Touch And Go Bass Tab by The Cars

Touch And Go bass tab by The Cars

Bass Tab

Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: C

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Benjamin Orr - Bass'

 Intro:

 Q=135
 5/4
 Gtr I
   W        Q    W        Q    Q.   E Q  q  E E   q  E E Q  E E E E
G|-------------|-------------|-----------2--5-5-|-------------------|
D|-------------|-------------|------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------|-------------|------3-----------|-0----3------------|
E|-------------|-------------|------------------|-------------0-3-3-|

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   q  E E Q  q  E E   q  E E Q  E E E E
G|-----------2--5-5-|-------------------||
D|------2-----------|-------------------||
A|-0----------------|-0----3------------||
E|------------------|-------------0-3-3-||




Verse 1:
     q  E E Q  q  E E   q  E E Q  E E E E   q  E E Q  q  E E
G||-------0----2--5-5-|-------------------|-----------2--5-5-|
D||o------------------|-------------------|------2-----------|
A||o-0----------------|-0----3------------|-0----------------|
E||-------------------|-------------0-3-3-|------------------|


                        6/4
   q  E E Q  E E E E  3x q  E E Q  E E E E E E
G|--------------------||-----------------------||
D|-------------------o||-----------------------||
A|-0----3------------o||-0----3----------------||
E|-------------0-3-3--||-------------0-3-0-3-3-||


 Pre-Chorus:
 4/4
   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  E E
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
D|--------------|-3-----3------|----------7---|-5-----5--5s7--|
A|-3-----3----3-|----3-----0-0-|-5-----5----5-|----5----------|
E|----3-----3---|--------------|----5---------|---------------|


   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  e E
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|----------5---|-3-----3------|----------7---|-5-----5----5-|
A|-3-----3----3-|----3-----0-0-|-5-----5----5-|----5-----5---|
E|----3---------|--------------|----5---------|--------------|


   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  e E
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|----------7---|-5-----5--5-5-|----------7---|
A|-5-----5----5-|----5---------|-5-----5----5-|
E|----5---------|--------------|----5---------|


   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  E E
G|--------------|--------------|---------------||
D|-5-----5--5s7-|-7-----7----7-|-5-----5-------||
A|----5---------|----5-----5---|----5-----6-7--||
E|--------------|--------------|---------------||


 Chorus:
   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q   e E   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q   e E
G|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------||
D|--------------|----------10---|--------------|----------10---||
A|-7-----7----7-|-8-----8-----8-|-7-----7----7-|-8-----8-----8-||
E|----7-----7---|----8----------|----7-----7---|----8----------||


Verses 2 & 3:
                     Segno $
 5/4
   q  E E Q  q  E E   q  E E Q  E E E E   q  E E Q  q  E E   q  E E Q  E E E E
G|-----------2--5-5-|-------------------|------0----2--5-5-|-------------------|
D|------2-----------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
A|-0----------------|-0----3------------|-0----------------|-0----3------------|
E|------------------|-------------0-3-3-|------------------|-------------0-3-3-|


   q  E E Q  q  E E   q  E E Q  E E E E   q  E E Q  q  E E   q  E E Q  E E E E
G|-----------2--5-5-|-------------------|------0----2--5-5-|--------------------|
D|------2-----------|------2------------|------------------|--------------------|
A|-0----------------|-0-----------------|-0----------------|-0----3-------------|
E|------------------|-------------0-3-3-|------------------|-------------0-3-3--|


   q  E E Q  q  E E   q  E E Q  E E E E
G|-----------2--5-5-|-------------------|
D|------2-----------|-------------------|
A|-0----------------|-0----3------------|
E|------------------|-------------0-3-3-|


                                                To Coda
                                         4/4
   q  E E Q  q  E E   q  E E Q  E E E E   q  E E Q  E E
G|------0----2--5-5-|-------------------|----------------||
D|------------------|-------------------|----------------||
A|-0----------------|-0----3------------|-0----3---------||
E|------------------|-------------0-3-3-|-------------0--||


 Pre-Chorus:
   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q    E  E    Q   Q   Q   e  E
G|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|--------------|-3-----3------|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-3-----3----3-|----3-----0-0-|-5-----5/--12-11-|-10------10-----10-|
E|----3-----3---|--------------|----5------------|-----10------10----|


   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  e E Q  Q
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|-3-----3------|----------7---|-5--5---5--5--|
A|-3-----3----3-|----3-----0-0-|-5-----5----5-|------5-------|
E|----3-----3---|--------------|----5---------|--------------|


   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|-5-----5--5-5-|----------7s6-|
A|-5-----5----5-|----5---------|-5-----5------|
E|----5-----5---|--------------|----5---------|


   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  Q
G|--------------|--------------|--------------||
D|-5--5--5--5-6-|-7-----7----7-|-5-----5------||
A|--------------|----5-----5---|----5-----5---||
E|--------------|--------------|--------------||


 Chorus:
   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  E E Q
G|--------------|----------5---|--------------|---------------||
D|-2-----2----2-|-3-----3----3-|-2-----2----2-|-3-------------||
A|----2-----2---|----3---------|----2-----2---|----3----------||
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------0-3s8\--||


