Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist Bass Tab

Absolution Tabs:

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Artist:Muse
Song:Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist
Album:Absolution

drop D tuning or standard tuning

verse
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D|--55555555------------------------888888888888888888888888888888----|
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chorus
G|--55555555----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------8888888877777777--------88888888777777776666666655555555--|
A|--------------------------88888888----------------------------------|
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G|--55555555----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------8888888877777777--------88888888666666665555555544444444--|
A|--------------------------88888888----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

chorus-out
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D|------------------8888888888888888--|
A|--8888888888888888------------------|
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bridge
G|------------------------------------|
D|--555-----555-----555---------------|
A|--------------------------666-------|
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last chorus-out
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D|------------------/8---/8---/8------|
A|--8888888888888888------------------|
D|------------------------------------|

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture chivo Wanna Be	#1 by chivo rivers at Jul 17, 1980 at 3:08 PM EST
	to me i think this song is that men of religion often think about heaven and pray before they die and this song askes the question what does an atheiest think of as he obviously doesnt think he will go to heaven but that this truely is the end and it scares him that this is all he has to look forward to.

No Picture Chris Average	#2 by Chris Wise at May 12, 1981 at 3:46 PM EST
	as Father Brown (a character created by G.K. Chesterton... good stories, I recommend them.) put it, "What we dread the most is a maze with no center. That is why atheism is a nightmare"

No Picture mat Average	#3 by mat Parker-Jones at May 10, 1990 at 5:31 PM EST
	I'm gonna agree and say it's pretty obvious by the title, Muse doesn't go out of their way on Absolution to try and hide meaning. I also feel Absolution was Album of the Year, even though it probably won't win the award anywhere, nothing else was as good as a whole piece of music this year. The whole disc ties together in a theme which is something you don't see often, and this is my favorite track off it.

No Picture Thijs Wanna Be	#4 by Thijs Donderwinkel at May 17, 1992 at 9:10 PM EST
	bibis817 is pretty much right, alongside the rest of the views here But you are not an athiest if when you reach your end, and question your beliefs. Someone who believes there is nothing beyond life except dreams, should be content with that fact. Because it's the truth. After life, we dream. And the end is never seen. If an athiest dies, their end will never come. Maybe they realise this, what I realised already. And are scared that it will never end.

No Picture Cocoabean Average	#5 by Cocoabean at Jan 26, 1993 at 4:51 AM EST
	ok, i left my above answer a little unexplained...yes this is about the thoughts of a dying aethist, meaning hes not religious, however that doesn't mean he doesnt have something else to believe in. I.e. Alien conspiracies, spirituality. "I know your in this room im sure iv heard you sigh.. where our worlds collide" spirit worlds? Haunted bed rooms? Far fetched as it sounds thats how I interpret this song. Also; everyone has their own beliefs as to what happens to them when they die, I think this is a song about those unlucky who people who find something to believe in, and spend their dying days in absolute depression, when they could be enlightening and joyful days.

No Picture Cody Professional	#6 by Cody Noneyobizones at Feb 12, 1996 at 5:09 PM EST
	I think that the guy's about to die and he's scared because, as the title suggests, he is an atheist and he has not faith, so he's scared about whats goin 2 happen 2 him after he dies.

No Picture PunkrockScotty Wanna Be	#7 by PunkrockScotty at Apr 17, 1999 at 6:46 PM EST
	But I believe, heaven to be a bribe and hell to be a threat. Don't let fear run your life. Religion kills, Reason FULFILLS.

No Picture Duncan Musical Genius	#8 by Duncan Jones at Jul 5, 1999 at 12:11 AM EST
	I definitly think its a great song title!