Nothin But A Woman Bass Tab by Robert Cray

Nothin But A Woman bass tab by Robert Cray

Bass Tab

Robert CRAY
Nothin' but a woman
(from the 1986 album
STRONG PERSUADER)
Bassist: Richard Cousins

Bass Tabs

Tuning: B E A D G

Tempo: 131 bpm 4/4

Key signature: C

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

Intro:
G|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
D|-------------|----  Guitar // Drums    ---|-------------|-
A|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
E|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
B|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-


Bass starts: 00:14
G|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
D|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
A|-3g----------|-3g----------||-3g----------|-3g----------|-
E|----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5.--||----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5.--|-
B|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-

Verse1: 00:20
G|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
D|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
A|-3g----------|-3g----------||-3g----------|-3g----------|- X2
E|----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5g--||----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5g--|-
B|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
You can give me an hour alone in a bank
Pay all my tickets, wipe the slate blank
You could buy me a car, fill up the tank
Tell me a boat full of lawyers just sank

Chorus1: 00:36
G|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
D|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
A|----------5--|----------5--||-3g----------|-3g----------|-
E|----5-6-8----|----5-6-8----||----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5g--|-
B|-6g----------|-6g----------||-------------|-------------|-
But it ain't nothin' but a woman
Nothin' but a woman, no, no

G|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
D|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
A|-----------7-|----------5--||-3g----------|-3g----------|-
E|----7-8-10---|----5-6-8----||----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5g--|-
B|-8g----------|-6g----------||-------------|-------------|-
Don't need nothin' but a woman
Any time I'm feelin' low


Verse2: 00:51
G|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
D|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
A|-3g----------|-3g----------||-3g----------|-3g----------|- X2
E|----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5g--||----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5g--|-
B|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
Well, you could fly us to Dallas on a jumbo-jet plane
If we run late and miss it, we can take the night train
When the pressure is on, things getting insane
Only one cure for that kind of strain

Chorus2: 01:06
G|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
D|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
A|----------5--|----------5--||-3g----------|-3g----------|-
E|----5-6-8----|----5-6-8----||----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5g--|-
B|-6g----------|-6g----------||-------------|-------------|-
It ain't nothin' but a woman
Nothin' but a woman, no, no

G|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
D|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
A|-----------7-|----------5--||-3g----------|-3g----------|-
E|----7-8-10---|----5-6-8----||----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5g--|-
B|-8g----------|-6g----------||-------------|-------------|-
Don't need nothin' but a woman, yeah, yeah
To get me through the show


Instrumental(1): 01:20 (Play X3) ...Saxophone playing...
G|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
D|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
A|-3g----------|-3g----------||-3g----------|-3g----------|- X2
E|----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5g--||----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5g--|-
B|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-

G|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
D|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
A|----------5--|----------5--||-3g----------|-3g----------|-
E|----5-6-8----|----5-6-8----||----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5g--|-
B|-6g----------|-6g----------||-------------|-------------|-

G|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
D|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
A|-----------7-|----------5--||-3g----------|-3g----------|-
E|----7-8-10---|----5-6-8----||----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5.--|-
B|-8g----------|-6g----------||-------------|-------------|-


Verse3: 02:19
G|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
D|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
A|-3g----------|-3g----------||-3g----------|-3g----------|- X2
E|----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5g--||----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5g--|-
B|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
Yeah, you can make me a bet, give me a ten-point spread
Give me french brandy that will clear my head
When it's all over, feeling half-dead
Only one thing, just like I said

Chorus3: 02:34
G|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
D|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
A|----------5--|----------5--||-3g----------|-3g----------|-
E|----5-6-8----|----5-6-8----||----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5g--|-
B|-6g----------|-6g----------||-------------|-------------|-
It ain't nothin' but a woman
Nothin' but a woman, yeah, yeah

G|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
D|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
A|-----------7-|----------5--||-3g----------|-3g----------|-
E|----7-8-10---|----5-6-8----||----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5.--|-
B|-8g----------|-6g----------||-------------|-------------|-
Any time I got a woman
Things can't be too bad

Verse4: 02:48
G|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
D|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
A|-3g----------|-3g----------||-3g----------|-3g----------|- X2
E|----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5g--||----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5g--|-
B|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
You can buy me a house, turn over the deed
Bring six pounds of California weed
But my weakness ain't drugs, whiskey, or greed
Only one thing that YOUNG BOB needs

Chorus3: 03:03
G|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
D|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
A|----------5--|----------5--||-3g----------|-3g----------|-
E|----5-6-8----|----5-6-8----||----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5g--|-
B|-6g----------|-6g----------||-------------|-------------|-
It ain't nothin' but a woman
Nothin' but a woman

G|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
D|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
A|-----------7-|----------5--||-3g----------|-3g----------|-
E|----7-8-10---|----5-6-8----||----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5g--|-
B|-8g----------|-6g----------||-------------|-------------|-
Yeah, you right
Ain't nothin' but a woman to get me through the night


Outro: 03:18 (Play X3) ...Trumpets playing...
G|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
D|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
A|-3g----------|-3g----------||-3g----------|-3g----------|- XXXX till fade out
E|----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5g--||----0--3-5-3-|----0--3-5g--|-
B|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|-
Mmmmm

It's like I said, man

Ain't nothin' but a woman

Yeah, look at her

And that one over there


End: 03:58

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Tablature 🏷Legend ----------------
| S  slap
| P  pop
| x  mute note
| .  full stop
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| g  grace note
| ~  vibrato

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