The Cure – Untitled (Bass Live Tab)

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[Verse] (Simon plays with a pick, and so should you if you're playing this tune. That means the tricky part will be the muting around the open D string. I find it easiest to mute the open string with the finger playing the other notes, and mute as I press down. This way it won't sound sloppy.)
Section 1:
G|-------------------|---9-----5-----|-------------------|---9-----5-----|
D|----0-0----0-0---0-|---------------|----0-0----0-0---0-|---------------|
A|-12-----10-----9---|-7---7-3---3-2/|-12-----10-----9---|-7---7-3---3-3/|
E|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|

G|-------------------|---9-----5-----|
D|----0-0----0-0---0-|---------------|
A|-12-----10-----9---|-7---7-3---3-3-|
E|-------------------|---------------|

Section 2:
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
(There are some overdubs on Section 2 that go as follows:)
G|-4-4-4-5--5-4-4-|---------------|
D|----------------|-5-------------|
A|----------------|---------------|
E|----------------|---------------|
(During the outro of the song there are two new overdubs introduced, also over Section 2:)
G|-4-4-4-5--5-4-4-|-7-------------|-4-4-4-5-4-2-0-0-|----------------|
D|----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
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