The Specials – Dawning Of A New Era (Bass Tab)

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Intro
   F-F#    F-F#    F-F#           F-F#    F-F#    F-F#
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-4--2-0---4-4-4-3-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-4--2-0-|
A|--------------------------------3------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

   F-F#    F-F#    F-F#           F-F#    F-F#       E
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---4-4-4-3-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-4--2-0---4-4-4-3-4-4-4-4------------| 
A|-3------------------------------3------------------7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus  ("This is the dawning...")  x 2
     A                            F#
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-7-7-7---------6-7--7-----6-3-4-4-4---------3-4--4-----3-|
A|---------9-7-7-7---------7------------6-4-4-4---------4----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1  ("I met a girl...")
   D           E           D           E
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-----------2-----------0-----------2----------|
A|----------2-----2-----------------2-----2-------|
E|----2--4-----------4--2-----2--4-----------4--2-|

Chorus x 1 Verse 2 ("By two o'clock...") same as first Chorus x 1

Verse 3  ("Sticks and stones...")
   D           E           D           E
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-----------2-----------0-----------2-2-2-2----|
A|----------2-----2-----------------2-------------| 
E|----2--4-----------4--2-----2--4----------------|

Break  (tempo slows down)
     A                           F#
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------4-4--------4--6--4-|  x 2
E|-4-5-5-5-2-0-0-0-4-5--5--0--4--X--2------1-2-2----------|

     A                            F#
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-7-7-7---------6-7--7-----6-3-4-4-4---------3-4--4-----3-|
A|---------9-7-7-7---------7------------6-4-4-4---------4----|  x 2
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus x 1 (back to normal speed) Verse 4 ("I climbed the stairs...") same as first Chorus x 1 Verse 5 ("She said she had...") same as first Chorus x 1 Verse 6 ("Woke up and thought...") same as third Chorus x 3 1/2 (the 4th time you don't play the F# part, you go directly to the outro)

Outro
   F-F#    F-F#    F-F#           F-F#    F-F#    F-F#
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-4--2-0---4-4-4-3-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-4--2-0-|
A|--------------------------------3------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

   F-F#    F-F#    F-F#           F-F#    F-F#
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|---4-4-4-3-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-4--2-0---4-4-4-3-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-| 
A|-3------------------------------3--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|