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Recover Bass

(ver. 1)
The Automatic
Bassist: Rob Hawkins

This is my first tab, so apologies if it's bad or anything!  I used the studio 
and live clip to work it out.

[Tuning: Standard - E,A,D,G]

Verse One: [Played in time with the guitar]
("Can't fight! There's no escaping the facts" ... "Of good intentions")
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-------------3-2-3----------------3-2-3-|
E|-5--3-5--3-5--------3-5--3-5--3-5-------| [x2]

Bridge: [Played in a slow, consistent rhythm]
("And I want my wasted hours back" ... "From late nights and bad films")
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-------| [x2]

Chorus: [Played in a faster, consisten rhythm to the bridge]
[Note: Those are "12"s, not "1"s and "2"s]
("Get up! Recover!" ... "Cause you'll never dance again")
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-88888888-7771212121212-----------------|
E|----------------------------------------| [x4]

Post-Chorus:
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------3-2-3----------------3-2-3-------|
E|-5--3-5--3-5--------3-5--3-5--3-5--------3-5~-|

Verse Two:
("I'm drip fed these pictures" ... "Said this life's not all it could be")
G|------------------REST------------------|
D|------------------REST------------------|
A|------------------REST------------------|
E|------------------REST------------------|

Bridge:
("Now did you catch what I said" ... "And there's nothing left to say")
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-------| [x2]

Chorus: [Note: Those are "12"s, not "1"s and "2"s]
("Get up! Recover!" ... "Cause you'll never dance again")
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-88888888-7771212121212-----------------|
E|----------------------------------------| [x8]

Breakdown: [Pause each time the backing vocals come in]
("Can't dance, decide a future" ... "This disappointments so electric")
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|-88888888-10101077777-------------------| [x4]

("Get up! Recover!")
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|-88888888-101010~-----------------------|

Chorus: [Note: Those are "12"s, not "1"s and "2"s]
("Get up! Recover!" ... "Cause you'll never dance again")
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-88888888-7771212121212-----------------|
E|----------------------------------------| [x8]

Solo: [Play the Verse part behind the guitar]
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-------------3-2-3----------------3-2-3-|
E|-5--3-5--3-5--------3-5--3-5--3-5-------| [x2]

G|-----|
D|-----|
A|-----|
E|-3-5-|
            
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