Deerhunter – Cryptograms (Bass Tab)

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From the album "Cryptograms"
Verse 1 (0:00-0:24)
G|-----|
D|-----|
A|-----|
E|--8--|
*The bass repeats this note throughout the
first verse (probably with a delay pedal)*

Break 1/Verse 2 (0:24-1:15)
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| x8
A|-------10-------------10---------|---------------------------------|
E|-6h8-8----8p6h8----------8p6-6h8-|-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8-|

Bridge (1:15-1:41)
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-------8---------------8---------|---------------------------------| x4
A|---------8p6h8-8-8-8-8---8p6-6h8-|-8p6-----------------------------|
E|-6h8-----------------------------|-----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|

Break 2/Verse 3 (1:41-2:32)
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| x8
A|-------10-------------10---------|---------------------------------|
E|-6h8-8----8p6h8----------8p6-6h8-|-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8-6h8-|
Outro *The bass is hard to hear during the outro, so this is just an approximation of what's actually being played*
(2:32-2:58)
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-------8---------------8---------|---------------------------------| x4
A|---------8p6h8-8-8-8-8---8p6-6h8-|-8p6-----------------------------|
E|-6h8-----------------------------|-----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|

(2:58-3:24)
G|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---------------------------------| x4
A|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-------------------|-8-8-8-6h8-8-8-8-8-6h8-8-8-8-8-8-|

(3:24-3:43)
G|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------| x3
A|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|

(3:43-end)
G|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-------------------------------|
                                       *This note repeats at the end of the song,
                                        just like it did in the first verse*
And that's it! Leave any comments or questions if you have any.