Waterloo Bass Tab by ABBA

Waterloo bass tab by ABBA

Bass Tab

Waterloo BASS TAB
ABBA

While tabbing I realized you most likely need a five string to play this.
That being said, here it is drop D and on four strings.  Big jumps.  But fun jumps.
Also, not tabbed with exact timing so listen for precise note placement.

Intro
G|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
D|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
A|5-55-55-55-5|5-55-55-55-5|5-55-55-55-5|5-55-55-55-5-|
D|------------|------------|------------|-------------|

First Verse
G|----------------------|------------|------------|-------------|
D|----------------------|------------|------------|7-77-77-77-7-|
A|5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-4h|5-55-55-55-5|4-44-42-22-2|-------------|
D|----------------------|------------|------------|-------------|
(stretched out to show hammer-on, not done all the time, but do-able)

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G|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
D|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
A|5-55-55-55-5|5-55-55-55-5|4-44-42-22-2|0-00-00-00-0-|
D|------------|------------|------------|-------------|

Bridge
G|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------|
D|------------|------------|------------|------------|5--3----2------|
A|2--2--2--2--|2--2--2--2-0|2--2--2--0--|------------|-----------5---|
D|------------|------------|------------|6--6--6--6--|---------------|

Chorus
G|------------|------------|------------|-----------------|
D|00-0--------|55-5--------|77-7--------|00-0-------------|
A|--2-2-------|--7-7-------|--9-90-2-3-4|--2-20--00-00-00-|
D|-----0-2-3-4|-----5-7-8-9|------------|-------(77-77-77)|

G|------------|------------|------------|------------|22-2---------|
D|00-0--------|55-5--------|77-7--------|00-0--------|--4-4--------|
A|--2-2-------|--7-7-------|--9-90-2-3-4|--2-2-------|-----0-2-3-4-|
D|-----0-2-3-4|-----5-7-8-9|------------|-----0-2-3-4|-------------|

Chorus Out
G|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
D|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
A|5-55-55-55-5|5-55-55-55-5|5-55-55-55-5|5-55-55-55-5-|
D|------------|------------|------------|-------------|

Verse repeat
Bridge repeat
Chorus repeat

Chorus Out
G|------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------------|
D|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------77-5-4---|
A|5-55-55-55-5|5-55-55-44-4|2--2--2--2--|2--2--2--0--|-----------------7-|
D|------------|------------|------------|------------|6--6--6--6---------|

Chorus/Ending
G|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
D|00-0--------|55-5--------|77-7--------|00-0---------|
A|--2-2-------|--7-7-------|--9-90-2-3-4|--2-2--------|
D|-----0-2-3-4|-----5-7-8-9|------------|------0-2-3-4|

G|22-2--------|------------|
D|--4-4-------|00-0--------|
A|-----0-2-3-4|--2-2-------|  repeat these two bars and fade out
D|------------|-----0-2-3-4|

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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