Bass tabs
Tuning: Standard (E A D G)
THAT'S THE WAY (Bassline)
As recorded by Led Zeppelin
(From the 1970 Album LED ZEPPELIN III)
Words and Music by Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John Paul Jones - Bass'
Intro Verse 1 Verse 2
Q=92
4/4
Wx4 Wx14 Wx16
G|------------||-------------||---------||
D|------------||-------------||---------||
A|------------||-------------||---------||
E|------------||-------------||---------||
Verse 3 Chorus Verse 4
Wx8 Wx12 Wx16
G|------------||-------------||---------||
D|------------||-------------||---------||
A|------------||-------------||---------||
E|------------||-------------||---------||
Verse 5 Verse 6 Chorus
Wx16 Wx8 Wx14
G|-------------||------------||---------||
D|-------------||------------||---------||
A|-------------||------------||---------||
E|-------------||------------||---------||
Outro
Wx7 Q Q Q Q
G|------------|-------------|
D|------------|-------------|
A|------------|-------2--3--|
E|------------|-3--3--------|
Q E E E Q E E E E S S +E Q E E E E S S E Q E
G|---------------|--------------------|-------------------|
D|---------------|-----5--------------|-----5-------------|
A|-5----5---5--5-|-3-7---3s5-(5)------|-3-7---3s5-5-------|
E|---------------|---------------3--3-|-------------3--3--|
E E E S S +E Q E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
G|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
D|-----5--------------|----------------|----------------|
A|-3-7---3s5-(5)------|-5--5-5-5-5-5-3-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-3-|
E|---------------3--3-|----------------|----------------|
Q Q Q Q Q E E E Q E E E E S S +E Q E
G|-------------|---------------|--------------------|
D|-------------|---------------|-----5--------------|
A|----0--2--3--|-5----5---5--0-|-3-7---3S5-(5)------|
E|-3-----------|---------------|---------------3--3-|
E E E S S +E Q E E E E S S +E Q E Q E E E E Q
G|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|
D|-----5--------------|-----5--------------|----------------|
A|-3-7---3s5-(5)------|-3-7---3s5-(5)------|-5--5-5-5-5-5---|
E|---------------3--3-|---------------3--3-|----------------|
|3|
S S e S E S S E. S a E e Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E
G|---------------------------|-------------|----------------|
D|-----7---7--------------7\-|-------------|----------------|
A|-7s9---9---9s7-5--5-7s9----|-------2--3--|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------------------------|-3--3--------|----------------|
E E E S S +E Q E E E E S S +E Q E E E E S S +E Q E
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|-----5--------------|-----5--------------|-----5--------------|
A|-3-7---3s5-(5)------|-3-7---3s5-(5)------|-3-7---3s5-(5)------|
E|---------------3--3-|---------------3--3-|---------------3--3-|
Q E S S a S E S E e a S E S E e a E E E e Q Q Q Q
G|----------------------|-----7---7-7-9s11-9-7-9\-|--------------*|
D|--------------7---7-7-|-7s9---9-----------------|--------------*|
A|-5--5-5-5-7s9---9-----|-------------------------|----0--2--3---*|
E|----------------------|-------------------------|-3------------*|
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Duration 🏷Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; 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).
| +() - note tied to previous
| s - legato slide
| \ - slide out of (to "nowhere")
| |3| - triplet
| | - bar
| || - double bar
| ||o - repeat start
| o|| - repeat end
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