Bittersweet Bass Tab - New Model Army






"Bittersweet" by New Model Army (from the album "Vengeance")
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Transcribed by : Gilles Velay (gvelay@club-internet.fr)

Any comments, corrections or suggestions ?
Please email me at gvelay@club-internet.fr

Notation :
w : whole         +++ : tied notes
h : half           : slide down
q : quarter       / : slide up
e : 8th           h : hammer on
s : 16th          () : not played first time

Riff I
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     e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e      e   e   e   q      e   e   e
G-||(9)-----------------------------|---5---5---5---7------5---5---5---|
D-||--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-||-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|----------------------------------|
E-||->--->--->------->--->--->------|----------------------------------|

    e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e      e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e   
G-|--------------------------------|---12--12--12--11------12--12--7--|
D-|-7------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|----------------------------------|
E-|->--->--->------->--->--->------|----------------------------------|

    e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e      e   e   e   q      e   e   e
G-|-9------------------------------|---5---5---5---7------5---5---5---|
D-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|----------------------------------|
E-|->--->--->------->--->--->------|----------------------------------|

    e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e      e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e   
G-|--------------------------------|---11--11--11--12------11--11--7--||
D-|-7------------------------------|----------------------------------||
A-|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|----------------------------------||
E-|->--->--->------->--->--->------|----------------------------------||


Riff II
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    q       e   e   e   e   e   e ++++ e   e   q       e   e   e  e   
G-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|--------------------------------|-------------------3--------------|
A-|-5-------5---5---5---5---5---5--|---5---5---5-----------5---3--0---|
E-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|

    q       e   e   e   e   e   e ++++ e   e   e   e   e   e   e  e   
G-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|--------------------------------|-------------------5---3----------|
A-|-3-------3---3---3---3---3---3--|---3-----------------------5--0---|
E-|--------------------------------|-------0---0---0------------------|

    q       e   e   e   e   e   e ++++ e   e   q       e   e   e  e   
G-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|--------------------------------|-------------------3--------------|
A-|-5-------5---5---5---5---5---5--|---5---5---5-----------5---3--0---|
E-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|

    q       e   e   e   e   e   e ++++ e   e   e   e   q       q       
G-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-|-3-------3---3---3---3---3---3--|---3------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------|-------0---0---0---2-------3------|


Riff III
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     q+e   e h         q+e   e h         e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e
G-||-----------------|-----------------|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
D-||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
A-||-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------|-----------------|-----------------||
E-||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||


Riff IV
=======
     e   e   q       e   e   q
G-||--------------------------------||
D-||--------------------------------||
A-||-0---0---x-------0---0---x------||
E-||--------------------------------||



Intro : Guitar (2 x 8 bars)
Riff I (x2)

1st Verse :Riff I (x2)

Chorus :Riff II

2nd Verse :Riff I(x2)

Chorus :Riff II

Bridge :  Guitars only (although you can play Riff III) then :
    w    
G-|--------------------------------|
D-|--------------------------------|
A-|-0------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------| followed by Riff I (x2)

Chorus :Riff II

End :Riff IV (x4)