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On a Wire

The Get Up Kids
Bass Tab

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

Song

Tabbed by Eric Eysermans (undercitylights@hotmail.com)

Easy as all get out. Yeah. You got it.

It's about the same thing for 5 minutes.

Standard tuning

() = ghost notes (there's a lot more scattered in there, but i only put the most important)

Verse

G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------4-2--2-2--2---5-5-5--5----7--7-7--7-|
E|-0-2---2---------------------------------------|

Chorus

G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------4-2--2-2--2---5-5-5--5----7--7-7--7-|
E|-0-2---2---------------------------------------|

Outro

G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------(7)-------------(9-9-9)-|
A|-----------4-2--2-2--2---5-5-5--5-5----7--7-7--7--------|
E|-0-2---2------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------(9-9-9)-|
A|-7-9---9---4-2--2-2--2---5-5-5--5-5----7--7-7--7--------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

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