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Black Planet

The Sisters of Mercy
Bass Tab

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Song

"Black Planet" by The Sisters of Mercy (from the album "First And Last And Always")

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Bass:

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riff a:

D|-----2-------2---3-3-3-2-0---2-------2-------2---3-3-3-2-0---2---
A|-0-------0-0---------------------0-------0-0---------------------

riff b:

D|---------------------------------0-----0---0---0-2---------------
A|-0-----0---0---0-0-----0---0---0---------------------------------

riff c:

G|-------------------------------------------------0---------------
D|---------------------------------0-----0---0---0-------3-----2---
A|-0-----0---0---0-0-----0---0---0---------------------------------

riff d:

D|---------------------------------3-----3---3---3-3-----2-----0---
A|-0-----0---0---0-0-----0---0---0---------------------------------

Guitar 1:

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riff a:

G|-----2-------------------------------2---------------------------
D|---------2-----3-----2---0---------------2-----3-----2---0-------
A|-0-----0-----0-----0---0-----3-2-0-----0-----0-----0---0-----3-2-

riff b:

-Am--------------------------------------------------------------

riff c:

D|-------------------------------------------------------------0---
A|-0-------------------------------2-3---3---------2-3---3---3-----

riff d:

A|-0---------------------------------------------------------------

riff e:

D|-------------------------------------------------3-2-0-------0-2-
A|-0-----------------------------------------------------3---3-----

riff f:

D|-------------------------------------------------3-2-0-------0-2-
A|-------------------------------------------------------3---3-----

Guitar 2:

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riff a:

e|-------------------------------------------------0---------------
B|-0h1---1---------0h1---1---------1h3---3---------------3-----1---

riff b:

e|-------------------------------------------------3-----1-----0---
B|-0h1---1---------0h1---1---------1h3---3-------------------------

riff c:

e|-------------------------------------------------3-----1-----0---
B|-0h1---1---------0h1---1---------1h3---3-------3-----3-----3-----

riff d:

-Am------------------------------Am------------------------------

riff e:

-Am--------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar 3:

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riff a:

e|---0---------0-----0---------0-----0-1-------0-----0-1-------0---
B|-----1---------------1-----------------1---------------1---------
G|-2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----

riff b:

-AmAAAmAm--AmAmAmG-GGG-G---G-G-G-F-FFF-F---F-F-F-F-FFF-F---F-F-F-

Piano:

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riff a:

-Am--------------F---------------

riff b:

-Am--------------F---------------Am--------------F---------------

Synth 1:

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riff a:

D|-----------------3-3-3-2-0-0---------------------3-3-3-2-0-0-----
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------3-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------3-2-

riff b:

D|---------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------

riff c:

G|-------------------------------------------------0-0-0-----------
D|---------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------3-3-3-2-2-
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------

riff d:

D|-----------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-0-0-
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------

Synth 2:

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riff a:

B|---------------------------------0-1-------------0-1---------3---
G|-2---------------------------------------------------------------

riff b:

G|-2---------------------------------------------------------------

riff c:

e|-----5---0-----1-----0---------------5---0-----1-----0-----------
B|-------------------------3---1-0-------------------------3---1-0-
G|-2-----2-----2-----2---2---------2-----2-----2-----2---2---------

How to play:

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bass: | a a|b c c c c c|a a|c c c c|a a|d d d d|a a|c c c c|a a a a|a a a a|

guitar 1:| a a|b b |a a|c c d |a a|e d f d|a a|c c |a a a a|a a a a|

guitar 2:| |a b c c c c|d d|e e e |d d| |d d|e e c c|d d d d|d d d d|

guitar 3:| | | |a a a a| |b b b b| |a a | | |

piano: |a b b| |b b| |b b| |b b| |b b b b|b b b b|

synth 1: | a a|b c c c c c|a a|c c c c|a a|d d d d|a a|c c c c|a a a a|a a a a|

synth 2: | | | |a a | | | |a a b -| |c c c c|

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