The Room Ver 1 by The Living End
The Living End - The Room ver 1 bass tab
THE LIVING END
The Room
Tabbed by Kingswood87
Intro:
Begins, with just guitar and then vocals, then you come in on this note, getting progressively louder each time...
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--etc------------------|
Verse 1:
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|-3--let ring------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
"I wonder if the world is just the same..."
Post Verse:
*G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|-0-------0----------------| 2x
E|-----1-------1------------|
* Note: Let all of these notes ring out, listen to the song for the changes
"Journey to the life outside, return to those I left behind..."
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-----3-----------3--------------------|
A|-3--------3-----------3---------------|
E|-------3-----------3------------------|
*Same as above
"Behind..cuz I'm ready to now...yes, I'm ready to go now.."
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
A|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3------------------3--------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------4--4-4-4-4-4-4-----3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------|
"I wanna get back to the city, get on with my life, cuz I've done my time."
G|-----------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|------------------------------|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--(2x)-|
A|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-(2x)-|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-(2x)--|------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
"Cuz I'm ready to go now..yes I'm ready to go now..."
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------2-5------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------0-1-4----------|
A|---------------------0--wait for guitar----------------0-3----------------|
E|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-etc-----------------------0--5---0--5---------------------|
Verse 2: Ska Feel
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------5-5-5-5-------------------7-7-5-5-3-3-2-2-|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-----------------|
"So, now it's time to leave the room, and not for one minute too soon,
if you spent 16 years, then you'd almost understand"
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------5-5-5-5--------------------7-5-3-2---|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0------------|
"Time waits for no man to return, a whole new set of rules to learn, it happened 16 years
since they put me in the cell, put me in the cell, put me in and.."
Chorus:
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3---------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----|
"We will never leave, we ain't ever gonna leave the room..."
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------7-5----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7--------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3--------------------------3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------5-7-8--|
E|----------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6--1-1-1-1----------------------------------------|
"We could be here for life, we will never leave the room."
G|----------------------------2-5------|
D|----------------------0-1-4----------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--0-3----------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
Verse 3:
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------5-5-5-5-------------------7-7-5-5-3-3-2-2-|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-----------------|
"And as it all gets rearranged, you find that everything has changed, and there's no place for you
in this foreign world"
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------0-2-0-----------------------------------------------|
A|-0-2-3-------3-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----2-3-2-0---------------|
E|---------------------------------0-3---------3-2-0-0-0-0---|
"You always believed...some day you'd be free..."
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2-2-3-5-5-5-5---------3-3-3-3-----3-3-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2------|
E|---------------5-5-5-5---------5-5------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
"And never return so soon...to what was left inside the room."
Chorus
Bridge:
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------2-----2-----2-----|
A|---------------------------------2-2---2-2---2-2---2---|
E|-0-1--0-0-0-0--0-1--0-0-0-0--0-1-----------------------| (3x)
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------0-------------------|
A|---------------------------------2-3---3-2-3-2-0-----5---|
E|-0-1--0-0-0-0--0-1--0-0-0-0--0-1-----------------4-2-----|
Then:
Guitar plays acoustic bit: "And if I leant my arms to you..."
Guitar and drums build up to solo: "Ba ba da, ba ba da..."
Solo:
G|-----------------2--------------2----------------------------------|
D|---0-2-3-------3------3-------3-----3------------------------------|
A|-3-------3-3-5-----5----3-3-5-----5---3-3-1---1-5---5---5---3------|
E|--------------------------------------------1-----5---5---5--------|
G|-----------2--------------2-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-------3------3-------3-----3--------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
A|---3-3-5----5-----3-3-5-----5---3-3-1---1--5-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------5--|
E|--------------------------------------1-------------------------------------------|
Post solo:
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|-0-5-------0-5-------|
E|---------------------|
Chorus until fade out
Bass occasionally plays this line:
G|-----2----------------|
D|---3--3-2-------------|
A|-5--------5-3---------|
E|----------------------|
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