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Tears of Pearls
Artist: Savage Garden
Album: Savage Garden
Transcribed by: Ginger (fireinsidetheman@hotmail.com)
Format: Bass tabulature
Riff 1
G|--------------------|
D|0----0----0----0----|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
Play Riff 1 eight times for the introduction.
Riff 2
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|0----0----0----0----|0----0----0----0----|3----3----3----3----|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|3----3----3----3----|
For the first verse ("Stare each other down..."), play Riff 1 four times and then
Riff 2 once.
Play Riff 1 four times for the interlude ("Ohhhhh we do it..." etc).
For the second verse ("Is love really the..."), play Riff 1 four times and then
Riff 2 once.
Riff 3
G|----------------|------------------------|
D|----------------|------------------------|
A|----------------|------------------------|
E|----------------|--------7-\-5-/-10-\-3--|
Play Riff 3 once for the hook into the chorus (note that you rest the first measure
and slide up and down for all notes in the second measure).
Riff 4
G|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|0----0--0--0----0--0--|
D|----------------------|0----0--0--0----0--0--|2----2--2--2----2--2--|----------------------|
A|2----2--2--2----2--2--|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
Play Riff 4 twice for the chorus ("All these mixed emotions...")
For the third verse ("Your kisses are like..."), play Riff 1 four times and then
Riff 2 once.
For the fourth verse ("Well I could be the..."), play Riff 1 four times and then
Riff 2 once.
Play Riff 3 once for the hook into the chorus.
Play Riff 4 twice for the chorus.
Riff 5
G|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
A|2----2--2--2----2--2--|2----2--2--2----2--2--|----------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------|----------------------|0----0--0--0----0--0--|0----0--0--0----0--0--|
G|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
A|2----2--2--2----2--2--|2----2--2--2----2--2--|----------------------|-----------0----0--0--|
E|----------------------|----------------------|0----0--0--0----0--0--|3----3--3-------------|
Play Riff 5 once for the bridge ("We twist and turn...")
Riff 6
G|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|0----0--0--0----0--0--|0----0--0--0----0--0--|
A|2----2--2--2----2--2--|2----2--2--2----2--2--|----------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|----------------------|----------------------|0----0--0--0----0--0--|0----0--0--2----2--2--|
D|2----2--2--2----2--2--|2----2--2--2----2--2--|----------------------|----------------------|
A|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
Play Riff 6 once during the keyboard solo.
Play Riff 4 four times during the two choruses. Then repeat Riff 4 till f-a-d-e . . .