The Maccabees - Young Lions Bass

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Tuning: Standard (GDAE)

My attempt at the catchy bassline. From the album Wall Of Arms.

Intro

G|----11-----11----11-------------|
D|-12-----12-----12----12--11-----| repeat 3 times
A|-----------------------------12-|
E|--------------------------------|

G|----11-----11-----11--------|
D|-12-----12-----12----12--11-|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

Verse

G|----11-----11----11-----------------11-----11----11--------------|
D|-12-----12-----12----12--11------12-----12-----12----12-11-------|
A|-----------------------------12-----------------------------12---|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
   Roses   in     the      car,     roses  in   the       car

G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------7-----9---------------------7--9-------------------|
A|-----5--7------------------------5--7-------------------------|
E|---7---------------------7------------------------------------|
       Bony saddle, bony street, corrugated iron sheet

G|----11-----11----11-----------------11-----11----11--------------|
D|-12-----12-----12----12--11------12-----12-----12----12-11-------|
A|-----------------------------12-----------------------------12---|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
   This bed is not concrete,   this bed in which you sleep

G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------7-----9---------------------7--9-------------------|
A|-----5--7------------------------5--7-------------------------|
E|---7---------------------7------------------------------------|
Flesh is flesh til blood runs cold, and blood is blood so I am told.


ABOVE VERSE PATTERN REPEATS UPTO AND THROUGHOUT SECOND VERSE AND ALSO THROUGH 'I TOLD YA' SECTION

G|-------------------------------11--14/16------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------9------------------------------|
E|-------------------7--7-----------------------------------|
  All these young men, these young lions

G|-------------------------------11--14/16------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------9------------------------------|
E|-------------------7--7-----------------------------------|
  All these young men, these young lions

REPEAT VERSE X2

Next bit is quite tricky in places and I may be wrong, but here it goes:

G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------9--------------------------|
A|--9-------7-------5-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
  And isn't it bizarre, The adults that we are
  Still play follow the leader

Im really not sure about this bit, this is the best I could come up with:
G|-----------------------------------------9--7--------------|
D|-------------------7---------9--------7--------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/7---7---5/7---7--5/7----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
   Body dont break, body dont break, body dont break

G|-------6------------------------------------|
D|---------------6-------7-------6-----6--7---|
A|--4-4-----4-4-----4--4---4--4-----4---------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
   Body gonna make, body gonna make, body gonna make, another body

G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----11--11--12--12-12-12----16--16--16--16--|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
   Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Repeat as necessary.

Play this at the end of the song:
G|-------------------------------11--14/16------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------9-----------------------------|
E|-------------------7-7-7-7--------------------------------|


Please Rate, Comment, Improve etc

Cheers
Markie31



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