Machu Picchu bass

Machu Picchu

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            	     The Strokes - Angles - Machu Picchu
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Tabbed By : Hot-Pyro
e-mail: [email protected]

Tuning: STANDARD

I'm loving the new album, so I figured I'd crack out some new bass tabs. 

There are slight variations for the verses. There are a couple slides, but the main 
riff is here. I'm sure you guys can figure out those out yourselves.

Verse #1
(0:05)
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|---/66666------------66666--------------| x5
E|---------66666-------------66666-44444--|


Chorus #1
(0:57)
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------11-11-11-11---------------11-11-11-11---|       }
E|--\11-11-11-------------------\11-11-11---------------|       }               
                                                                }x2
G|--------------------------------------------|                 }
D|--------------------------------------------|                 }
A|----------------11-9-8----------------11----|
E|--\11-11-11--14--------/11-11-11--8-9-------|


G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|--\11-11-11---4-4-4-4------\11-11-11---4-4-4-4---|
                                                                  
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|--\11-11-11--2-4-2-1----/11-11-11--8-9---/16-|


Pre-Verse
(1:16)
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------111111111111--------------------------|  
E|--111111111111--------------11111111111-4444444444---| 
 
*These are 11's not 1's     


Verse #2                
(1:34)                                                                  
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|---/66666------------66666--------------| x2
E|---------66666-------------66666-44444--|


Chorus #2
(1:56)
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------11-11-11-11---------------11-11-11-11---|
E|--\11-11-11-------------------\11-11-11---------------|                      
                                                                  }x2
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|----------------11-9-8----------------11----|
E|--\11-11-11--14--------/11-11-11--8-9-------|

G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|--\11-11-11---4-4-4-4------\11-11-11---4-4-4-4---|
                                                                 
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|--\11-11-11--2-4-2-1----/11-11-11--8-9---/16-|


Bridge
(2:14)
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--111111111111111----------------11111111111111111--------------------| x3
E|------------------1111111111111----------------------111111111111-----|

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---6---11111111111111---11------------------6--111111111111111---11--------|
E|--6-6-----------------11--11-1111111111111-6-6-----------------11--11------|

*These are 11's not 1's  

(2:56)
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|-4~~~----/16--|


Chorus/Outro
(3:01)
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------11-11-11-11---------------11-11-11-11---|
E|--\11-11-11-------------------\11-11-11---------------|                      
                                                                
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|----------------11-9-8----------------11----|
E|--\11-11-11--14--------/11-11-11--8-9-------|

G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|--\11-11-11---4-4-4-4------\11-11-11---4-4-4-4---|
                                                                 
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|--\11-11-11--2-4-2-1----/11-11-11--8-9---/16-|


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| b  bend
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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x

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