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Funeral For A Friend Bend Your Arms To Look Like Wings ... Bass Tab

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Funeral For A Friend 
Bend Your Arms To Look Like Wings Bass
Type - Bass

Intro:
[Note, the intro startes when Matt Davies says "I" of "I hope you can save our
wounded hearts" It does not follow the guitar intro, it is a late bass intro]

i m t i m i m t i m i m t i m i m t i m i
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------0--0-0---------------------0--0-0---------------| x1
D|-4--4-4-0r-0r--------2r-2r--4--4-4--0-0----------2--2--4r-----|
3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3

Main riff:
[Note, This riff is played after intro and after verses]

i m i m i m i m i m i m i m i m i m i m i m i m
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------0--0--0-0-0-0---------------|x4
D|-4--4--4-4-4-4-0--0--0-0-0-0---------------2--2--2-2-2-2-|
3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1

after this is played the first four times it ends on a
i/m
G|----
D|---- before the verse comes in
A|----
D|-0r-
0

Verse: [Note this is simple as Gareth Davies (the bassist) does backing vocals]
[Second note: Remember to leave space for guitar

i m t i m t i m t i m t i m t
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------| x4
D|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-4-|
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 3

Then, under "Was just enough to cut the air from your lungs"
[Not as mentiond above leave space for guitar, this is important for effect.

i m i m i m i m i m i m i m i m
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
D|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-|
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

End Alteration/ outro:
[Note, this is played when Matt Davies sings "And paper cuts, and bloody hands,
in the middle, they will meet.]
[I have put the origional riff in to show the blend]

i m i m i m i m i m i m i m i m i m i m i m i m
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------0--0--0-0-0-0----------------|
D|---4--4--4-4-4-4-0--0--0-0-0-0---------------2--2--2-2-2-2--|
3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1

i m i m i m i m i m i m i m i m i m i m i m i m
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0--0--0-0-0-0---------------3--3--3-3-3-3---------------| x2
D|---------------3--3--3-3-3-3---------------5--5--5-5-5-5-|
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3

Then back into main riff

Ending:

i m i m i m i m
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------| x4
D|-4--4--4--0--2--2--2--6--|
3 3 3 0 1 1 1 4

Practice...

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