G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--15--12----15--12----14--10----12--8-------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|For the verses (and the rest of the song for that matter), the bass line seems to be standard, following a D-C-Bb-F chord progression throughout the song. Notice how John to be following a very standard bass run he’s been known to follow during his earlier in the band, playing one string and then jumping two ahead from the root note. On the version, it sounds like he's varying the notes on the G string by either playing them once or twice, but he appears to be hitting them twice each during the times he plays it live. It also sounds like he's doing this riff during the outro of the song on the alvum as well, so keep your ears open for that part.D D C Bb F G|-----------------7--7-----------------7--7-----------------5--5---------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--5--5--5--5--5--------5--5--5--5--5--------3--3--3--3--3--------1--1--1--1-----3----3----| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------1-----1------|For what it’s worth, there is guitar being played here, though how its being played remains a sort of mystery to me. During the live performances of the song, Dom Brown appears be playing some slide work just before the verses with a steel slide that aren't as during the song on the album. And on the album version, it sounds like there are chords played pretty sparingly, during the intro and verses in particular. But after Dom playing the song on a few videos, I’m still not exactly sure how he’s playing these during those parts either. It seems pretty minimal though, so some simple bar chords John’s bass progression might do the trick in playing it on guitar. I notice playing a D2 (000230) instead of D5 might work out better sound-wise if you're playing chords only on the first few frets as well. Because of all this, I also decided to include the chords to this song along with the so that the guitar players will be able to play along as well. Perhaps we will be seeing a version of Skin Divers on Youtube sometime soon as a result!D D C Bb FDD D walking under skies, waiting for the fallC Bb F meet me at the cornershop I show you it allD D free you of your mind, something you won’t findC Bb F in the West End pages with yer Google-dirty fingersD D C Bb F it’s a skin dive in deep, silence, we are ... going underwaterD D C Bb F it’s a lifeline teardrop, bullets, all night ... dip into the waterD Baby, that's what it feels like when you come up for airD When you come up for airC You feel brand new, when you come up for airBb F When you come up for airD That's what it feels like when you come up for airD When you come up for airC You feel brand new, when you come up for airBb F When you come up for airDD D wipe us off the face of the human raceC Bb F whichever way you look it’s indisposed or disgracedD D fighting on the shore, the hoi polloi want moreC Bb F howling bloody murder but it’s nothing, just a murmurD D C Bb F in your skin dive in deep, silence, we are ... going underwaterD D C Bb F it’s a lifeline teardrop, bullets, all night ... slip into the waterD Baby, that's what it feels like when you come up for airD When you come up for airC You feel brand new, when you come up for airBb F When you come up for airD That's what it feels like when you come up for airD When you come up for airC You feel brand new, when you come up for airBb F When you come up for airDD D a blushing rose is torn from these sugar wallsC Bb F I misplaced my future, could I please borrow yours?D D paint it opalscene, you know what I meanC Bb F anything you want to be, the only thing you want from me ...D D C Bb F skin dive in deep, silence, we are ... going underwaterD D C Bb F it’s a lifeline teardrop, bullets, all night ... going South DakotaD D C Bb FD D C Bb FD D Baby girl, you swimmin' a little too deepC Bb F So deep that I think you might hit a reefD D I think you're low on oxygen and your tube got a leakC Baby girl, swim to the topBb F Grab my hand and hold me and breathD Baby, that's what it feels like when you come up for airD When you come up for airC You feel brand new, when you come up for airBb F When you come up for airD That's what it feels like when you come up for airD When you come up for airC You feel brand new, when you come up for airBb F When you come up for airD D C Bb FD D C Bb FD D C Bb F
Skin Divers
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