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On The Border Bass Tab by Eagles

On The Border bass tab by Eagles

Bass Tab

  • Difficulty: Intermediate
Key: E

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Randy Meisner - Bass'

 Intro:

 Q=100
 4/4
 Gtr I
   W          W          Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
G|----------|----------|---------------|---------------|
D|----------|----------|-7-------------|-7-------------|
A|----------|----------|------7-(7)----|------7-(7)----|
E|----------|----------|---------------|---------------|

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   Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
A|-4----2-(2)----|-2----0-(0)----|-2----4-(4)----|-5----6-(6)----||
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||


 Verses 1 & 2:
     Q.   E +Q.   E   +Q.   Q  Q  E   Q.   E +Q.   E   +Q.   Q  Q  E
G||-----------------|-------5--7--9-|----------------|-------5--7--9-|
D||o------5-(5)---7-|-(7)-----------|------5-(5)---7-|-(7)-----------|
A||o-7--------------|---------------|-7--------------|---------------|
E||-----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|


   Q.   E +Q.   E   +Q.   Q  Q  E   Q.   E +H       E Q  Q  E E E
G|----------------|-------5--7--9-|---------------|----------------||
D|------5-(5)---7-|-(7)-----------|------5-(5)----|-7-5-----6-7-8--||
A|-7--------------|---------------|-7-------------|------7---------||
E|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||


 Chorus:
   H    E Q.     E Q  Q  E E E   H    E Q.     E Q  Q  E E E
G|-------------|---------------|-------------|----------------|
D|-9----9-9----|-7-7-----6-7-8-|-9----9-9----|-7-7-----6-7-8--|
A|-------------|------7--------|-------------|------7---------|
E|-------------|---------------|-------------|----------------|


   H    E Q.     E Q  Q  E E E   H    E Q.
G|-------------|---------------|-------------|
D|-9----9-9----|-7-7-----6-7-8-|-9----9-9----|
A|-------------|------7--------|-------------|
E|-------------|---------------|-------------|


  1.
  2/4      4/4
   E Q  E   +E  E E Q  E E E   +E  E E E +H
G|--------|------------------|-------------------||
D|-7-7----|------------------|------------------o||
A|------7-|-(7)-----7------7-|-(7)-----7-(7)----o||
E|--------|-----7-9----7-9---|-----7-9-----------||


                            Bridge:
  2.
  2/4      4/4
   E Q  E   +H     +Q.   E    q  q  E q  E   q  q  E q  E
G|--------|----------------||----9-------9-|----9-------9--|
D|-7-7----|--------------9-||---------9----|---------9-----|
A|------7-|-(7)----(7)-----||-7------------|-7-------------|
E|--------|----------------||--------------|---------------|


   q  q  E S  S E E   q  q  E q  E   q  q  E q  E   q  q  E S  S E E
G|----9---------9---|----9-------9-|----9-------9-|----9---------9----|
D|---------9-11---9-|---------9----|---------9----|---------9-11---9--|
A|-7----------------|-7------------|-7------------|-7-----------------|
E|------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|


   q  q  E q  E   q  q  E q  E   q  q  E q  E   q  q  E S  S E E
G|----9-------9-|----9-------9-|----9-------9-|----9---------9---|
D|---------9----|---------9----|---------9----|---------9-11---9-|
A|-7------------|-7------------|-7------------|-7----------------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|------------------|


   q  q  E  S  S  E E   E S S E Q  S S E E   q  q  E q  E   q  q  E S  S E E
G|----9----11-12-13---|---7-8-9------------|----9-------9-|----9---------9----|
D|--------------------|------------7-8-9-6-|---------9----|---------9-11---9--|
A|-7------------------|--------------------|-7------------|-7-----------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------|


                                      Chorus:
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    H    E Q.     E Q  Q  E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------||-------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------6-7-8-||-9----9-9----|-7-7-----6-7-8--|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-------||-------------|------7---------|
E|-----------------|-----------------||-------------|----------------|


   H    E Q.     E Q  Q  E E E   H    E Q.
G|-------------|---------------|-------------|
D|-9----9-9----|-7-7-----6-7-8-|-9----9-9----|
A|-------------|------7--------|-------------|
E|-------------|---------------|-------------|


                                                 Outro:
  2/4      4/4
   E Q  E   +E  E E Q  E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E    q  q  E q  E
G|--------|------------------|------------------||----9-------9--|
D|-7-7----|------------------|------------------||---------9-----|
A|------7-|-(7)-----7------7-|-(7)-----7--4-5-6-||-7-------------|
E|--------|-----7-9----7-9---|-----7-9----------||---------------|


   q  q  E S  S E E   q  q  E q  E   q  q  E q  E   q  q  E S  S E E
G|----9---------9---|----9-------9-|----9-------9-|----9---------9----|
D|---------9-11---9-|---------9----|---------9----|---------9-11---9--|
A|-7----------------|-7------------|-7------------|-7-----------------|
E|------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|


     E E E Q  E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   +E  E E Q  E E E  8x
G||-----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------||
D||o-------5------7-|-(7)---4-7--------|-------5------7-|-(7)---4-7--------o||
A||o-7---4----5-7---|-----7------4-5-6-|-7---4----5-7---|-----7------4-5-6-o||
E||----7------------|------------------|---7------------|-------------------||


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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).

|  +()   -  note tied to previous
|   |    -  bar
|   ||   -  double bar
|  ||o   -  repeat start
|  o||   -  repeat end
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