Brown Eyed Blues bass tab by Ben Harper

Bass tabs

Brown Eyed Blues
by Ben Harper (with Juan Nelson on the bass) on the album Diamonds On
The Inside
Tab By Mosquito_Grinch

Great funky bass line with a nice solo. God bless Juan Nelson ! :-)

Intro :

G---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D---7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------|
A---------7-5---|--------7-5---|--------7-5---|--------7-5---|
E-5-----------7-|-5----------7-|-5----------7-|-5----------7-|

Verse :

I say, if I knew...     ...here
G---------------|--------------|--7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------|
D---7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------|--------7-5---|--------7-5---|
A---------7-5---|--------7-5---|-5----------7-|-5----------7-|
E-5-----------7-|-5----------7-|--------------|--------------|

Would mean ...  alone     tomorrow
G---5-3-5-------|--7-5-7-------|---------------|--------------|
D---------5-3---|--------7-5---|---7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------|
A--3----------5-|-5----------7-|---------7-5---|--------7-5---|
E---------------|--------------|-5-----------7-|-5----------7-|

I...            all of my
G---------------|--------------|--7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------|
D---7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------|--------7-5---|--------7-5---|
A---------7-5---|--------7-5---|-5----------7-|-5----------7-|
E-5-----------7-|-5----------7-|--------------|--------------|

For a moment   with      you
G---5-3-5-------|--7-5-7-------|---------------|--------------|
D---------5-3---|--------7-5---|---7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------|
A--3----------5-|-5----------7-|---------7-5---|--------7-5---|
E---------------|--------------|-5-----------7-|-5----------7-|

Chorus :

Brown      Eyed      Blues
G---------------|---------------|---7-5-7-------|-------------|
D---7-5-7-------|---5-3-5-------|---------7-5---|--7-5-7------|
A---------7-5---|---------5-3---|-5-----------7-|--------7-5--|-
E-5-----------7-|-3-----------5-|---------------|-5---------7-|

You can find..  another     fool
G---------------|---------------|---7-5-7-------|-------------|
D---7-5-7-------|---5-3-5-------|---------7-5---|--7-5-7------|
A---------7-5---|---------5-3---|-5-----------7-|--------7-5--|-
E-5-----------7-|-3-----------5-|---------------|-5---------7-|

Say yeah,    yeah,      yeah
G---5-3-5-------|---7-5-7-------|---------------|-------------|
D---------5-3---|---------7-5---|---7-5-7-------|-don't play--|
A-3-----------5-|-5-----------7-|---------7-5---|-only guitar-|
E---------------|---------------|-5-----------7-|-------------|

Verse 2 (same as verse 1)

Chorus 2 (same as chorus 1)

Bass Solo (with enveloppe filter pedal)
                (not sure for this bar)
G-----------------|------------9p7-|-----------------|-9p7------------|
D-----999-888-777-|-----7-7-7------|-----999-888-777-|----9p7-7p5-----|
A-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------7p5--|
E-5-7-------------|5-7-x-x-x--x---x|5-7--------------|--------------7-|
            TPTPTP TP T           P P  T T T

G-----------------|------------9p7-|-------------------------|
D-----999-888-777-|-----7-7-7------|------7-7-7--x-x-x-x-x-x-|
A-----------------|----------------|-------------------------|
E-5-7-------------|5-7-x-x-x--x---x|5-7-x-x-x---0-1-2-3-4-5--|
            TPTPTP TP T   TPTPTP TPTPTPTPTPTP

G--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
D--------999-888-777-|--------999-888-777-|-----999-888-777-|
A--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
E-55-5-7-------------|-55-5-7-------------|-5-7-------------|

G----------------------------|--------------------------|
D---------8--9--10--11--12---|--------------------------|
A----------------------------|-only guitar during 4 bar-|
E-55-5--x--x---x---x---x-----|--------------------------|
    T PT P TP TP TP

Bridge (enveloppe filter pedal on):

G-------7h9p7-|--------------|-------9-7-9p7-|-------7-9p7-|
D-------------|-------9--7h9-|---------------|-------------|
A-------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
E-----x-------|-5-6-7--------|-5-6-7---------|-5-6-7-------|
   T P              P P P      P P

G-------------|
D--------9--8-|
A-------------|
E-5-6-7-------|

Verse 3 (same as verse 1 and 2)

Chorus (same as chorus 1 and 2 except the "Say yeah, yeah, yeah" part,
which is repeat three time.

Outro (enveloppe filter on) :

G---------------|---------5h7p5-|------------|---------x-7p5--|
D---------5-7p5-|-------x-------|------------|----------------|
A-------x-------|---------------|------------|-------x--------|
E-3-4-5---------|-3-4-5---------|-3-4-5------|-3-4-5----------|
    T P P      T P             T P P

G------------|-----------|---------------|
D------------|-----------|---------5-7p5-|
A------------|-----------|-------x-------|
E-3-4-5------|-3-4-5-----|-3-4-5---------|
                 T P P

Keep this groove (3-4-5 on the E string at each bar start) and
alternate
the differents variations until the end of the song.

other variations :
G--------7------5h7-|-------75--75--75---|-------7-5-----|------------|
D----------5h6h7----|---------75--75--75-|-----------7-5-|------------|
A-------------------|--------------------|---------------|------------|
E-3-4-5-------------|-3-4-5--------------|-3-4-5---------|-33-44-55---|
     P P  P      [very fast]     P

     [ very fast ]
G-------975--975--975---|
D----------75---75---75-|
A-----------------------|
E-3-4-5-----------------|


Enjoy!

It may be some mistakes in the solo or the outro, so for any suggestion
or correction mail me to [email protected]