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Summertime Bass Tab by Big Brother & The Holding Company

Summertime bass tab by Big Brother & The Holding Company

Bass Tab 

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: Gm

Difficulty: Intermediate

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Peter Albin - Bass'

 Intro:
 Q=90
 3/4
  Gtr I
   H.        H    +E  E   H.        H.
G|---------|------------|---------|-------|
D|-5-------|-3----(3)-0-|---------|-0-----|
A|---------|------------|-1-------|-------|
E|---------|------------|---------|-------|


   Q.   Q.     Q.   E E E   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.
G|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------|
D|-5----5----|-3------3-5-|-----------|-0----0----|
A|-----------|------5-----|-1----1----|-----------|
E|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------|


   Q.   Q.     Q.   E E E   Q.   Q.     Q.   E E E
G|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|
D|-5----5----|-3------3-5-|-----------|-0----3-0-0-|
A|-----------|------5-----|-1----1----|------------|
E|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|


   E. S E E. S E   E. S E E E E   Q.   Q  E   Q.   E S S S S
G|---------------|--------------|-----------|-----------------|
D|-5--5-5-5--5-5-|-3--3-3-3---3-|-----------|-0----3-3-0-3-3--|
A|---------------|----------5---|-1----1--1-|-----------------|
E|---------------|--------------|-----------|-----------------|


   E. S E E. S E   E. S E E E E   Q.   Q  E    Q.   E Q
G|---------------|--------------|------------|-----------||
D|-5--5-5-5--5-5-|-3--3-3---3-5-|------------|-----------||
A|---------------|--------5-----|-1----1--1/-|-5----5-5--||
E|---------------|--------------|------------|-----------||


 1st Verse:
   Q.   Q.     Q.   E E E   H.        H    +E  E
G|-----------|------------|---------|------------|
D|-5----4----|-3----2-3-5-|---------|-3----(3)-4-|
A|-----------|------------|-3-------|------------|
E|-----------|------------|---------|------------|


   Q.   Q.     Q.   E E E   H.        H    E E
G|-----------|------------|---------|----------||
D|-5----4----|-3----2-3-5-|---------|-3----4-5-||
A|-----------|------------|-3-------|----------||
E|-----------|------------|---------|----------||


   Q.   e E S S   Q.   e e S S   Q.   e e E   E E E E E E
G|------5-------|------5-3-----|------5-3---|---5-5-5-3----|
D|----------3h5-|----------3h5-|----------5-|-----------5--|
A|-3------------|-3------------|-3----------|-3------------|
E|--------------|--------------|------------|--------------|


   E. S S S E E E   E. S S S E E T S.   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
G|------------7---|-------------------|-------------|-------------||
D|--------------7-|----------8---8----|-------------|-------------||
A|-5--5-5-5-5-----|-6--6-6-6---6---6--|-5-5-5-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-0-3-5-||
E|----------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------||


 2nd Verse:
   Q.   Q.     Q.   E E E   H.        H    +E  E
G|-----------|------------|---------|------------|
D|-5----4----|-3----2-3-5-|---------|-3----(3)---|
A|-----------|------------|-3-------|----------5-|
E|-----------|------------|---------|------------|


   Q.   Q.     Q.   E E E   H.        Q.   E E E
G|-----------|------------|---------|------------||
D|-5----4----|-3----2-3-5-|---------|-3----3---3-||
A|-----------|------------|-3-------|--------5---||
E|-----------|------------|---------|------------||


   Q.   Q.     Q.   E S S S S   Q.   E E E   Q.   E E E
G|-3----3----|----------------|------------|-------------|
D|-----------|-5----5-4-4-4-5-|------------|-------------|
A|-----------|----------------|-3----3-1-3-|-5----5-5-5--|
E|-----------|----------------|------------|-------------|


   Q.   Q.     Q.   E E E   H    E E   Q.   Q  E
G|-----------|------------|----------|-----------||
D|-5----4----|-3----2-3-5-|----------|-0----0--0-||
A|-----------|------------|-3----1-3-|-----------||
E|-----------|------------|----------|-----------||


 Interlude:
   E. S E E. S E   E. S E E E E   E  Q   Q.     Q.   E E E
G|---------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
D|-5--5-5-5--5-5-|-3--3-3-3---3-|-------------|-0----0-3-0-|
A|---------------|----------5---|-1-(1)--1----|------------|
E|---------------|--------------|-------------|------------|


   E. S E E. S E   E. S E E E E   Q.   Q  E    E. S E Q  E
G|---------------|--------------|------------|-------------|
D|-5--5-5-5--5-5-|-3--3-3-3-5-3-|------------|-------------|
A|---------------|--------------|-1----1--1/-|-5--5-5-5--4-|
E|---------------|--------------|------------|-------------|


