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I SHOULD HAVE SENT FLOWERS (Bassline)
As recorded by Nora
(From the 2003 Album DREAMERS AND DEADMEN)
Transcribed by Jonathan Rose
Words and Music by Nora
Gtr I (Db Ab Db Gb) - 'Bass'
Intro
Hardcore Q=173
4/4
Gtr I
Q. Q. Q +E Q E E E Q Q. Q. Q +E Q E E E Q
||---------------|------------------|--------------|--------------------||
||o--------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------o||
||o--------------|-----/5--5-5-3-0--|--------------|-----/5--5-5-3-0---o||
||--0----3----5--|-(5)--------------|-0----3----5--|-(5)----------------||
E H.. W W W
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|-0-----------|----------|----------|------|
W +W E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|------------|---------------|------------------||
|----------|------------|---------------|------------------||
|----------|------------|-3h5-5-----3h5-|------------------||
|-0--------|-(0)--------|--------0------|-7-3-3-3-1-6-6-6--||
"I shouldn't have said.."
E E Q Q E E Q Q E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------o||
||o-3h5-5-----3h5-|-5-------5-5-5-|-3h5-5-----3h5-|-----------------o||
||---------0------|----0--0-------|--------0------|-7-3-3-3-1-6-6-6--||
"It's going to be a good.."
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 3x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----2------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---3---3---3p2-0-o||
||o-----------------|-------------5---|-----------------|---------3-------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3h6p3---5---5-|-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 E E E E E E E E E H..
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|-------------5---|-----------------|----------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3h6p3---5---5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--------||
"I shouldn't have said.."
E E Q Q E E Q Q E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------o||
||o-3h5-5-----3h5-|-5-------5-5-5-|-3h5-5-----3h5-|-----------------o||
||---------0------|----0--0-------|--------0------|-7-3-3-3-1-6-6-6--||
"I lost weight and I look.."
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 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----2------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---3---3---3p2-0-o||
||o-----------------|-------------5---|-----------------|---------3-------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3h6p3---5---5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----------------||
"I should've sent flowers.."
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
E H.. W W W
|-------------|----------|----------|------||
|-------------|----------|----------|------||
|-------------|----------|----------|------||
|-0-----------|----------|----------|------||
"Just like this time.."
E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E +E E E H E 4x
||---------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------o||
||o--------------|-1-1-1--------|--------------|----------------o||
||--0-0-0--------|--------------|-4-4-4------4-|-(4)-4-4---------||
H H H Q Q W +H H
|-----------|------------|----------|--------------|
|-----------|------------|----------|--------------|
|-----------|-1----1-----|----------|--------------|
|-0----0----|---------0--|-4--------|-(4)----4\----|
H H H Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------|------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------|------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------|-1----1-----|-----------------|------------------||
|-0----0----|---------0--|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
Breakdown
3/4 4/4 3/4
~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
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
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---3-----------3-|---3-----3b3.5r(3)-|---3-----------3-|---3---------------|
|---------5---5---|-----5-------------|---------5---5---|-----5-------------|
|-0---3-0---3-----|-0-----6-----------|-0---3-0---3-----|-0-----6-3b3.5r(3)-|
4/4 3/4 4/4 2/4
~~~~~~~~~~
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
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------||
|---3-----------3-|---3---------------|-----------------|---------||
|---------5---5---|-----5-------------|-------3---------|-1---1---||
|-0---3-0---3-----|-0-----6-3b3.5r(3)-|-0-3-5---6-5-3-2-|---------||
Solo
4/4 3/4 4/4 3/4
~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
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
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|---3-----------3-|---3---------------|---3-----------3-|---3----------------|
|---------5---5---|-----5-------------|---------5---5---|-----5--------------|
|-0---3-0---3-----|-0-----6-3b3.5r(3)-|-0---3-0---3-----|-0-----6-3b3.5r(3)--|
4/4 3/4 4/4 2/4
~~~~~~~~~~
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
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------||
|---3-----------3-|---3---------------|-----------------|---------||
|---------5---5---|-----5-------------|-------3---------|-1---1---||
|-0---3-0---3-----|-0-----6-3b3.5r(3)-|-0-3-5---6-5-3-2-|---------||
"I was the best friend.."
4/4 3/4 4/4 3/4
~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
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
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|---3-----------3-|---3---------------|---3-----------3-|---3----------------|
|---------5---5---|-----5-------------|---------5---5---|-----5--------------|
|-0---3-0---3-----|-0-----6-3b3.5r(3)-|-0---3-0---3-----|-0-----6-3b3.5r(3)--|
4/4 3/4 4/4 2/4
~~~~~~~~~~
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
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------||
|---3-----------3-|---3---------------|-----------------|---------||
|---------5---5---|-----5-------------|-------3---------|-1---1---||
|-0---3-0---3-----|-0-----6-3b3.5r(3)-|-0-3-5---6-5-3-2-|---------||
"If you're gonna burn it.."
4/4
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 Q E E E 4x
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------1---------o||
||--0-6-5-3-0-3---0-|-(0)-6-5-3-0-3-0-0-|-0-6-5-3-0-3-0-0-|-1-1-1----1-1S3---||
"What was I thinking.."
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 Q E E E
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------1--------o||
||--0-6-5-3-0-3---0-|-(0)-6-5-3-0-3-0-0-|-0-6-5-3-0-3-0-0-|-1-1-1----1-1S3--||
"I haven't been sleeping.."
E E Q Q E E Q Q E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-3h5-5-----3h5-|-5-------5-5-5-|-3h5-5-----3h5-|------------------|
|--------0------|----0--0-------|--------0------|-7-3-3-3-1-6-6-6--|
E E Q Q E E E +E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|-3b3.5r(3)---------3---|
|-3h5-5-----3h5-|-----------5-3-0-3---5-|
|--------0------|-----------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E a E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----3-------3---|---------------------|
|-3h5---5-3h5---5-|---------3-(3)s8-8-8-|
|-----------------|-7-3-3-3-------------|
E E Q Q E E Q Q E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-3h5-5-----3h5-|-5-------5-5-5-|-3h5-5-----3h5-|------------------|
|--------0------|----0--0-------|--------0------|-7-3-3-3-1-6-6-6--|
E E Q Q E E Q Q E E E +E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------------|---------------|------------------*|
|---------------|-----------3b3.5r(3)-|---------------|------------------*|
|-3h5-5-----3h5-|-5-------5-----------|-3h5-5-----3h5-|------------------*|
|--------0------|----0--0-------------|--------0------|-x-3-3-3-x-6-6-6--*|
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
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
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
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