A Song For The Optimists bass

A Song For The Optimists

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BAND:		
		
ALBUM:		Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
TUNING:		Drop D and down a full step - cGCF (lo-hi)
TABBED BY:	Spence, a.k.a. The Polish Wonder

  Intro: "blow the last candle out..."

F---------------------
C---------------------
G---------------------
C-0---8---0--10-8--7--

  Verse 1: "just breathe and focus..."
      Each note is a sixteenth-note triplet to match the
      double bass drum.

F--------------------------------------------------
C--------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------111111111111333333333333-
C-000000000000333333333333-------------------------

  Verse 2: "i'll be honest..." (the second time)

                                          After the fourth time, strum
					each note a bunch of times.
F--------------------------------   --------
C--------------------------------   --------
G----------------------0--3-0-3--   -1---3--
C-0---5-7-0---5-7-10-------------   --------

  Verse 3: "what do i have to do..."

F-----------------------------------------------------------
C-----------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------
C-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------3--3-3-3-2-

  Verse 4: "happiness is an emotion..."

F--------------------------------------------------------------
C--------------------------------------------------------------
G--------1-1--1--------3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------1-1--1--3-3-3-3----
C-0-0--0--------0-0--0---------------0-0--0------------------0~

  Verse 5: dark whispers

F-----------------------------------------------------------------
C-----------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
C-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------

  
  Breakdown

F------------------------------------------
C------------------------------------------
G-5-0-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-0--0-1-3-1-0-
C------------------------------------------

F--------------------------------------
C--------------------------------------
G-5-0-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-0--3-1-0-
C--------------------------------------

   The songs ends the same way you play the second verse.
   Well, here you go, one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands.
   Don't be afraid to post corrections because I dunno if this is 100% correct.
 

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