Liquid State Bass

Band: Muse
Song: Liquid State
Album: The 2nd Law (2012)
Bassist: Chris Wolstenholme
Tuning: Standard
 
 
Every note in this song is an eight note. Note that Chris plays this song with his standard
tuned bass so no Dropped-D here! Now the whole structure of this song is more logical and of
course it's easier to play.
 
Intro:
  +     +     +     +
G|------------------------|
D|---------------------9--|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
 
  +     +     +     +      +     +     +     +
G|------------------------|------------------------|  |
D|10-------------------9--|10-------------------9--|  |
A|---0--0--0--0--0--0-----|---0--0--0--0--0--0-----|  |
E|------------------------|------------------------|  |
                                                      | x2
G|------------------------|------------------------|  |
D|10-------10-13-------13-|12-10-13-12-10-13-12-9--|  |
A|---0--0--------0--0-----|------------------------|  |
E|------------------------|------------------------|  |
 
Verse:
 
  +     +     +     +      +     +     +     +
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|10-------------------10-|12-------------------12-|
A|---0--0--0--0--0--0-----|---0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
E|------------------------|------------------------|  
 
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|13-------13-14-------13-|12-10-13-12-10-13-12-9--|
A|---0--0--------0--0-----|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|  
 
G|------------------------|7--------------------7--|
D|10-------------------10-|------------------------|
A|---8--8--8--8--8--8-----|---8--8--8--8--8--8-----|
E|------------------------|------------------------|  
 
G|9--------9--10----------|------------------------|
D|---------------------13-|12-10-13-12-10-13-12-10-|
A|---8--8--------8--8-----|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|  
 
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|12-0--0--0--0--0--0--12-|14-0--0--0--0--0--0--14-|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
 
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|15-0--0--15-18-0--0--13-|12-10-13-12-10-13-12----|
A|------------------------|---------------------10-|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
 
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|12-0--0--0--0--0--0--10-|12-0--0--0--0--0--0--10-|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
 
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|---------------------9--|
A|12-0--0--0--0--0--0--10-|12-0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
E|------------------------|------------------------| 
 
Play verse three times. Below is last bar before first chorus:
 
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-7--|
E|------------------------|
 
Chorus:
 
  +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|5-------------5-|6-----6-7-------|6-5---6-5---6---|
A|8-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-|--5-5-5-5-5-5---|--5-5-----5-5-5-|----8-----8---7-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|5-------------5-|7-----7-8-------|6-5---6-5---6---|
A|8-------------8-|----------------|----------------|----8-----8---8-|
E|--6-6-6-6-6-6---|--6-6-6-6-6-6---|--6-6-----6-6-6-|----------------|
 
G|----------------|2-------------2-|3-----3-5-------|----------------|
D|5-------------5-|----------------|----------------|6-5---6-5---6---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----8-----8---3-|
E|--3-3-3-3-3-3---|--3-3-3-3-3-3---|--3-3-----3-3-3-|----------------|
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|5-5-5-3-5-5-5---|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------8-|
 
Verse: same as before.
 
Chorus: same as before except last bar. It's simple and goes like this:
 
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|----------------|
 
Outro:
 
  +     +     +     +      +     +     +     +
G|5\----------------------|------------------------|
D|---------------------9--|10-------------------9--|
A|---0--0--0--0--0--0-----|---0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
E|------------------------|------------------------|  
 
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|10-------10-13-------13-|12-10-13-12-10-13-12-9--|
A|---0--0--------0--0-----|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|  
 
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|10-------------------9--|10-------------------9--|
A|---0--0--0--0--0--0-----|---0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
E|------------------------|------------------------|  
 
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|10-------10-13-------13-|12-10-13-12-10-13-12-9--|
A|---0--0--------0--0-----|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
 
G|------------------------|
D|10----------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|---5-\------------------|
 
/  slide up
\  slide down
h  hammer-on
p  pull-off
~  let ring
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