Long Train Runnin bass tab by The Doobie Brothers

Bass tabs

Doobie brothers
Long train runnin'
(Best of album)

Bass Tab

Tuning: EADG
Tempo: 120 bpm
Key signature: G

Intro:00:01
G|--------------------|-|
D|--- Guitar riff ----|-|
A|--------------------|-|
E|--------------------|-|

Bass: 00:06
G|-------------------------|-|
D|-7h875/3h53--------------|-|
A|-----------5\353---------|-|
E|----------------6-5--3r--|-|

G|-----------------|------------------|
D|------3g--3------|------3g--3-------|
A|--3h5------------|--3h5-------------|
E|------------6-3r-|------------6-3r--|

G|-----------------||------------------|-|
D|------3g--3------||------------------|-|
A|--3h5------------||-5-3-5-3----------|-|
E|------------6-3r-||---------6-5--3r--|-|

Verse1:00:17
G|-----------------|------------------|
D|------3g--3------|------3g--3-------|
A|--3h5------------|--3h5-------------|
E|------------6-3r-|------------6-3r--|
Down around the corner
A half a mile from here
G|-----------------|------------------|
D|------3g--3------|------3g--3-------|
A|--3h5------------|--3h5-------------|
E|------------6-3r-|------------6-3r--|
You see them old trains runnin'
And you watch them disappear

Chorus1:00:25
G|-------||------------------------------|
D|-----3-||------------------------------|
A|-3h5---||------------------------------|
E|-------||-6/8g--6-8--6/8g-8-8--8-6-3r--|
Without love
G|-----------------|------------------|
D|------3g--3------|------3g--3-------|
A|--3h5------------|--3h5-------------|
E|------------6-3r-|------------6-3r--|
Where would you be now
G|-------||-------------------------------|
D|-----3-||-5-----5-----5-----------------|
A|-3h5---||--/6g---/6g---/6g5--6g5--65----|
E|-------||---------------------------3r--|
Without love

Bridge1:00:38
G|-----------------|------------------|
D|------3g--3------|------3g--3-------|
A|--3h5------------|--3h5-------------|
E|------------6-3r-|------------6-3r--|

Verse2:00:41
G|-----------------|------------------|
D|------3g--3------|------3g--3-------|
A|--3h5------------|--3h5-------------|
E|------------6-3r-|------------6-3r--|
You know I saw Miss Lucy
Down along the tracks
G|-----------------|------------------|
D|------3g--3------|------3g--3-------|
A|--3h5------------|--3h5-------------|
E|------------6-3r-|------------6-3r--|
She lost her home and her family
And she won't be comin' back

Chorus2:00:50
G|-------||------------------------------|
D|-----3-||------------------------------|
A|-3h5---||------------------------------|
E|-------||-6/8g--6-8--6/8g-8-8--8-6-3r--|
Without love
G|-----------------|------------------|
D|------3g--3------|------3g--3-------|
A|--3h5------------|--3h5-------------|
E|------------6-3r-|------------6-3r--|
Where would you be now
G|-------||-------------------------------|
D|-----3-||-5-----5-----5-----------------|
A|-3h5---||--/6g---/6g---/6g5--6g5--65----|
E|-------||---------------------------3r--|
Without love

Bridge2:01:03
G|-------------------------|-|
D|-7h875/3h53--------------|-|
A|-----------5\353---------|-|
E|----------------6-5--3r--|-|

Break1:01:06 (Stabs + + + +)
G|----------------|----------------||-----------|
D|----------------|----------------||-----3g-3--|
A|----------------|----------------||-3h5-------|
E|-S6/3.---S6/3.--|-S6/3.---S6/3.--||-----------|
Well the Illinois Central
And the Southern Central Freight
Gotta keep on pushin' Mama
'Cause you know they're runnin' late

Chorus3:01:14
G|-------||------------------------------|
D|-----3-||------------------------------|
A|-3h5---||------------------------------|
E|-------||-6/8g--6-8--6/8g-8-8--8-6-3r--|
Without love
G|-----------------|------------------|
D|------3g--3------|------3g--3-------|
A|--3h5------------|--3h5-------------|
E|------------6-3r-|------------6-3r--|
Where would you be now - now, now, now
G|-------||-------------------------------|
D|-----3-||-5-----5-----5-----------------|
A|-3h5---||--/6g---/6g---/6g5--6g5--65----|
E|-------||---------------------------3r--|
Without love

