Please Do Not Go - Violent Femmes
Tuning: , E A D G B E
[Chords] EADGBe
(355433)
(x3555x)
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Another son
g from one of
the greatest a
lbums of all t
imes.
I've also pretty much transcribed the bassline. It's at the
bottom of the file.
[Intro]
(x4)
[Verse 1]
Tell your man
I'm stuck on t
his lovely gir
l
'Cause to me s
he mean all th
e world
But then she l
ike another gu
y
I fall down de
ad, she never
see the tears
I cry
[Chorus]
Said please, p
lease, please
do not go
Please, please
, please do no
t go
Please, please
, please do no
t go
Please, please
, please do no
t go
[Bridge]
How long can t
he days go on
When my love i
s so strong
And I know I c
annot tell a l
ie
I wanna see hi
m go by, bye,
bye bye, bye b
ye bye bye
[Verse 2]
Now I wonder,
I wonder what
she would say
If I told her,
if I told her
that I felt t
his way
You know it mi
ght make her t
urn, might mak
e her turn,
might make her
turn either w
ay
So all I can d
o is patiently
pray, pray, I
pray pray pra
y
[Chorus]
Said please, p
lease, please
do not go
Please, please
, please do no
t go
Please, please
, please do no
t go
Please, please
, please do no
t go
[Bass Solo]
[Bridge]
How long can t
he days go on
(oh, whoh, who
h)
When my love i
s so strong (o
h, whoh, whoh)
And I know I c
annot tell a l
ie(lie lie lie
lie)
Oh, whoh, whoh
, I wanna see
him go by, bye
, bye bye, bye
bye bye bye
[Verse 3]
I tell you man
, I'm stuck, I
'm stuck, I'm
stuck on this
lovely girl
And you know I
could travel,
I could trave
l over the who
le world
And you know w
hat she does,
she turn aroun
d, she turn ar
ound she like
another guy
Oh what can I
do, I fall dow
n dead, she ne
ver see the te
ars I cry
[Chorus]
Please, please
, please do no
t go
Please, please
, please do no
t go
Please, please
, please do no
t go, oh oh
Please, please
, please do no
t go, oh
Please, please
, please, you
hurt me, so
Please, please
, please, you
hurt me, so
Please, please
, please I got
something to
show
(fade out)
[B A S S L I N E S]
The [INTRO] is
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D|-2h3--2--
A|--------5
E|---------
just this:
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---1/2--| Then go straight away into the VERSE-BASSLINE.
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[OK, here's th
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A|-------1/
E|---3-----
e [VERSE-BASSL
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2-5----------5
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INE]
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5------5---0h2
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and sometimes, like the end of the verse, it goes like this:
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A|-------1/
E|---3-----
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2-5----------5
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5--3--2--0---|
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Now the CHORUS
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D|--5----3-
A|---------
E|---------
-BASSLINE:
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---2----------
--------5----3
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--2--3--0--5--
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3--2--0-----|
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And finally, t
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A|--3---2--
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he BRIDGE-BASS
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-0------------
-----3-----3--
LINE:
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----------2---
2-----5-5-----
---3----------
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5--2----|
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Play this three times and then this
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