Lions by Dire Straits

Lions bass tab by Dire Straits

Bass tabs

Tuning: Standard tuning
Difficulty: Intermediate

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           Artist - Dire Straits
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             Song - Lions
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         Album - Dire Straits (1978)
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          Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard


INTRO - Low
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G|-11--11-|---------s-------|-11---11--11-|--------s----------|
D|--------|--------9\12--12-|-------------|-7--7--9\10-12--12-|
A|--------|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|
E|--------|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|

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00:18
G|-11~~~~~~~~---------------11~~~~-|
D|------------9--9--9--9-----------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|


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00:27
VERSE 1
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G|--------|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
D|--------|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
A|--------|-----5~~~~~-|-5--7--------|------------|-------------|
E|-7~~~~~-|-7-5--------|------5~~~~~-|-5--0-3~~~~-|-3--5-7~~~~~-|


G|-------------|--------------|--------------|----------|
D|-------------|--------------|--------------|----------|
A|----7-5~~~~~-|-5-5-7--------|----5-7-7-7-7-|-9--------|
E|-7-----------|-------5~~~~~-|-5------------|---7~~~~~-|

00:45
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|----7-5~~~~~-|-5--7--------|-------------|-------------|
E|-7-----------|------5~~~~~-|-5--0-3~~~~~-|-3--5-7~~~~~-|

00:53
G|--------------|-------------|------------|
D|--------------|-------------|------------|
A|---9---5~~~~~-|-5--7--------|---5-7~~~~~-|
E|-7---7--------|------5~~~~~-|-5----------|


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01:00
CHORUS
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G|--------------|--------9---------9-|-----------------------------|--------------|-------------|------|
D|--------------|------9---------9---|---s--s---------9-9-7-7------|--------------|---9-9-7-7---|------|
A|---5---7~~~~~-|-7~~~------7~~~-----|-10\-9\-------9---------9-~~-|---9-9-7------|-9---------9-|------|
E|-7---7--------|--------------------|---------7~~-----------------|-9-------10-7-|-------------|-8~~~-|


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01:18
VERSE 2
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G|--------|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|--------|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|--------|---9---5~~~~~-|-5--7--------|---7---------|-------------|
E|-7~~~~~-|-7---7--------|------5~~~~~-|-5---5-3~~~~-|-3--5-7~~~~~-|


G|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
D|--------------|-------------|-------------|-----9--------|
A|---9---5~~~~~-|-5--7--------|---7---------|-7-9----------|
E|-7---7--------|------5~~~~~-|-5---5-0~~~~-|-------7~~~~~-|

01:37
G|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|---9---5~~~~~-|-5--7--------|---7---------|-------------|
E|-7---7--------|------5~~~~~-|-5---5-3~~~~-|-3--5-7~~~~~-|

01:45
G|--------------|-------------|------------|
D|--------------|-------------|------------|
A|---9---5~~~~~-|-5--7--------|---5-7~~~~~-|
E|-7---7--------|------5~~~~~-|-5----------|


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01:51
CHORUS
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G|-----------9-7-9~~~-|--------9---------9-|-----------------------------|--------------|-------------|------|
D|--------------------|------9---------9---|---s--s---------9-9-7-7------|--------------|---9-9-7-7---|------|
A|---5--7~~-----------|-7~~~------7~~~-----|-10\-9\-------9---------9-~~-|---9-9-7------|-9---------9-|------|
E|-7------------------|--------------------|---------7~~-----------------|-9-------10-7-|-------------|-8~~~-|


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02:09
SOLO
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G|--------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|--------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|--------|-9---5~~~~~-|-5--7--------|---7---------|-------------|
E|-7~~~~~-|---7--------|------5~~~~~-|-5---5-3~~~~-|-3--5-7~~~~~-|


G|------------|------------|-------------|
D|------------|------------|-------------|
A|-----5~~~~~-|-7----------|---7---------|
E|-7-5--------|-----5~~~~~-|-5---5-3~~~~-|


G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|---0-2~~~~~~-0-2-2-------------0-2-2--0-2-2--0-2--------|
E|-3------------------0-2~~-0-2--------------------2~~~~~-|


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02:35
VERSE 3
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G|--------|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|--------|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|--------|---9---5~~~~~-|-5--7--------|---7---------|-------------|
E|-7~~~~~-|-7---7--------|------5~~~~~-|-5---5-3~~~~-|-3--5-7~~~~~-|


G|--------------|-------------|-----------|-----|
D|--------------|-------------|-----------|--s--|
A|---9---5~~~~~-|-5--7--------|---5-7~~~--|-7\9-|
E|-7---7--------|------5~~~~~-|-5---------|-----|

02:52
G|--------|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
D|--------|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
A|--------|---9---5~~~~~-|-5--7--------|---7---------|-7-9----------|
E|-7~~~~~-|-7---7--------|------5~~~~~-|-5---5-3~~~~-|-----10-7~~~~-|

03:02
G|--------------|-------------|--------------|
D|--------------|-------------|--------------|
A|---9---5~~~~~-|-5--7--------|-----5-7~~~~~-|
E|-7---7--------|------5~~~~~-|-5-7----------|


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03:08
CHORUS
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G|-------------|--------9---------9-|-----------------------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|------9---------9---|---s--s---------9-9-7-7------|-------------|---5-5-------|
A|---5--7~~~~~-|-7~~~------7~~~-----|-10\-9\-------9---------9-~~-|-9-7-5-------|-5-----5-----|
E|-7-----------|--------------------|---------7~~-----------------|-------7-3~~-|---------7-5-|


G|--------|---------------|--------------|----------------------------|
D|--------|---------------|--------------|-----------------------9----|
A|--------|----------5----|----------7---|---------5---5-7--7-10------|
E|-5-0-5--|-3~~--3-3---3--|-5~~~-5-5---5-|-3~~-3-3---3-------------10-|

03:35
G|---------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------|
D|--------9-9-7-7------|-------------|---9-9-7-7---|-------------|---9-9-7-7---|-------------|---9-9-7-|
A|------9---------9-~~-|---9~~-7~~---|-9---------9-|---9~~-7~~---|-9---------9-|---9~~-7~~---|-9-------|
E|-7~~-----------------|-9---------7-|-------------|-9---------7-|-------------|-9---------7-|---------|


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03:50
OUTRO SOLO
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G|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------|
D|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------s--7-|
A|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------5\7---|
E|-5~~~~~-0-5~~~-0-2-0-|-5~~~~~~-5~~~-0-2-0-|-5~~~~~~-5~~~-0-2-0-|-5~~~~~~-5--------|

04:07
G|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|--------------h--7-|----------------h--7-|----------------s--7-|----------------s--7-|
A|-------------5-7---|---------------5-7---|---------------5\7---|---------------5\7---|
E|-5~~~~~-5~~~-------|-5~~~~~-0-5~~~-------|-5~~~~~-0-5~~~-------|-5~~~~~-0-5~~~-------|

04:24
G|---------------------|------------------|---------------------|------------------|
D|----------------s--7-|-------------s--7-|----------------s--7-|-------------s--7-|
A|---------------5\7---|------------5\7---|---------------5\7---|------------5\7---|
E|-5~~~~~-0-5~~~-------|-5~~~~~~-5--------|-5~~~~~-0-5~~~-------|-5~~~~~~-5--------|

04:41 Fade Out...........................................................
G|---------------------|------------------|---------------------|------------------|
D|----------------s--7-|-------------s--7-|----------------s--7-|-------------s--7-|
A|---------------5\7---|------------5\7---|---------------5\7---|------------5\7---|
E|-5~~~~~-0-5~~~-------|-5~~~~~~-5--------|-5~~~~~-0-5~~~-------|-5~~~~~~-5--------|


ENJOY.............

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