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Before You Accuse Me Bass Tab by Eric Clapton

Before You Accuse Me bass tab by Eric Clapton

Bass Tab

Eric Clapton - Before You Accuse Me - BASS TAB
12/8        “-” = 1/16th bpm = 106

Attempted to TAB in 12/8 - Feels Bop, Bopbop, Bopbop, Bopbop


   GUITAR INTRO: (x not played, just counted; R is whole rest)
G|------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------|-----------R------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|x-x-x-|-----------R------------|----0-2---2~~~~~~~~~~~2-|------------2-----4---2-|
E|------|------------------------|------------------------|0---0-4---0-----0-------|


  VERSE 1,2:
G| |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|*|------------------------|------------2-----4---2-|------------------------|
A|*|------------2-----4---2-|0---0-4---0-----0-------|------------2-----4---2-|
E| |0---0-4---0-----0-------|------------------------|0---0-4---0-----0-------|


G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------2-----4---2-|------------2-----4---2-|
A|------------2-----4---2-|0---0-4---0-----0-------|0---0-4---0-----0-------|
E|0---0-4---0-----0-------|------------------------|------------------------|


G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------2-----4---2-|------------2-----4---2-|------------------------|
E|0---0-4---0-----0-------|0---0-4---0-----0-------|7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-|

                                                                          2X
G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| |
D|------------5---5-------|------------------------|------------------------|*|
A|--------5-7---7---7-5---|------------2-----4---2-|------------------------|*|
E|5---5-7---------------7-|0---0-4---0-----0-------|7---5-6-7~~~~~~---------| |


  CHORUS:
G||------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D||------------------------|------------2-----4---2-|------------------------|
A||------------2-----4---2-|0---0-4---0-----0-------|------------2-----4---2-|
E||0---0-4---0-----0-------|------------------------|0---0-4---0-----0-------|


G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------2-----4---2-|------------2-----4---2-|
A|------------2-----4---2-|0---0-4---0-----0-------|0---0-4---0-----0-------|
E|0---0-4---0-----0-------|------------------------|------------------------|


G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------2-----4---2-|------------2-----4---2-|------------------------|
E|0---0-4---0-----0-------|0---0-4---0-----0-------|7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-|


G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------||
D|------------5---5-------|------------------------|------------------------||
A|--------5-7---7---7-5---|------------2-----4---2-|------------------------||
E|5---5-7---------------7-|0---0-4---0-----0-------|7---5-6-7~~~~~~---------||


  INSTR:
G||------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D||------------------------|------------2-----4---2-|------------------------|
A||------------2-----4---2-|0---0-4---0-----0-------|------------2-----4---2-|
E||0---0-4---0-----0-------|------------------------|0---0-4---0-----0-------|


G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------2-----4---2-|------------2-----4---2-|
A|------------2-----4---2-|0---0-4---0-----0-------|0---0-4---0-----0-------|
E|0---0-4---0-----0-------|------------------------|------------------------|


G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------2-----4---2-|------------------------|------------------------|
E|0---0-4---0-----0-------|0-----4-----5-----6-----|7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-|


G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------||
D|------------5---5-------|------------------------|------------------------||
A|--------5-7---7---7-5---|------------2---2-4---4-|2---0-1-2~~~~~~---------||
E|5---5-7---------------7-|0---0-4---4-------------|------------------------||


  VERSE 3:
G||------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D||------------------------|------------2-----4---2-|------------------------|
A||------------2-----4---2-|0---0-4---0-----0-------|------------2-----4---2-|
E||0---0-4---0-----0-------|------------------------|0---0-4---0-----0-------|


G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------2-----4---2-|------------2-----4---2-|
A|------------2-----4---2-|0---0-4---0-----0-------|0---0-4---0-----0-------|
E|0---0-4---0-----0-------|------------------------|------------------------|


G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------2-----4---2-|------------2-----4---2-|------------------------|
E|0---0-4---0-----0-------|0---0-4---0-----0-------|7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-|


G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------||
D|------------5---5-------|------------------------|------------------------||
A|--------5-7---7---7-5---|------------2-----4---2-|------------------------||
E|5---5-7---------------7-|0---0-4---0-----0-------|7---5-6-7~~~~~~---------||


  INSTR:
G||------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D||------------------------|------------2-----4---2-|------------------------|
A||------------2-----4---2-|0---0-4---0-----0-------|------------2-----4---2-|
E||0---0-4---0-----0-------|------------------------|0---0-4---0-----0-------|


G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------2-----4---2-|------------2-----4---2-|
A|------------2-----4---2-|0---0-4---0-----0-------|0---0-4---0-----0-------|
E|0---0-4---0-----0-------|------------------------|------------------------|


G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------2-----4---2-|------------------------|------------------------|
E|0---0-4---0-----0-------|0---0-4---4-5---5-6---6-|7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-|


G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------||
D|------------5---5-------|------------------------|------------------------||
A|--------5-7---7---7-5---|------------2---2-4---4-|2---0-1-2~~~~~~---------||
E|5---5-7---------------7-|0---0-4---4-------------|------------------------||


  CHORUS (8 Bars):
G||------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D||------------------------|------------2-----4---2-|------------------------|
A||------------2-----4---2-|0---0-4---0-----0-------|------------2-----4---2-|
E||0---0-4---0-----0-------|------------------------|0---0-4---0-----0-------|


G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------5---5-------|
A|------------2-----4---2-|------------------------|--------5-7---7---7-5---|
E|0---0-4---0-----0-------|7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-|5---5-7---------------7-|


G|------------------------|------------------------||
D|------------------------|------------------------||
A|------------2---2-4---4-|2---0-1-2~~~~~~---------||
E|0---0-4---4-------------|------------------------||


  INSTR/OUTRO:
G||------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D||------------------------|------------2~~~~~4-2---|------------------------|
A||------------2~~~~~4---2-|0---0-4~~~~~----------4-|------------2~~~~~4-5-7-|
E||0---0-4~~~~~------------|------------------------|0---0-4~~~~~------------|


G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------2~~~~~4-2---|------------2~~~~~4-2---|
A|------------2~~~~~4---2-|0---0-4~~~~~----------4-|0---0-4~~~~~----------4-|
E|0---0-4~~~~~------------|------------------------|------------------------|


G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------2-----4---2-|------------------------|------------------------|
E|0---0-4---0-----0-------|0---0-4---4-5---5-6---6-|7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-|


G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------||
D|------------5---5-------|------------------------|------------------------||
A|--------5-7---7---7-5---|----------------------4-|6-7~~~~~~~~~~~~---------||
E|5---5-7---------------7-|4-----5-----6-----7-----|------------------------||



Legend:
“-” Each dash equals 1/16:
“R” equals a whole rest
“~” means hold the note

If unfamiliar with 12/8, it plays like Common 4/4 where each beat is a triplet.

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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