Work To Do bass tab by Average White Band

Bass tabs

Standard Tuning E, A, D, G.

This song is a lot of repetition, and can be broken down into 3 parts.The parts are to be played
with a bit of improvisation, but what follows is a rough tab of the bass line.

[Intro]
Right after the drum fill, band comes in with bass:
G|-------------|------------|-------------|-----------|
D|-----4/6-----|------------|-----4/6-----|-----------| TO
A|---------7---|------------|---------7---|-----1-2-3-| VERSE
E|-7-7-------9-|-7-7--4-5-6-|-7-7-------9-|-7-7-------|

[Verse]
G|----6-6-----6---|-------4-4------|---6-6---6-----|-----4-4------|
D|--------6-6--6--|----2-4---4-----|------6-6--6---|--2-4---2-1-0-| REPEAT 3x
A|-4------------4-|-2----------2-3-|-4-----------4-|-2------------|
E|----------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|

The last time through before the chorus:

G|----6-6----6---|-------4-4-----|---6-6---6----|------4-4------|
D|-------6-6--6--|----2-4---4----|------6-6--6--|---2-4---------|
A|-4-----------4-|-2---------2-3-|-4----------4-|-2--------3-2-1|
E|---------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|

[Chorus]      back to [Intro]
G|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
D|-------|-------|-------|-------|-----4/6-----|------------|-----4/6-----|------------| TO
A|-0-----|-------|-----2-|-4---3-|-2-2-----7---|------------|---------7---|------1-2-3-| VERSE
E|-----4-|-2---3-|-4-----|-------|-----------9-|-7-7--4-5-6-|-7-7-------9-|-7-7--------|

(The Verse is played during the solo)

[Alternate Intro]
This Intro is more in position with the rest of the song,
but it doesn't have the nice slide into the G#.
G|-----1-----|------------|-----1-----|------------|
D|-------2---|------------|-------2---|------------|
A|-2-2-----4-|-2-2----0-1-|-2-2-----4-|-2-2--1-2-3-|
E|-----------|-----4------|-----------|------------|


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