Machine bass

Machine

Artist: Nomeansno
Song: Machine
Album: Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? (1993)
Bassist: Rob Wright
Tuning: E-A-D-G
Notes:


Intro/Verse 1:

I don't like to see you cry
You're alone and I know why
I can free your life from sin
Open up and let me in
Let me, let me, let me, come in

G|------3-----3------10-------10---------|
D|----5---3-5---5/12----11-12----11-12~--|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|--3------------------------------------| (x4)

G|------3-----3------10-------10-------------3-----3------10-------10-----------|
D|----5---3-5---5/12----11-12----11-12-----5---3-5---5/12----11-12-----11--12~--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3------------------------------------3--------------------------------------| (x4)

G|--10--------10--------10--------10~-----------|
D|-----12~-------12~-------12~-------------12~--|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|


Chorus:

Machine, I'm a good machine
Machine, I'm a good machine
On you I lean, I lean, I lean, I lean, on you I lean
Machine, I'm a good machine

G|----------------------------------|
D|--------5------------5------------|
A|----------4-5--5-4-------4-5-4-5--|
E|--103-------------3---3----------|

G|-------------------------------|
D|-----5------------5------------|
A|-------4-5--5-4-------4-5-4-5--|
E|--3-------------3---3----------| (x9)


Beleive in one another
Depend on one another
Be good to one another
I am the other

G|------6-7-6-5---------------|
D|----5------------5----------|
A|-------------------4-5-4-5--|
E|--3------------3------------| (x3)

G|------6-7-6-5-6--|
D|----5------------|
A|-----------------|
E|--3--------------|


I'm a good machine
Machine, I'm a good machine
Yeah,
Machine, I'm a good machine

G|-------------------------------|
D|-----5------------5------------|
A|-------4-5--5-4-------4-5-4-5--|
E|--3-------------3---3----------| (x4)


I love it, believe me, you know it's true
Belive me, I know it, you'll ove it too
I mean it, I see it, I know it's true
I see it, I know it, you'll love it too

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|------2-------5-------2---------|
E|--0-3---3-0-3---3-0-3---3-0--6--| (x4)


When we walk and talk about it
Talk together, I feel fine
When we walk and talk about it
Talk together, I walk in line
When we walk and talk about it
Talk together, I feel fine
When we walk and talk about it
Talk together, I walk in line

G|---------------------------------|
D|------5-------8-5-----5-------8--|
A|--5-7---7-5-7-----5-7---7-5-7----|
E|---------------------------------| (x4)


I guess I'm alright
Oh, yeh, alright, alright
You know I'm ok
Ok, alright, alright
Oh, yeh, it's alright
Alright alright alright
I'm ok, it's alright, I feel fine, it's ok, it's alright, in fact it's fine

G|-----------------------------------|
D|--------2---------------2----------|
A|--0h1h2---2-------0h1h2---2-0------|
E|------------3--0--------------3-0--| (x3)

G|-----------------------------------------------9--7-----------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------9-8-7----------------|
A|--7-5-7--7-5-7--7-5-7--7-5-7--7-5-7--7-5-7--5--------------9-7-5----------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------7-6-5-4--|


Chorus:
I'm a big machine
Yes, yeh, yeh
Machine, I'm a good machine
Of thee I sing, I sing, of thee I sing
Machine, I'm a good machine

G|-------------------------------|
D|-----5------------5------------|
A|-------4-5--5-4-------4-5-4-5--|
E|--3-------------3---3----------| (x10)


Belive in one another
Depend on one another
Be good to one another
I am the other


G|------6-7-6-5---------------|
D|----5------------5----------|
A|-------------------4-5-4-5--|
E|--3------------3------------| (x3)

G|------6-7-6-5-6--|
D|----5------------|
A|-----------------|
E|--3--------------|


I'm a big machine
Yes, yeh, yeh

G|-------------------------------|
D|-----5------------5------------|
A|-------4-5--5-4-------4-5-4-5--|
E|--3-------------3---3----------| (x4)


I love it, I made it, it's what I do
You know it, you've seen it, it looks like you
Don't you just love it, it's just like you
I love it, you love it, you know it's true

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|------2-------5-------2---------|
E|--0-3---3-0-3---3-0-3---3-0--6--| (x4)


When we walk and talk about it
Talk together, I feel fine
When we walk and talk about it
Talk together, I walk in line
When we walk and talk about it
Talk together, I feel fine
When we walk and talk about it
Talk together, I walk in line

G|---------------------------------|
D|------5-------8-5-----5-------8--|
A|--5-7---7-5-7-----5-7---7-5-7----|
E|---------------------------------| (x4)


I guess I'm alright
Oh, yeh, alright, alright
You know I'm ok
Ok, alright, alright
Oh, yeh, it's alright
Alright alright alright
I'm ok, it's alright, I feel fine, it's ok, it's alright, in fact it's fine

G|-----------------------------------|
D|--------2---------------2----------|
A|--0h1h2---2-------0h1h2---2-0------|
E|------------3--0--------------3-0--| (x3)

G|-----------------------------------------------9--7-----------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------9-8-7----------------|
A|--7-5-7--7-5-7--7-5-7--7-5-7--7-5-7--7-5-7--5--------------9-7-5----------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------7-6-5-4--|


Chorus:
I'm a big machine
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Machine, I'm a good machine
On you I lean, I lean, I lean, I lean, on you I lean
machine, I'm a good machine

G|-------------------------------|
D|-----5------------5------------|
A|-------4-5--5-4-------4-5-4-5--|
E|--3-------------3---3----------| (x10)


Outro:
G|------3-----3------10-------10-------------3-----3------10-------10--------|
D|----5---3-5---5/12----11-12----11-12-----5---3-5---5/12----11-12----11-12--|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3------------------------------------3-----------------------------------| (x3)


Look at me and watch yourself
Everyone is someone else
When you speak the echoes chime
The voice is yours but the words are mine
All mine, all mine, all mine, all mine

G|------3-----3------10-------10-------------3-----3------10-------10-----------|
D|----5---3-5---5/12----11-12----11-12-----5---3-5---5/12----11-12-----11--12~--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3------------------------------------3--------------------------------------| (x5)

G|--10--------10--------10--------10~-----------|
D|-----12~-------12~-------12~-------------12~--|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

Machine

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