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Muse 
Album: Blackholes and Revelations
Track 1: Take a bow
Bassist: Chris Wolstenholme
Tuning could be EADG or EADA depending on what way you want to 
play one bit. 


No Bass until 0:38

/ - slide up
\ - slide down

The reason behind the tuning is the Take a bow bit, where the bass 
is hitting octaves and getting higher. To play it you would need 
a 6 string or a 26 fret 4 string. Tuning to A allows you to play it 
on 24 fret 4 string. 

It's an ok song, may be hard for beginners. 


No bass until 1:42

Verse
Mainly octaves. 

G|---8-8-8-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3--8-8-8-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|   
A|--6-6-6-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1--6-6-6-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4---|   
E|-----------------------------------------------------|    
-
G|----------11-11-11-10-10-10-10-10-10--------11-11-11-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
D|---8-8-8-----------------------------8-8-8------------------------|   
A|---------9--9--9--8--8--8--8--8--8---------9--9--9--6-6-6-6-6-6---|   
E|--6-6-6-----------------------------6-6-6-------------------------|

(2:04)

take a bow-bow-bow.....

This is my favourite bit in the song on bass. But it poses a problem. 
I have looked at every possible alternative, and i have come 
up with 3 possible ways he could be playing this run.

1) He has a 4 string with 26 frets (they exist? other then 36 frets?). 
Here is how you would play it on one of those.


G|------------------------10-10-10--14--14--14--17--17--17--22--22--22--26--26--26--|
D|--3-3-3-7-7-7-10-10-10------------------------------------------------------------|   
A|-----------------------8--8--8--12--12--12--15--15--15--20--20--20--24--24--24----|
E|-1-1-1-5-5-5-8--8--8--------------------------------------------------------------|

2) He could also have his G string Tuned to A, so that way the last 
notes are 24s and not 26s. 
This would mean that every not hit from the A string would have 
its octave at same fret on the G string.

In that case this bit would be.
A|-----------------------8-8-8---12--12--12--15--15--15--20--20--20--24--24--24--|
D|--3-3-3-7-7-7-10-10-10---------------------------------------------------------|   
A|----------------------8-8-8--12--12--12--15--15--15--20--20--20--24--24--24----|
E|-1-1-1-5-5-5-8--8--8-----------------------------------------------------------| *

3) If you had an extra string tuned to C, like on a 6-string bass. 
You could play it like this.  

C|---------------------------------------------------------17--17--17--22--22--22--|
G|-----------------------10-10-10--14--14--14--17--17--17--------------------------|
D|--3-3-3-7-7-7-10-10-10---------------------------------15--15--15--20--20--20----|   
A|----------------------8--8--8--12--12--12--15--15--15----------------------------|
E|-1-1-1-5-5-5-8--8--8-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------




Anyways, after that bit. 2:15

G|--10-10-10----------10-10-10----------10-10-10----------10-10-10-10-10-10---|
D|-----------11-11-11----------11-11-11----------11-11-11---------------------|   
A|-8--8--8-----------8--8--8-----------8--8--8-----------8--8--8--8--8--8-----|
E|----------9--9--9-----------9--9--9-----------9--9--9-----------------------|

G|--10-10-10-10-10-10-------------------10-10-10-10-10-10---------------------|
D|--------------------11-11-11-11-11-11-------------------11-11-11-11-11-11---|   
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2

2:38

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|   
A|--1-------1-------1-------1--------6-------6-------6-------6---------------|
E|------2-------2-------2-------2--------7-------7-------7-------7-----------|


2:59

G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|   
A|-----------------------------------|
E|--4----0----4----0----4-/-12--4----|

3:10                   3:20

G|----------------|    |------6\------|
D|-------6\-------| x4 |----6---(1)/7-|   
A|-----6---(1)/7--|    |--4-----------|
E|---4------------|    |--------------|

This next bit can be played with the open D/12 but i think it sounds 
better to have the 5 on the A / 12. You need to have that D ring out 
slightlybefore the slide

3:31

G|--------------------|
D|------4-------------| x4  
A|----4---5/17\***----|
E|--2-----------------|

3:42

G|--------------------|
D|------9\------------| x4  
A|----9----2-2/10-----| 
E|--7-----------------|


Outro 3:52

**                  **
G|-------------|    |------------|  
D|-----4--5--2-| x2 |-9--4--5--2-| x2  
A|--2----------|    |------------|    
E|-------------|    |------------|    

4:03

G|-------------|    |----------------|
D|-------------| x2 |----------------|   
A|-22--2---22--|    |-22--2---2-----3| 3 just seems to work, he's probably
E|---22--22--2-|    |---22--22-------|  not playing anything there. 


*) I wouldd love to test and see if this sounds well, but i'm tabbing 
this on my 20 fret Squire Jazz. I need a new bass. You will have 
to change some other G string bits out yourself if you try things 
this way. 

**) Here you could hit more notes between the given notes, I just 
like how letting the notes ring out sounds. Put in some slides 
if you want too.