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Face Up

New Order
Bass Tab

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

Song

FACE UP

synth bass riff throughout

|---8-8---8-8---8-8---8-8-------------------------|
|---------------------------8-8---8-8---8-8---8-8-|
|-6-----6-----6-----6-----------------------------|
|-------------------------6-----6-----6-----6-----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6---6---------|
|-------------------------------------------6-----|
|-4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----------|

intro

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-6------9--9----11-----------|
|-----------------------------|

Chorus riff ("oh how I cannot bear the thought of you…"

|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------3-----3-3-3-3-1-0---|
|-3--5-5--5--3--5-5--5--1---------3---5----3--|-3--5-5--5--3--5-5--5--------------------3-|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|

Then D# for the verses

2:58

|-3--3-3-3-1-0-1--0-1-0-1-0-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-1-0-----3-3-3-3-0-1-0-|
|-------------------------------|---------------1-----------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

play that once then...

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-1-0---------------------------0-1-0---------------------------|
|-------1-------------------------------1-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

3:44

|-3-5-3--1-0-1-0-------1-0-1-0-------1-0----------|
|----------------1---1---------1---1--------------|
|----------------------------------------1--------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

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