The Wombats – Emoticons (Bass Tab)

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Intro: (0:9) PLAY EACH OF THESE LITTLE SEGMENTS TWICE
G---------9     ----------4     ----------7     ---------2      ---------21-|
D----------     -----------     -----------     ----------      ------------|
A-77-7-7-7-     -22--2-2-2-     -5--55--55-     00--0-0-0-      00--0-0-0---|
E----------     -----------     -----------     ----------      ------------|

Verse, first half: (0:29) “It’s tough to…” PLAY EACH OF THESE LITTLE SEGMENTS TWICE
G---------9     ----------4     ---------11     ---------2      ---------21-|
D----------     -----------     -----------     ----------      ------------|
A-77-7-7-7-     -22--2-2-2-     99--9-9-9--     00--0-0-0-      00--0-0-0---|
E----------     -----------     -----------     ----------      ------------|

Verse, second half: (0:48) PLAY EACH OF THESE LITTLE SEGMENTS TWICE
G---------9     ----------4     ---------11     --------------14-|
D----------     -----------     -----------     -----------------|
A-77-7-7-7-     -22--2-2-2-     99--9-9-9--     -1212-12-12-12---|
E----------     -----------     -----------     -----------------|

Pre-chorus:
G------14-----14-----14----14-|
D-----------------------------|
A--1212---1212---1212---1212--|
E-----------------------------|

Chorus: (1:07)
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--7777777777777777--2222222222222222--5555555555555555--00000000000000000---12-11-|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse, first half. (1:25)
Verse, second half with alteration: (1:45) PLAY EACH OF THESE LITTLE SEGMENTS TWICE
G---------9     ----------7     ---------11     --------------14-|
D----------     -----------     -----------     -----------------|
A-77-7-7-7-     -55--5-5-5-     99--9-9-9--     -1212-12-12-12---|
E----------     -----------     -----------     -----------------|

Pre-chorus:
G------14-----14-----14----14-|
D-----------------------------|
A--1212---1212---1212---1212--|
E-----------------------------|
Chorus. Chorus.
Bridge pt.1: (2:42) “it’s everything I want…”
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------4--2---2--0-----------|
A---22222222---777777---9999999---2222222222-----22----22-5--4-------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge pt.1.
Bridge pt.2 (3:00) “we crave the fiction when we need the truth…”
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---9999999999999---11-11-11-11-11-11---77777777---9~---9--7-------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(optional keyboard) (3:10)
G-18---16--13--16---13--11-----------------|
D----------------------------------11--9---|
A------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|
Chorus. (3:16) Chorus. (3:30) Chorus. (3:48)
Ending bit: x4 (4:07)
G--------------------|
D--------------------|
A--77---*clap*-------|
E--------------------|
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Intro riff, if you really want to play it:
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--14-14--18--16h18--18--16h18--18--16--14--16---18--16h18--18--16h18--18--16--14----|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------16-|
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----18--16h18--18--16h18--18--16--14--16---18--16h18--18--16h18--18--16--14---14---|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|