The Real Cost Of Our Free Ride Bass Tabs by The Separation

                    THE REAL COST OF OUR FREE RIDE (Bassline)
                          As recorded by The Separation
                     From the 2008 Album RETIRE YOUR ENGINES
                           Released on Engineer Records
                             www.theseparation.co.uk

Transcribed by Arran McSporran

Tuning - (6 string bass dropped 1/2 step) A# D# G# C# F# B

 Intro
  Wx3          E E H.
|------------|-----------|
|------------|-----------|
|------------|-----------|
|------------|-----------|
|------------|-0-0-------|
|------------|-----------|


  W          W          W          E E H.
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
|-4--------|-7--------|----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|-5--------|-----------|
|-2--------|-5--------|----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|-3--------|-0-0-------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|


    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--o|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|


 Verse
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4---4-5-7-5-4---|-2-2---2-4-5-2-----|
|-2-2---0-2-2---2-|-5-5---5---------|-------------------|---------------3-0-|
|-----------------|---------3-3---3-|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------4---4-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4---4-5-7-5-4---|-2-2---2-2-2---2---|
|-2-2---0-2-2---2-|-5-5---5---------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|---------3-3---3-|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|


    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-4-4---4-5-7-5-4---|
||--2-2---0-2-2---2-|-5-5---5---------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|---------3-3---3-|-------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-------------------|


  E E E S S E E E E     E E E E E E E E
|--------------------||------------------|
|-------------------o||------------------|
|-2-2---2-4-5-2------||------------------|
|---------------3-0--||------------------|
|-------------------o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2--|
|--------------------||------------------|


   Chorus
    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q  Q  H      Q.   E +H       +E  E Q  +E  E Q
||-----------------|------------|---------------|--------------------|
||o----------------|------------|---------------|--------------------|
||-----------------|------------|---------------|--------------------|
||--2----2-(2)--2--|-2--2--2----|---------------|--------------------|
||o----------------|------------|-3----3-(3)----|-(3)-3-3--(3)-3-3---|
||-----------------|------------|---------------|--------------------|


  Q.   E +Q   Q    Q  Q  H      Q.   E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------|------------|------------------|------------------||
|----------------|------------|------------------|-----------------o||
|----------------|------------|------------------|------------------||
|----------------|------------|------------------|------------------||
|-0----0-(0)--0--|-0--0--0----|----------------0-|---0---3---3---3-o||
|----------------|------------|-3----3-(3)-3-3---|------------------||


   Bridge
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-4-4---4-5-7-5-4---|
||--2-2---0-2-2---2-|-5-5---5---------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|---------3-3---3-|-------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-------------------|


 1.                     2.
  E E E S S E E E E     E E Q  E E Q
|--------------------||----------------|
|-------------------o||----------------|
|-2-2---2-4-5-2------||-2-2------------|
|---------------3-0--||----------------|
|-------------------o||--------0-2-----|
|--------------------||----------------|


   Verse
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-4-4---4-5-7-5-4---|
||--2-2---0-2-2---2-|-5-5---5---------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|---------3-3---3-|-------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-------------------|


 1.                     2.
  E E E S S E E E E     E E Q  E E Q
|--------------------||----------------|
|-------------------o||----------------|
|-2-2---2-4-5-2------||-2-2------------|
|---------------3-0--||----------------|
|-------------------o||--------0-2-----|
|--------------------||----------------|


 Prechorus
  Q.   E +Q   Q    +E  Q.   Q  Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------4-(4)--2--|-(2)------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2--------------|-----5----2-----|-----------------|---5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|
|----------------|-------------5--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3---------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  Q.   E +Q   Q    +E  Q.   Q  Q    E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|------4-(4)--2--|-(2)------------|-----------------|
|-2--------------|-----5----2-----|-----------------|
|----------------|-------------5--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2--|
|-----------------|------------------|


   Chorus
    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q  Q  H      Q.   E +H       +E  E Q  +E  E Q
||-----------------|------------|---------------|--------------------|
||o----------------|------------|---------------|--------------------|
||-----------------|------------|---------------|--------------------|
||--2----2-(2)--2--|-2--2--2----|---------------|--------------------|
||o----------------|------------|-3----3-(3)----|-(3)-3-3--(3)-3-3---|
||-----------------|------------|---------------|--------------------|


  Q.   E +Q   Q    Q  Q  H      Q.   E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------|------------|------------------|------------------||
|----------------|------------|------------------|-----------------o||
|----------------|------------|------------------|------------------||
|----------------|------------|------------------|------------------||
|-0----0-(0)--0--|-0--0--0----|----------------0-|---0---3---3---3-o||
|----------------|------------|-3----3-(3)-3-3---|------------------||


 Middle Section
  W          +H     E E E S S   Q.   E +H       +H     E E E S S
|----------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|----------|--------4-2-------|---------------|--------4-2-------|
|----------|--------------2-3-|-4-------------|--------------2-3-|
|-2--------|-(2)--------------|------2-(2)----|-(2)--------------|
|----------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|----------|------------------|---------------|------------------|


  Q.   E +H       +H     E E E E   E Q  E +H       +Q.   E E E E E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|--------4-2-----|---------------|-------4-4-2-----|
|-4-------------|--------------2-|-3-4-----------|-------------5s7-|
|------2-(2)----|-(2)------------|------2-(2)----|-(2)-------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|


  W          +H.      +E  E   a W          +W
|----------|----------------|------------|--------|
|----------|----------------|------------|--------|
|----------|----------------|------------|--------|
|-5--------|-(5)------(5)-5-|-5s7--------|-(7)----|
|----------|----------------|------------|--------|
|----------|----------------|------------|--------|


  a W          +H.      Q    a  W          a  Q.   E +Q    Q
|------------|-------------|-------------|----------------------|
|------------|-------------|-------------|----------------------|
|------------|-------------|-------------|----------------------|
|-7s9--------|-(9)------9--|-9h10--------|-9h10----9-(9)--------|
|------------|-------------|-------------|----------------10\---|
|------------|-------------|-------------|----------------------|


 'Singalong' Section
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-3-2---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------0-2-|-----------------|---------------0-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-2-3---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------2-4-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------9-9-9-----|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-9-9-9-------9-9-|-9-------9-9-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---7-7-7-----7-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


   Outro Chorus
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E     W
|-----------------|------------------||------*|
|-----------------|-----------------o||-4----*|
|-----------------|------------------||------*|
|-----------------|------------------||-2----*|
|---------------0-|---0---3---3---3-o||------*|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|------------------||-0----*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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