Muse – Falling Away With You (Bass Tab)
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Band: Muse
Song: Falling Away With You
Album: Absolution (2003)
Bassist: Chris Wolstenholme
After listening to the instrumental version of this song and watching "Making of Absolution" on YouTube,
I decided to completely rework this tab I made so long ago. The most interesting thing is that both choruses
are played differently (the second chorus has some higher-octave notes).
Verse 1 parts are very quiet and really hard to understand without some EQ-ing. That's why I made this simple
guideline for the verse. Just do it your own way, add some extra notes, and build a little intensity before
pre-chorus and you are good to go. Trust me - it's really hard to do something wrong here.
Verse 1:
G|--------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------|
D|--------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------|
A|3-5-7-/12-12-10-10--8--8--|8-7-5-3-3------------|-----------------3--3--| |3-2-0---------------|
E|--------------------------|----------3-4-5---5--|8-7-5-1-1-1-1/(3)------| x4 |------1-1-1-1-0~----|
Pre-chorus:
12 and 14s
G|------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|---------------------12141414|------------------------|------------------------|
A|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|12-12-12-12-12-12-12---------|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
E|------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|Chorus 1:
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----55-------55--| D|----77-------77--|----77-------77--|----77-------77--|-----------------| A|0077--77-0077--77|0077--77-0077--77|0088--88-0088--88|0088--88-0088--88| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|----66-------66--|----66-------66--|----55-------55--|----55-------55--| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|0077--77-0077--77|0077--77-0077--77|0077--77-0077--77|0077--77-0077--77| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|----55-------55--|----55-------55--|----44-------44--|----44-------44--| D|-----------------|-----------------|--55--55---55--55|--55--55---55--55| A|0088--88-0088--88|0088--88-0088--88|55-------55------|55-------55------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G|----55-------55--|----------------| D|--55--55---55--55/10~~~\----------| Fast slide to 10, hold a sec and slide out A|33-------33------|----------------| E|-----------------|----------------|
Verse 2: (same as before but this time give it this eight-note-rhythm feel)
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|3-5-7/12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-5-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-| E|------------------------------------------------------3-3-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-8-7-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1/----------| G|------------------------------| D|------------------------------| A|3-2-0-------------------------| E|------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0~------|
And this is where some differences appear. In "Making of Absolution" you can see Chris playing this part.
At first, I was confused, but if you boost up some frequencies of instrumental recording between 5-8k,
you will start to hear this weird bass effect cutting through the mix and there are many high notes.
Only after this, you'll realize that Chris is using the same effect in the first chorus too where all those
same notes are octave above (at least, IMHO).
Second chorus:
G|------------14-14-------|------------14-14-------|------------14-14-------|------------14-14-------| |
D|------14-14-------14-14-|------14-14-------14-14-|------14-14-------14-14-|------14-14-------14-14-| |
A|0--0--------------------|0--0--------------------|0--0--------------------|0--0--------------------| |
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| |
| x2
G|------------14-14-------|------------14-14-------|------------14-14-------|------------14-14-------| |
D|------15-15-------15-15-|------15-15-------15-15-|------15-15-------15-15-|------15-15-------15-15-| |
A|0--0--------------------|0--0--------------------|0--0--------------------|0--0--------------------| |
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| |
G|------------14-14-------|------------14-14-------|------------14-14-------|------------14-14-------|
D|------14-14-------14-14-|------14-14-------14-14-|------14-14-------14-14-|------14-14-------14-14-|
A|0--0--------------------|0--0--------------------|0--0--------------------|0--0--------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------14-14-------|------------14-14-------|------------17-17-------|------------17-17-------|
D|------15-15-------15-15-|------15-15-------15-15-|------15-15-------15-15-|------15-15-------15-15-|
A|0--0--------------------|0--0--------------------|0--0--------------------|0--0--------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------18-18-------|------------18-18-------|------------18-18-------|------------18-18-------|
D|------14-14-------14-14-|------14-14-------14-14-|------14-14-------14-14-|------14-14-------14-14-|
A|0--0--------------------|0--0--------------------|0--0--------------------|0--0--------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------17-17-------|------------17-17-------|------------17-17-------|------------17-17-------|
D|------14-14-------14-14-|------14-14-------14-14-|------14-14-------14-14-|------14-14-------14-14-|
A|0--0--------------------|0--0--------------------|0--0--------------------|0--0--------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------17-17-------|------------17-17-------|------------17-17-------|------------17-17-------|
D|------15-15-------15-15-|------15-15-------15-15-|------15-15-------15-15-|------15-15-------15-15-|
A|0--0--------------------|0--0--------------------|0--0--------------------|0--0--------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------16-16-------|------------16-16-------|------------16-16-------|------------16-16-------|
D|------17-17-------17-17-|------17-17-------17-17-|------17-17-------17-17-|------17-17-------17-17-|
A|14-14-------------------|14-14-------------------|14-14-------------------|14-14-------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------17-17-------|------------17-17-------|------------17-17-------|------------17-17-------|
D|------17-17-------17-17-|------17-17-------17-17-|------17-17-------17-17-|------17-17-------17-17-|
A|15-15-------------------|15-15-------------------|15-15-------------------|15-15-------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|15~~~-------------------|
E|------------------------|Outro:
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|3-5-7-12-12-10-10-8~-----8-7-5-3-3--------------------------3~-----3-2-0-------------3-------------| E|-----------------------------------3-4-5~-----8-7-5-1-1-1-1/-------------1-1-1-1-------------------|
/ slide up
\ slide down
() ghost note
h hammer-on
p pull-off
~ let ring