The Importance Of Being Idle Bass Tab

Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 Ver 4

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INTRO PT 1
  Am      Em Am      Em Am      Em Am  Em  Am
G|----------|----------|----------|----------|
D|----------|----------|----------|----------|
A|----------|----------|----------|----------|
E|-5-5555-0-|-5-5555-0-|-5-5555-0-|-5--0--5--|

INTRO PT 2
  Am         Am         Am         Am       
G|----------|----------|----------|----------|
D|----------|--------7-|----------|-7-5------|
A|----------|-----57--7|----------|------7-5-|
E|-5-5555-5-|-5-55-----|-5-5555-5-|----------|

VERSE
  Am         Fmaj7      C          B11
G|----------|----------|----------|----------|
D|----------|-3---333--|----------|-----2-22-|
A|----------|--------5-|-3---3333-|-222------|
E|-5---5555-|----------|----------|----------|

CHORUS
  Dm         Am
G|----------|----------|
D|----------|----------|
A|-5---5553-|--------3-| x3 then
E|----------|-5---555--|

  Fmaj7      Fmaj7      G           
G|----------|----------|----------| 
D|----------|----------|----------| 
A|----------|----------|----------| then
E|-1---1111-|-1---1111-|-3---3333-| 

  E
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------| x3
E|-0---0000-|


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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Martin Wanna Be	#1 by Martin Buhl at Nov 28, 2005 at 7:08 AM EST
	imagine if this song is about a dead man's ghost and his days in the afterlife, an afterlife wear ghosts have to earn a living by posessing the non dead or getting a "life". The central charector choses not to "get a life" as he feels there will be no point if his heart is not in it (both literally and symbolically) and thus sells his soul to pay the rent. Maybe he wonders if he is actually doing nothing because he feels he should out of principle or maybe he is just lazy like his fellow ghosts suggest he is. but then again it could all be a little bit of fun and games.

No Picture CJ Average	#2 by CJ Breidt at Jun 28, 2006 at 6:04 AM EST
	yeah, this is probably my favorite song on the album...i'm so lazy hahah.

Chris Average	#3 by Chris Wise at Jun 30, 2006 at 12:22 PM EST
	The video took me by surprise, not oasis style at all. The decision to include coffins and a funeral in the video suggests to me that the word 'Idle' might even relate to death. "As long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine" - hmmm... a bed under the stars eh?

No Picture juan Wanna Be	#4 by juan montoya at Jul 9, 2006 at 12:01 AM EST
	As one of the Gallaghers (Noel, I think) put it, "Doing nothing is a job so important that somebody had to write a song about it."

Rikki Average	#5 by Rikki at Aug 1, 2006 at 11:34 AM EST
	CHOON! And a great one at that...