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Bass Tab for Clocks

Performed by: Coldplay. Composed by: Christopher Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonathan Buckland, William Champion.
This song is published by CAREERS-BMG MUSIC PUB INC OBO BMG MUSIC PUB. LTD. and displayed here with permission. All rights reserved.
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CLOCKS (Bassline)
As recorded by Coldplay
(From the 2002 Album A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD)

Words and Music by Coldplay
Arranged by Aidan Hampson


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'

Intro
Moderately Fast Q=132
4/4
Gtr I
Wx8
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


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||
||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-o||
||------------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|------------------||


Verse
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-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
||------------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|


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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|------------------|


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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|------------------|


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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||
|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|------------------||


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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1/--|


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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|


1.
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
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------6-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-|-8-8-8-6-6-6-5-5-|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|


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 E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-------------6-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-|-8-8-8-6-6-6-5-5-|------------------o||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|------------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---||


2.
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1/--|


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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1/--||


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
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-------------6-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-|-8-8-8-6-6-6-5-5-|-----------------o||
||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||


Bridge
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-----------------|-----------------|


E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|--------------------------|


E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-----------------|-----------------|


E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|--------------------------|


E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-----------------|-----------------|


E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|--------------------------|


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
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/-|-----------------|------------------||


Interlude
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-6--------|-(6)--------|-(6)--------|-(6)----|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|


Wx4
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||


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 4x
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-------------6-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-|-8-8-8-6-6-6-5-5-|-----------------o||
||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||


Outro
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
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-------------6-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-|-8-8-8-6-6-6-5-5-|-----------------o||
||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||


W W +W W 4x
||-----------|----------|------------|--------||
||o----------|----------|------------|-------o||
||o-6--------|----------|------------|--8----o||
||-----------|-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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