The Strokes – Killing Lies (Bass Tab)

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KILLING LIES (Bassline) As recorded by The Strokes (From the 2006 Album FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF EARTH) Words by Julian Casablancas Music by The Strokes Arranged by Julian Casablancas and Nikolai Fraiture Transcribed by wasp2020
Verse (PM)
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||--------------8---|-----------------|-----------------|
||--9-9-8-9-9-9---9-|-------------6---|-------------6---|
||------------------|-7-7-6-7-7-7---7-|-7-7-6-7-7-7---7-|

|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-------------8---|-------------8----||
|-------------8---|-9-9-8-9-9-9---9-|-9-9-8-9-9-9---9--||
|-9-9-7-9-9-9---9-|-----------------|------------------|| x2 (x3 for Verse 2)

||-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||-------------------11----|-------------------13----|-------------------13----|
||-13-13-11-13-13-13----13-|-14-14-13-14-14-14----14-|-14-14-13-14-14-14----14-|
||-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------6---|-------------8---|-------------8---||
|-8-8-6-8-8-8---8-|-9-9-8-9-9-9---9-|-9-9-8-9-9-9---9-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| x2

Chorus (w/o PM)
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||--------------8---|-----------------|-----------------|
||--9-9-8-9-9-9---9-|-------------6---|-------------6---|
||------------------|-7-7-6-7-7-7---7-|-7-7-6-7-7-7---7-|

|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-------------8---|-------------8----||
|-------------8---|-9-9-8-9-9-9---9-|-9-9-8-9-9-9---9--||
|-9-9-7-9-9-9---9-|-----------------|------------------|| x2

Guitar Break (PM)
||-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||-------------------11----|-------------------13----|-------------------13----|
||-13-13-11-13-13-13----13-|-14-14-13-14-14-14----14-|-14-14-13-14-14-14----14-|
||-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------6---|-------------8---|-------------8---||
|-8-8-6-8-8-8---8-|-9-9-8-9-9-9---9-|-9-9-8-9-9-9---9-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| x2

Outro (PM)                          (w/o PM)
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|---|
|-------------8---|-------------8---|-4--------|---|
|-9-9-8-9-9-9---9-|-9-9-8-9-9-9---9-|----------|---|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|-2-|
Legend: PM - Palm Mute w/o PM - Without Palm Mute