Living The Blues bass tab by Bob Dylan

Bass tabs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: C

Difficulty: Intermediate

LIVING THE BLUES (Bassline)
As recorded by Bob Dylan
(From the 1970 Album SELF PORTRAIT)

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Charlie Daniels - Bass'

 Intro:
 Q=126(8=s8)
 4/4
 Gtr I
 Wx4
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|--------|
E|--------|

  H  H   H  H   H  H   Q Q Q Q
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------||
D|-5---------|-5----5----|-----------|-------------||
A|------5----|-----------|-3---------|-3-----0--2--||
E|-----------|-----------|------3----|----3--------||


  1st Verse & Guitar Solo:
   H  H   H  H   H  Q Q  H  H
G||------------|-----------|------------|-5----5----|
D||o-----------|-3----3----|------5-----|-----------|
A||o-3----3----|-----------|-3----------|-----------|
E||------------|-----------|---------3--|-----------|


  W     H  H   H  H   Q Q Q Q
G|----------|-----------|-5----5----|-5-----2--4--||
D|-5--------|-5----5----|-----------|----5--------||
A|----------|-----------|-----------|-------------||
E|----------|-----------|-----------|-------------||


 2nd Verse & Guitar Solo:
  H  H   H  H   E E Q E E Q  E E Q E E Q
G|-5----5----|-----------|---------------|---------------|
D|-----------|-3----3----|--------5-5----|---------------|
A|-----------|-----------|-3-3-----------|-3-3----3-3----|
E|-----------|-----------|---------------|---------------|

  E E Q E E Q  H  Q Q  E E Q E E Q  Q Q Q Q
G|---------------|------------|---------------|-------------||
D|-5-5-----------|-5----5-----|---------------|-------0--2--||
A|--------5-5----|---------2--|-3-3----3-3----|-3--3--------||
E|---------------|------------|---------------|-------------||


 Bridge:
  Q Q Q E E  Q Q Q E E  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q
G|-------5----5-|-------5----5-|-------------|-------------|
D|-3--7-----7---|-3--7-----7---|-------5-----|-------------|
A|--------------|--------------|-3--7--------|-3--2--3--4--|
E|--------------|--------------|----------3--|-------------|


                      |-3-|
  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  H  H   Q Q Q H
G|-------------|-------------|-----------|------------|
D|----4--7--4--|----4--7--4--|-5----3----|------------|
A|-5-----------|-5-----------|-----------|-5-5-5-7----|
E|-------------|-------------|-----------|------------|


               3rd & 4th Verses:
  Q Q Q Q  H  H    H  Q Q  H  Q Q
G|----5--9--5--|-----------||------------|------------|
D|-7-----------|-3----5----||------------|-3----3--3--|
A|-------------|-----------||-3----3--3--|------------|
E|-------------|-----------||------------|------------|


  Q.  E Q.  E  H  Q Q  H  H   Q Q Q Q
G|---------------|------------|-----------|-------------|
D|---------------|------------|------5----|-5-----------|
A|-3----3--------|-3----3-----|-----------|-------0--2--|
E|--------3----3-|---------5--|-3---------|----3--------|


  1.             2.
  H  H   Q Q Q Q   W     +W
G|-----------|--------------||----------|--------||
D|-----------|-------------o||----------|--------||
A|-3----3----|-3-----0--2--o||-3--------|-(3)----||
E|-----------|----3---------||----------|--------||


 Outro:
  E E Q E E Q  E E Q E E Q  W     W
G|--------7-7----|---------------|----------|------|
D|-5-5-----------|-5-5----5-5----|----------|------|
A|---------------|---------------|-3--------|-3----|
E|---------------|---------------|----------|------|


  E E Q E E Q  E E Q E E Q  Q E E +Q  E E  +Q  E E +H    +W
G|--------7-7----|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------*|
D|-5-5-----------|-5-5----5-5----|-----------------|-----------------|--------*|
A|---------------|---------------|-3--3-3-(3)--3-3-|-(3)----3-(3)----|-(3)----*|
E|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------3----------|--------*|

Lyrics:
Since you've been gone
I've been walking around
With my head bowed down to my shoes
I've been living the blues every night without you.

I don't have to go far
To know where you are
Strangers all give me the news
I've been living the blues every night without you.

I think that it's best
I soon get some rest
And forget my pride, but I can't deny
This feeling that I carry for you deep down inside.

If you'd see me this way
You'd come back and you'd stay
Oh, how could you refuse ?
I've been living the blues every night without you.

I think that it's best
I soon get some rest
And forget my pride, but I can't deny
This feeling that I carry for you deep down inside.

If you'd see me this way
You'd come back and you'd stay
Oh, how could you refuse ?
I've been living the blues every night without you.

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Duration 🏷Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

| (n) - note tied to previous
||-3-| - triplet

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