Placebo – The Bitter End (Bass Tab)
Drop D (D-A-D-G)
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Title: The Bitter End
Artist: Placebo
Album: Sleeping With Ghosts
Tab Author: Pearce Hamblin (The Bass Diaries)
[INTRO]
No bass part during this section (8 bars).
[VERSE 1]
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Bb |--1----1----1----1----1----1----1----1---|--1----1----1----1----1----0----0----0---|
Eb |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|[Chorus 1]
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Bb |--1----1----1----1----1----1----1----1---|--1----1----1----3----3----3----3----3---|
Eb |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|[Verse 2]
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Eb |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|[Interlude]
No bass part for this section (16 bars).
[Chorus 2]
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Eb |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|[Chorus 3/Outro]
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