 Guitar Solo:
   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q    E  E    Q   Q   Q   e  E
G|--------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------------|
D|--------------|-3-----3------|-----------------|--------------------|
A|-3-----3----3-|----3-----3-0-|-5-----5/--12-11-|-10------10-----10\-|
E|----3-----3---|--------------|----5------------|-----10------10-----|


  Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q
G|--------------|--------------|-------------|
D|--------------|-3-----3------|----------7--|
A|-3-----3----3-|----3-----0-0-|-5-----5-----|
E|----3-----3---|--------------|----5--------|


   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E
G|-------------|--------------|
D|-5-----5-----|-5-----5------|
A|----5-----5--|----5-----5-6-|
E|-------------|--------------|


   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E +E    e  E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-------------|--------------------|----------5--|-------------|
D|-------------|--------------------|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
A|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-(7)/-10-10-|----3--------|----3-----3--|
E|----7-----7--|----7---------------|-------------|-------------|


   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  e E
G|----------5---|----------7---|----------5---|----------7---|
D|-3-----3----3-|-5-----5----5-|-3-----3----3-|-5-----5----5-|
A|----3---------|----5---------|----3---------|----5---------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|


   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  e E
G|----------7---|----------7---|
D|-3-----5----5-|-3-----5----5-|
A|----3---------|----3---------|
E|--------------|--------------|


                                 Verse 3:
                                 Dal Segno al Coda
                                 5/4
   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  e e     q  E E Q  q  E E
G|----------7---|----------7----||-----------2--5-5-||
D|-3-----5----5-|-3-----5----5\-||------2-----------||
A|----3---------|----3----------||-0----------------||
E|--------------|---------------||------------------||


 Pre-Chorus:
 Coda &
 4/4
   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  e e
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
D|--------------|-3-----3------|----------7-7-|-5-----5----5--|
A|-3-----3----3-|----3-----0-0-|-5-----5------|----5-----5----|
E|----3-----3---|--------------|----5---------|---------------|


   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  e E Q  Q
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|-3-----3------|----------7-6-|-5--5---5--5--|
A|-3-----3----3-|----3-----0-0-|-5-----5------|------5-------|
E|----3-----3---|--------------|----5---------|--------------|


   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  e E
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|----------7-6-|-5-----5----5-|--------------|
A|-5-----5------|----5-----5---|-5-----5----5-|
E|----5---------|--------------|----5-----5---|


   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E
G|--------------|--------------|---------------||
D|-5-----5----5-|----------7-6-|-5-----5-------||
A|----5-----5---|-5-----5------|----5-----0-0--||
E|--------------|----5---------|---------------||


 Chorus:
 4/4
   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  E E Q  Q
G|--------------|----------5---|--------------|------7-5-------||
D|-2-----2----2-|-3-----3----3-|-2-----2----2-|-3--7------7\---||
A|----2-----2---|----3---------|----2-----2---|----------------||
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||


 Guitar Solo:
   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
D|--------------|-5-----5----5-|----------7-6-|-5-----5------||
A|-5-----5----5-|----5-----5---|-5-----5------|----5-----0-0-||
E|----5-----5---|--------------|----5---------|--------------||


 Chorus:
   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
G|--------------|--------------|-------------|------7-5------||
D|-2-----2----2-|-3-----3----3-|-2-----2-----|-3--7------7\--||
A|----2-----2---|----3-----3---|----2-----2--|---------------||
E|--------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||


 Guitar Solo:
   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  E E
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
D|--------------|-5-----5--5s7-|-7-----7----7-|-5-----5------||
A|-5-----5----5-|----5---------|----5-----5---|----5-----0-0-||
E|----5-----5---|--------------|--------------|--------------||


 Chorus:
   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  E E Q  Q
G|--------------|----------5---|--------------|------7-5------||
D|-2-----2----2-|-3-----3----3-|-2-----2----2-|-3--7------7\--||
A|----2-----2---|----3---------|----2-----2---|---------------||
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||


 Guitar Solo:
   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
D|--------------|-5-----5----5-|----------7-6-|-5-----5------||
A|-5-----5----5-|----5-----5---|-5-----5------|----5-----5-5-||
E|----5-----5---|--------------|----5---------|--------------||


 Chorus:
   Q  Q  Q   E E   Q  E E Q  e E   Q  Q  Q  e E   Q  E E Q  Q
G|---------------|----4-5--------|--------------|------7--------||
D|-2-----2-----2-|-3------3----3-|-2-----2----2-|-3--7---7------||
A|----2-----/2---|-----------3---|----2-----2---|-----------3\--||
E|---------------|---------------|--------------|---------------||


 Outro:
 5/4
   q  E E Q  q  E E   q  E E Q  E E E E   q  E E Q  q  E E
G|-----------2--5-5-|-------------------|------0----2--5---*||
D|------2-----------|-------------------|------------------*||
A|-0----------------|-0----3------------|-0----------------*||
E|------------------|-------------0-3-3-|------------------*||

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

|  +()   -  note tied to previous
|   s    -  legato slide
|  /\    -  slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
|   |    -  bar
|   ||   -  double bar
|  ||o   -  repeat start
|  o||   -  repeat end
**************************************

Published: March 20, 2022

Last updated: March 20, 2022

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