Easy bass tab by Commodores

Bass tabs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

EASY (Bassline)
As recorded by Commodores
(From the 1977 Album COMMODORES)

Words and Music by Lionel Richie

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Ronald LaPread - Bass'

 Intro:
 Q=68(16=s16)
 4/4
 Gtr I
  H  H   H  H   H  H   H.   E. S
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------||
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------||
A|------3----|------6----|------3----|------------6--||
E|-4---------|-6---------|-4---------|-6-------------||

 Verses 1 & 2:
   Q..  S Q..  S  Q.  S S E E S E.  Q..  S Q..  S  H  S S S S E E
G||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D||o-----------------|----------------6--|-----------------|-------------------|
A||o---------3-----3-|----------6-6------|---------3-----3-|------6-6-6-6-6----|
E||--4-----4---------|-6------6----------|-4-----4---------|-6--------------4--|


  +Q..  S Q..  S  Q.  S S E E S E.  Q..  S Q..  S  H.   E. S
G|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------|
D|------------------|----------------6--|-----------------|--------------|
A|----------3-----3-|----------6-6------|---------3-----3-|--------------|
E|-(4)----4---------|-6------6----------|-4-----4---------|-6----------6-|


         Chorus:
  H.   E. S  E E S S E Q S S E  Q.  S S E E S E.  E E S S E Q S S E
G|--------------||--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------||--------------------|----------------6--|--------------------|
A|-6------------||-------4-6-3----6h8-|----------6-6------|-------4-6-3----6h8-|
E|------------6-||-4-4----------------|-6------6----------|-4-4----------------|


  Q.  S S E E S E.  E E S S E Q S S E  Q.  S S E E S E.  Q.  Q.  S E.
G|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D|----------------6--|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A|----------6-6------|-------4-6-3----6h8-|----------6-6---8--|-9----8----6-6---|
E|-6------6----------|-4-4----------------|-6------6----------|-----------------|

                     Bridge:
 1.            2.
      |-3--| |-3-|
  H.    S S S S S S   H.   E E  Q E. S E E S E.
G|---------10-8-----------||-------------||------------------|
D|--------------10-8-6---o||-------------||---------------3--|
A|---------------------8-o||-------------||------------------|
E|-4----------------------||-4---------1-||-2--2--1-2-2------|


                               2/4
  Q.  S S E E Q  S S S S S S E +H    a Q.  a E +H    +H
G|----------1-1----|----------------------|-7h8----5h6-(6)----|-(6)----||
D|-1------1--------|-4-3-1-3-1-3----------|-------------------|--------||
A|-----------------|-------------4-(4)----|-------------------|--------||
E|-----------------|----------------------|-------------------|--------||


 Guitar Solo:
 4/4
  Q..  S Q..  S  Q.  S S E E S E.  Q..  S Q..  S  H  S S S S E E
G|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|----------------6--|-----------------|-------------------|
A|---------3-----3-|----------6-6------|---------3-----3-|------6-6-6-6-6----|
E|-4-----4---------|-6------6----------|-4-----4---------|-6--------------4--|


  +Q..  S Q..  S  Q.  S S E E S E.  Q..  S Q..  S  H.   E. S
G|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------||
D|------------------|----------------6--|-----------------|--------------||
A|----------3-----3-|----------6-6------|---------3-----3-|--------------||
E|-(4)----4---------|-6------6----------|-4-----4---------|-6----------6-||


 Chorus:
  E E S S E Q S S E  Q.  S S E E S E.
G|--------------------|-------------------|
D|--------------------|----------------6--|
A|-------4-6-3----6h8-|----------6-6------|
E|-4-4----------------|-6------6----------|


  E E S S E Q S S E  Q.  S S E E S E.
G|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------------|----------------6---|
A|-------4-6-3----6h8-|----------6-6-------|
E|-4-4----------------|-6------6-----------|


  E E S S E Q S S E  Q.  S S E E S E.
G|--------------------|-------------------|
D|--------------------|-------------------|
A|-------4-6-3----6h8-|----------6-6---8--|
E|-4-4----------------|-6------6----------|


  Q.  Q.  S E.  S S S S E S S S S E S E.
G|----------------|--------------------------||
D|----------------|--------------------------||
A|-9----8----6-6--|-----------------------7--||
E|----------------|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7------||


 Outro:
   E E S S E Q S S E  Q.  S S E E S E.
G||---------------------|-------------------|
D||o--------------------|----------------7--|
A||o-------5-7-4----7h9-|----------7-7------|
E||--5-5----------------|-7------7----------|


  E E S S E Q S S E  Q.  S S E E S E.  3x
G|--------------------|---------------------||
D|--------------------|----------------7---o||
A|-------5-7-4----7h9-|----------7-7-------o||
E|-5-5----------------|-7------7------------||

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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
|  h  - hammer-on
| |-3-| - triplet
|  |  - bar
|  ||  - double bar
| ||o  - repeat start
| o||  - repeat end
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