Days Without Paracetamol

Days Without Paracetamol (bass) by Snow Patrol (off the album "Songs For Polarbears", 1999) Standard Bass Tuning One of Snow Patrol's earlier experimentations... Enjoy! _____________________________________________________________________________ 0:00 INTRO _____________________________________________________________________________ No bass _____________________________________________________________________________ 0:38 VERSE _____________________________________________________________________________ This is the basic riff for the verse and chorus; it comes in at "falls asleep..." G|-----------------|-------------------| D|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-|---------2-3-2-----| A|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-------(3)-| E|-----------------|-------------------| (RIFF 4 TIMES) _____________________________________________________________________________ 0:53 CHORUS _____________________________________________________________________________ Same as the first verse; played two more times without any vocals though. (RIFF 6 TIMES) _____________________________________________________________________________ 1:16 VERSE _____________________________________________________________________________ Same as the first verse; it comes in at "round the..." (RIFF 4 TIMES) _____________________________________________________________________________ 1:32 CHORUS _____________________________________________________________________________ The riff played 4 times, again :P. _____________________________________________________________________________ 1:49 GUITAR RIFF _____________________________________________________________________________ I can't hear any bass over the distorted guitar, but if you like, when the guitar is playing, play this: G|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-| A|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------| Bass then plays this after each progressive guitar riff: 1:53 2:00 & G|-----------------|-----------------| D|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-|---------5---5---| A|-----------------|-3-3-3-3---3---3-| E|-----------------|-----------------| It's then played one more time entering the verse. _____________________________________________________________________________ 2:06 VERSE _____________________________________________________________________________ Same as the first and second verses; it comes in at "more each day..." (RIFF 4 TIMES) _____________________________________________________________________________ 2:24 CHORUS _____________________________________________________________________________ Same as the other chorus. (RIFF 4 TIMES) _____________________________________________________________________________ 2:40 GUITAR RIFF _____________________________________________________________________________ Same as the first one. This time the bass is played at: 2:2:51 2:58 , & _____________________________________________________________________________ 3:07 OUTRO _____________________________________________________________________________ G|-----------------|-----------------| D|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-| x4 A|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------| On the last couple of repeats of that, slow the tempo down a bit. Finish on an E (2nd fret D string) and let ring. The song's ended there! _____________________________________________________________________________ LYRICS _____________________________________________________________________________ VERSE When summer falls asleep And winter plucks your strings The colder that you get Makes you feel at home CHORUS Build it up (Throw it away) x16 VERSE If I come round there now Would you be pleased to see me I wouldn't make much noise Just whimper to myself CHORUS Build it up (Throw it away) x16 VERSE My head hurts more each time The drinking strangles me Believe in God, like hell Believe in hell, by God CHORUS Build it up (Throw it away) x16 _____________________________________________________________________________ Key: / - Slide up \ - Slide down b - Bend r - Return x - Mute PM - Palm mute ~ - Let ring/vibrato h - Hammer-on p - Pull-off () - Quiet/Ghost note - Harmonic #n# - Tremelo pick