Blue Rodeo

Blue Rodeo - Five Days In May Bass guitar tab

From "Five Days in May" album 1993

4-string bass, standard tuning

Verse 1 (Repeat 4x):

[Instrumental Intro for 2 verses]

"They met in a hurricane..."

"Later on..."

E D A C

G:------|------|------|-------|------|------|------|------|

D:------|------|------|-------|------|------|------|------|

A:7-----|7-----|5-----|5--3-2-|0-----|0--—-2|3-----|3-----|

E:---7--|---7--|---5--|-------|---0--|---0--|---3--|---3--|

Verse 2:

"Never even let go..."

G F C D

G:------|-------|-------|-------|-------|

D:---3--|5------|3-2-0--|-------|-------|

A:5-----|---5---|-------|3------|5------|

E:------|-------|-------|-------|-------|

Verse 1 (Repeat 3x):

[Instrumental for 1 verse]

"Somehow they stayed..."

"Funny how..."

Verse 2 "To find the place..."

Chorus Part 1 (Repeat 2x)

"Sometimes the world..."

"How will you ever know..."

C B D

G:-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|

D:-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|

A:3----|3----|3----|3----|2----|2----|5----|5----|

E:---3-|---3-|---3-|---3-|---2-|---2-|---5-|---5-|

Chorus Part 2:

A B C G

G:-----|-----|-----|-----|

D:-----|-----|-----|-----|

A:0----|2----|3----|/10--|

E:-----|-----|-----|-----|

Verse 1 (Repeat 6x)

[Instrumental for 4 verses]

"Looking back..."

"All I know..."

Occasionally play this transition before repeating Verse 1:

End of verse Start of verse

C E

G:------|------|------|.--------------------------..

D:------|------|------|.--------------------------..

A:3---3-|3---5-|7-----|...continue with Verse 1.--..

E:--3---|------|---7--|.--------------------------..

Verse 2 "She loved the lines..."

Chorus Part 1

Chorus Part 2

Verse 1 (Repeat 12x and fade)

Play this variation of Verse 1 during guitar solo:

E D A C

G:------|------|------|-------|------|------|------|------|

D:------|------|------|------5|7-----|7-----|------|------|

A:7-----|7-----|5-----|5---7--|---7--|---7—-|3-----|3-----|

E:---7--|---7--|---5--|-------|------|------|---3--|---3--|

END

Notes:

Special thanks to Sparkster for giving me the notes and structure to this song.

See tabs-database.com[http://www.tabs-database.com.com/]

I'm not 100% sure about the bass notes in Chorus Part 2, so I used the song chords as a guide.

Tabbed 8/25/2007 by Scott Herzog at webmaster at tabs-database.com.com. Email with corrections or comments.Added by tabs-database.com and our distinguished partners

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