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So Central Rain

R.e.m.
Bass Tab

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Bass2

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

Verse

G|---------|-----4---|-3-3-2-0-|-2-0-----|---------|---------|---------|-------|
D|---------|-2-2---2-|---------|-----3-2-|---------|---------|---------|-------|
A|-3-3---3-|---------|---------|---------|-3-3-3---|-3-3-1-1-|-3-3---3-|---0-2-|
E|-----3---|---------|---------|---------|-------3-|---------|-----3---|-3-----|
G|---------|-----4---|-3-3-2-0-|-2-0-----|---------|---------|---------|-----------|
D|---------|-2-2---2-|---------|-----3-2-|---------|---------|---------|-----------|
A|-3-3---3-|---------|---------|---------|-3-3-3---|-3-3-1-1-|-3-3---3-|-3---0-3-0-|
E|-----3---|---------|---------|---------|-------3-|---------|-----3---|---3-------|

Chorus

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

Verse

G|---------|-----4---|-3-3-2-0-|-2-0-----|---------|---------|---------|-------|
D|---------|-2-2---2-|---------|-----3-2-|---------|---------|---------|-------|
A|-3-3---3-|---------|---------|---------|-3-3-3---|-3-3-1-1-|-3-3---3-|---0-2-|
E|-----3---|---------|---------|---------|-------3-|---------|-----3---|-3-----|
G|---------|-----4---|-3-3-2-0-|-2-0-----|---------|---------|---------|-----------|
D|---------|-2-2---2-|---------|-----3-2-|---------|---------|---------|-----------|
A|-3-3---3-|---------|---------|---------|-3-3-3---|-3-3-1-1-|-3-3---3-|-3---0-3-0-|
E|-----3---|---------|---------|---------|-------3-|---------|-----3---|---3-------|

Chorus

G|---------|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|
A|-5-5-5-5-|---0-3-0-|-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------|-3-------|---------|

Bridge

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

Verse

G|---------|-----4---|-3-3-2-0-|-2-0-----|---------|---------|---------|-------|
D|---------|-2-2---2-|---------|-----3-2-|---------|---------|---------|-------|
A|-3-3---3-|---------|---------|---------|-3-3-3---|-3-3-1-1-|-3-3---3-|---0-2-|
E|-----3---|---------|---------|---------|-------3-|---------|-----3---|-3-----|
G|---------|-----4---|-3-3-2-0-|-2-0-----|---------|---------|---------|-----------|
D|---------|-2-2---2-|---------|-----3-2-|---------|---------|---------|-----------|
A|-3-3---3-|---------|---------|---------|-3-3-3---|-3-3-1-1-|-3-3---3-|-3---0-3-0-|
E|-----3---|---------|---------|---------|-------3-|---------|-----3---|---3-------|

Chorus

G|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|-5-5-5-5-|---0-3-0-|-5-5-5-5-|---0-3-0-|-5-5-5-5-|---0-3-0-|-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------|-3-------|---------|-3-------|---------|-3-------|---------|
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|---0-3-0-|
E|-3-------|

Outro - Repeat to end

G|----------|--------------|
D|*---------|---------5---*|
A|*-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-5-7---7-*|
E|----------|--------------|

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| * repeat

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