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The Way I Am Bass

Ingrid Michaelson

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Pretty basic song, but the bass is what makes it.  I used some guitar tabs and ear to 
the bass tabs for this one.  It's 100% correct up to the end.  I don't know if I perfected 
ending.. Well, Enjoy!


INTRO (00:00)
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|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------| x2
|-----------|-1---1-----|-5---5-----|-3---3----|
|-1---1-----|-----------|-----------|---------0|
           (JUST BASS AND BONGO)


VERSE 1 (00:17)
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|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|
|-----------|-1---1-----|-5---5-----|-3---3-------|
|-1---1-----|-----------|-----------|------------0|
   If you are falling,     then I would catch you

|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-1---1-----|-5---5-----|-3---3---0--|
|-1---1-----|-----------|-----------|------------|
   You need  a light,      I'd find a match

CHORUS (00:32)
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|------------|---------2--|-3---3---2--|-0---0------|
|-1---1---5--|-3---3------|------------|---------3--|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
  Cause   I   love      the way you say good morning

|---------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
|---------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
|-1---1---5---4-|--3h---------|-----------|-----------|
|---------------|-------------|-1---1-----|-1---1-----|
 and you, take me the way I am

VERSE 2 (00:48) Guitar Enters
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|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|
|-----------|-1---1-----|-5---5-----|-3---3-------|
|-1---1-----|-----------|-----------|------------0|
   If you are chilly,      here take my sweater

|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-1---1-----|-5---5-----|-3---3---0--|
|-1---1-----|-----------|-----------|------------|
   Your head is aching,    I'll make it better


CHORUS (01:04)
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|------------|---------2--|-3---3---2--|-0---0------|
|-1---1---5--|-3---3------|------------|---------3--|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
  Cause   I   love      the way you call me baby

|---------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|---------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-1---1---5---4-|--3h---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|---------------|-------------|-1---1-----|-1---1-----|-1---1-----|-1---1-----|
 and you, take me the way I am


VERSE 3 (01:25)
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|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|
|-----------|-1---1-----|-5---5-----|-3---3-------|
|-1---1-----|-----------|-----------|------------0|
  I'll buy you rogaine,  when you start losing all your hair

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|-----------|-1---1-----|-5---5-----|-3---3---0--|
|-1---1-----|-----------|-----------|------------|
   Sew on patches,         to all you tear


CHORUS/OUTRO (01:40)
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|------------|---------2--|-3---3---2--|-0---0------|
|-1---1---5--|-3---3------|------------|---------3--|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
  Cause I love you more then I could ever promise

|------------|----------- |------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------| x2
|-1---1---3--|-4---4---4--|-5---5---5--|-2---2--|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
  and you, take me the way I am

|------------|----------- |
|------------|------------|
|-1---1---5--|-4---3---0--|
|------------|------------|
  and you, take me the way I am

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The Way I Am Bass

Ingrid Michaelson