Muse – Reapers (Bass Tab)
Drop D (D-A-D-G)
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Tabbed by: Andrew P
The timings refer to the lyric video of the song as it's the only official recording available at the moment
You can find a fairly similar version of the tab performed here by someone who is not me:
[Intro] (0.27)
G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------| D|12\----10\----8\----7\---5\---3-|
[Verse] (0.29)
G|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| D|12-12-14-12-15-12-14-12-15-12-14-12-15-14-12-10-|---10-12-10-14-10-12-10-14-10-12-10-14-12-10-8-| A|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------| D|---8-10-8-12-8-10-8-12-8-10-8-12-10-8-7-|---7-8-7-11-7-8-7---7-8-7-11-7-8-12-| A|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| D|---12-14-12-15-12-14-12-15-12-14-12-15-14-12-10-|---10-12-10-14-10-12-10-14-10-12-10-14-12-10-8-| A|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------| D|---8-10-8-12-8-10-8-12-8-10-8-12-10-8-7-|---7-8-7-11-7-8-7----7-8-7-11-7-8---| A|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
[Pre-chorus] (0.49)
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--5-3-0-3-0---------5-----------|--5-3-0-3-0---------------------| D|0-----------5-3-0-0---0---------|------------5-0-----------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--5-3-0-3-0---------5-----------|--5-3-0-3-0---------------------| D|0-----------5-3-0-0---0---------|------------5-0-3------4--------|
[Chorus] (0.59)
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-----------------|2-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-----------------|
x2
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|1-3-3-3-3-3-1-3-----------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|3-5-5-5-5-5-3-0-3------2--------|[Pre-verse] (1.29)
G|------------12-12-------------------12-12-------|------------12-12-------------------12-12-------|
D|------12-12-------12-12-------12-12-------12-12-|------13-13-------13-13-------13-13-------13-13-|
A|10-10-------------------10-10-------------------|10-10-------------------10-10-------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------12-12-------------------12-12-------|------------------------------------------------|
D|------14-14-------14-14-------14-14-------14-14-|------------------------------------------------|
A|10-10-------------------10-10-------------------|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|12\---------10\--------8\------7\-----5\----3---|
^ ^(I find slightly more comfortable to play 9 on G instead of 14 on D here)Verse, pre-chorus and chorus repeat exactly as before.
[Bridge] (2.27)
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--5-3-0-3-0---------5-----------|--5-3-0-3-0---------5-----------| D|------------5-3-0-0---0---------|------------5-3-0-0---0---------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--5-3-0-3-0---------5-----------|--5-3-0-3-0-----3------4--------| D|------------5-3-0-0---0---------|------------5-0-----------------|
[Guitar solo Pt.1] (2.39)
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--5-3-0-3-0---------5-----------|--5-3-0-3-0---------5-----------| x2 D|------------5-3-0-0---0---------|------------5-3-0-0---0---------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--2-0---0---0-2-----2-----------|--2-0---0---0-2-----2-----------| A|------2---2---------------------|------2---2---------------------| x2 D|----------------2-2---2---------|----------------2-2---2---------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--5-3-0-3-0-3-5-----5-----------|--5-3-0-3-0-3-5-----5-----------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|----------------5-5---5---------|----------------5-5---5---------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--7-5---5---5-7-----7-----------|--7-5---5---5-7-----7-----------| A|------7---7-----0-0---0---------|------7---7-----0-0---0---------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[Guitar solo Pt.2] (3.09)
G|------------------------------------------10----|10-12-12-10-12-12-10-12-12-10-12-12-10-12-10----|
D|10-12-12-10-12-12-10-12-12-10-12-12-10-12----12-|---------------------------------------------12-|
A|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------10----|10-12-12-10-12-12-10-12-12-10-12-12-------------|
D|10-12-12-10-12-12-10-12-12-10-12-12-10-12----12-|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------8\----------|
D|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-----------------|2-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-----------------|
x2
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|1-3-3-3-3-3-1-3-----------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|3-5-5-5-5-5-3-0-3------2--------|[Final Chorus] (3.39)
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5---5-5-5-5\------|2-3-3-3-3-3-2-3---3-3-3-3-------|
x4
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|1-3-3-3-3-3-1-3---3-3-3-3-------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|3-5-5-5-5-5-3-0-3------2--------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|[Outro] (4.27)
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|12-0-3-0-4-5-0-6-0-7-8-0-9-0-10-11-|12-0-3-0-4-5-0-6-0-7-8-0-9-0-10-11-| A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| x2 D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| x3 D|12-0-3-0-4-5-0-6-0-7-8-0-9-0-10-11-|12-0-3-0-4-5-0-6-0-7-8-0-9-0-10-11-| (^ it's easier the first time to play this 12 as a 0 on the high D string) G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|12-0-3-0-4-5-0-6-0-7-8-0-9-0-10-11-|12-0-3-0-4-5-0-6-0-7-8-0-9-0-10-12-| G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| D|0----------------------------------|0----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| D|0----------------------------------|
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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