Bass tabs
Tuning: Standard (E A D G) Difficulty: Intermediate Motherless Children 1974 track by Eric Clapton taken from his album 461 Ocean Boulevard. Bass performance Carl Radle. Tab by bass50611. This is my version of This early Clapton classic. It is not as original more of a Simplified version. It is how I would play it with a stage. Intro: ‘.’ ‘.’ ‘.’ ‘.’ G|--------------|--------------------------------------------------| D|-GUITAR START-|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------|-0------0------0------0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-| E|--------------|--------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-| E|-------------------------------------------------| (Break) ‘.’ G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------7-------4--7--4---------7------7-| A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--5--------7---7---5------------4--7------7---| E|-----------------------------5--------------------5---------5-----| ‘.’ G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----7-------4--7--4---------7------7------------------------| A|---7---7---5------------4--7------7-------7---7---7--7--7--7-| E|-5--------------------5---------5------5---5-----------------| (Break) G|--------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------7-------4--7--4--------7------7-| A|-5--5--5--7--8--8--8--8-----7---7---5-----------4--7------7---| E|--------------------------5-------------------5---------5-----| Verse 1: (Play This Bit x2) G|-----------------------------------------| D|-----7-------4--7--4---------7------7--4-| A|---7---7---5------------4--7------7------| E|-5--------------------5---------5--------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------6-9-----6-9-----4-7-----4-7-----------------| A|----4-7-----4-7---7-7-----7-7-----5-5-----5-5-----8--8-8-8-8-8-8-| E|-5-5-----5-5-----------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------| D|-----7-------4--7--4---------7------------| A|---7---7---5------------4--7------4--7--5-| E|-5--------------------5---------5---------| Verse 2: (Play This Bit x2) G|-----------------------------------------| D|-----7-------4--7--4---------7------7--4-| A|---7---7---5------------4--7------7------| E|-5--------------------5---------5--------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------6-9-----6-9-----4-7-----4-7-----------------| A|----4-7-----4-7---7-7-----7-7-----5-5-----5-5-----8--8-8-8-8-8-8-| E|-5-5-----5-5-----------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------| D|-----7-------4--7--4---------7------------| A|---7---7---5------------4--7------4--7--5-| E|-5--------------------5---------5---------| Guitar Solo ‘.’ G|--------------------------------------| D|-----7-------4--7--4---------7------7-| A|---7---7---5------------4--7------7---| E|-5--------------------5---------5-----| ‘.’ G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----7-------4--7--4---------7------7------------------------| A|---7---7---5------------4--7------7-------7---7---7--7--7--7-| E|-5--------------------5---------5------5---5-----------------| (Break) G|--------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------7-------4--7--4--------7------7-| A|-5--5--5--7--8--8--8--8-----7---7---5-----------4--7------7---| E|--------------------------5-------------------5---------5-----| Verse 3: (Play This Bit x2) G|-----------------------------------------| D|-----7-------4--7--4---------7------7--4-| A|---7---7---5------------4--7------7------| E|-5--------------------5---------5--------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------6-9-----6-9-----4-7-----4-7-----------------| A|----4-7-----4-7---7-7-----7-7-----5-5-----5-5-----8--8-8-8-8-8-8-| E|-5-5-----5-5-----------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------| D|-----7-------4--7--4------7-------4--7--4-| A|---7---7---5------------7---7---5---------| E|-5--------------------5-------------------| Bridge: (Play This Bit x5) G|------------------------------------------| D|-----7-------4--7--4------7-------4--7--4-| A|---7---7---5------------7---7---5---------| E|-5--------------------5-------------------| Outro Guitar Solo: ‘.’ G|--------------------------------------| D|-----7-------4--7--4---------7------7-| A|---7---7---5------------4--7------7---| E|-5--------------------5---------5-----| ‘.’ G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----7-------4--7--4---------7------7------------------------| A|---7---7---5------------4--7------7-------7---7---7--7--7--7-| E|-5--------------------5---------5------5---5-----------------| (Break) G|--------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------7-------4--7--4--------7------7-| A|-5--5--5--7--8--8--8--8-----7---7---5-----------4--7------7---| E|--------------------------5-------------------5---------5-----| G|-----------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------| A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| E|-----------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------| A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| E|-----------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-| E|---------------------------------------| Symbol ‘.’ Are Pause Dots
