Muse – Shrinking Universe (Bass Tab)
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Band: Muse
Song: Shrinking Universe
Album: Hullabaloo CD1 (2002)
Bassist: Chris Wolstenholme
The whole reason why this tab is in Drop D tuning is because of two slide out's in choruses.
It's a simple thing but since you can't slide out from 0 on E, here's a studio version of the song.
You can ignore that and play the song in standard tuning which I also added down below.
Verse:
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| \
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |
D|7\--------------|--------------7-|7\--------------|--------------7-| |
| x2
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |
D|7\--------------|--------------7-|7\--------------|----------------| /Chorus:
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|5\--------------|--------------5-| D|7\--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| Those last 3 notes are so quite D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| that they are almost inaudible. A|----------------|5\------------5-|----------------|----------------| Ignore them if you don't D|2\--------------|----------------|7---------------|------7-7--7----| like them there.
Verse 2:
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| Some stacatoo notes here, D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| which are very quiet A|----------.-----|----------------|----------------|--.-------------| Play them just before the D|7---------7-----|----------7---7-|7---------------|--7-----------7-| x3 bass ends G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------.-----|----------------|----------------|--.-------------| D|7---------7-----|----------7---7-|7---------------|--7-------------|
Chorus 2:
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|4\--------4---4-|5\--------------|----------5---5-| D|7\--------7---7-|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|5\--------5---5-|----------------|----------------| D|2\--------2---2-|----------------|7---------------|----------------|
Bridge:
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|2---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Outro (seems a bit chaotic but this is what AI detected):
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|0-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|2-----2-----2---|2-----2-----2---| D|2-----2-----2---|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--0-0---0-0---0-|--0-0---0-0---0-| D|--2-2---2-2---2-|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|2---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|2-----2-----2---|2-----2-----2---| D|2-----2-----2---|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--0-0---0-0---0-|--0-0---0-0---0-| D|--2-2---2-2---2-|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|2-----2-----2---|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|--0-0---0-0---0-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|5---------------|0---------------|----------------| D|2---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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### Standard tuning ##############################################################
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+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| \
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |
E|5\--------------|--------------5-|5\--------------|--------------5-| |
| x2
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |
E|5\--------------|--------------5-|5\--------------|----------------| /Chorus:
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| Those last 3 notes are so quite D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| that they are almost inaudible. A|----------------|----------------|5\--------------|--------------5-| Ignore them if you don't E|5\--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| like them there. G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|5\------------5-|----------------|----------------| E|0---------------|----------------|5---------------|------5-5--5----| No slide-out in the first bar anymore!
Verse 2:
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| Some stacatoo notes here, D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| which are very quiet A|----------.-----|----------------|----------------|--.-------------| Play them just before the E|5---------5-----|----------5---5-|5---------------|--5-----------5-| x3 bass ends G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------.-----|----------------|----------------|--.-------------| E|5---------5-----|----------5---5-|5---------------|--5-------------|
Chorus 2:
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|4\--------4---4-|5\--------------|----------5---5-| E|5\--------5---5-|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|5\--------5---5-|----------------|----------------| E|0---------0---0-|----------------|5---------------|----------------|
Bridge:
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Outro:
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|0-4-4-4---4-4-4-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|2-----2-----2---|2-----2-----2---| D|2-----2-----2---|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--0-0---0-0---0-|--0-0---0-0---0-| E|--0-0---0-0---0-|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|2---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|2-----2-----2---|2-----2-----2---| D|2-----2-----2---|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--0-0---0-0---0-|--0-0---0-0---0-| E|--0-0---0-0---0-|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|2-----2-----2---|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|--0-0---0-0---0-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|5---------------|0---------------|----------------| E|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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| x Dead note
| g Grace note
| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| r Release
| > Accented note
| t Tapping
| b Bend
| br Bend release
| pb Pre-bend
| pbr Pre-bend release
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato
| s Slap
| P Pop
| PM Palm mute
| TR Trill
| N Tremolo
| . Staccato
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