Bass tabs
BYE BYE LOVE (Bassline)
As recorded by The Everly Brothers
(From the 1958 Album THE EVERLY BROTHERS)
Words and Music by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Floyd Chance - Upright Bass'
Intro
Q=174(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
H Q Q W E E Q Q Q W
|-2----------|----------|--------------|------||
|------------|----------|--------------|------||
|------3--5--|----------|--------3--5--|------||
|------------|----------|---5-5--------|------||
Chorus
$
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------2-----|
||o-5-----5-----|-------4-----|-5-----5-----|-0-----------|
||--------------|-5-----------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-5-----5-----|-------------|-------------|-------4------|
|-------------|-5-----0-----|-5-----0-----|-5------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-5-----5-----|-------4-----|-5-----5-----|-------4------|
|-------------|-5-----------|-------------|-5------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-5-----5-----|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-5-----0-----|-5-----0-----|-5-----0------|
To Coda
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q q Q H
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-------------|-------------|------------||
|-5-----0-----|-5-----0-----|-5----------||
1st & 2nd Verses
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------2-----|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-0-----------|-0-----0-----|-5-----0-----|-5-----0------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------2-----|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-0-----------|-0-----0-----|-5-----0-----|-5--3--2--0---|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------4-----|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-5-----------|-5-----------|-------2-----|-------2------|
|-------------|-------5-----|-0-----------|-0------------|
1.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
|-------2-----|-------2-----|-------------|-------4------o||
|-0-----------|-0-----------|-5-----0-----|-5-------------||
Outro
2.
D.S. al Coda &
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 4x
|-------------||-------------||--------------|---------------||
|-------------||-------------||o-------------|--------------o||
|-------4-----||-------------||o-------------|--------------o||
|-5-----------||-5-----0-----||--5-----0-----|-5-----0-------||
Duration 🏷Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
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. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature 🏷Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda