By Myself by Linkin Park

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Artist: Linkin Park
Title: By Myself
Album: Hybrid Theory
Tab  : Felix Kiesewetter (TheMaster@ironmaiden.com)
Comments:My earlier Tab got a very bad rating, I think that was because
 of the silly tuning, but I thought that was the easiest way to play
 it on a 4-string bass!!! Not everybody has a 5-stringbass!!! But, ok.
 Here is the new tab with tabs for  4 AND 5 string bass and as a bonus:
 The lyrics! Have fun

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BASS TAB (4-STRING BASS)

Tune E down to C# and A to G (C#,G,D,G)

Intro
G |-----|-------------|
D |-----|-------------|
G |-1-1-|---------1-1-|
C#|-----|-1-1-1-1-----|
                 x2
G |-------------|
D |-------------|
G |---------1-1-|
C#|-1-1-1-1-----|

G |----------|
D |----------|
G |----------|
C#|-1-1-1-1*-|


Verse1    ___(0:28)___
G |------|------------|------|
D |------|------------|------|
G |~rest~|---------1*-|~rest~|
C#|------|-1-1-1-1----|------|


Pre-Chorus
G |-------------|
D |-------------|
G |---------1-1-|
C#|-1-1-1-1-----|


Chorus
G |----------------------------|
D |----------------------------|
G |---1*-----------------------|
C#|-X------3-3-X-X-X-0-0-X-X-X-|


Verse2
G |----|
D |----|
G |-1*-|<- let ring through the whole verse
C#|----|


Fill
G |-----|
D |-----|
G |-1-1-|
C#|-----|



structure:
Intro
Verse1
Pre-Chorus x4
Chorus x4
Verse2
Pre-Chorus x4
Chorus x4
Interlude (no bass)
Fill
Pre-Chorus x8
Chorus x8


* = let the note ring

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BASS TAB (5-STRING BASS)

Standard Tuning (B,E,A,D,G)

Intro
G|-----|-------------|
D|-----|-------------|
A|-----|-------------|
E|-4-4-|---------4-4-|
B|-----|-3-3-3-3-----|
                x2
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|---------4-4-|
B|-3-3-3-3-----|

G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|
B|-3-3-3-3*-|


Verse1   ___(0:28)___
G|------|------------|------|
D|------|------------|------|
A|-R----|------------|-R----|
E|------|---------4*-|------|
B|------|-3-3-3-3----|------|


Pre-Chorus
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|---------4-4-|
B|-3-3-3-3-----|


Chorus
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|---4*-----------------------|
B|-x------5-5-x-x-x-2-2-x-x-x-|


Verse2
G|----|
D|----|
A|----|
E|-4*-|<- let ring through the whole verse
B|----|


Fill
G|-----|
D|-----|
A|-----|
E|-4-4-|
B|-----|



structure:
Intro
Verse1
Pre-Chorus x4
Chorus x4
Verse2
Pre-Chorus x4
Chorus x4
Interlude (no bass)
Fill
Pre-Chorus x8
Chorus x8


* = let the note ring

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LYRICS


[1.Verse:]

what do I do to ignore them behind me?
do I follow my instincts blindly?
do I hide my pride / from these bad dreams
and give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?
do I / sit here and try to stand it?
or do I / try to catch them red-handed?
do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness
or do trust nobody and live in loneliness?
because I can't hold on / when I'm stretched so thin
I make the right moves but I'm lost within
I put on my daily facade but then
I just end up getting hurt again
By Myself (Myself)
I ask why. But in my mind
I find I can't rely on myself
I ask why. But in my mind
I find I can't rely on myself

[Chorus:]

I can't hold on
(to what I want when I'm stretched so thin)
it's all too much to take in
I can't hold on
(to anything watching everything spin)
with thoughts of failure sinking in

[2.Verse]

If I / turn my back I'm defenseless
and to go blindly seems senseless
if I hide my pride and let it all go on / then they'll
take from me till everything is gone
if I let them go I'll be outdone
but if I try to catch them I'll be outrun
if I'm killed by the questions like a cancer
then I'll be buried in the ilence of the answear
By Myself (Myself)
I ask why. But in my mind
I find I can't rely on myself
I ask why. But in my mind
I find I can't rely on myself

[Chorus]

[Interlude:]

how do you think / I've lost so much
I'm so afraid / I'm out of touch
how do you expect / I will know what to do
when all I know / is what you tell me to

Don't you know
I can't tell you how to make it go
no matter what I do how hard I try
I can't seem to convince myself why
I'm stuck on the outside

Don't you know
I can't tell you how to make it go
no matter what I do how hard I try
I can't seem to convince myself why
I'm stuck on the outside

[Chorus] x2