Bass tabs
Tuning: Standard (E A D G)
Key: D
Difficulty: Intermediate
LET ME TAKE YOU HOME TONIGHT (Bassline)
As recorded by Boston
(From the 1976 Album BOSTON)
Words and Music by Brad Delp
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Fran Sheehan - Bass'
Intro:
Q=79
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S e E +E E S S E S S E S S E +E Q.
G||----------7---------------|-------/12-13-14-(14)-------||
D||o-------7-----------------|---------------------------o||
A||o-5-5-------3-(3)-2-2-0---|----------------------0----o||
E||------------------------3-|-3-3------------------------||
1st Verse:
H H W W H Q E E
G|-----------|----------|----------|---------------|
D|-----------|----------|----------|---------------|
A|-5---------|----------|----------|-----------2S==|
E|-----------|----------|----------|---------------|
Q E E Q. E E S S +S E S Q. E Q Q Q Q
G|----------------|----------------------|-------------|
D|----------------|-----------7---5------|-------------|
A|-7----5S12------|-5-5-5-(5)---7------0-|-5--4--2--5--|
E|----------------|----------------------|-------------|
Chorus:
E S S +S S E +E S S S S S S E S S E E +E S S Q
G|-------------------------------||----------------------|
D|-------------------------------||----------------------|
A|-------------5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5---||----------------------|
E|-3-3-5-(5)-5-----------------0-||-3-3-3---5-(5)-5-7-5--|
E S S +S E S H E S S E E +E S S Q
G|--------------------|----------------------|
D|--------------------|----------------------|
A|---------------5----|----------------------|
E|-3-3-3-(3)-5--------|-3-3-3---5-(5)-5-7-5--|
Interlude:
2/4 4/4
E S S +S E S S S S S e E +E E S S E
G|---------------||----------7---------------|
D|---------------||o-------7-----------------|
A|---------------||o-5-5-------3-(3)-2-2-0---|
E|-3-3-3-(3)-5---||------------------------3-|
2nd Verse:
S S E S S E +E Q. H H
G|-------/12-13-14-(14)-------||-----------|
D|---------------------------o||------7----|
A|----------------------0----o||-5---------|
E|-3-3------------------------||-----------|
H Q. E Q E E S S S S +E E Q Q Q E E Q E E Q. E
G|-------------|-----------------11-(11)-----|--------------|-----------------|
D|-------------|--------------12---------12\-|--------------|-----------------|
A|-7-----------|-----------12----------------|------------2S|=7----5S12-------|
E|------5------|-3--5---10-------------------|-7--5--3------|-----------------|
E S S S E S Q S S E Q Q E. S Q E S S +S S E +E S S S S S S
G|----------------------|---------------|-------------------------------||
D|---------7-5-5--5-5-7-|---------------|-------------------------------||
A|-5-5-5-5--------------|-5--4--2--2-5--|-------------5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5---||
E|----------------------|---------------|-3-3-5-(5)-5-----------------0-||
Chorus:
E S S E E +E S S Q E S S +S E S H E S S E E +E S S Q
G|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
A|----------------------|---------------5----|-----------------------|
E|-3-3-3---5-(5)-5-7-5--|-3-3-3-(3)-5--------|-3-3-3---5-(5)-5-7-5---|
Interlude: Bridge:
2/4 4/4
E S S +S E S H. S S e H. S E. H Q. E
G|---------------||---------------|-7------------||-------------|
D|---------------||---------7-5-7-|--------------||-------------|
A|---------------||-5-------------|---------0-2--||-3-----------|
E|-3-3-3-(3)-5---||---------------|--------------||------3------|
Guitar Solo:
4/4
Q Q Q Q H Q. E S S S S Q S S S S +S S S S Q. S S Q. E
G|-------------|-------------|------------------------------||-----------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-7-7-5---7--------5-(5)---5---||------5-6-7------|
A|-3--2--0-----|-------------|-------7----5-6-7-------7---7-||-5-------------0-|
E|----------3--|-1----3------|------------------------------||-----------------|
S E S +S S E +E E S E. Q E E S S S S +S S E
G|--------------------------|------------------11-(11)-9-----|
D|-----5-(5)---7-(7)-7-5-7--|---------------12-----------12\-|
A|-7------------------------|------------12------------------|
