THE REAL COST OF OUR FREE RIDE (Bassline) As recorded by The Separation From the 2008 Album RETIRE YOUR ENGINES Released on Engineer Records www.theseparation.co.uk Transcribed by Arran McSporran Tuning - (6 string bass dropped 1/2 step) A# D# G# C# F# B Intro Wx3 E E H. |------------|-----------| |------------|-----------| |------------|-----------| |------------|-----------| |------------|-0-0-------| |------------|-----------| W W W E E H. |----------|----------|----------|-----------| |-4--------|-7--------|----------|-----------| |----------|----------|-5--------|-----------| |-2--------|-5--------|----------|-----------| |----------|----------|-3--------|-0-0-------| |----------|----------|----------|-----------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-------------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--o| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| Verse E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-4-4---4-5-7-5-4---|-2-2---2-4-5-2-----| |-2-2---0-2-2---2-|-5-5---5---------|-------------------|---------------3-0-| |-----------------|---------3-3---3-|-------------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------4---4-| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-4-4---4-5-7-5-4---|-2-2---2-2-2---2---| |-2-2---0-2-2---2-|-5-5---5---------|-------------------|-------------------| |-----------------|---------3-3---3-|-------------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E ||------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||------------------|-----------------|-4-4---4-5-7-5-4---| ||--2-2---0-2-2---2-|-5-5---5---------|-------------------| ||o-----------------|---------3-3---3-|-------------------| ||------------------|-----------------|-------------------| E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------||------------------| |-------------------o||------------------| |-2-2---2-4-5-2------||------------------| |---------------3-0--||------------------| |-------------------o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2--| |--------------------||------------------| Chorus Q. E +Q Q Q Q H Q. E +H +E E Q +E E Q ||-----------------|------------|---------------|--------------------| ||o----------------|------------|---------------|--------------------| ||-----------------|------------|---------------|--------------------| ||--2----2-(2)--2--|-2--2--2----|---------------|--------------------| ||o----------------|------------|-3----3-(3)----|-(3)-3-3--(3)-3-3---| ||-----------------|------------|---------------|--------------------| Q. E +Q Q Q Q H Q. E +E E E E E E E E E E E E |----------------|------------|------------------|------------------|| |----------------|------------|------------------|-----------------o|| |----------------|------------|------------------|------------------|| |----------------|------------|------------------|------------------|| |-0----0-(0)--0--|-0--0--0----|----------------0-|---0---3---3---3-o|| |----------------|------------|-3----3-(3)-3-3---|------------------|| Bridge E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E ||------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||------------------|-----------------|-4-4---4-5-7-5-4---| ||--2-2---0-2-2---2-|-5-5---5---------|-------------------| ||o-----------------|---------3-3---3-|-------------------| ||------------------|-----------------|-------------------| 1. 2. E E E S S E E E E E E Q E E Q |--------------------||----------------| |-------------------o||----------------| |-2-2---2-4-5-2------||-2-2------------| |---------------3-0--||----------------| |-------------------o||--------0-2-----| |--------------------||----------------| Verse E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E ||------------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||------------------|-----------------|-4-4---4-5-7-5-4---| ||--2-2---0-2-2---2-|-5-5---5---------|-------------------| ||o-----------------|---------3-3---3-|-------------------| ||------------------|-----------------|-------------------| 1. 2. E E E S S E E E E E E Q E E Q |--------------------||----------------| |-------------------o||----------------| |-2-2---2-4-5-2------||-2-2------------| |---------------3-0--||----------------| |-------------------o||--------0-2-----| |--------------------||----------------| Prechorus Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |------4-(4)--2--|-(2)------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2--------------|-----5----2-----|-----------------|---5-5-5-5-5-5-0-| |----------------|-------------5--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3---------------| |----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------| Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q E E E E E E E E |----------------|----------------|-----------------| |----------------|----------------|-----------------| |------4-(4)--2--|-(2)------------|-----------------| |-2--------------|-----5----2-----|-----------------| |----------------|-------------5--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |----------------|----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------------| |-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2--| |-----------------|------------------| Chorus Q. E +Q Q Q Q H Q. E +H +E E Q +E E Q ||-----------------|------------|---------------|--------------------| ||o----------------|------------|---------------|--------------------| ||-----------------|------------|---------------|--------------------| ||--2----2-(2)--2--|-2--2--2----|---------------|--------------------| ||o----------------|------------|-3----3-(3)----|-(3)-3-3--(3)-3-3---| ||-----------------|------------|---------------|--------------------| Q. E +Q Q Q Q H Q. E +E E E E E E E E E E E E |----------------|------------|------------------|------------------|| |----------------|------------|------------------|-----------------o|| |----------------|------------|------------------|------------------|| |----------------|------------|------------------|------------------|| |-0----0-(0)--0--|-0--0--0----|----------------0-|---0---3---3---3-o|| |----------------|------------|-3----3-(3)-3-3---|------------------|| Middle Section W +H E E E S S Q. E +H +H E E E S S |----------|------------------|---------------|------------------| |----------|--------4-2-------|---------------|--------4-2-------| |----------|--------------2-3-|-4-------------|--------------2-3-| |-2--------|-(2)--------------|------2-(2)----|-(2)--------------| |----------|------------------|---------------|------------------| |----------|------------------|---------------|------------------| Q. E +H +H E E E E E Q E +H +Q. E E E E E |---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------| |---------------|--------4-2-----|---------------|-------4-4-2-----| |-4-------------|--------------2-|-3-4-----------|-------------5s7-| |------2-(2)----|-(2)------------|------2-(2)----|-(2)-------------| |---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------| |---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------| W +H. +E E a W +W |----------|----------------|------------|--------| |----------|----------------|------------|--------| |----------|----------------|------------|--------| |-5--------|-(5)------(5)-5-|-5s7--------|-(7)----| |----------|----------------|------------|--------| |----------|----------------|------------|--------| a W +H. Q a W a Q. E +Q Q |------------|-------------|-------------|----------------------| |------------|-------------|-------------|----------------------| |------------|-------------|-------------|----------------------| |-7s9--------|-(9)------9--|-9h10--------|-9h10----9-(9)--------| |------------|-------------|-------------|----------------10\---| |------------|-------------|-------------|----------------------| 'Singalong' Section E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-3-2---| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------5-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------0-2-|-----------------|---------------0-| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-2-3---| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------2-4-| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-------9-9-9-----|-----------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-9-9-9-------9-9-|-9-------9-9-----| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---7-7-7-----7-0-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| Outro Chorus E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| ||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|------------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W |-----------------|------------------||------*| |-----------------|-----------------o||-4----*| |-----------------|------------------||------*| |-----------------|------------------||-2----*| |---------------0-|---0---3---3---3-o||------*| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|------------------||-0----*| Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls - volume swell (louder/softer) Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths