Wintergatan – Marble Machine

Article by Maarten Tromp | Published .
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This is the bass tab for the Marble Machine song by Wintergatan (2016), played by Martin Molin on the Marble Machine.

The Marble Machine bass is tuned to EGeg, but this tab tab has been written for standard tuning (EADG).

Wintergatan now has a songbook available for sale and download that includes this song. See wintergatan.net for details.

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Bass tab

A

    Em                                G
G  |--------9-----9-|--------------7-|----------------|----------------|
D  |----------------|----------5-7---|--5-----5-----5-|--5-------------|
A  |----7-----7-----|7-------7-------|----------------|--------------5-|
E  |0---------------|--3---0---------|----3-----3-----|------3-2-3-5---|
                                                    n
   a=10, b=11, c=12, etc.
   n=natural harmonic

    Bm                                Cmaj7            D
                     ___________________________________________________
                    | 1.                                                |
G  |--------4-------|4-----4-4-------|--------5\------|------7-----9\-- ||
D  |----------------|------------0-2-|----------------|----------------*||
A  |2---2-----2---2-|--2-------2-----|3\--------------|5---------------*||
E  |----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- ||

                     Am               Bm
    ________________
   | 2.
G  |4---------------|----------------|----------------||
D  |----------------|--------7-------|------9---------||
A  |--2-------------|----------------|----------------||
E  |------5---3-2---|5\--------5-----/7-----------7---||

B

Same melody as A but with different chords and bass line. 

    Cmaj7                             Bm/D
G  |--------5-------|5-----5-------7-|--7-----7-------|--7-----4-----7-|
D  |----------------|----------5-7---|----------------|----------5-7---|
A  |3---3-----3---3-|--3-------------|----5-----5-----|------5---------|
E  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

    Em                                Am               Bm
G  |--------9-------|9---------------|----------------|---------------- ||
D  |----------------|--------------5\|--------7-------|------9---------*||
A  |----7-----7-----|--7---------7---|----------------|----------------*||
E  |0-------------0-|------0---------|5\--------5-----|7-----------7--- ||