Propaganda Bass

Band: Muse
Song: Propaganda
Album: Simulation Theory (2018)
Bassist: Chris Wolstenholme
Tuning: Standard
 
 
Chris plays this song on his Status Keyboard Bass (it's a bass and a small keyboard in one instrument).
First two choruses Chris is playing on the keyboard but everything else is on bass.
 
 
Intro is the hardest part of the song. It consists of some heavy & fast string bending. Full-note bends only.
To learn the intro faster, I advise you to check out Propaganda's official instrumental version on YouTube
to get the feel and rhythm. Perform a longer bend release for the last bend of the first bar or play an
additional 5 on A like it's in the second bar. It really doesn't make much of a difference at all.
 
 
[Main Riff]
 
G|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|3h5-5-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-5br-5br---|3h5-5-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-5br-5br-5-|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
G|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|3h5-5br-5br-3h5-5-5-5br-5br-5-|5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-----------------|
E|------------------------------|----------------3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-|
 
 
[Verse 1] No bass
 
 
[Chorus]
Some synth effect will definitely make this part better. Play the very last note much quieter than the others.
 
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-switch-off-any--|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---effect-here---|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|.----------------|
E|3----3---3----1h3|1----1---1----1--|5----5---5----3h5|3----3---3----3--|1----1---1----3h4|5----------------|
 
 
[Main Riff] Play the same thing you did during the intro.
 
 
[Verse 2] No bass again
 
 
[Chorus] Play the same thing as before (you may add some extra notes if you like, though).
 
 
[Solo] You can add some dead notes for a more rhythmic feel
 
G|--------------|-------------|
D|--------------|-------5-53--|
A|5---5--3-3h555|5---5------5-|
E|--------------|-------------| x4 
 
 
[Chorus & Outro] (chorus is just a loop of the first three bars below)
 
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|----5-------3--|----3----------|----7-------5--|----5-------3--|----3----------|----7-------5--|
A|-------3h5-----|---------------|-------5h7-----|-------3h5-----|---------------|-------5h7-----|
E|3--------------|1-------1-3h4--|5--------------|3--------------|1-------1-3h4--|5--------------| x2
 
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|----5-------3--|----3----------|----7-------5--|----5-------3--|----3----------|---------------|
A|-------3h5-----|---------------|-------5h7-----|-------3h5-----|---------------|---------------|
E|3--------------|1-------1-3h4--|5--------------|3--------------|1-------1-3h4--|5\-------------|
 
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-----------------|
E|----------------3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-|
 
 
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| .   Stacatto note
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| br  Bend release
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
 
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