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"The Bends"
tabbed by Adam Lutz
* you'll have to listen to the song to get the exact timing and
to find out where each appropriate part belongs.
Intro
D D D D C B C D D D D C B C x 2
g -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a---5-------5-----5-----5--3--2--3-------5------5-----5-----5--3--2--3-----------------
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verse "Where do we go from here..."
E G C C
g---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a-----7----7------7-----10------10--------3-----3-----3-----3---------------------
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Breakdown - Chorus sometimes. (when most of the band cuts out.)
A A C7 C7 (sometimes repeats)
g------------------------------------------3---3-----|
d-----------------4-6-7-6-4----------2-3-5---5---5---|
a-------------4-5-----------5--3---3-----------------|
e----5------5----------------------------------------|
Chorus
D D D D C B C
g----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a-----5-----5-----5-----5--3--2--3-------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Lyin' in a bar...wish it was the sixties"
A E A E
g----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e-----5-----------0-----------5-----------0----------------------------------------------
Verse
E G C C
g--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a-----7----7------7-----10------10--------3-----3-----3-----3--------------------
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chorus
D D D D C B C D D D D C B C x 2
g -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a---5-------5-----5-----5--3--2--3-------5------5-----5-----5--3--2--3-----------------
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Breakdown (previous breakdown from top of page has same riffing idea sometimes...but with G)
G C G C
g-----------------------5-------------------------5----------------------------------------
d-----------5-----------------------5------------------------------------------------------
a-----------------3-----------------------3------------------------------------------------
e-----3-----------------------3------------------------------------------------------------
Outro "Where do we go from here?..."
Verse
E G C (slows down) G
g--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a-----7----7------7-----10------10--------3-----3-----3-----3--------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------3--------------