Violent Femmes – Please Do Not Go (Guitar)

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[Chords] EADGBe G (355433) C (x3555x)
   D         (x5777x)
   Another song from one of the greatest albums of all times.
I've also pretty much transcribed the bassline. It's at the bottom of the file. [Intro] G C D (x4) [Verse 1]
G                                      C     D
Tell your man I'm stuck on this lovely girl

G                             C      D
'Cause to me she mean all the world

G                         C    D
But then she like another guy

G                                   C       D
I fall down dead, she never see the tears I cry
[Chorus]
     G                            C  D
Said please, please, please do not go

G                            C  D
Please, please, please do not go

G                            C  D
Please, please, please do not go

G                            C  D  G       C  D
Please, please, please do not go
[Bridge]
C                        G
How long can the days go on

C                  G
When my love is so strong

C                          G
And I know I cannot tell a lie

C                  D                             G
I wanna see him go by, bye, bye bye, bye bye bye bye
[Verse 2]
G             C             D
Now I wonder, I wonder what she would say

G              C                    D
If I told her, if I told her that I felt this way

G                                               C     
You know it might make her turn, might make her turn,

                    D
might make her turn either way

G                            C           D
So all I can do is patiently pray, pray, I pray pray pray
[Chorus]
     G                            C  D
Said please, please, please do not go

G                            C  D
Please, please, please do not go

G                            C  D
Please, please, please do not go

G                            C  D  G       C  D
Please, please, please do not go
[Bass Solo] G G C D G G C D G G C D G G C D [Bridge]
C                        G             C
How long can the days go on (oh, whoh, whoh)

                   G                 C
When my love is so strong (oh, whoh, whoh)

                           G                  
And I know I cannot tell a lie(lie lie lie lie)

C                                  D                             G
Oh, whoh, whoh, I wanna see him go by, bye, bye bye, bye bye bye bye
[Verse 3]
G                          C          D                        G
I tell you man, I'm stuck, I'm stuck, I'm stuck on this lovely girl

                             C                   D         G
And you know I could travel, I could travel over the whole world

                                             C                         D
And you know what she does, she turn around, she turn around she like another guy

G                                   C                 D
Oh what can I do, I fall down dead, she never see the tears I cry
[Chorus]
G                            C  D
Please, please, please do not go

G                            C  D
Please, please, please do not go

G                            C   D
Please, please, please do not go, oh oh

G                            C   D
Please, please, please do not go, oh

G                                   C   D
Please, please, please, you hurt me, so

G                                   C   D
Please, please, please, you hurt me, so

G                                         C   D
Please, please, please I got something to show
(fade out) [B A S S L I N E S]
The [INTRO] is just this:
   G|-----------------|
   D|-2h3--2----------|
   A|--------5---1/2--| Then go straight away into the VERSE-BASSLINE.
   E|-----------------|

[OK, here's the [VERSE-BASSLINE]
        G                     C           D
   G|-------------------------------------------------------|
   D|-------------5--5-3-2-------------------3p2---2--------|
   A|-------1/2-5----------5--3--2--3--0--5------5---0h2----|
   E|---3---------------------------------------------------|
and sometimes, like the end of the verse, it goes like this:
        G                     C           D
   G|--------------------------------------------------|
   D|-------------5--5-3-2-----------------------------|
   A|-------1/2-5----------5--3--2--3--0--5--3--2--0---|
   E|---3----------------------------------------------|

Now the CHORUS-BASSLINE:
       G                   C           D
   G|-------------------------------------------------|
   D|--5----3----2------------------------------------|
   A|-----------------5----3--2--3--0--5--3--2--0-----|
   E|-------------------------------------------------|

And finally, the BRIDGE-BASSLINE:
       C                 G
   G|---------------------------------------------|
   D|---------------------------------2-----------|
   A|--3---2---0------------2-----5-5-----5--2----|
   E|--------------3-----3-----3------------------|
| Play this three times and then this |
       C               D
   G|---------------------------------------------|
   D|---------------------------------------------|
   A|--3---2---0-------5-----3-5----5--3--2--0----|
   E|--------------3------------------------------|
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