E|--------------------------|-3--5---/10---------------------|
Q Q Q S S E Q E E Q. E
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|--------------2S|=7----5S12------|
E|-7--5--3--3-----|----------------|
E S S +S S E +E E S E. Q Q Q Q E S S +S S E +E E E S S
G|--------------------------|-------------|---------------------------||
D|-----7-(7)---5-(5)--------|-------------|---------------------------||
A|-5-5-------7--------------|-5--4--2--5--|-------------5-(5)-5-5-5-5-||
E|-------------------3-3-5--|-------------|-3-3-5-(5)-5---------------||
Chorus:
E S S E E +E S S Q E S S +S E S H E S S E E +E S S Q
G|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
A|----------------------|---------------5----|-----------------------|
E|-3-3-3---5-(5)-5-7-5--|-3-3-3-(3)-5--------|-3-3-3---5-(5)-5-7-5---|
Interlude: Bridge:
2/4 4/4
E S S +S E S H. S S e H. S E. Q. S S Q. S S
G|---------------||---------------|-7------------||-------------------|
D|---------------||---------7-5-7-|--------------||-------------------|
A|---------------||-5-------------|---------0-2--||-3----5-3------5-4-|
E|-3-3-3-(3)-5---||---------------|--------------||----------3--------|
Q Q Q Q H Q. E S S S S Q S S S S +S S e
G|-------------|-------------|----------------------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-7-7-5---7--------5-(5)---5-|
A|-3--2--0-----|-------------|-------7----5-6-7-------7---|
E|----------3--|-1----3------|----------------------------|
3rd Verse:
S S S S Q S S S S +S S S S Q. S S Q E E H Q. E
G|------------------------------||-----------------|-------------|
D|-7-7-5---7--------5-(5)---5---||------5-6-7--7---|-------------|
A|-------7----5-6-7-------7---7-||-5-------------0-|-7-----------|
E|------------------------------||-----------------|------5------|
Q E E Q. E Q Q Q E E Q. E Q. E
G|---------------|--------------|----------------|
D|---------------|--------------|----------------|
A|--------5------|------------5S|=12------7------|
E|-3--5----------|-7--5--3------|----------------|
E S S +S E S E. S S S E Q Q E. S Q E S S +S S E +E S S S S S S
G|--------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------||
D|-----------7---5--5-5-7-7-|---------------|-------------------------------||
A|-5-5-5-(5)---7------------|-5--4--2--2-5--|-------------5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
E|--------------------------|---------------|-3-3-5-(5)-5-------------------||
Chorus:
E S S E E +E S S Q E S S +S E S e S S S S e E S S E E +E S S Q
G|----------------------|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-|----------------------|
D|----------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
A|----------------------|---------------5-----------|----------------------|
E|-3-3-3---5-(5)-5-7-5--|-3-3-3-(3)-5---------------|-3-3-3---5-(5)-5s7-5--|
Interlude:
Faster Q=160
2/4 4/4
E S S +S E S W W H Q Q
G|---------------|----------||----------|---------------|
D|---------------|----------||----------|---------------|
A|-------------5-|-5--------||----------|---------------|
E|-3-3-3-(3)-5---|----------||----------|---------12\---|
Q E E E E E E E E Q E E Q Q E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
G|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------||
D|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------||
A|--------------5-|-5-5-5--5-5----|--------------5-|-5-5-5--5------||
E|-3--3-3---5-----|---------------|-3--3-3---5-----|-----------5---||
Outro:
E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E
G|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
A|-7---7-----5-----|----------------|----------5-6-7-|-(7)-7-7--7-7-5----|
E|---------------5-|-5-5-5--5-5---3-|-5-5-5--5-------|----------------7--|
E E E E E Q E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
G|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
D|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-5----|-------------------|-----------5-6-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-5------|
E|--------------5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-------|---------------7-5--|
E E E E E Q E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
