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Bruise Pristine

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Bass Tab
4.8(4)

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Song

PLACEBO:BRUISE PRISTINE:  A marathon of a tab here, sorry for it

being soooooo long but you can't really tab it over a short space.

Come in after Brian finishes his little beginning bit;

Verse:

G--------------------------------------------------------------------

D--------------3-3-3--3-3-3------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------2-2-2--2-2-2-----------
E--1-1-1-1-1------------------1-1-1-1-1------------------------------

G--------------------------------------------------------------------

D--------------------------------------------------------------------

A--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------------

G--------------------------------------------------------------------

D-------------------------------------------3-3-3--3-3-3-------------
A--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------1-1-1-1-1--------------------1-1-1-1-1-

G--------------------------------------------------------------------

D--------------------------------------------------------------------

A--2-2-2--2-2-2---4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4----------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------------

G--------------------------------------------------------------------

D--------------------------------------------------------------------

A--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4---6 po 4 ho 6 po 4 ho 6 po 4 ho 6 po 4

E--------------------------------------------------------------------

Play that bit through when Brian sings but on the second time end up

by strumming the 4th fret on the A string instead of hammering on and

off the 6th and 4th frets.  ( oh, by the way, po= pull off, ho=

hammer on ).

Chorus:

G--------------------------------------------------------------------

D--------------------------------------------------------------------

A--------------------------------------------------------------------

E--1-1--2-2-2---3-3-3--4-4-4---1-1--2-2-2---3-3-3--4-4-4--

G--------------------------------------------------------------------

D--------------------------------------------------------------------

A--8-8--9-9-9---10-10-10--11-11-11---4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4----

E--------------------------------------------------------------------

G--------------------------------------------------------------------

D--------------------------------------------------------------------

A--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4---8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--

E--------------------------------------------------------------------

G--------------------------------------------------------------------

D--------------------------------------------------------------------

A--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8------------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------------

After the chorus, go into the verse and end up before the chorus

strumming the 4th fret ( A string ) instead of hammering on and off

the 6th and 4th frets.

Go into the next chorus after doing the verse;

Chorus:

G--------------------------------------------------------------------

D--------------------------------------------------------------------

A--------------------------------------------------------------------

E--1-1--2-2-2---3-3-3--4-4-4-4---1-1--2-2-2---3-3-3--4-4-4-

G--------------------------------------------------------------------

D--------------------------------------------------------------------

A--8-8--9-9-9---10-10-10--11-11-11---4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4----

E--------------------------------------------------------------------

G--------------------------------------------------------------------

D--------------------------------------------------------------------

A--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------
E-------------------------1------------------------------------------

Next bit is where Brian plays on taught strings below the bridge

doing another weird solo;

G--------------------------------------------------------------------

D--------------------------------------------------------------------

A--7-/-8------------------------------------------------------8-----
E-----------------9---------8 ho 9-----------9--9---8--------------

G--------------------------------------------------------------------

D--------------------------------------------------------------------

A----------7 ho 8---------------------------------------------------

E--------------------------9-------------8 ho 9----9--9---8--------

G--------------------------------------------------------------------

D--------------------------------------------------------------------

A---------7-/-8-----------------------------------------------------
E----1-------------------------8 ho 9--------8 ho 9-------9-----1-

G--------------------------------------------------------------------

D--------------------------------------------------------------------

A-------------7-/-8-------------------------------------------------

E---------------------------------8 ho 9-----------8 ho 9----------

After that part ( which may not be perfect ) it speeds up and Brian

shouts something which echoes out gradually.  The next part goes;

G--------------------------------------------------------------------

D--------------------------------------------------------------------

A--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--

E--------------------------------------------------------------------

G--------------------------------------------------------------------

D--------------------------------------------------------------------

A--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--------------------------------------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------------

Repeat that part again and after it do the normal verse and that up

again by strumming the 4th fret A string again before going into the

the first type of chorus, or the other.  If you listen to it you

should get it.  I like this song but tabbing it out, putting it in

order, doing alternative choruses and verses for this song have

caused me to listen to this song around 15 times to get it this

good!!

         Ian   97dsac44@reaseheath.ac.uk

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