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No Time to Cry

The Sisters of Mercy
Bass Tab
4.8(4)

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Song

"No Time To Cry" 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-------5-4-5-------------------2-------5-4-5-------------------
A|---------------3-------------------------------0-----------------

riff b:

D|-4---4-4-4-2---0---0-0-0-0---------------------------------2-2---
A|---------------------------4---2---2-2-2-2-0-2-4---4-4-4-4-------

riff c:

D|-4-4-4-4-4-2---0---0-0-0-0---------------------------------2-2---
A|---------------------------4---2---2-2-2-2-0-2-4---4-4-4-4-------

riff d:

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

riff e:

E|-2---------------------------------------------------------------

riff f:

A|-2-------------------------------2-------------------------------

riff g:

D|-2-------------------------------2-------------------------------

riff h:

G|-----------------------------------------------2-------------2---
D|-2-------------------------------2-------5-4-5-------------------

riff i:

D|-4-------------0-------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------2---------------4-----------------

riff j:

D|-4---------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar 1:

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riff a:

G|-----------------------------------------------2-----------------
D|-2-------5-4-5-------------------2-------5-4-5-------------------
A|---------------3-------------------------------------------------

riff b:

D|-4-----4---------5-----5-2-------4-----4---------5-----5-2-------
A|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2---

riff c:

D|-4-----4-----4---5-----5-2-------4-----4---------5-----5-2-------
A|-----2-----2---2-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2---

riff d:

G|-4---4---4---4---5-----5-2-------4---4---4---4---5-----5-2-------
D|-------2-------------2-------2---------2-------------2-------2---

riff e:

-F#------------A---------------E---------------D-----------------

riff f:

-F#--------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar 2:

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riff a:

e|---------------------------------------------------------0-------
B|-0---0---0---0-------------------0---0---0---0-------------------
G|---------------2-----2---2---0-----------------2-----2-------0---
D|---2-------2-------2---2---2-------2-------2-------2---2---------

riff b:

G|-------------------------------------------------------------6---
D|-4-----------7-4---------6---7---4-----------7-------4---6-------
A|-----------4-------------------7-----------4---7---4---4---4-----

riff c:

G|-----6-------6-----------------------------------------------6---
D|-4-----4---4---------7-------7-------4-------4-------4---6-------
A|---------------5---5---5---5---2---2---2---2---4-7-4---4---4-----
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar 3:

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riff a:

-F#F#F#--A---A-----D-D-D---E-E---F#F#F#--A---A-----D-D-D---E-E---

riff b:

-F#--------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar 4:

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riff a:

e|-2---------------------------3---2---------------------------3---

riff b:

e|-2---------------------------3---2---------------5---------------

riff c:

e|-7---------------------------------------------------------------

Piano:

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riff a:

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

riff b:

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

How to play:

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bass: |a a a a|b b|c c c c|d d|e e|b b b b|d d|f f g h|i i c c|d d|j |

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

guitar 2:| a a|b b|c c c c| | |b b b b| | |b b b b| | |

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

guitar 4:| | | | |a b| | |a b c | | | |

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

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