Third Planet Bass Tab

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Intro

G -16-12-14----12--------------
D ----------12---12-----/9-7---
A -------------------10------10 x3
E -----------------------------

G ------12--12-12
D -12-------12-12
A ---------------
E ---------------

Verse x4

G -4-------7---5-------
D ---5-7/9---5---------
A ----------------3-3-5
E ---------------------

G -4-------7--5-7-5---4
D ---5-7/9----------7--
A ---------------------
E ---------------------

Then

G -4------------
D ----5-7/9--9-5
A --------------
E --------------

Verse x3

G -12-14-12--7---/7--
D -------------9----5
A -------------------
E -------------------

G -12-14-12--7---/7-12
D -------------9------
A --------------------
E --------------------

Then

G -12-14-12--7---/7--
D -------------9----5
A -------------------
E -------------------

Verse

G ------------
D -5-7-9/-5/-0
A ------------ x4
E ------------

G -4-5-7-4-5-7-4-5-7-4-7-5-4---4
D ---------------------------7--
A ------------------------------ x4
E ------------------------------

G -4-----7-4
D ---5-7----
A ----------
E ----------

Verse x2

G -12-14-12--7---/7--
D -------------9----5
A -------------------
E -------------------

G -12-14-12--7---/7-12
D -------------9------
A --------------------
E --------------------

Then (play with variations until end)

G -7-7-9---7
D -------9--
A ---------- 
E ----------

End

G -16-12-14----12--------------
D ----------12---12-----/9-7---
A -------------------10------10 
E -----------------------------

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Aj Average	#1 by Aj Franks at Oct 6, 2005 at 9:35 PM EST
	I don't think he means the universe is literally the shape of the earth. Scientifically, the universe is thought of as probably not being a sphere, being that it would mostly likely collapse in that shape. What I think he meant is that the universe is shaped similarly to the earth in that as you can walk around the earth to find the same spot in which you began, the timeline of the universe will go on to come right back up to the spot in which it began. So it's comparing the shape of the earth to the cycles of the universe, timewise, that is. That's my guess.

No Picture Colin Average	#2 by Colin D at Oct 21, 2005 at 8:14 AM EST
	i agree with sakebox. i also find the comparison of our blood to an ocean striking. i don't really know why. it's just interesting to think of it that way. an ocean that keeps us all unified. i am fun. wee.

No Picture Joan Macrise Wanna Be	#3 by Joan Macrise Corrado at Jan 12, 2006 at 4:48 AM EST
	i think this is a posibility, this song could be religiously based. For example: "Well, outside naked, shiverin' looking blue, from the cold sunlight that's reflected off the moon. Baby cum angels fly around you reminding you we used to be three and not just two. And that's how the world began." this could symbolize adam and eve in the garden of eden... they were three, including God, but when they ate the forbiddin fruit, they pushed God away and disobeyed him, becoming only two people. and also: "A 3rd had just been made and we were swimming in the water didn't know then was it a son was it a daughter." This could symbolize the birth of Jesus. He was the "third" person now, the son. I could be totally wrong, but this is what it seems like it means to me.

No Picture max Average	#4 by max zigman at Dec 13, 2006 at 8:30 AM EST
	"The 3rd planet is sure that they're being watched by an eye in the sky that can't be stopped. When you get to the promise land your gonna shake that eyes hand." the sheer genius of these lines blows me away. Totally descriptive of my very catholic family and how they view religion.

No Picture If i can't be m Average	#5 by If i can't be my own, i'd feel better dead at Mar 25, 2007 at 4:29 AM EST
	Fantastic song. Great way to start off a awesome album in The Moon & Antarctica.

No Picture Alex Average	#6 by Alex Lawrence at Jun 30, 2007 at 9:22 AM EST
	"Well, outside naked, shiverin' looking blue, from the cold sunlight that's reflected off the moon. Baby cum angels fly around you " maybe making fuck outside