Bridge3:01:27
G|-------------------------|-|
D|-7h875/3h53--------------|-|
A|-----------5\353---------|-|
E|----------------6-5--3r--|-|

SOLO Harmonica:01:30 (Scale G)
G|-----------------|------------------|
D|------3g--3------|------3g--3-------|
A|--3h5------------|--3h5-------------| X4
E|------------6-3r-|------------6-3r--|

G|-------||------------------------------|
D|-----3-||------------------------------|
A|-3h5---||------------------------------|
E|-------||-6/8g--6-8--6/8g-8-8--8-6-3r--|

G|-----------------|------------------|
D|------3g--3------|------3g--3-------|
A|--3h5------------|--3h5-------------|
E|------------6-3r-|------------6-3r--|

G|-------||-------------------------------|
D|-----3-||-5-----5-----5-----------------|
A|-3h5---||--/6g---/6g---/6g5--6g5--65----|
E|-------||---------------------------3r--|

G|----------------------|-|
D|-7h875/3h53-----------|-|
A|-----------5\353------|-|
E|----------------S6/3.-|-|

Break2:01:55 (Stabs + + + +)
G|----------------|-----------------|
D|----------------|-----------------|
A|----------------|-----------------|
E|-S6/3.---S6/3.--|-S6/3.---S6/3.---|
Well the Illinois Central
And the Southern Central Freight
Gotta keep on pushin' Mama
'Cause you know they're runnin' late

Chorus4:02:02
G|-------||------------------------------|
D|-----3-||------------------------------|
A|-3h5---||------------------------------|
E|-------||-6/8g--6-8--6/8g-8-8--8-6-3r--|
Without love
G|-----------------|------------------|
D|------3g--3------|------3g--3-------|
A|--3h5------------|--3h5-------------|
E|------------6-3r-|------------6-3r--|
Where would you be now right
G|-------||-------------------------------|
D|-----3-||-5-----5-----5-----------------|
A|-3h5---||--/6g---/6g---/6g5--6g5--65----|
E|-------||---------------------------3r--|
Without love

Bridge4:02:16
G|-----------------|------------------|
D|------3g--3------|------3g--3-------|
A|--3h5------------|--3h5-------------|
E|------------6-3r-|------------6-3.--|

Break3:02:19 (quick Stabs ++ ++ ++ ++)
G|----------------------------|----------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------|
E|-3-3-3--3-0-3--3-3-3--3-0-3-|-3-3-3--3-0-3--3-3-3--|
Where pistons keep on churnin'
And the wheels go 'round and 'round
And the steel rails are cold and hard
For the miles that they go down

Chorus5:02:02
G|-------||------------------------------|
D|-----3-||------------------------------|
A|-3h5---||------------------------------|
E|-------||-6/8g--6-8--6/8g-8-8--8-6-3r--|
Without love
G|-----------------|------------------|
D|------3g--3------|------3g--3-------|
A|--3h5------------|--3h5-------------|
E|------------6-3r-|------------6-3r--|
Where would you be now, now
G|-------||-------------+------+------+---|
D|-----3-||-5-----------------------------|
A|-3h5---||----6g~~-----5g~~---5g~~-------|
E|-------||---------------------------3r--|
Without... looooove

Pause:02:45
G|--------------------|-|
D|--- Guitar riff ----|-|
A|--------------------|-|
E|--------------------|-|


Reprise w/ bridge5:02:50
G|-------------------------|-|
D|-7h875/3h53--------------|-|
A|-----------5\353---------|-|
E|----------------6-5--3r--|-|

Outro:02:45
G|-----------------|------------------|
D|------3g--3------|------3g--3-------|
A|--3h5------------|--3h5-------------|
E|------------6-3r-|------------6-3r--|
We're gonna boogie down

G|-------------------------|-|
D|-7h875/3h53--------------|-|
A|-----------5\353---------|-|
E|----------------6-5--3r--|-|

G|-----------------|------------------|
D|------3g--3------|------3g--3-------|
A|--3h5------------|--3h5-------------|
E|------------6-3r-|------------6-3r--|
We're gonna boogie down (got to keep on movin')

G|-------------------------|-|
D|-7h875/3h53--------------|-|
A|-----------5\353---------|-| repeat til fading out...
E|----------------6-5--3r--|-|


End: 03:28


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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