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Golden Years bass tab by David Bowie

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GOLDEN YEARS (Bassline)

As recorded by David Bowie
(From the 1976 Album STATION TO STATION)

Words and Music by David Bowie

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'George Murray - Bass'


 Intro
 Q=106
 4/4
 Gtr I
 W     W     W
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
        Chorus
 H  Q Q   Q.  E Q E E  Q Q E E E E  Q.  E Q E E
|------------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|------------||-4----2-2------|-4--4----------|-4----2-2------|
|------2s=4--||-----------2-4-|-------2-4-----|-----------2-4-|
|------------||---------------|-----------0-2-|---------------|


 Q Q E E E E  Q.  E Q E E  Q Q E E E E  Q.  E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-4--4----------|-4----2-2------|-4--4----------|-4----2-2------|
|-------2-4-----|-----------2-4-|-------2-4-----|-----------2-4-|
|-----------0-2-|---------------|-----------0-2-|---------------|


         1st Verse
 Q Q E E E E  Q.  E Q E E  Q Q E E E E  Q.  E Q E E
|---------------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-4--4----------||-4----2-2------|-4--4----------|-4----2-2------|
|-------2-4-----||-----------2-4-|-------2-4-----|-----------2-4-|
|-----------0-2-||---------------|-----------0-2-|---------------|


 Q Q E E E E  Q.  E Q E E  Q Q E E E E  Q.  E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-4--4----------|-4----2-2------|-4--4----------|-4----2-2------|
|-------2-4-----|-----------2-4-|-------2-4-----|-----------2-4-|
|-----------0-2-|---------------|-----------0-2-|---------------|
         Pre-Chorus                Chorus
                             $
 Q Q E E E E  Q.  E +Q  +S S S S  Q E E +H    Q.  E Q E E
|---------------||-----------------------|---------------||---------------|
|-4--4----------||-----------------------|---------------||-4----2-2------|
|-------2-4-----||-5---------------------|-5-------------||-----------2-4-|
|-----------0-2-||------7-(7)--(7)-5-7-5-|----5-7-(7)----||---------------|


                         2nd & 3rd Verses
 Q Q E E E E  Q.  E Q E E  Q Q E E E E  Q.  E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------||---------------|
|-4--4----------|-4----2-2------|-4--4----------||-4----2-2------|
|-------2-4-----|-----------2-4-|-------2-4-----||-----------2-4-|
|-----------0-2-|---------------|-----------0-2-||---------------|


 Q Q E E E E  Q.  E Q E E  Q Q E E E E  Q.  E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-4--4----------|-4----2-2------|-4--4----------|-4----2-2------|
|-------2-4-----|-----------2-4-|-------2-4-----|-----------2-4-|
|-----------0-2-|---------------|-----------0-2-|---------------|


                          Bridge
             To Coda
 Q Q E E E E  Q.  E Q E E  Q Q E E E E  Q E E +Q  +S S S S
|---------------|----------------|---------------||-------------------------|
|-4--4----------|-4----2-2-------|-4--4----------||-------------------------|
|-------2-4-----|-----------2-4--|-------2-4-----||-5-----------------------|
|-----------0-2-|----------------|-----------0-2-||----5-7-(7)--(7)-5-7-5---|


                               D.S. al Coda
                                 2/4
 Q E E +H    Q.  E +H    Q.  E +H    H  E E E E  E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------||
|---------------|-5-------------|-7-------------|---------------|----------||
|-5-------------|------3-(3)----|---------------|------7-7-7\---|-2-4------||
|----5-7-(7)----|---------------|------5-(5)----|-7-------------|-----0-2--||


          Interlude
 &
 4/4
 Q Q E E E E   Q.  E Q E E  Q Q E E E E
|---------------||----------------|----------------||
|-4--4----------||o-4----2-2------|-4--4----------o||
|-------2-4-----||o-----------2-4-|-------2-4-----o||
|-----------0-2-||----------------|-----------0-4--||


