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Pompeii - Bastille
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Tabbed by: rowaneleanor
E-mail: rowaneleanor95@gmail.com
Tuning: EADG
WARNING : This is NOT the real bass part, this is just what I play in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGRqMPzolV0
(with a few alterations, I changed the fifth fret on the A string in the prechorus and
chorus to the open D string, I also do more fills in the video, but you can add in
whatever you want)
Intro -
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------5-----------(4)----2-----------------0-----------------------| x 2-|
Verse -
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----5-----------/12-------------\9-------------------7------- -------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------9------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----5---------------------------------------9-----------------------------|
E|---------------------5----------------------------------------------------|
Prechorus -
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bastille/pompeii_btab_ver_2.html ]
G|----------------7---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0-0-0-00-0-7-----------------------7------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------0-0-0-00-0-7--------9-9-9-99-9-9-9------7-7-7-77-7-7-7--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
Chorus -
G|------7----7--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0-7--0-7--0-7---------7----7--------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------0-7--0-7--0-7------9--9--9--9------7--7--7--7--------------|
E|------------------------------------------9--9--9--9------7--7--7--7------------| x2
How am I going to be an optimist etc.
G|-----------------------------------5h6-4----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-(5)--------------------------7----------------------------------------|
E|---------5-(5)---0--------------------------------------------------------| x2
Last Chorus -
G|---6h7-7-7-77-7-7-9--------------------11-11-11-11 11-11-11-11------------|
D|-----------------------7-7-7-77-7-7-7-------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-11-9--|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------| x2 (incl line above)
The song structure is not tricky:
Intro
Verse 1
Prechorus
Chorus
Optimist
Verse 2
Prechorus
Chorus
Optimist
Intro
Verse 3 (I would play the intro here)
Prechorus
Last chorus
Optimist
Chorus (only once through)
Outro (same as intro)
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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