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Parallels Bass

(ver. 1)
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                             PARALLELS - Yes
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Tuning:standard EADG

Chris Squire's wonderful bass work on this prog rock masterpiece.
I tried to strip it down to a fairly straightforward (!) runout
but there is so much going on it wasn't so simple....
it's not actually to difficult but they start at 100mph and get faster......
anyway,  here it is:

Play this four times
G|------------------------------5--------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------5h7----7------------------------------------------|
A|--------3-------3----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-3-5----5-3-5---5--------------------------------------------------------|

Then
G|---------------------------------------15-15-16-17-------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------5-----3-----1-----3----1~/13---------------------------3-------3----|
E|-0-3-5---3-----3-----1------3---------------------------0-3-5---5-3-5---5--|

G|------5-----------------------------15h17-17-18-19-------------------------|
D|-5h7----7------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------3-------3--------------------------------3-------3------|
E|-------------0-3-5---5-3-5---5------------------------0-3-5---5-3-5----5---|

G|------5-------------------------------------7-----5-5-5--------------------|
D|-5h7----7-------------------------------------7----------------------------|
A|------------------3---3----1----3----1/------------------------------------|
E|------------0-3-5---5---3----1-----3---------------------------------------|
(singing starts 00:52 in)
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-0-3-5----5-5-5-0-3-5---5-5-5-0-3-5---5-3-3-3-3-4-5--5-5-5-0-3-5-----|

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------3-5------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------3-5-----------------------------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-0-3-5---5-5-5-3-5---------------5-5-5-0-3-5-----5-5-5-0-3-5---------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------5-3-5------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-0-3-5-3-------------------------------------------------------------|

Play this four times
G|------------------------------5--------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------5h7----7------------------------------------------|
A|--------3-------3----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-3-5----5----------------------------------------------------------------|

at 01:37
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------3------3----1-----3-----1-1-1---------------------------------------|
E|-0-3-5----5-----3-----1-----3---------5-5-5-0-3-5----5-5-5-0-3-5---5-5-5-0-|

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------5p-5p-5p-5p-5p-------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------5-----|
E|-3-5-5-3---------------------5-5-5-0-3-5---5-5-5-0-3-5---5-5-5-0-3-5---3---|

G|-17-17-19--15-15-17--15-15-17----------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------17-------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------5-5-5-0-3-5---5-5-5-0-3-5---5-5-5-0-3-5-|

G|----------------------------------------------------5----------------------|
D|-5-3-5-5-3-5-5-3-5-----------------------------5h7-----7-------------------|
A|--------------------------------3-------3-----------------------3-------3--|
E|--------------------------0-3-5---5-3-5---5---------------0-3-5---5-3-5----|

G|--------17-17-18-19----------------------------5---------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------5h7----7---------------------5h7-|
A|----------------------------3-------3---------------------3-------3--------|
E|-5--------------------0-3-5---5-3-5---5-------------0-3-5---5-3-5---5------|

G|--7------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----5----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------5------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------0-3-5---3----------------------------------------------------------|

(tempo change now 02:30 in he plays something approximating to this to 02:50)
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3~--------------3~------------1~------------------------------------------|
E|------0-3-5-3-5------0-3-5-3-5---------------------------------------------|
then 02:50 the run up to "Parallel our sights" etc something like this
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---3----1-0----------1-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-0---3------3---1/3----3-0-------------------------------------------------|

03:00 in "Parallel our sights........"
G|---------(7)-(5)------------(7)-(5)------------(7)-(5)--5-----3------------|
D|-----5-----------------5--------------------5-------------5-----3--8-------|
A|-5-7--------------5-7------------------5-7---------------------------8--7--|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-7-5---------7-5----------7-5----5-0---------------------------------------|
D|----------5------------5--------------8-8--12------------------------------|
A|------5-7----------5-7-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
03:33 in now oh lordy another tempo change!  Play this to 03:56
G|-----------------------3-5-3-5-3-5-----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-----5-5-----5-5-------------------5-5---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
and from 03:57 to 04:14
G|-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5--10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10---|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play this four times
G|------------------------------5--------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------5h7----7------------------------------------------|
A|--------3-------3----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-3-5----5-3-5---5--------------------------------------------------------|


Playout to something approximately like this until the end
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---3----1-0----------1-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-0---3------3---1/3----3-0-------------------------------------------------|
and the last bit
G|-5--------3----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----5--------3------8------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------8---1-0---------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------3------------------------------------------|


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
            
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