   Q  E E T T S E   E S  S  S S E E E   E. S S S E E E   E E E E E E
G|------5-3h5-3---|---5-(5)-5-5-5-3---|----------5-3---|--------------|
D|--------------5-|-----------------5-|--------------5-|--------------|
A|-3--3-----------|-3-----------------|-3--3-3-3-------|-3-3-3-3-1-3--|
E|----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------|


   S S +S  S S S S S +S  S S S   S S +S  S S S S S +S  S S S
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|---7-(7)---7-----7-(7)---7---|---8-(8)---8-----8-(8)---8---|
A|-5-------5---5-5-------5---5-|-6-------6---6-6-------6---6-|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
G|-------------|---------------||
D|-------------|-----------3---||
A|-5-5-5-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-0-5-----||
E|-------------|---------------||


 Guitar Solo:
   Q.   S S e E   S S S S S S S S S S S S
G|--------------|-------------------------|
D|-5----5---5-5-|-3-3-----3-----3-----3---|
A|--------5-----|-------3-----3-----3-----|
E|--------------|-------------------------|


   S S S S S S S S S S S S   E E E E S S S S
G|---3-----3-----3-----3---|-2-2-2------------|
D|-3-----3-----3-----3-----|-------0-3-0-3-3--|
A|-------------------------|------------------|
E|-------------------------|------------------|


   S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-5-5-----5-----5-----5---|-3-----3-----3-----3-----|
A|-------5-----5-----5-----|---3-----3-----3-----3---|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|


   S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S Q  E
G|-3-----3-----3-----3-----|-2-2-2-2-2-2--------||
D|---3-----3-----3-----3---|-------------0--3---||
A|-------------------------|--------------------||
E|-------------------------|--------------------||


   Q.   E E E   Q.   Q  E   Q.   E E E   Q.   E E E
G|-3----3-5-3-|-----------|------------|------------||
D|------------|-5----5--5-|------------|------------||
A|------------|-----------|-3----3-1-3-|-5----5-5-5-||
E|------------|-----------|------------|------------||


 Breakdown:
   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
D|-5----5----|-5----5----|-5----5----|-----------||
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|-3----5----||
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||


 3rd Verse:
   Q.   Q.     Q.   E E E   H.        H.
G|-----------|------------|---------|-------|
D|-5----4----|-3----2-3-5-|---------|-3-----|
A|-----------|------------|-3-------|-------|
E|-----------|------------|---------|-------|


   Q.   Q.     Q.   E E E   Q.   Q.     Q.   +E  Q
G|-----------|------------|-----------|-------------||
D|-5----4----|-3----2-3-5-|-----------|-3----(3)----||
A|-----------|------------|-3----3----|----------5--||
E|-----------|------------|-----------|-------------||


   Q.   e E S S   Q.   e E S S   Q.   e e S S   E E E E E E
G|------5-------|------5-------|------5-3-----|---5-5-5-3---|
D|----------3h5-|----------3h5-|----------3h5-|-----------5-|
A|-3------------|-3------------|-3------------|-3-----------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|


   E E E S E S E   E E E S E S E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
G|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------------||
D|-------7---7---|-------8---8---|-------------|--------------||
A|-5-5-5---5---5-|-6-6-6---6---6-|-5-5-5-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-0-3-5--||
E|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------------||


 4th Verse:
   Q.   Q.     Q.   E E E   H.        H    +E  S S
G|-----------|------------|---------|--------------|
D|-5----4----|-3----2-3-5-|---------|-3----(3)-3-4-|
A|-----------|------------|-3-------|--------------|
E|-----------|------------|---------|--------------|


   Q.   Q.     Q.   E E E   Q.   Q.     Q.   +E  E E
G|-----------|------------|-----------|--------------||
D|-5----4----|-3----2-3-5-|-----------|-3----(3)---3-||
A|-----------|------------|-3----3----|----------5---||
E|-----------|------------|-----------|--------------||


   Q.   Q.     Q.   E E E   Q.   E E E   S S S S S S S S S S S S
G|-3----3----|------------|------------|-------------------------||
D|-----------|-5----5-3---|------------|-------------------------||
A|-----------|----------5-|-3----3-1-3-|-5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---||
E|-----------|------------|------------|-------------------------||


 Outro:
                                    H.=H ritardando
   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D|-5----5----|-3----3----|-----------|-----------|
A|-----------|-----------|-1----1----|-5----5----|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|


   H.        +H.
G|---------|--------*|
D|-5-------|-(5)----*|
A|---------|--------*|
E|---------|--------*|

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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).

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