Micro Cuts Bass

Band: Muse
Song: Micro Cuts
Album: Origin of Simmetry (2001)
Bassist: Chris Wolstenholme
Tuning: Dropped D
 
Tip: You can play some notes louder to immitate those double-beats if You want.
The numbers in parentheses show how many times each note should be played (yeah, I'm lazy).
 
 
 
Intro and Verse:
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| x2
 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|5(x8)--7(x8)--8(x4)--9(x4)--10(x20)--5(x12)--4(x12)--5(x24)--|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------| x2
 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------|
A|5(x8)--7(x8)--8(x4)--9(x4)--10(x20)--5(x12)--0(x12)--5(x12)--|55--55--55--|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------|
 
 
Chorus:
 
G|----------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------|
A|----------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------|
D|5(x8)--0(x8)--5(x16)--|5(x8)--0(x8)--5(x16)--|5(x8)--0(x8)--5(x8)--6(x8)--7(x32)--|
 
 
Mini-bridge and Verse:
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|5(x8)--7(x8)--8(x4)--9(x4)--10(x20)--5(x12)--4(x12)--5(x24)--|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------|
A|5(x8)--7(x8)--8(x4)--9(x4)--10(x20)--5(x12)--0(x12)--5(x12)--|55--55--55--|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------|
 
 
Chorus:
 
G|----------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------|--------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------|--------|
A|----------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------|5\------|
D|5(x8)--0(x8)--5(x16)--|5(x8)--0(x8)--5(x16)--|5(x8)--0(x8)--5(x8)--6(x8)--7(x32)--|--------|
 
 
no bass till 2:42
 
 
Bridge:
 
G|-----------------------------------14(x16)-------------------------------------------------|
D|12(x16)--14(x12)--17(x4)--16(x16)-------------------12(x8)--11(x8)-------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------10(x8)------------------12(x4)--7(x4)--0(x32)--|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
Wait for it...(bass enters around 3:12)
 
 
Riff/outro:
 
G|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|5-4-3-0--------|------------3-4-|5-4-3-0---------|------------3-4-|5\--------------|
D|--------6-5-3-0|3-0-5-6-7-0-----|--------6-5-3-0-|3-0-5-6-7-0-----|----------------|
 
 
Wait for it again (till 3:25)... and BANG!
 
G|----------------|    |---------------------------|
D|----------------|    |---------------------------|
A|5-4-3-0---------|    |5-4-3-0--------------------|
D|--------6-5-3-0-| x7 |--------6-5-3--0--0--0--0--|
 
 
The last note should be played by throwing your bass into an amp :)
 
 
/  slide up
\  slide down
h  hammer-on
p  pull-off
~  let ring
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