Motherless Children Bass Tab by Eric Clapton

Motherless Children bass tab by Eric Clapton

Bass Tab

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|--------------|--------------------------------------------------|

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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

Last updated: February 22, 2018

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