Long Train Runnin Bass Tab by The Doobie Brothers

Long Train Runnin bass tab by The Doobie Brothers

Bass Tab

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|--------------------|-|

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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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