Bliss Bass

Band: Muse
Song: Bliss
Album: Origin of Symmetry (2001)
Bassist: Chris Wolstenholme
Tuning: Standard
 
 
[0:14] Main riff & verse 1:
 
G|-----------/15--------15-------------------------------------|   |
D|10-10-10-10-------------------------------10-----10----------|   |
A|--------------x13-13----x13-14-15-8-8-8-8--------------------|   |
E|--------------------------------------------x8-8----x8-10-11-|   |
                                                                   | Play this part 3 times
G|---------------------------------------------------|             |
D|-----------3-----3-----------------------------8-9-|             |
A|----------------------1-2-3-3-3-3-6------10--------|             |
E|6-6-6-(6)\--x1-1---x1---------------x8-8----x8-----|             |
 
 
[1:00] Chorus 1:
 
      quarter notes           eighth notes
G|----------------------|----------------------|-----------|
D|10(x4)--7(x4)---------|----------------------|-----------|
A|---------------10(x8)\|3(x8)---0(x8)---------|-----------|       If You want
E|----------------------|----------------0(x16)|1~---------|   play some extra 1's
 
 
[1:18] Main riff & verse 2 (play it 3 times):
 
 
[2:03] Chorus 2:
 
      quarter notes         quarter notes        eighth notes            eighth notes
G|----------------------|-------------------|----------------------|--------------------|-----------|
D|10(x4)--7(x4)---------|-------------------|10(x8)--7(x8)---------|--------------------|-----------|
A|---------------10(x8)\|3(x4)--0(x4)-------|---------------10(x16)|3(x8)--0(x8)--------|-----------|
E|----------------------|--------------0(x8)|----------------------|--------------0(x16)|1~---------|
 
 
[2:37] Synth bridge, no bass
 
 
[2:52] Bridge:
 
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|10(x8)--8(x8)----------------8(x8)----------------|
A|---------------8(x8)----------------8(x8)--3(x16)/|
E|----------------------8(x8)-----------------------|
 
 
[3:07] Chorus 3(the next part is a little bit different - it has a rhythmic pattern):
 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|10-10-10101010--777-7777-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------10-10-10101010--101010-101010-\-333-3333--000-0000---------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------000-0000--000-0000-|
 
... and now it goes back to eighth notes:
 
G|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|10(x8)--7(x8)---------|----------------------|----------------------|
A|---------------10(x16)|3(x8)---0(x8)---------|----------------------|
E|----------------------|----------------0(x16)|1~--------------------|
 
 
/  slide up
\  slide down
h  hammer-on
p  pull-off
~  let ring
x  dead note
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