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Wake Me Up Before I Sleep

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Bass Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Wake Me Up Before I Sleep

tab by Avi (...and guess who's proud :-)

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Bass

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this is an amazing bass line ...Stef is a genius !

Listen REAL carefully to know who it goes

first almost unnoticeable note -

G|-----|
D|-----|
A|--2--|
E|-----|

Intro -

G|---|-----|------|-----|-----|-----|---------|---|-----|-----|---7-|
D|---|-----|----5-|-5-4-|-4-2-|-2-0-|-0-2-0---|---|-----|---5-|-5---|
A|---|---5-|------|-----|-----|-----|-------4-|---|---5-|-5---|-----|
E|-3-|-3---|-3----|-----|-----|-----|---------|-3-|-3---|-----|-----|
G|-7-2-|-2---|-----|---------|
D|-----|---4-|-4-2-|-0-2-0---|
A|-----|-----|-----|-------4-|
E|-----|-----|-----|---------|

First verse -

G|---|---|---|---|-----|---------|---|---|---|-----|------|---|
D|---|---|-5-|---|-----|---------|---|---|---|-----|-5----|---|
A|---|---|---|-5-|-4/5-|-5-7-5-4-|-2-|-2-|-5-|-5---|------|-5-|
E|-3-|-3-|---|---|-----|---------|---|---|---|---3-|----3-|---|
G|---|-7/9-7-|-------|-------|-----|---|-----|-------|
D|---|-------|-7/9-7-|-------|-----|---|-5---|-------|
A|-5-|-------|-------|-5/7-5-|---5-|---|---5-|---5---|
E|---|-------|-------|-------|-7---|-7-|-----|-7---3-|

First Chorus -

G|---|----------|------------|----------|
D|---|----------|------------|----------|
A|-9-|-9-9-9-10-|-10-10-10-9-|-9-9-9-10-|
E|---|----------|------------|----------|

Second verse -

G|------|-----|-----|---7-|---|-----|-----|---------|---|---|---|
D|-5----|-----|---5-|-5---|-5-|-5-4-|-2-0-|-0-2-0---|---|---|---|
A|------|---5-|-5---|-----|---|-----|-----|-------4-|---|-5-|---|
E|----3-|-3---|-----|-----|---|-----|-----|---------|-3-|---|-3-|
G|-7/9-7-|-------|-------|-----|---|-----|-------|
D|-------|-7/9-7-|-------|-----|---|-5---|-------|
A|-------|-------|-5/7-5-|---5-|---|---5-|---5---|
E|-------|-------|-------|-7---|-7-|-----|-7---3-|

Second Chorus -

G|---|----|------------|------|-----|
D|---|----|------------|------|-----|
A|-9-|-10-|-10-10-10-9-|-9/10-|-----|
E|---|----|------------|------|--3--|

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