New Model Army - Bittersweet bass tab
"Bittersweet" by New Model Army (from the album "Vengeance")
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Transcribed by : Gilles Velay (gvelay@club-internet.fr)
Any comments, corrections or suggestions ?
Please email me at gvelay@club-internet.fr
Notation :
w : whole +++ : tied notes
h : half \ : slide down
q : quarter / : slide up
e : 8th h : hammer on
s : 16th () : not played first time
Riff I
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e e e e e e e e e e e q e e e
G-||(9)-----------------------------|---5---5---5---7------5---5---5---|
D-||--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-||-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|----------------------------------|
E-||->--->--->------->--->--->------|----------------------------------|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
G-|--------------------------------|---12--12--12--11------12--12--7--|
D-|-7------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|----------------------------------|
E-|->--->--->------->--->--->------|----------------------------------|
e e e e e e e e e e e q e e e
G-|-9------------------------------|---5---5---5---7------5---5---5---|
D-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|----------------------------------|
E-|->--->--->------->--->--->------|----------------------------------|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
G-|--------------------------------|---11--11--11--12------11--11--7--||
D-|-7------------------------------|----------------------------------||
A-|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|----------------------------------||
E-|->--->--->------->--->--->------|----------------------------------||
Riff II
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q e e e e e e ++++ e e q e e e e
G-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|--------------------------------|-------------------3--------------|
A-|-5-------5---5---5---5---5---5--|---5---5---5-----------5---3--0---|
E-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
q e e e e e e ++++ e e e e e e e e
G-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|--------------------------------|-------------------5---3----------|
A-|-3-------3---3---3---3---3---3--|---3-----------------------5--0---|
E-|--------------------------------|-------0---0---0------------------|
q e e e e e e ++++ e e q e e e e
G-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|--------------------------------|-------------------3--------------|
A-|-5-------5---5---5---5---5---5--|---5---5---5-----------5---3--0---|
E-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
q e e e e e e ++++ e e e e q q
G-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-|-3-------3---3---3---3---3---3--|---3------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------|-------0---0---0---2-------3------|
Riff III
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q+e e h q+e e h e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
G-||-----------------|-----------------|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
D-||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
A-||-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------|-----------------|-----------------||
E-||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Riff IV
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e e q e e q
G-||--------------------------------||
D-||--------------------------------||
A-||-0---0---x-------0---0---x------||
E-||--------------------------------||
Intro : Guitar (2 x 8 bars)
Riff I (x2)
1st Verse : Riff I (x2)
Chorus : Riff II
2nd Verse : Riff I (x2)
Chorus : Riff II
Bridge : Guitars only (although you can play Riff III) then :
w
G-|--------------------------------|
D-|--------------------------------|
A-|-0------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------| followed by Riff I (x2)
Chorus : Riff II
End : Riff IV (x4)
