Good Times Bass Tab by Sam Cooke

Good Times bass tab by Sam Cooke

Bass Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)



Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Ray Pohlman - Bass'

 Intro:
 Q=120(8=s8/shuffle feel)
 4/4
 Gtr I
     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E Q.   Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E Q.   Q
G||--------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
D||o-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
A||o-5-----------|------5-------|-5-----------|------7--------|
E||--------5-----|-3---------3--|-------5-----|-5---------5---|

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                                   Chorus:
   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E Q  E Q          Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E Q.   Q
G|-------------|---------------||-||--------------|--------------|
D|-------------|--------------o||-||o-------------|--------------|
A|-------------|-5------------o||-||o-5-----------|------5-------|
E|-7-----7-----|------5--5-5---||-||--------5-----|-3---------3--|


   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E Q.   Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E Q  E Q
G|-------------|--------------|-------------|----------------||
D|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------o||
A|-5-----------|------7-------|-------------|-5-------------o||
E|-------5-----|-5---------5--|-7-----7-----|------5--5-5----||


 Verse 1:
   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E Q.   Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E Q.   Q
G|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
D|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
A|-5-----------|------5-------|-5-----------|------7--------|
E|-------5-----|-3---------3--|-------5-----|-5---------5---|


   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E Q.   Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E Q  E Q
G|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
D|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
A|-5-----------|------5-------|-------------|-5-------------||
E|-------5-----|-3---------3--|-5-----5-----|------5--5-5---||


  Chorus:
     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E Q.   Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E Q.   Q
G||--------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
D||o-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
A||o-5-----------|------5-------|-5-----------|------7-------|
E||--------5-----|-3---------3--|-------5-----|-5---------5--|


                                Verse 2:
   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E Q  E Q      Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E Q.   Q
G|-------------|---------------||-------------|---------------|
D|-------------|--------------o||-------------|---------------|
A|-------------|-5------------o||-5-----------|------5--------|
E|-7-----7-----|------5--5-5---||-------5-----|-3---------3---|


   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E Q.   Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E Q.   Q
G|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
D|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
A|-5-----------|------7-------|-5-----------|------5--------|
E|-------5-----|-5---------5--|-------5-----|-3---------3---|


                               Chorus:
   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E Q  E Q     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E Q.   Q
G|-------------|--------------||-------------|---------------|
D|-------------|--------------||-------------|---------------|
A|-------------|-5------------||-5-----------|------5--------|
E|-5-----5-----|------5--5-5--||-------5-----|-3---------3---|


   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E Q.   Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E Q  E Q
G|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
D|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
A|-5-----------|------7-------|-------------|-5-------------||
E|-------5-----|-5---------5--|-7-----7-----|------5--5-5---||


 Bridge:                          Out-Chorus:
     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E Q  E Q   4x Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E Q.   Q
G||--------------|---------------||-------------|--------------|
D||o-------------|--------------o||-------------|--------------|
A||o-5-----------|--------------o||-5-----------|------5-------|
E||--------5-----|-7----7----7---||-------5-----|-3---------3--|


   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E Q.   Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    W          +W
G|-------------|--------------|-------------|----------|--------*|
D|-------------|--------------|-------------|----------|--------*|
A|-5-----------|------7-------|-------------|-5--------|-(5)----*|
E|-------5-----|-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
|   |    -  bar
|   ||   -  double bar
|  ||o   -  repeat start
|  o||   -  repeat end
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Last updated: August 16, 2020

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