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Coming Back to Life

Pink Floyd
Bass Tab
4.6(11)

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Song

Transcription by: Gareth J. Hill, email SPX5GJH@CARDIFF.AC.UK (or BUJIN to

all you IRC people out there! :)

COMING BACK TO LIFE

Pink Floyd

(Gilmour)

BASS:

2m35s

G:--------------------------------------------|
D:--------------------------------------------|
A:----------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
E:------------------------------------------3-|

....shining sun

(a)

||-----------------------------------------------------------------
||---------------------------5-------------------------------------
||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/7---7\3---------------------------------
||---------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-

^---------^

Lost in thought And lost in time (1st time only)

Outside the rain Fell dark and slow

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

^repeat this X2 ^

while the seeds of life and the seeds of change were planted

while I pondered on this dangerous & irresistible pastime X2

^^^^^ - this is continuous!

(b)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-
-----------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-------------------------------------------

I took... through our... I knew the... begun... And I...

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

into the... sun...

Guitar Solo : Repeat (a) twice

Repeat (b)

There is a small bass riff done to lead onto the outro solo which I can't

make out.

Outro Solo :

First time:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------5b6r5p3 5b6r5p3-----------------------------------

-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----

^done v quickly^

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

Second time: repeat (a)

Do (b)

keep playing last position on (b) until the end of the song.

--

Transcribed on August 17th, 1997

Updated: April 7/98

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