'Don't Try Suicide' bass guide

Words and music by Brian May

Intro:

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Verse
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----x---x-3-----4---5-------------------------2-----2-----3-----4---5-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----3---5-------------------------------------5-----3---5-------------------------------------|

3/4                                 4/4
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|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------3---------3-5
|-5-----3---5------5-----3---5-------5-----3---5-------5-----|


Chorus
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----5-----------------------------------------5-----5-----------------3-----------------------|
|-------------3---x-3-----3---------5-----5-------------------3---3-----------------5-------------|

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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----5-----------------------------------------5-----5-----------------|
|-------------3---3-------3---------5-----5-------------------3---3-------|


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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------5---------------------------------/---------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------x-----|
|-6---------1-------------------------------------------------------------|



Verse
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|-2-----x---x-3-----4---5-------------------x---x-2-----2-----3-----4---5-------x---x-x---x-x---x-2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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x-2-----x---x-3-----4---5-----------------------x-2-----x---x-3-----4---5-------\--(1)---/(3)-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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|-5-----3---5-------------------------------------5-----3---5-------------------------------------|

3/4                                 4/4
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|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------3---------3-5
|-5-----3---5------5-----3---5-------5-----3---5-------5-----|


Chorus
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----5-----------------------------------------5-----5-----------------3-----x-----------------|
|-------------3---3-x-----3---3-x---5-----5-5---0-------------3---3-x---------------5-------------|

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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----5-----------------------------------------5-----5-----------------|
|-------------3-----x-----3---------5-----5-x-----------------3---3-x-----|

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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------5-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------x-----|
|-6---------1-------------------------------------------------------------|


Bridge:
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|-------2-----3-----4---5-------2---2-3---3-4-4-4-5---5-3-----2-----------------------------2-5-2-|
|-3-----------------------3---3-------------------------------------5---5-------2---2-5---5-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------3---3-------------------|

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|-------------------5-5-------------2-5-5---------------------------------------------------------|
|-------2---2-5---5-----5-------2-5-------5-2---4-7-----6---7-------6---7-------6---7-------6-----7
|-3---3-------------------3---3---------------3---------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


...

Bridge-solo
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|------------2-----3-----4---5-------2---2-3---3-4-4-4-5---5-3---3-2---2-------------2-5-2-------------|
10\----3-----------------------3---3-------------------------------------5---5---2-5-------5-2-5-2-5-2-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-----------------------|

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|-------------------2-5-2--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------2---2-5---5-------------2---2-3---3-4-5-6-7-----6---7-------6---7-------6---7-------9---10-|
|-3---3-------------------3---3--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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|----------------------------------------------------|
10-------9---10-------9---10-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|



Verse
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----x-----3-----4---5-----------------------x-2-----2-----3-----4---5-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


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|-2-----x---x-3-----4---5-----------------------x-2-----2-----3-----4---5-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----3---5-------------------------------------5-----3---5-------------------------------------|

 3/4                                 4/4
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|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------3---------3-5
|-5-----3---5-------5-----3---5-------5-----3---5-------5-----|


Chorus
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----5-----------------------------------------5-----5-----------------3-----------------------|
|-------------3-----x-----3---3-x---5-------x---5-------------3-----x---------------5-------------|


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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----5-----------------------------------------5-----5-----------------|
|-------------3-----x-----3---------5-------------------------3---x-x-----|


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|-1-----------------------1-----------------------1-----------------------5-----------------------|
|-----------1-----------------------1-------------------------------------------------------------|


Outro:
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|-2-----x---x-3-----4---5-------------------------2-----2-----3-----4---5-------------------x---x-|
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|-2-----x-----3-----4---5-------------------------2-----2-----3-----4---5-------------------------|
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Author: PD. nov 2003
Last update: 03/21/2007