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The Shape Bass Tab

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The Shape Tab

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“The Shape”

tuning: B F# B E G# C#

/ = slide
b = bend
sc= scrape pick on string

intro
part 1:
C#|------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------|
E |------------------------------|
B |---8/13------------8/13-------|
F#|-0-8/13-0-1/3-1-0--8/13-0-1/3-|
B |-0-8/13-0-1/3-1-0--8/13-0-1/3-|

part 2: (played by guitar 2 over part 1 after its played a few times)
C#|----------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-5---5--5b---5--5b-----5--5b-------5b-----5--5b---5--0--5-|
E |----------------------------------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------------------------------|
   |____________________tremolo picking_____________________|

C#|----------------17-|
G#|-5b---5---5/17--17-|
E |-------------------|
B |-------------------|
F#|-------------------|
B |-------------------|
   |_tremolo picking_|

part 3:
C#|------------------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------|
B |-sc-sc--sc-sc--sc-sc--sc-sc--sc-sc--sc-sc--sc-sc--sc--|

riff 1:
C#|--------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------|
F#|-9--8--9------------------------------------|
B |-9--8--9--4--4--3----3--4--3--4--6--5--6--8-|
            |________tremolo picking__________|

riff 2:
C#|-------------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------------|
E |-----8/7-8/7---7-----8/7-8/7-----8/7-8/7-8/7-----|
B |-----------------6---------------------------6---|
F#|-6-----------6-----5---------7-7---------------5-|
B |-------------------------------------------------|

riff 3
part 1:
C#|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-14-13--12-13-14-13------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------12-13-14-13-----------------------------|
B |---------------------------------14-13--12-13-14-13--0-1-2-1-|

part 2:
C#|---------|
G#|---------|
E |---------|
B |---------|
F#|-0-1-2-1-|
B |-0-1-2-1-|

riff 4
part 1:
C#|-------|-------------------------|
G#|-------|-------------------------|
E |-------|-------------------------|
B |-------|-------------------------|
F#|-18/0--|-2-1---0-1-2-1---0-1-2-1-|
B |-18/0--|-2-1---0-1-2-1---0-1-2-1-|
   |_1x_|

part 2:
C#|--------------------------|-------------------------|
G#|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E |--------------------------|-------------------------|
B |--------------------------|-------------------------|
F#|-2-1---0-1-2-1---0-1------|-------------------------|
B |-2-1---0-1-2-1---0-1-20/0-|--2p1--0-1-2-1-2-0-1-2-1-|
   |________play 1x_________|

riff 5
guitar 1:
C#|------------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------|
F#|-9--9--9----------------------------------------|
B |-9--9--9--9--9--8----8--9--8--9--11--10--11--13-|
            |________tremolo picking__________|

guitar 2:
C#|-----------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------|
B |----------8--8--7----7--8--7--8--10--9--10--12-|
F#|-----------------------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------------------|
            |__________tremolo picking___________|

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Mat Average	#1 by Mat Hancock at Oct 3, 2005 at 12:21 AM EST
	his name is Michael Myers but he's known as "The Shape".

No Picture kyle Average	#2 by kyle anderson at Dec 31, 2005 at 10:06 PM EST
	i think this song is about how fate makes you're life go a certain way and corey doesn't want that to happen by seperating himself with the way his life is currently going and tries to right the wrongs

No Picture Travis Wanna Be	#3 by Travis Alford at Jan 24, 2006 at 2:34 PM EST
	I find this song talks about a lot of Corey's life (or anybody else's life for that matter). Sometimes your past or your present is "too tragic" to stay with what you have, so you continually break away from the pain. You "seperate" from "the shape". The shape to me is a visual representation of Corey's life, and how he continues to seperate himself from his life and his surroundings. Look at it as somebody shutting down from the world, or running away. Everytime this happens, though, he becomes more and more lost, until the shape (his life) is simply "broken and thrown away". Pretty powerful, especially at the last part of the song.

No Picture Steil Wanna Be	#4 by Steil Lionhart at Nov 9, 2006 at 5:15 AM EST
	i think this song is about how fate makes you're life go a certain way and corey doesn't want that to happen by seperating himself with the way his life is currently going and tries to right the wrongs

No Picture Courtney Wanna Be	#5 by Courtney L. at May 26, 2007 at 6:05 PM EST
	brilliant song, sad to say i read somewhere (cant remember where) that subliminal verses will be their last cd together :(

No Picture LJ Average	#6 by LJ at Aug 1, 2007 at 4:40 AM EST
	BEST SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!