Old Love Bass Tab by Eric Clapton

Old Love bass tab by Eric Clapton

Bass Tab

Eric Clapton - Old Love - TAB
“-” = 1/16TH    bpm = 72

  INTRO:
G|------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|--5-7-|----------------|----------------|----2-----------|------------5-7-|
A|7-----|------5~~~~~----|---------/7-53--|--3---5~~~~~----|----------7-----|
E|------|5~~~~~----------|3~~~~~3-------53|5---------------|3~~~~~3~~~------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D|----------------|----------------|----2-----------|----------------||
A|------5~~~~~----|---------/7-53--|--3---5~~~~~----|----------------||
E|5~~~~~----------|3~~~~~3-------53|5---------------|3~~~~~3~~~~~~~~~||

  VERSE 1,2:
G| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|*|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|*|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E| |5~~~~~5~~~~~----|3~~~~~3~~~~~----|5~~~~~1~~~~~----|3~~~~~3~~~~~----|

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G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|5~~~~~5~~~~~----|3~~~~~3~~~~~----|5~~~~~1~~~~~----|3~~~~~3~~~3--2--|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|7---7-6---------|5-----4~~~~~~~~~|
A|----------------|----------------|--7-------7-----|----7-----------|
E|1~~~~~1-1~~~~~~~|0~~~~~0-0~~~~~~~|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|•-•-•-•-•-------||
E|1~~~~~1-1~~~~~~~|0~~~~~0-0~~~~~~~|1~~~~~1~~~~~~~~~|0-0-0-0-0-------||

  CHORUS 1,2:
G||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D||----------------|----------------|----2-----------|------------5-7-|
A||------5~~~~~----|---------/7-53--|--3---5~~~~~----|----------7-----|
E||5~~~~~----------|3~~~~~3-------53|5---------------|3~~~~~3~~~------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |
D|----------------|----------------|----2-----------|----------------|*|
A|------5~~~~~----|---------/7-53--|--3---5~~~~~----|----------------|*|
E|5~~~~~----------|3~~~~~3-------53|5---------------|3~~~~~3~~~------| |

  INSTR:
G||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D||----------------|----------------|----------------|------------5-7-|
A||------5~~~~~----|---------/7-53--|----------------|----------7-----|
E||5~~~~~----------|3~~~~~3~~-----53|5~~~~~1~~~~~----|3~~~~~3~~~~~----|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|------5~~~~~----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|5~~~~~----------|3~~~~~3~~~~~----|5~~~~~1~~~~~----|3~~~~~3~~~3--2--|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|7---7-6---------|5-----4~~~~~~~~~|
A|----------------|----------------|--7-------7-----|----7-----------|
E|1~~~~~1-1~~~~~~~|0~~~~~0-0~~~~~~~|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|•-•-•-•-•-------||
E|1~~~~~1-1~~~~~~~|0~~~~~0-0~~~~~~~|1~~~~~1~~~~~~~~~|0-0-0-0-0-------||

  CHORUS:
G||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D||----------------|----------------|----2-----------|------------5-7-|
A||------5~~~~~----|---------/7-53--|--3---5~~~~~----|----------7-----|
E||5~~~~~----------|3~~~~~3-------53|5---------------|3~~~~~3~~~------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D|----------------|----------------|----2-----------|----------------||
A|------5~~~~~----|---------/7-53--|--3---5~~~~~----|----------------||
E|5~~~~~----------|3~~~~~3-------53|5---------------|3~~~~~3~~~------||

 INSTR/OUTRO:                                                   7X and fade
G| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |
D|*|----------------|----------------|----2-----------|------------5-7-|*|
A|*|------5~~~~~----|---------/7-53--|--3---5~~~~~----|----------7-----|*|
E| |5~~~~~----------|3~~~~~3-------53|5---------------|3~~~~~3~~~------| |


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each dash “-” = 1/16TH of a bar. 4 per beat
53 means 5 then 3 (for 16TH notes)
~~~~ means hold note
|•-•-•-•-•-
|0-0-0-0-0-   means play the “0” staccato (short, detached)
/7 short slide up to 7
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Last updated: September 10, 2025

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