Sam's Town

Mark Stoermer's bass Tablature

Tuning: C# G# C# F#
♩ = 140 bpm - 4/4 time

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F#|-⋯-|------------------------|------------------------| C#|-⋯-|------------------------|------------------------| G#|-⋯-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-| C#|-⋯-|------------------------|------------------------| F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| G#|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-| C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| F#|------------------------|-7--7--9--9--10--10--12--12-| C#|------------------------|----------------------------| G#|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|----------------------------| C#|------------------------|----------------------------| F#|-10--10--9--9--7--7--5--5-|------------------------|------------------------| C#|--------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| G#|--------------------------|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-| C#|--------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| F#|------------------------|------------------------| C#|------------------------|------------------------| G#|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-| C#|------------------------|------------------------| F#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| C#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G#|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-| C#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| F#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-⋯-|-------| C#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-⋯-|-------| G#|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|-⋯-|-------| C#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-⋯-|-8--12-| F#|---|------|---|----------------------------|----------------------------| C#|---|------|---|----------------------------|----------------------------| G#|---|------|---|----------------------------|----------------------------| C#|-5-|-8--5-|-0-|-8--8--8--8--12--12--12--12-|-5--5--5--5--12--12--12--12-| F#|------------------------|------------------------| C#|------------------------|------------------------| G#|------------------------|------------------------| C#|-8--8--8--8--5--5--5--5-|-0--0--0--0--5--5--5--5-| F#|----------------------------|----------------------------| C#|----------------------------|----------------------------| G#|----------------------------|----------------------------| C#|-8--8--8--8--12--12--12--12-|-5--5--5--5--12--12--12--12-| F#|------------------------|------------------------| C#|------------------------|------------------------| G#|------------------------|------------------------| C#|-8--8--8--8--5--5--5--5-|-0--0--0--0--5--5--5--5-| F#|----------------------------|----------------------------| C#|----------------------------|-10--10--10--10--8--8--8--8-| G#|-8--8--8--8--10--10--10--10-|----------------------------| C#|----------------------------|----------------------------| F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| G#|-6--6--6--6--8--8--8--8-|-5--5--5--5--6--6--6--6-|------------------------| C#|------------------------|------------------------|-3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5-| F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| G#|-3--3--3--3--1--1--1--1-|------------------------|------------------------| C#|------------------------|-1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3-|-0--0--0--0--1--1--1--1-| F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| G#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-| F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| G#|------------------------|------------------------|-1--1--1--1--1--0--1--0-| C#|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3-|------------------------| F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| G#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3-| F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| G#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-| F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| G#|------------------------|-1--1--1--1--2--2--2--2-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-| C#|-1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3-|------------------------|------------------------| F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| G#|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|------------------------|------------------------| C#|------------------------|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-| F#|-------|---|------|---|-------|---|------|---|----------------------------| C#|-------|---|------|---|-------|---|------|---|----------------------------| G#|-------|---|------|---|-------|---|------|---|----------------------------| C#|-8--12-|-5-|-8--5-|-0-|-8--12-|-5-|-8--5-|-0-|-8--8--8--8--12--12--12--12-| F#|----------------------------|------------------------| C#|----------------------------|------------------------| G#|----------------------------|------------------------| C#|-5--5--5--5--12--12--12--12-|-8--8--8--8--5--5--5--5-| F#|------------------------|----------------------------| C#|------------------------|----------------------------| G#|------------------------|----------------------------| C#|-0--0--0--0--5--5--5--5-|-8--8--8--8--12--12--12--12-| F#|----------------------------|------------------------| C#|----------------------------|------------------------| G#|----------------------------|------------------------| C#|-5--5--5--5--12--12--12--12-|-8--8--8--8--5--5--5--5-| F#|------------------------|----------------------------| C#|------------------------|----------------------------| G#|------------------------|-8--8--8--8--10--10--10--10-| C#|-0--0--0--0--5--5--5--5-|----------------------------| F#|----------------------------|------------------------| C#|-10--10--10--10--8--8--8--8-|------------------------| G#|----------------------------|-6--6--6--6--8--8--8--8-| C#|----------------------------|------------------------| F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| G#|-5--5--5--5--6--6--6--6-|------------------------|-3--3--3--3--1--1--1--1-| C#|------------------------|-3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5-|------------------------| F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| G#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|-1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3-|-0--0--0--0--1--1--1--1-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-| F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| G#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-| F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| G#|------------------------|-1--1--1--1--1--0--1--0-|------------------------| C#|-1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3-|------------------------|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-| F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| G#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-| F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| G#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3-| F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| G#|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|------------------------| C#|------------------------|------------------------|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-| F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| G#|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-| C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| G#|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-| C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------|-------| C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------|-------| G#|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-8--8--8--8-|-------| C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------|-5--12-| F#|-------|------|------|-------|-------|------|------|------|-------|------| C#|-------|------|------|-------|-------|------|------|------|-------|------| G#|-------|----6-|-5--3-|-------|-------|----6-|-5--3-|----5-|-------|----6-| 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