Bass tabs
Tuning: Standard (E A D G)
Key: A
Difficulty: Intermediate
IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING (Bassline)
As recorded by Delaney & Bonnie
(From the 1969 Album HOME)
Gtr I (E A D G) - ’Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass’
Intro:
Q=110
4/4
Gtr I
H Q S S S S H. S S S S E E +H S S S S
G|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
D|-------------7---|-7-----------7---|----------------7----|
A|---------7-9---9-|---------7-9---9-|-0-0-(0)----7-9---9--|
E|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
1st & 2nd Verses:
H. S S S S E E +H S S S S H. S S S S
G|-----------------|--------------------||------------------|
D|-7-----------7---|----------------7---||o-7-----------7---|
A|---------7-9---9-|-0-0-(0)----7-9---9-||o---------7-9---9-|
E|-----------------|--------------------||------------------|
H. S S S S H. S S S S H. S S S S
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-7---------------|-------------7---|-7-----------7---|
A|-------------7---|-7-------7-9---9-|---------7-9---9-|
E|---------7-9---9-|-----------------|-----------------|
H. S S S S H. S S S S H. S S S S
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-7-----------7---|-7---------------|-------------7---|
A|---------7-9---9-|-------------7---|-7-------7-9---9-|
E|-----------------|---------7-9---9-|-----------------|
Chorus:
H. S S S S Q +E E +E S S E E Q +E E +E S S E E
G|-----------------||--------/11-(11)-9----9-11\-|------------------------|
D|-7-----------7---||-7--(7)------------11-------|--------/9-(9)-7---7-9--|
A|---------7-9---9-||----------------------------|-5--(5)----------9------|
E|-----------------||----------------------------|------------------------|
Q +E E +E S S E E
G|--------/11-(11)-9----9-11\-|
D|-7--(7)------------11-------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
Q +E E +E S S E E Q +E E +E S S E E
G|-----------------------|--------/11-(11)-9----9-11\-|
D|--------/9-(9)-7---7-9-|-7--(7)------------11-------|
A|-5--(5)----------9-----|----------------------------|
E|-----------------------|----------------------------|
1.
Q +E E +E S S E E Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q S S S S
G|-----------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------||
D|--------/9-(9)-7---7-9-|--------------|-7--7--7-7-7--|-7--7--7------7---o||
A|-5--(5)----------9-----|-9--9--5-5-5--|--------------|----------7-9---9-o||
E|-----------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------||
Instrumental Break:
2.
Q Q E E E E Q E. S S E S Q Q E. S S E. E E
G|---------------||------------------|------------------|
D|---------7-6-5-||-4--4----4-4---4--|--------------2-3-|
A|---------------||-------4-----4----|-5--5----5-5------|
E|-5--5--5-------||------------------|-------5----------|
Q E. S S E S Q Q E. S S E. E E Q E. S S E S Q Q E. S S E S Q
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|-4--4----4-4---4--|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|-------4-----4----|-5--5----5-5--4-3-|-2--2----2-2-0-2--|-2--2----2-2-0-2--|
E|------------------|-------5----------|-------2----------|-------2----------|
Bridge:
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q E. S S E S E E Q E. S S E S E E
G|---------------|---------------||-------------------|--------------------|
D|---------------|---------------||-------------------|--------------------|
A|---------------|---------------||-4--4----4-4-4-4-3-|-2--2----2-2-2-2-3--|
E|-0-0-0--0-0-0--|-0-0-0--0-0-0--||-------4-----------|-------2------------|
Q E. S S E S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q S S S S
G|------------------|-------------|------------------||
D|------------------|-------------|--------------7---||
A|-4--4----4-4-4-4--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7-9---9-||
E|-------4----------|-------------|------------------||
Out-Chorus:
Q +E E +E S S E E Q +E E +E S S E E Q +E E +S S E E E
G|--------/11-(11)-9----9-11\-|-----------------------|--------6-(6)-6-6-7-9\-|
D|-7--(7)------------11-------|--------/9-(9)-7---7-9-|-7--(7)----------------|
A|----------------------------|-5--(5)----------9-----|-----------------------|
E|----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Q +E E +E S S E E Q +E E +E S S E E Q +E E +E S S E E
G|-----------------------|--------/11-(11)-9----9-11\-|-----------------------|
D|--------/9-(9)-7---7-9-|-7--(7)------------11-------|--------/9-(9)-7---7-9-|
A|-5--(5)----------9-----|----------------------------|-5--(5)----------9-----|
E|-----------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
Q +E E +S S E E E Q +E E +E S S E E Q +E E +E S S E E
G|--------6-(6)-6-6-7-9\-|-----------------------|--------/11-(11)-9----9-11\-|
D|-7--(7)----------------|--------/9-(9)-7---7-9-|-7--(7)------------11-------|
A|-----------------------|-5--(5)----------9-----|----------------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
Q +E E +S S E E E Q +E E +E S S E E Q +E E +E S S E E
G|----------------------|--------/11-(11)-9----9-11\-|-----------------------*|
D|--------4-(4)-4-4-5-6-|-7--(7)------------11-------|--------/9-(9)-7---7-9-*|
A|-5--(5)---------------|----------------------------|-5--(5)----------9-----*|
E|----------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------*|
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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).
| (n) - note tied to previous
| /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
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