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Nine While Nine

The Sisters of Mercy
Bass Tab
4.5(4)

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Song

"Nine While Nine" 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|-0---0---0-2-0-------------------0---0---0-2-0-------------------
A|---------------3---3-----3-0-3-----------------3---3-----0---3---

riff b:

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

riff c:

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

Guitar 1:

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riff a:

B|---------------------------------------------------------2-3-2---

riff b:

G|-----2-----0---------0---2-3-2-------2-----0---------0---2-3-2---
D|-0-----0-3---3-3s5-5---5---------0-----0-3---3-2---2---2---------

riff c:

G|-----2-----0---------0---2-3-2-------2-----0---------0-----------
D|-0-----0-3---3-3s5-5---5---------0-----0-3---3-2---2---2-2-3-2---

riff d:

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

riff e:

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

Guitar 2:

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riff a:

-D---D---D-D-D-C---C-C-----A-A---D---D---D-D-D-C---C-C-----A-A---

Guitar 3:

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riff a:

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

riff b:

e|-----------0-------------------------------0---------------------
B|-3---3---3---3-1---1-1---1---1---3---3---3---3-1-----------------

riff c:

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

riff d:

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

Piano:

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riff a:

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

riff b:

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

How to play:

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

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

guitar 2:| | | a a a a| | |a a a a|a a a a|a a a|

guitar 3:| | | a b| |c d | | a a|a a a|

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

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