Survival Bass

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	Eb Ab Db Gb
Capo:	no capo

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Band: Muse
Song: Survival
Album: The 2nd Law (2012)
Bassist: Chris Wolstenholme
Tuning: Standard
 
 
[0:16] There's no bass but You can play this as Intro:
 
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------7----7----10---10------------------------------|
Eb|4455667----7----7----7-------------------------8----8-0011223----3-445566|
 
Verse: [0:35] Play this three times.
 
Gb|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
Db|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
Ab|--------------------|7--7-7--7-10--10-10--10-|--------------------------|
Eb|7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-|------------------------|8--8-8-0011223--3-3-445566|
 
Yes, I'm gonna win: [1:27]
 
Gb|--------------------------|     |----------------------|
Db|---9---9--------9---9-----|     |---9---9--------------|
Ab|--------------------------|     |----------------445566|
Eb|7----7----7--7----7----7--| x10 |7----7----7--7--------|
 
Gb|--------------------------|     |----------------------|
Db|---2---2--------2---2-----|     |---2---2--------------|
Ab|--------------------------|     |----------------------|
Eb|0----0----0--0----0----0--| x4  |0----0----0--0--223344|
 
Gb|--------------------------|     |----------------------|
Db|---7---7--------7---7-----|     |---7---7--------------|
Ab|--------------------------|     |----------------------|
Eb|5----5----5--5----5----5--|     |5----5----5--5--223344|
 
Race...it's a race: [2:20]
 
Gb|--------------------------|     |---7---7--------7---7-----|   |
Db|---7---7--------7---7-----|     |--------------------------|   |
Ab|--------------------------|     |5----5----5--5----5----5--|   |
Eb|5----5----5--5----5----5--| x2  |--------------------------|   |
                                                                  |
Gb|--10---10------10---10----|     |----------------------|       |
Db|--------------------------|     |---8---8--------------|       |
Ab|8----8----8--8----8----8--|     |----------------556677|       | x3
Eb|--------------------------|     |6----6----6--6--------|       |
                                                                  |
Gb|--10---10-------------|                                        |
Db|----------------------|                                        |
Ab|8----8----8--8--------|                                        |
Eb|----------------223344|                                        |
 
Yes, I'm gonna win: [2:55]
 
Gb|--------------------------|----------------------|
Db|---7---7--------7---7-----|---7---7--------------|
Ab|--------------------------|----------------------|
Eb|5----5----5--5----5----5--|5----5----5--5--223344| x10
 
Ending: [3:54]
 
Gb|----------------------------------------------------|
Db|7------------7------------7------------7------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---5-5-5--5-----5-5-5--5-----5-5-5--5-----5-5-5--5--|
 
Gb|----------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---5-5-5--5-----5-5-5--5-----5-5-5--5-----5-5-5--5--|
 
Last note - 5th fret on Eb string.
 
/  slide up
\  slide down
h  hammer-on
p  pull-off
~  let ring
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Sick tab! The note count is a little off, but it gave me a great understanding of the track and made this song go from "too confusing" to "wait I can actually play this" pretty quickly. Thanks man!