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Passover Bass

(ver. 1)
Joy Division
JOY DIVISION - Passover


Tuning: Drop D

Intro:
Just drums, bass comes in around :07
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------| Play
A|--------------------------------------| twice
D|-2~-------2~-------2~-------2~--------|

Next:
Around :22, play this riff 4 times:
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------| 
D|-12-14-12-14---(14)\---2---2--|

Verse:
And then:
This riff is repeated throughout the 
first two verses:
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-x-x-x-x---------|
D|-x-x-x-x---0-2-0-|

Bridge:
Around 2:06, after "I know that I'll lose every time",
play this:
G|----------------|
D|----------------| Play
A|-7--7-7---------|  14x
D|----------0-2-0-|

2:32
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------| Play
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|  6x
D|-----------------|

And then back to the verse riff:
2:43
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-x-x-x-x---------|
D|-x-x-x-x---0-2-0-|

After the verse, play the bridge part again:
3:20
G|----------------|
D|----------------| Play
A|-7--7-7---------|  14x
D|----------0-2-0-|

3:35
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------| Play
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|  6x
D|-----------------|

Verse riff again
3:50
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-x-x-x-x---------|
D|-x-x-x-x---0-2-0-|

During the last verse, the bass is a bit different
3:55
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-x-x-x-x---7-7-7-|
D|-x-x-x-x---------|

Outro:
Same as intro
4:16
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------| Play
A|--------------------------------------| twice
D|-2~-------2~-------2~-------2~--------|

Let the last note ring out
The end is just the drums.

I lost count every when I tried to figure out how many times the verse is played.
Just play along to the song and use the lyrics and time as a guide.
            
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