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Right Next Door Bass Tab by Robert Cray

Right Next Door bass tab by Robert Cray

Bass Tab

Robert CRAY
Right next door
(Original from the album
"The Definite Collection")

Bassist: Richard Cousins

Bass Tabs
Tuning : EADG
Tempo: 92 bpm 4/4


Key signature: Cm
Tuning: E A D G

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

Intro: 00:01 (play x2)

G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|---------------6r------|---------------6-6-----||- x2
E|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8.--|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8---||-

Verse1: 00:10

G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|---6--6---------6--6---|-
E|-6-8--8------6-8--8----|-8------------8--------|-
I can hear the couple fighting right next door


G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|----------------------*||-
A|-6-8--8-------8---6----|----------------------*||-
E|-----------------------|-10r--8------6-8--8----||-
Their angry words sound clear thru these thin walls


Part2: 00:21
b
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|---6--6---------6--6---|-
E|-6-8--8------6-8--8----|-8------------8--------|-
Around midnight I hear him shout unfaithful woman


G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|----------------------*||-
A|-6-8--8-------8---6r---|----------------------*||-
E|-----------------------|-10r--8------6-8--8----||-
And I knew right there the axe was gonna fall


Pre-Chorus: 00:32

G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
E|--8---6r-----4-6--6r---|--6---8r-----x-8--8r---||-
It's because of me
It's because of me


Verse2: 00:38

G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|---6--6---------6--6---|-
E|-6-8--8------6-8--8----|-8------------8--------|-
I heard him shout who is he, she mumbled low


G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|----------------------*||-
A|-6-8--8-------8---6----|----------------------*||-
E|-----------------------|-10r--8------6-8--8----||-
He said baby don't you lie to me no more

Part2: 00:49

G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|---6--6---------6--6---|-
E|-6-8--8------6-8--8----|-8------------8--------|-
And I'm listening thru these thin walls silently


G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|----------------------*||-
A|-6-8--8-------8---6r---|----------------------*||-
E|-----------------------|-10r--8------6-8--8----||-
As he called out my name, I was right next door


Pre-Chorus: 01:00

G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
E|--8---6r-----4-6--6r---|--6---8r-----x-8--8r---||-
It's because of me
It's because of me

G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
E|--8---6r-----4-6--6r---|--6---8r-----x-8--8r---||-
It's because of me
It's because of me


Chorus1: 01:11

G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-
She was right next door and I'm such a strong persuader


G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-
That she was just another notch on my guitar



G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-
She's gonna lose the man that really loves her


G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-
In the silence I can hear their breaking hearts

oh oooh ooh


Bridge: 01:34

G|--------|--------|-------------|--------|
D|--------|--------|-------------|--------|
A|-6~-----|-3~-----|-------------|--------|
E|--------|--------|-6~----4~----|-3~-----|


Instrumental(1): 01:44 (Play X2)

G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-


G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-

then.... play


G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|---------------6r------|---------------6-6-----||- x2
E|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8.--|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8---||-


Verse3: 02:17

G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|---6--6---------6--6---|-
E|-6-8--8------6-8--8----|-8------------8--------|-\
At daybreak I hear him back and say goodbye


G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|----------------------*||-
A|-6-8--8-------8---6----|----------------------*||-
E|-----------------------|-10r--8------6-8--8----||-
 I can hear him slam the door and walk away


Part2: 00:49

G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|---6--6---------6--6---|-
E|-6-8--8------6-8--8----|-8------------8--------|-
Right next door I hear that woman start to cry


G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|----------------------*||-
A|-6-8--8-------8---6r---|----------------------*||-
E|-----------------------|-10r--8------6-8--8----||-
I should go to her but what would I say


Pre-Chorus: 02:38

G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
E|--8---6r-----4-6--6r---|--6---8r-----x-8--8r---||-
It's because of me
It's because of me


G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
E|--8---6r-----4-6--6r---|--6---8r-----x-8--8r---||-
It's because of me
It's because of me


Chorus3: 02:50

G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-
She was right next door and I'm such a strong persuader


G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-
That she was just another notch on my guitar



G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-
She's gonna lose the man that really loves her


G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-
In the silence I can hear their breaking hearts


Chorus4: 03:12

G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-
oh, She was right next door and I'm such a strong persuader


G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-
That she was just another notch on my guitar



G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-
She's gonna lose the man that really loves her


G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-
In the silence I can hear their breaking hearts


Instrumental: 03:34 (Play X2) play chorus

G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-


G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-


Outro: 03:56 (repeat intro)

G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|---------------6r------|---------------6-6-----||-
E|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8.--|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8.--||-

G|-----------------------|-------------------5p--||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|---------------6r------|---------------6-6-----||-
E|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8.--|-6-8--8-6--8-8---------||-

G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|---------------6r------|---------------6-6-----||- repeat till fade out
E|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8.--|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8.--||-

End: 04:20



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

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