A Song For The Optimists Bass Tabs by Atreyu

Band- Atreyu
Song- A Song For The Optimists

Intro: "blow the last candle out..."

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G[---------------------]
C[-0---8---0--10-8--7--]

  Verse 1: "just breathe and focus..."
      Each note is a sixteenth-note triplet to match the
      double bass drum.

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G[-------------------------111111111111333333333333-]
C[-000000000000333333333333-------------------------]

  Verse 2: "i'll be honest..." (the second time)

                                          After the fourth time, strum
					each note a bunch of times.
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G[----------------------0--3-0-3--]   [-1---3--]
C[-0---5-7-0---5-7-10-------------]   [--------]

  Verse 3: "what do i have to do..."

F[-----------------------------------------------------------]
C[-----------------------------------------------------------]
G[-------------------------------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------]
C[-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------3--3-3-3-2-]

  Verse 4: "happiness is an emotion..."

F[-----------------------------------------------------------][---]
C[-----------------------------------------------------------][---]
G[--------1-1--1--------3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------1-1--1--3-3-3-3-][---]
C[-0-0--0--------0-0--0---------------0-0--0-----------------][-0~]

  Verse 5: dark whispers

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C[-----------------------------------------------------------------]
G[---------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-]
C[-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------]

  
  Breakdown

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G[-5-0-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-0--0-1-3-1-0-]
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G[-5-0-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-0--3-1-0-]
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