G|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
D|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-5----|-------------------|-----------5-6-7-|-(7)-7-5-5-4-4------|
E|--------------5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-------|---------------7-4--|
E E E E E Q E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
G|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
D|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
A|-7-7-7-7-7-5----|-------------------|-----------5-6-7-|-(7)-7-5-5-4-4------||
E|--------------5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-------|---------------7-4--||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-9-9-7-7-6-------|-------------------|
A|-9-9-7-7-6-6-----|-----6-6-7-7-6---|-----------9-6-9-|-(9)-9-7-7-6-------|
E|-------------9-9-|-7-7-----------7-|-----------------|-------------9-7-6-|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-------6-6-7-6-----|
E|-2-2-4-4-5-5-6-7-|-(7)-7---------7-6-|
S S E E E E E E E +S S E E E E E E E
G|-------------------|---------------------|
D|-9-9-9-7-6---------|---------------------|
A|-----------9-6---9-|-(9)-x-7-6-6---------|
E|---------------7---|-------------9-7-6-4-|
E E E. S S S E E E +E E E S S E E E E
G||---------------------|---------------------|
D||o--------------------|---------------------|
A||o--------------------|-------6---6-7-6-----|
E||--2-2-4--x-5-5-5-6-7-|-(7)-7-----------7-6-|
S S E E E E E E E +S S E E E E E E E
G|-------------------|------------------------||
D|-9-9-9-7-7-6-------|-----------------------o||
A|-------------9-6-9-|-(9)-x-7-6-6-----------o||
E|-------------------|-------------9-7-6-0----||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-9-9-7-7-6-------|------------------|
A|-9-9-7-7-6-6-----|-----6-6-7-7-8-9-|-----------9-6-7-|-9-9-7-7-6-6------|
E|-------------9-9-|-7-7-------------|-----------------|-------------9-7\-|
E E E. S S S E E E +E E E S S E E E E
G|--------------------|---------------------|
D|--------------------|---------------------|
A|--------------------|-------6---6-7-6-----|
E|-2-2-4--x-5-5-5-6-7-|-(7)-7-----------7-6-|
S S E E E E E E E +S S E E E E E E E
G|-------------------|---------------------*|
D|-9-9-9-7-7-6-------|---------------------*|
A|-------------9-6-9-|-(9)-x-7-6-6---------*|
E|-------------------|-------------9-7-6-0-*|
Lyrics:
Now I'm not like this, I'm really kind of shy
But I get this feeling whenever you walk by
I don't wanna down you, I wanna make you high
If you could see your way to me, come on and let me try
Let me take you home tonight
Mamma now it's alright
Let me take you home tonight
I'll show you sweet delight
You must understand this, I've watched you for so long
That I feel I've known you, I know it can't be wrong
If we just get together, I want to make you see
I'm dreaming of your sweet love tonight, so mamma let it be
Let me take you home tonight
Mamma now it's alright
Let me take you home tonight
I'll show you sweet delight
I don't wanna make excuses, I don't wanna lie
I just got to get loose
With you tonight
Let me take you home tonight
Mamma now it's alright
Let me take you home tonight
I'll show you sweet delight
I don't wanna make excuses, I don't wanna lie
I just got to get loose
With you tonight
I don't wanna down you, I wanna make you high
And I get this feeling whenever you walk by
If we just get together, I wanna make you see
I'm dreaming of your sweet love tonight, so mamma let it be
Let me take you home tonight
Mamma now it's alright
Let me take you home tonight
I'll show you sweet delight
I wanna show you sweet delight, show ya sweet delight
Pretty mamma wanna show ya sweet delight
Let me take you home tonight
You know I wanna take you home
Let me take you home tonight
I don't wanna be alone
Let me take you home tonight
Let me take you home tonight
Let me take you home tonight
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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
| s - legato slide
| /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
| x - muted
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