Coldplay – A Whisper (Bass Tab)

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Tabber: Hound_Of_Winter eMail: [email protected] | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | ~ note is held for a noticeably long time The funnest Coldplay bass part to play, in my humble opinion. It's actually in 4/4, it or not, the triplets really throw you of though, so I just count like it's in 3/4. The a total whirlwind of sound, you can hear like 5 guitar parts at any given time! Anyways, we're here to tab out the bass. I got the song down a while ago and have had adding to it since. I'll show a few of these throughout the tab, they'll either be in ( ) or be represented as an alternative the actual tones with [OR]. Intro: No bass for 8 Bars, then... Intro/Chorus:

   Ebmaj7                      G5
G|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-6--6-6---6-|-6---6-6---6-|-------------|-------------|
E|------------|-------------|-3---3-3---3-|-3---3-3---3-|

G|------------|-------------||-------------|--------------------------------|    Repeat X
D|------------|-------------||.------------|------------.-------------------| Number of Times
A|-6--6-6---6-|-6---6-6---6-||.------------|------------.||(Varies through--|
E|------------|-------------||-3---3-3---3-|-3---3-3---3--------------------|   -out the song)

Verse Csus4 C Csus4 C Csus4 C Csus4 Csus2 E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-| [OR] E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-6-6-5-|

                              _____________________________
                             /  (Play this on the 1st verse only)
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|----h3/15~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\-|----h3/15~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----------|-------------|-3-----------|-------------|

Verse Intro/Chorus X2 Then...

Bridge:
   Dm            Bb6           C5
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-----------7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-8---|-------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|

  Dm            Bb6           C5
G|-------------|-------------|-------------------|
D|-----------7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
A|-5-5-5-5-8---|-------------|-------------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------------|

  Dm            Bb6           C5
G|-------------|-------------|--------------------|-------|-------|
D|-----------7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10--|-------|-------|
A|-5-5-5-5-8---|-------------|----------(10-10-10)|-------|-------|
E|-------------|-------------|----------(8--8--8-)|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~-|

Bridge Lyrics: Night turns to day when I still had these questions. Who could just blame, shall I go forwards or backwards? And not since today and I still get no answers. Rest 2 Bars Intro/Chorus X2 Verse X2 Intro/Chorus X2 Then...

Outro
  Bb6 C5  G5      Bb6 C5  G5
G|-------|-------|-------|-------|
D|-------|-------|-------|-------| Repeat to fade...
A|-------|-------|-------|-------|
E|-6-/8--|-15~~~\|-6-/8--|-15~~~\|

I usually play around with octaves here, just to keep things interesting:

  Bb6    C5       G5               Bb6
G|--------------|-------------|   |--------------|------------------|
D|---8-----10---|---5-----5---| O |---8-----10---|----17------------|
A|--------------|-------------| R |--------------|------------------|
E|-6---6/8----8-|-3---3-3---3-|   |-6---6/8----8-|-15----15-15-15---|

Alright, that's it. If'n you spot any mistakes, feel free to email me or make Have a good one.