instrumental there is a small variation that is important

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

Main line for a while, end with this

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------3-------------------Alternatively,----------------------------------|
A|--3-3----3\----------------end with----------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------8\-----------------------------------|

Instrumental part

G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------5-------------------------|
A|--3-2-3-4-5---5-7-8-----------7-7--10-9\--------------|
E|------------5--------8\-1----------------2------------|

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

Main line slightly different.
G|----------------------|
D|------3--5------------|
A|-3-3------------------|
E|----------------------|

Back to the chorus. 
G|------------------------------4--------------------------------------------|
D|------3-5-5-4-5-6-7-------5-----7---------4--5~-3~-2~2-1-0~----------------|
A|--3-3---------------3-5-7---7-----2-3-5-7----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Then the main line and voila! ************************************ | / Slide up | \ Slide down ************************************ That was my first tab, thank you for using it