Taylor Swift – Long Story Short (Bass Tab)
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Artist: Taylor Swift
Song: long story short
Instrument: Electric Bass
Tab by: jaynadanger
Key: C Major - C D E F G A B C
Bass: 4 String Fretted
Technique: Fingerstyle
Tempo: 156BPM
[Intro]
*break*
[Verse 1] (bass comes in at 0:31, "..shoe fits" second to last measure)
Fatefully / I tried to pick my battles 'til the battle picked me
Misery / Like the war of words I shouted in my sleep
And you passed right by / I was in the alley, surrounded on all sides
The knife cuts both ways / If the shoe fits, walk in it 'til your high heels break
**Rest 14 bars**
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[Chorus]
And I fell from the pedestal / Right down the rabbit hole / Long story short, it was a bad time
Pushed from the precipice / Clung to the nearest lips / Long story short, it was the wrong guy
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[Post-Chorus]
Now I'm all about you / I'm all about you, ah / Yeah, yeah
I'm all about you, ah / Yeah, yeah
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[Verse 2] (bass comes back in at 1:18 "When I dropped..")
Actually / I always felt I must look better in the rear view
Missing me / At the golden gates they once held the keys to
When I dropped my sword / I threw it in the bushes and knocked on your door
And we live in peace / But if someone comes at us, this time, I'm ready
**Rest 8 Bars**
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[Chorus]
'Cause I fell from the pedestal / Right down the rabbit hole / Long story short, it was a bad time
Pushed from the precipice / Clung to the nearest lips / Long story short, it was the wrong guy
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[Post-Chorus]
Now I'm all about you / I'm all about you, ah / Yeah, yeah
I'm all about you
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[Bridge] (bass back in at 2:06)
No more keepin' score / Now I just keep you warm (Keep you warm)
No more tug of war / Now I just know there's more (Know there's more)
No more keepin' score / Now I just keep you warm (Keep you warm)
And my waves meet your shore / Ever and evermore
**Rest 8 bars**
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[Verse 3] (if you can't play both strings at the same time you can just play the higher line)
Past me / I wanna tell you not to get lost in these petty things
Your nemeses / Will defeat themselves before you get the chance to swing
And he's passing by / Rare as the glimmer of a comet in the sky
And he feels like home / If the shoe fits, walk in it everywhere you go
**Rest 7 bars, come in at the end of bar 8**
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[Chorus]
And I fell from the pedestal / Right down the rabbit hole / Long story short, it was a bad time
Pushed from the precipice / Climbed right back up the cliff / Long story short, I survived
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[Post-Chorus]
Now I'm all about you (and now)/ I'm all about you, ah (and now)
I'm all about you (And now) / I'm all about you, ah / Yeah, yeah
I'm all about you / (And now) Yeah, yeah / I'm all about you
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[Outro]
Long story short, it was a bad time
Long story short, I survived
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