Violent Femmes – Please Do Not Go (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Bass Tab
Guitar
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[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------------------|
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Play this three times and then this
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C D G|---------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------| A|--3---2---0-------5-----3-5----5--3--2--0----| E|--------------3------------------------------|
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| h Hammer-on
| / Slide up
| p Pull-off
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