Bass tabs
SATURDAY NIGHT (Bassline)
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Randy Meisner - Bass'
Intro
Q=104(8=s8)
3/4
Gtr I
H +E E H +E E H +E E H +E E
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-/7----(7)---|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|-3----(3)-3-|-0----(0)-0-|-5----(5)-5-|-----------5-|
H +E E H +E E H. H.
|------------|------------|---------|-------||
|------------|------------|---------|-------||
|-5----(5)-5-|-5----(5)---|---------|-5-----||
|------------|----------3-|-3-------|-------||
1st Verse
H. H. H. H +E E
|---------|---------|---------|-------------|
|---------|---------|---------|-/7----(7)---|
|---------|---------|---------|-------------|
|-3-------|-0-------|-5-------|-----------5-|
H +E E H. H. Q Q Q
|------------|---------|---------|----------|
|------------|---------|---------|----------|
|-5----(5)-5-|-5-------|-3-------|-5--2--0--|
|------------|---------|---------|----------|
H. H. H. H.
|---------|---------|---------|--------|
|---------|---------|---------|-/7-----|
|---------|---------|---------|--------|
|-3-------|-0-------|-5-------|--------|
H +E E H. H. H +E E
|------------|---------|---------|------------||
|------------|---------|---------|------------||
|-5----(5)-5-|-5-------|---------|------------||
|------------|---------|-3-------|-3----(3)-3-||
Chorus
$
H. H +E E H. H +E E
|---------|------------|---------|------------|
|---------|------------|---------|------------|
|---------|------------|-3-------|------------|
|-5-------|-3----(3)-3-|---------|-3----(3)-3-|
H. H +E E H +E E H +E E
|---------|------------|------------|------------|
|---------|------------|------------|------------|
|---------|------------|------------|-5----(5)-5-|
|-5-------|-3----(3)-3-|-3----(3)-3-|------------|
~~~
H. H. H +E E H +E E
|-/7-------|---------|------------|------------|
|----------|---------|------------|------------|
|----------|---------|------------|-3----(3)-3-|
|----------|-5-------|-3----(3)-3-|------------|
To Coda
H +E E H +E E H +E E H.
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|-3----(3)-3-|------------|-5------|
|-3----(3)-3-|------------|-3----(3)-3-|--------|
2nd Verse
H. H +E E H. H.
|---------|------------||---------|-------|
|---------|------------||---------|-------|
|---------|------------||---------|-------|
|-3-------|-3----(3)-3-||-3-------|-0-----|
H +E E H +E E H +E E H.
|------------|------------|------------|-------|
|------------|------------|------------|-------|
|------------|------------|-5----(5)-5-|-5-----|
|-5----(5)-5-|-5----(5)-5-|------------|-------|
H. Q Q Q H +E E H.
|---------|----------|------------|-------|
|---------|----------|------------|-------|
|-3-------|-5--2--0--|------------|-------|
|---------|----------|-3----(3)-3-|-0-----|
H. H +E E H +E E H.
|---------|------------|------------|-------|
|---------|------------|------------|-------|
|---------|------------|-5----(5)-5-|-5-----|
|-5-------|-5----(5)-3-|------------|-------|
Bridge
H. Q Q Q H +E E H +E E
|---------|----------||------------|------------|
|---------|----------||------------|------------|
|---------|----0--2--||-3----(3)-3-|-3----(3)-3-|
|-3-------|-3--------||------------|------------|
H. Q Q Q H +E E H +E E
|---------|----------|------------|------------|
|---------|----------|------------|------------|
|---------|----0--2--|-3----(3)-3-|-3----(3)-3-|
|-3-------|-3--------|------------|------------|
H. Q Q Q H +E E H.
|---------|----------|------------|-------|
|---------|----------|------------|-------|
|---------|----0--2--|-3----(3)-3-|-3-----|
|-3-------|-3--------|------------|-------|
Q Q Q H. W W
|----------|---------|--------|------|
|----------|---------|--------|------|
|----------|---------|--------|------|
|-3--2--0--|-0-------|--------|------|
W W W W
|--------|--------|--------|------||
|--------|--------|--------|------||
|--------|--------|--------|------||
|--------|--------|--------|------||
Interlude
Q Q Q H. Q Q Q H. Q Q Q
|----------|---------|----------|---------|-----------|
|----------|---------|----------|---------|-----------|
|-7--5-----|---------|-7--5-----|---------|-7--5------|
|-------8--|-0-------|-------8--|-0-------|-------8---|
D.S. al Coda
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
|----------|----------|----------|-------------||
|----------|----------|----------|-------------||
|-------2--|-3--4--5--|-5--4--3--|-5--3--2-----||
|-0--2-----|----------|----------|---------3---||
H.=H
&
H +E E H +E E H +E E H +E E
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|-4----(4)-4-|-5----(5)-5-|
|-0----(0)-0-|-0----(0)-0-|------------|------------|
H +E E H E E H. +H.
|------------|----------|---------|--------*|
|------------|----------|---------|--------*|
|-5----(5)-5-|------3-3-|---------|--------*|
|------------|-3--------|-3-------|-(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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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
