The Decemberists – Bagmans Gambit (Bass Tab)
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Note: This is technically all wrong because Nate query doesn't start playing until the "interlude" part and
then he's done again. that being paired with the fact that I just started playing bass a month ago makes for
a very faulty tab. feel free to change everything, especially the part that's based on the a minor on guitar.
[Intro] G|---------------------------| D|---------------------------| A|--3---5-5---2-2---3-3-3-3-3| E|---------------------------| x2 “on the lAM from the law...” G|---------------------------| D|---------------------------| A|--3---5-5---2-2---3-3-3-3-3| E|---------------------------| x4 “and I saw momentarily” G|-----22------|------22------22-------| D|--2----------|--22------22------22---| A|-------------|-----------------------| E|-------------|-----------------------| “they flashed a photograph...” G|----22-----22------------------------------| D|--2----22------3---5-5---2-2---3-3-3-3-3---| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| “you’d been abused so horribly” G|-----22------|------22------22-------| D|--2----------|--22------22------22---| A|-------------|-----------------------| E|-------------|-----------------------| “but you were there in some anonymous room” G|----22-----22------------------------------| D|--2----22------3---5-5---2-2---3-3-3-3-3---| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------| D|---------------------------| A|--3---5-5---2-2---3-3-3-3-3| E|---------------------------| “and I recall at fall...” G|---------------------------| D|---------------------------| A|--3---5-5---2-2---3-3-3-3-3| E|---------------------------| x4 “how we kissed so sweetly” G|-----22------|------22------22-------| D|--2----------|--22------22------22---| A|-------------|-----------------------| E|-------------|-----------------------| “how could I refuse a favor or two” G|----22-----22------------------------------| D|--2----22------3---5-5---2-2---3-3-3-3-3---| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| “and for a tryst in the greenery” G|-----22------|------22------22-------| D|--2----------|--22------22------22---| A|-------------|-----------------------| E|-------------|-----------------------| “I gave you documents and microfilm t00” G|----22-----22------------------------------| D|--2----22------3---5-5---2-2---3-3-3-3-3---| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------| D|---------------------------| A|--3---5-5---2-2---3-3-3-3-3| E|---------------------------| “and from my ten “where once our bodies lay” Floor tenement” G|------------------|------------------| D|-----555555555----|--5555555557777---| A|------------------|------------------| E|------------------|------------------| “how I longed to hear you say” (ignore the c) G|---------------------------| D|---777777777---------------| A|---------------------------| E|---------------------------| “no they’ll never catch me now” G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|---3------------------------------| E|------------------------333333----| “no they’ll never catch me” G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|---3333333333333------------------| E|----------------------------------| “no they cannot catch me now” G|----------------------------------| D|--77777777777----------3333333----| A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| “we will escape somehow” G|----------------------------------| D|-3---22222222----3333333----------| A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| “somehow ohh” G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|--88888888------------------------| E|----------------------------------| G|---------------------------| D|---------------------------| A|--3---5-5---2-2---3-3-3-3-3| E|---------------------------| x2 “it was late one night...” G|---------------------------| D|---------------------------| A|--3---5-5---2-2---3-3-3-3-3| E|---------------------------| x3 “purloined in petrograd” G|-----22------|------22------22-------| D|--2----------|--22------22------22---| A|-------------|-----------------------| E|-------------|-----------------------| “they were suspicious of where Your loyalties lay” G|----22-----22------------------------------| D|--2----22------3---5-5---2-2---3-3-3-3-3---| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| “so I paid off a bureaucrat” G|-----22------|------22------22-------| D|--2----------|--22------22------22---| A|-------------|-----------------------| E|-------------|-----------------------| “to convince your captors they’re To secret you away” G|----22-----22------------------------------| D|--2----22------3---5-5---2-2---3-3-3-3-3---| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------| D|---------------------------| A|--3---5-5---2-2---3-3-3-3-3| E|---------------------------| “and at the gate of “our hands met through The embassy” the bars” G|------------------|------------------| D|-----555555555----|--5555555557777---| A|------------------|------------------| E|------------------|------------------| “and your whisper stilled my heart” (ignore the C) G|---------------------------| D|---777777777---------------| A|---------------------------| E|---------------------------| “no they’ll never catch me now” G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|---3-----------------------------| E|------------------------333333---| “no they’ll never catch me” G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|---3333333333333------------------| E|----------------------------------| “no they cannot catch me now” G|----------------------------------| D|--77777777777-----3333333---------| A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| “we will escape somehow” G|----------------------------------| D|-3---22222222----3333333----------| A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| “somehow ohh” G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|--88888888------------------------| E|----------------------------------|
[Interlude]
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G|--555555(xalot)--444444(xalot)--555555(xalot)--444444(xalot)--| D|--------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------| “and I dreamt one night you were” G|------------------|------------------| D|------------------|------------------| A|------------------|------------------| E|---33333333333----|---33333333333----| “there in fours” G|------------------|------------------| D|------------------|------------------| A|------------------|------------------| E|---22222222222----|---22222222222----| “hands held high in” G|------------------| D|------------------| A|------------------| E|---33333333333----| “uniform” G|------------------| D|------------------| A|------------------| E|---22222222222----| “oh” G|------------------| D|------------------| A|------------------| E|---33333333333----| “oh” G|------------------| D|------------------| A|------------------| E|---22222222222----| “it was ten years on...” G|---------------------------| D|---------------------------| A|--3---5-5---2-2---3-3-3-3-3| E|---------------------------| x5