 Pre-Chorus                Chorus
 Q.  E +Q  +S S S S  Q E E +H     Q.  E Q E E  Q Q E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------||----------------|----------------||
|-----------------------|---------------||o-4----2-2------|-4--4----------o||
|-5---------------------|-5-------------||o-----------2-4-|-------2-4-----o||
|------7-(7)--(7)-5-7-5-|----5-7-(7)----||----------------|-----------0-2--||


 4th Verse
 Q.  E Q E E  Q Q E E E E  Q.  E Q E E  Q Q E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|-4----2-2------|-4--4----------|-4----2-2------|-4--4----------||
|-----------2-4-|-------2-4-----|-----------2-4-|-------2-4-----||
|---------------|-----------0-2-|---------------|-----------0-2-||


 Interlude
 Q.  E Q E E  Q Q E E E E  Q.  E Q E E  Q Q E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|-4----2-2------|-4--4----------|-4----2-2------|-4--4----------||
|-----------2-4-|-------2-4-----|-----------2-4-|-------2-4-----||
|---------------|-----------0-2-|---------------|-----------0-2-||


 Bridge
 Q E E +Q  +S S S S  Q E E +H    Q.  E +H
|-----------------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|-5-------------|
|-5---------------------|-5-------------|------3-(3)----|
|----5-7-(7)--(7)-5-7-5-|----5-7-(7)----|---------------|


                 2/4
 Q.  E +H    H  E E E E  E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------||
|-7-------------|---------------|---------||
|---------------|------7-7-7\---|-2-4-----||
|------5-(5)----|-7-------------|-----0-2-||


  Outro
  4/4
  Q.  E Q E E  Q Q E E E E 14x Q.  E Q E E
||----------------|----------------||---------------|
||o-4----2-2------|-4--4----------o||-4----2-2------|
||o-----------2-4-|-------2-4-----o||-----------2-4-|
||----------------|-----------0-2--||---------------|


 Q Q E E E E  W     +W
|---------------|----------|--------*|
|-4--4----------|-4--------|-(4)----*|
|-------2-4-----|----------|--------*|
|-----------0-2-|----------|--------*|


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



Golden years, gold whop whop whop
Golden years, gold whop whop whop
Golden years, gold whop whop whop

Don't let me hear you say lifes taking you nowhere, angel
Come get up my baby
Look at that sky, lifes begun
Nights are warm and the days are young
Come get up my baby

There's my baby, lost that's all
Once I'm begging you save her little soul
Golden years, gold whop whop whop
Come get up my baby

Last night they loved you, opening doors and pulling some strings, angel
Come get up my baby
In walked luck and you looked in time
Never look back, walk tall, act fine
Come get up my baby

Ill stick with you baby for a thousand years
Nothings gonna touch you in these golden years, gold
Golden years, gold whop whop whop
Come get up my baby

Some of these days, and it wont be long
Gonna drive back down where you once belonged
In the back of a dream car twenty foot long
Don't cry my sweet, don't break my heart
Doing all right, but you gotta get smart
Wish upon, wish upon, day upon day, I believe oh lord
I believe all the way
Come get up my baby
Run for the shadows, run for the shadows, run for the shadows in these golden years

There's my baby, lost that's all
Once I'm begging you save her little soul
Golden years, gold whop whop whop
Come get up my baby

Don't let me hear you say lifes taking you nowhere, angel
Come get up my baby
Run for the shadows, run for the shadows
Run for the shadows in these golden years

Ill stick with you baby for a thousand years
Nothings gonna touch you in these golden years, gold
Golden years, gold whop whop whop
Golden years, gold whop whop whop
Golden years, gold whop whop whop
Golden years, gold whop whop whop
Golden years, gold whop whop whop
Golden years, gold whop whop whop
Golden years, gold whop whop whop
Golden years, gold whop whop whop
Golden years, gold whop whop whop

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