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Please Dont Do This

Plain White T's
Bass Tab

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Song

Song: Please Don't Do This

Album: Stop

Artist: Plain white T's

Tabbed by: blackshuck5

Intro:

G -------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------|
A---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------------------------|
E-----------------------2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0------------------|    x2

Verse:

G---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---2-2--------------------------------2-2----------------------------|
E-----------------------2-2-----0-0--------------------2-2-----0-0----|
G---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------2-2-----------------------------|
E------------------------2-2-----0-0---------------------2-2-0-0------|

Pre-chorus:

G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-----------------|

Chorus:

G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---2---2---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------2---2---0---0---2---2---4---4---2---2---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---2---2---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------2---2---0---0---2---2---4---4---2---2---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4---4---2---2--|

Verse:

G---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---2-2--------------------------------2-2----------------------------|
E-----------------------2-2-----0-0--------------------2-2-----0-0----|
G---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------2-2-----------------------------|
E------------------------2-2-----0-0---------------------2-2-0-0------|

Pre-chorus:

G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-----------------|

Chorus:

G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---2---2---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------2---2---0---0---2---2---4---4---2---2---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---2---2---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------2---2---0---0---2---2---4---4---2---2---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4---4---2---2--|

Bridge(extended intro):

Skip first beat on first pattern.

G -----------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------|
A-------2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------------------|
E-----------------------2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0----------------|
G------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------|
A---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------------------|
E-----------------------2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0----------------|     x3

Bridge(Part II)

G---------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------|
E---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------|               x3
G---------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------|
E---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------|

Pre-chorus(quiet)

G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-----------------|

Chorus:

Miss first 8 beats

G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------4---4---2---2---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---2---2---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------2---2---0---0---2---2---4---4---2---2---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4---4---2---2--|

Outro(Same as intro but with words):

G ------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------|
A---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------|
E-----------------------2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-----------------|   x4

End note:

G-----

D-----

A---2-

E-----

Pre-chorus:

G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2--|

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