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Hold Your Head Up Bass Tab by Argent

Hold Your Head Up bass tab by Argent

Bass Tab 

HOLD YOUR HEAD UP (Bassline)

As recorded by Argent
(From the 1972 Album ALL TOGETHER NOW)

Words and Music by Rod Argent & Chris White

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Jim Rodford - Bass'


 Intro
  Q=98
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          q  q  q  E E
|----------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|-5--5--5----3-|
|----------|----------|----------5---|
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  q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3--|
|----------5---|----------5---|----------5---|----------5----|


  q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3--|
|----------5---|----------5---|----------5---|----------5----|


                                                1st - 3rd Verses
                                             $
  q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E     q  q  q  E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------||----------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------||o---------------|
|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-||o-5--5--5----3--|
|----------5---|----------5---|----------5---||-----------5----|


  q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3--|
|----------5---|----------5---|----------5---|----------5----|


                                                Chorus
                                      To Coda
  q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E     Q  Q  E Q  E
|--------------|--------------|---------------||--------------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------||---------3----|
|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3--||-5--5--5----3-|
|----------5---|----------5---|----------5----||--------------|


  Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  Q  E Q  E
|--------------|--------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------3----|---------3----|-2--2---2---2---|---------3-----|
|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|----------------|-5--5--5----3--|
|--------------|--------------|------0---0-----|---------------|


                               1.
  Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  E E E E E E   q  q  q  E E
|--------------|--------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------3----|---------3----|-2--2---2---2---|---------------|
|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|----------------|-5--5--5----3--|
|--------------|--------------|------0---0-----|----------5----|


                                                2.
  q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E     Q  E E E E E E
|--------------|--------------|---------------||-----------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------o||-2--2---2---2----||
|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-o||-----------------||
|----------5---|----------5---|----------5----||------0---0------||


   Organ Solo
    q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E
||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------o||
||o-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-o||
||-----------5---|----------5---|----------5---|----------5----||


  q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3---|
|----------5---|----------5---|----------5---|----------5---|----------5-----|


    q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E
||---------------|--------------|
||o--------------|--------------|
||o-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|
||-----------5---|----------5---|


  q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E     q  q  q  E E
|--------------|---------------||---------------|
|--------------|--------------o||---------------|
|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-o||-5--5--5----3--|
|----------5---|----------5----||----------5----|


  q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3--|
|----------5---|----------5---|----------5---|----------5----|


  q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|
|----------5---|----------5---|----------5---|


    q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E  6x
||---------------|---------------||
||o--------------|--------------o||
||o-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-o||
||-----------5---|----------5----||


  q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E
|--------------|--------------|---------------||
|--------------|--------------|---------------||
|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3--||
|----------5---|----------5---|----------5----||


 Interlude
  q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3--|
|----------5---|----------5---|----------5---|----------5----|


  q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3--|
|----------5---|----------5---|----------5---|----------5----|


  q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3--|
|----------5---|----------5---|----------5---|----------5----|


  q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3---||
|----------5---|----------5---|----------5---|----------5---|----------5-----||


 Chorus
  Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  E E E E E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------|
|---------3----|---------3----|---------3----|-2--2---2---2----|
|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-----------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|------0---0------|


                                                  D.S. al Coda
  Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  E E E E E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------||
|---------3----|---------3----|---------3----|-2--2---2---2----||
|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-----------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|------0---0------||


   Out-Chorus
    &
    Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  E E E E E E  5x
||---------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------||
||o---------3----|---------3----|---------3----|-2--2---2---2---o||
||o-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|-5--5--5----3-|----------------o||
||---------------|--------------|--------------|------0---0------||


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
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
----------------
 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
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths




And if it's bad
Don't let it get you down, you can take it
And if it hurts
Don't let them see you cry, you can take it

Hold your head up, hold your head up
Hold your head up, hold your head high

And if they stare
Just let them burn their eyes on you moving
And if they shout
Don't let them change a thing what you're doing

Hold your head up, hold your head up

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