The Bangles

Bell Jar(Bass guitar)

The Bangles

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Pre-Intro 
Bass 1 (fades in with helicopter sound efx) 
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Intro 
Bass 1 
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Bass 2 (With Overdrive efx)                                                              | 
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Bass 1 
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Bass 2                                                             | 
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Bass 1 
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Bass 2                                                                                   | 
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verse 1 
Bass 1 only 
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                She           walks in the        room, 
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                And           checks out the      faces, 
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        We                 think  she's  all        the seven        wonders of the 
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        world. 
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       But there's a           sadness,                                 Hidden in the 
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       bizarre,  
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     Moonlight and             madness,                                  Living in a 
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        bell                   jar. 

verse 2 
Bass 1 only 
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                She           dresses in            black,  
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                'cause       sorrow is a           magnet,  
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         Every         -      thing               comes to her like     it was 
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        meant to be. 
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       But she's frus    -    trated,                                Leaving things as they 
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         are,  
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        What she cre     -     ated                                    Living in a 
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        bell                     jar. 

Mid 8 
Bass 1 
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Bass 2 (With Overdrive efx)                                                              | 
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Bass 1 
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Bass 2                                                                                   | 
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Bass 1 
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Bass 2                                                                                   | 
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Bridge  
Bass 1 only (tempo cut) 
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   She feels so    home, She's    a-lone, But she's oh so 
             at           never                         lonely, 
Bass 1                                 2/4 
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       What is    crime, in        your mind? Set it  
  
Bass 1 (resume tempo) 
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     free.... 

verse 2 
Bass 1 only 
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                At      -     tached to a          mirror, 
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               in her       glass sided           prison, 
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         She             writes the note that       will excuse her   from this world 
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        (this world). 
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        It's compli     -      cated,                                   Living in a  
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         bell   jar,  
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        And she suffo   -     cated,                                   Living in a  
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        bell                   jar. 

Outro 
Bass 1 
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Bass 2 (With Overdrive efx)                                                              | 
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Bass 1 
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Bass 2                                                                                   | 
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     bell jar... 
Bass 1 
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Bass 2                                                                                   | 
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Bass 1 
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Bass 2                                                                                   | 
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End 
Bass 1 and 2 out 
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          bell                jar. 

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| | - slide down 
| ~ - vibrato 
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