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Pick Up The Pieces Bass Tab by Average White Band

Pick Up The Pieces bass tab by Average White Band

Bass Tab 

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: Fm

Difficulty: Intermediate

PICK UP THE PIECES (Bassline)
As recorded by Average White Band
(From the 1974 Album AWB)

Words and Music by Average White Band
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Alan Gorrie - Bass'

    Intro:                    1st Verse:
    Q=108
    4/4
    Gtr I
     W          W                Q  E S S +E  E Q    Q  E S S H     4x
G||-----------|-5---------||-||--------------------|----------------||
D||o----------|----------o||-||o------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------o||
A||o-3--------|----------o||-||o-------------------|---------------o||
E||-----------|-----------||-||--1-----------------|-1--------------||
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

   Q  E S S +E  E Q    Q  E S S H        Q  E S S +E  E Q    Q  E S S H
G|------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------||--------------------|----------------||
D|-------------------|---------------||o------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------o||
A|-1-----------------|-1-------------||o-------------------|---------------o||
E|-------------------|---------------||--1-----------------|-1--------------||


   2nd - 4th Verses:
   Segno $
     Q  E S S +E  E Q    Q  E S S H      Q  E S S +E  E Q    Q  E S S H
G||--------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
D||o------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------|------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------|
A||o-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
E||--1-----------------|-1-------------|-1-----------------|-1-------------|


   Q  E S S +E  E Q    Q  E S S H      Q  E S S +E  E Q    Q  E S S H
G|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
D|------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------|------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------|
A|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
E|-1-----------------|-1-------------|-1-----------------|-1-------------|


                                                          1.
                                                 To Coda
   Q  E S S +E  E Q    Q  E S S H      Q  E S S +E  E Q    Q  E S S H
G|------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------|-------------------|---------------|
D|-------------------|---------------|------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------|
A|-1-----------------|-1-------------|-------------------|---------------|
E|-------------------|---------------|-1-----------------|-1-------------|


   Q  E S S +E  E Q    Q  E S S S S E E E
G|-------------------|--------------------||
D|------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1---1-------||
A|-------------------|--------------3---2-||
E|-1-----------------|-1------------------||


  Bridge:
   E S S E E +Q   Q    E S S E E +Q   Q
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-1---1---1-(1)-----|-1---1---1-(1)-----|
E|-------------------|-------------------|


   E S S E E +Q   Q    E S S E Q  E Q    +W           Q  E S S +E  E Q
G|-------------------|-----------------|------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-----------------|------------|------3-1-(1)-3----|
A|-1---1---1-(1)-----|-1---1---1----3--|-(3)--------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|------------|-1-----------------|


                    2.
   Q  E S S H        Q  E S S E E S S E
G|----------------||--------------------||
D|------3-1------o||------3-1-----------||
A|---------------o||------------3---2---||
E|-1--------------||-1------------------||


  Bridge:
   E S S E E +Q   Q    E S S E E +Q   Q
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-1---1---1-(1)-----|-1---1---1-(1)-----|
E|-------------------|-------------------|


   E S S E E +Q   Q    E S S E Q  E Q    +W           +W
G|-------------------|-----------------|------------|--------|
D|-------------------|-----------------|------------|--------|
A|-1---1---1-(1)-----|-1---1---1----3--|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
E|-------------------|-----------------|------------|--------|


                             Sax Solo:
   +W           +W            E E S S S S +E  E Q    E Q  S S H
G|------------|------------||-----6h7--------------|---------------|
D|------------|------------||---------5-6-(6)-8----|------8-6------|
A|-(3)--------|-(3)--------||----------------------|---------------|
E|------------|------------||-6--------------------|-6-------------|


   E E S S S S +E  E Q    E Q  S S Q.   E
G|-----6h7--------------|------------------|
D|---------5-6-(6)-8----|------8-6---------|
A|----------------------|------------------|
E|-6--------------------|-6-------------1/-|


   E E S S S S +E  E Q    E Q  S S E S E S E
G|-----6h7--------------|--------------------|
D|---------5-6-(6)-8----|------8-6---8---6---|
A|----------------------|--------------------|
E|-6--------------------|-6------------------|


   E E S S S S +E  E Q    E Q  S S H
G|-----6h7--------------|---------------|
D|---------5-6-(6)-8----|------8-6------|
A|----------------------|---------------|
E|-6--------------------|-6-------------|


   E E S S S S +E  E E S S   E Q  S S Q  S S E
G|-----6h7-----------------|---------------------|
D|---------5-6-(6)-8-------|------8-6------6-----|
A|-------------------------|---------------------|
E|-6-------------------6-6-|-6-------------------|


   E E S S S S +E  E Q    E Q  S S H      Q  E S S +E  E Q    Q  E S S H
G|-----6h7--------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
D|---------5-6-(6)-8----|------8-6------|------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------|
A|----------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
E|-6--------------------|-6-------------|-1-----------------|-1-------------|


                    Dal Segno al Coda  Coda &
   Q  E S S +E  E Q    Q  E S S H       Q  E S S S S E E E
G|-------------------|---------------||--------------------||
D|------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------||------3-1---1-------||
A|-------------------|---------------||--------------3---2-||
E|-1-----------------|-1-------------||-1------------------||


  Brige:
   E S S E E +Q   Q    E S S E E +Q   Q
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-1---1---1-(1)-----|-1---1---1-(1)-----|
E|-------------------|-------------------|


   E S S E E +Q   Q    E S S E E +Q   S E.
G|-------------------|----------------------|
D|-------------------|----------------------|
A|-1---1---1-(1)-----|-1---1---1-(1)--------|
E|-------------------|----------------3-1---|


   E S S E E +Q   Q    E S S E E +Q   Q    E S S E Q  E Q    +W
G|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------||
D|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------||
A|-1---1---1-(1)-----|-1---1---1-(1)-----|-1---1---1----3--|-(3)----||
E|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------||


   Outro:
     Q  E S S +E  E Q    Q  E S S H     3x Q  E S S +E  E E S S
G||--------------------|----------------||----------------------|
D||o------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------o||------3-1-(1)-3-------|
A||o-------------------|---------------o||----------------------|
E||--1-----------------|-1--------------||-1----------------1-1-|


   Q  E S S H      Q  E S S +E  E E. S   +E  e S S S S +E  e S S E
G|---------------|---------------------|----------------------------*|
D|------3-1------|------3-1-(1)-3----3-|-(3)---1-3---3-(3)---1-3----*|
A|---------------|---------------------|-----3-------------3--------*|
E|-1-------------|-1-------------------|----------------------------*|

************************************
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).

|  (n)  -  note tied to previous
|   h   -  hammer on
|   /\  -  slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
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