Michael Stipe & Coldplay – In The Sun (Original song by Joseph Arthur)
Bass tab by Alex Acero
Tuning – Standard
The bass starts after “…asking for sympathy”
Intro
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|-----6~-----------|
E|3~--------6~---5~-| x2
Chorus 1
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|-----6~-----------|
E|3~--------6~---5~-| x1
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|-----6~---------------|
E|3~--------6~---5~/7\\-| x1 (slide into Verse 1)
Verse 1
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------6---6-6---------------------------|
E|--3---3-3---------------6---6-6----5---5-5---5-| x4
Chorus 2
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------6---6-6---------------------------|
E|--3---3-3---------------6---6-6----5---5-5---5-| x2
Bridge
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|---6--6-6----6-6--6-6----------------------------|
E|------------------------6-6--6-6----5-5--5-5---5-| x1
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/michael_stipe/in_the_sun_btab.html ]
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|--6-6--6-6----6-6--6-6---------------------------|
E|------------------------6-6--6-6----5-5-55555555-| x1
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------6---6-6---------------------------|
E|--3---3-3---------------6---6-6----5---5-5---5-| x2
Bass pauses; come in again after ”...help me to understand”
Verse 2
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------6---6-6---------------------------|
E|--3---3-3---------------6---6-6----5---5-5---5-| x2
Chorus 3
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------6---6-6---------------------------|
E|--3---3-3---------------6---6-6----5---5-5---5-| x4
Then end with:
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|-------|
E|--3~---|
Searched for a tab for this but didn't find any. So I thought I would give it a try. I'm
playing bass for a little more than a month so it may not be 100% correct. This site
helped me, so I thought I could give something back. This is my first tab, enjoy!
