PLACEBO - "bionic" Tablature
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PLACEBO: BIONIC: This is the most annoying bloody bass tab I have
ever had to do but its turned out nicely and sounds to me just like
the original.
For this, tune the bass up half a step or place a capo on the first
fret ( remember though that with a capo, the normal second fret on
the neck will now be the first fret, the normal twelth fret on the
neck will now be the 11th fret etc... ) so take no notice of the
letters at the beginning of the tab lines.
Beginning/Verse:
G--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7---18-18-18-18---
D--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0----0--0--0--0---
A-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------
G--18-18-18-18---18-18-18-18---18-14-14-14------------
D---0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0------------
A-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------
after palying that part for a bit, Brian comes in with " none of you
can make the grade" and under this you play the pre-chorus part.
Pre-Chorus:
G--11-11-11-12---11-11-11-12---11-11-11-12---11-11-11-12
D---0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
G--18-18-18-18---18-18-18-18---18-18-18-18---18-14-14-14
D---0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
After doing that part a few times round we come into the chorus.
Chorus:
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A--5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2
E--3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3----------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E--3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3--------------------------
Repeat the chorus again and go back into the verse. After doing the
verse, pay the pre-chorus and go back into the chorus and play it
twice.
After all this, Brian starts palying some harmonics and under this
you simply play the pre chorus twice.
You again go into the chorus, play it round twice and play under
Brians harmonics with the pre-chorus again.
Finally, just before Brian finishes the song with the harmonics by
himself, you play;
G--11 let ring......----------------------------------11 let ring...
D------------------------------12 let ring..------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------
D--12 let ring....----------------------
A---------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------
Fini!! a great song to play but a bugger to write.
Ian Edwards 97dsac44@reaseheath.ac.uk
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP,
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