Bass tabs
SAIL AWAY (Bassline)
As recorded by Deep Purple
(From the 1974 Album BURN)
Words and Music by Ritchie Blackmore & David Coverdale
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Glenn Hughes - Bass'
Intro
Q=100
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4
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E E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E Q
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E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E Q
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1st & 2nd Verses
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E Q
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E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E Q
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E E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E Q
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E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E Q
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E E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E Q
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E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E Q
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E E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E Q
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E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E Q
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|---2---2---2-----0h2-|---2---2---------||
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Pre-Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E. S S S E Q
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|-------4---------|--------0---------|-----------------|--------0---0------||
|-2-2-2---0-0-0---|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------3-----|-----------------|--------------3----||
Chorus
$
S S E E S S E E Q E E E S S S S E E E S S E E S S E E Q
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|--------------------|---2---2---0-0-------|---------------------|
|-0-0-----0-2-3------|---------2-----2-----|-0-0-----0-2-3-------|
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E E E S S S S E E E S S E E S S E E Q E E E S S S S E E E
|-----0---------------|---------12-13-14------|-----0----------------|
|---2---2---0-0-------|-----------------------|---2---2---0-0--------|
|---------2-----2-----|-0-0-------------------|---------2-----2------|
|-0---------------0---|-----------------------|-0---------------0----|
To Coda
Q S S E Q S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E
|----0--------2------|-----4-4-----4-4-|-----4-4-----4-4-|-----4-4-----4-----|
|------0--------2----|-----------------|-----------------|---------------4---|
|----------0------0--|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----2-|
|-3------3-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
Interlude
1.
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E S S S S
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E E E E S S E Q E E E E E E S S S S
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2.
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E Q
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|---2---2--------o||---2---2---2-----0h2-|---2---2-----0----|
|---------2-0----o||-------------0h2-----|---------0-2------|
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E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E Q
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E E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E Q
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Guitar Solo
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q E E E. S S S E E E
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|-------------0h2-----|---------2-0----||-2-----0-----|------------------0--|
|-0-------0-----------|-0-----------3--||-------------|--------------3-3----|
Interlude
Q S S E E E S S E E E E. S S S E Q S S E E S S E E Q
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|-2------2-0-0-----0-|-------------------||-0-0-----0-2-3------|
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E E E S S S S E E E S S E E S S E E Q E E E S S S S E E E
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S S E E S S E E Q E E E S S S S E E E Q S S E Q S S E
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|-0-0-----0-2-3------|---------2-----2-----|----------0------0--|
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D.S. al Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E Q
|-----4-4-----4-4-|-----4-4-----4-4-|-----4-4-----4-----|-----4-4-----4--||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------4---|----------------||
|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----2-|-2-2-----2-2----||
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&
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E
|-----4-4-----4-4-|-----4-4-----4-4-|-----4-4-------2-2-|
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|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----0-0-0-----|
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Outro
S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E Q
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|-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-||-0-------0-----------|-0-------------3--|
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E Q
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E E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E Q 4x
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E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E Q E E E E E E S S S S
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E E E E S S E Q E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E Q
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|---------0h2------|-------------0h2-----|---------2-0----*|
|-0-------------3--|-0-------0-----------|-0-----------3--*|
Duration 🏷Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
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. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature 🏷Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
If you're driftin' on an empty ocean
With no wind to fill your sail,
The future, your horizon,
It's like searchin' for the Holy Grail.
You feel there's no tomorrow
As you look into the water below.
It's only your reflection
And you still ain't got no place to go.
Time will show,
When, I don't know.
Sail away tomorrow,
Sailin' far away.
To find it steal or borrow.
I'll be there someday yea-yea-yeah yea-ye-yeah.
Oh, woman, I keep returnin
To sing the same old song.
The story's been told, now I'm gettin' old.
Tell me, where do I belong?
Feel like I'm goin' to surrender,
Nard times I've had enough.
If I could find a place to hide my face,
I believe, I could get back up.
Time will show,
When, I don't know.
Sail away tomorrow,
Sailin' far away.
To find it steal or borrow.
But I'll be there someday yea-yea-yeah yea-yea-yea-yeah.
Sail away tomorrow,
Sailin' far away.
To find it steal or borrow.
But I'll be there someday yea-yea-yeah yea-yea-yea-yeah.
Sail away tomorrow,
Sailin' far away.
To find it steal or borrow.
