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Matchbox Bass Tab

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The Kooks: Matchbox.

\=slide down
/=slide up

Intro (standard tuning)


E-15\/-11--------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------|
D----------13-11 (not too sure)-------------------6-8\ ----|
G-----------------------------------11-9-8--11-9-8---------|


Verse

E--------------------------------------6h9------------------------|
A-6h8----------4h6-------------------------6h8\-------4h6---------|
D-----6h8----------4h6-------------------------------------4h6----|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat this, but you can also put in slides and little fills as Max does on the record like so:


E--------------------------0-15\-----------6h9----------------------------|
A-6h8----------4h6--------------------------     6h8\-------4h6-----------|
D-----6h8----------4h6-------------------------------------      4h6-6----|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Pre-chorus.

“Don’t you think that you went too far…”
E---------------------------------------|
A----6(let ring)-----6(let ring then slide up quickly-|
D---------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------|


Chorus
 “All of us…………….walk all over your cars”       Repeat this 4 times, listen
E------------------------------------------------|  for rythm, as it changes
A---6x8---9x8---11x8----9x4----8x4---------------|  slightly.
D—-----------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------|

Bridge
“I’m sorry…..   that I let you go
E-----------------------------------------|
A-9--9---9-9------------------------------|
D-----11----------11-11-11-11-11----11----|
G--------------------------------13-------|

“I always seem to play these games with you my dear” x3
E------------------------------------|
A---9--9---9/------------------------|
D---------------------------18-------|
G-------------------18--16-----------|


E---------------------|
A—9x7-------9x3-------|
D--------11x5---------|
G---------------------|


Outro.

E----------------------------------0-2-2—-2-0-2----2-----|  Follow reggae
A-9-6-8---------6-------------------------------4--------|  rhythm around
D-------------8-----8/-----------------------------------|  D# anf F#
G--------------------------------------------------------|

Ok an updated version im sure is 98% correct! Have fun, pm me if theres any problems.
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Mr.H wrote on April 26 2006, 07:27 am

Oh, on the Slide at the beginning, slide from fret 15 down the fret board and back up to fret 11, for some reason when i put the tab up on this site it messed around with everything ive done

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Mr.H wrote on April 26 2006, 07:29 am

And on the "Dont you think you went too far" bit, its fret 6 on the A string not D...does anyone know why this happens when you put tabs up??

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Mr.H wrote on April 26 2006, 07:30 am

and the chorus is all on the A string, not D...im getting quite annoyed with this...

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