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ROYALS - Lorde
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Tabbed by: mmcguire1095
Obviously, there's not really a literal bass guitar line in this song. I basically
just took the bass notes from the chords and applied those. It still works nicely
and sounds good though. It's really simple. It's pretty much the same for the entire
song, mostly just groups of two notes held out. But as I said, the notes are really
just the bass notes of the chords, so you can do whatever you really want as long as
it fits the rhythm. This just seemed the most practical to me.
Tuning: EADG
Verse 1: I've never seen a diamond in the flesh...
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------NO-BASS------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pre Chorus: But every song's like gold teeth...
G|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|-0~~-0~~--0~~-0~~--------------------|-0~~-0~~--0~~-0~~--------------------|
A|--------------------3~~-3~~----------|-------------------3~~-3~~-----------|
E|-----------------------------3~~-3~~-|---------------------------3---------|
*
Chorus: And we'll never be royals...
G|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|-0~~-0~~--0~~-0~~--------------------|-0~~-0~~--0~~-0~~--------------------|
A|--------------------3~~-3~~----------|-------------------3~~-3~~-----------|
E|-----------------------------3~~-3~~-|---------------------------3~~-3~----|
BREAK - REST
Verse 3: My friends and I have cracked the code...
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----Technically no bass here, but you can play an open D if you want------|
A|---------------with the same type of pattern as above----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/lorde/royals_btab.html ]
Pre Chours: But every song's like gold teeth...
G|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|-0~~-0~~--0~~-0~~--------------------|-0~~-0~~--0~~-0~~--------------------|
A|--------------------3~~-3~~----------|-------------------3~~-3~~-----------|
E|-----------------------------3~~-3~~-|---------------------------3---------|
*
Chorus: And we'll never be royals...
G|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|-0~~-0~~--0~~-0~~--------------------|-0~~-0~~--0~~-0~~--------------------|
A|--------------------3~~-3~~----------|-------------------3~~-3~~-----------|
E|-----------------------------3~~-3~~-|---------------------------3~~-3~----|
Bridge: Oooh ooooh ohhh... We're bigger than we ever dreamed...
G|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|--------REST-------------------------|-0~~-0~~--0~~-0~~--------------------|
A|--------------------3~~-3~~----------|-------------------3~~-3~~-----------|
E|-----------------------------3~~-3~~-|---------------------------3---------|
*
Chorus: And we'll never be royals...
G|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|-0~~-0~~--0~~-0~~--------------------|-0~~-0~~--0~~-0~~--------------------|
A|--------------------3~~-3~~----------|-------------------3~~-3~~-----------|
E|-----------------------------3~~-3~~-|---------------------------3~~-3~----|
End on open D
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
So there you have it. Incredibly simple. Nothing to it really. As I said above,
there's not really a technical bass part, so feel free to just use this as a guide
and improvise with it. But this is just the basic structure of what the bass line
would be.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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