The Little Drummer Boy bass tab by The Jackson 5

Bass tabs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Wilton Felder - Bass'

 Intro:
 Q=74
 4/4
 Gtr I
 Wx4
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|--------|
E|--------|

 Verse 1:
    |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|     |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|
   e S S S e S S S e S S S e e  e S S S e S S S e S S S e e
G||------------------------------|------------------------------||
D||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
A||o-5-0-3-4-5-0-3-4-5-0-3-4-5-5-|-5-0-3-4-5-0-3-4-5-0-3-4-5-5-o||
E||------------------------------|------------------------------||


   |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|     |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|
  e S S S e S S S e S S S e e  e S S S e S S S e S S S e e
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-7---5-6-7---5-6-7---5-6-7-7-|-7---5-6-7---5-6-7---5-6-7-7-|
A|---7-------7-------7---------|---7-------7-------7---------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


   |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|
  e S S S e S S S e S S S e e
G|-------------------------------|
D|-7---5-6-7---5-6-7---5-6-7-7---|
A|---7-------7-------7-----------|
E|-------------------------------|


   |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|     |-3-|    |-3-|
  e S S S e S S S e S S S e e  e S S S e e e S S S e e
G|-----------------------------|-------------------------||
D|-5---3-4-5---3-4-5-----------|-----4-5-7-7-7---5-6-7-7-||
A|---5-------5-------2-3-4-5-5-|-5-5-----------7---------||
E|-----------------------------|-------------------------||


 Bridge:
   |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|
  e S S S e S S S e S S S e e
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-5-0-3-4-5-0-3-4-5-0-3-4-5-5-|
E|-----------------------------|

   |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|      |-3-|  |-3-|
  e S S S e S S S e S S S e e  Q E S S S E S S S e e
G|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|-7-----------------------|
A|-5-0-3-4-5-0-3-4-5-0-3-4-5-5-|----5-0-3-4-5-0-3-4-5-5--|
E|-----------------------------|-------------------------|


   |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|
  e S S S e S S S e S S S e E
G|-----------------------------||
D|-----------------------------||
A|-5-0-3-4-5-0-3-4-5-0-3-4-5-2-||
E|-----------------------------||


 Verse 2:
   |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|     |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|
  e S S S e S S S e S S S e e  e S S S e S S S e S S S e e
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-1-2-2-|-2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-1-2-2-|
A|---2-------2-------2---------|---2-------2-------2---------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


   |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|     |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|
  e S S S e S S S e S S S e e  e S S S e S S S e S S S e E
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-1-2-2-|-2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-1-2---|
A|---2-------2-------2---------|---2-------2-------2---------|
E|-----------------------------|---------------------------2-|


   |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|
  e S S S e S S S e S S S e e
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-1-2-2--|
E|---2-------2-------2----------|


   |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|
  e S S S e S S S e S S S e e
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-1-2-2-|
E|---2-------2-------2---------|


   |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|     |-3-|    |-3-|
  e S S S e S S S e S S S e E  e S S S e e e S S S E E
G|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-1-2---|---------------4-5-6-7---|
E|---2-------2-------2-------0-|-5-0-3-4-5-5-5---------0-|


              Bridge:
   |-3-|    |-3-|     |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|
  e S S S e e e S S S e e  e S S S e S S S e S S S e e
G|-------------------------||-----------------------------|
D|-2-----------------------||-2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-1-2-2-|
A|-----0-1-2-2-2---0-1-2-2-||---2-------2-------2---------|
E|---2-----------2---------||-----------------------------|


   |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|
  e S S S e S S S e S S S e e
G|-----------------------------|
D|-2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-1-2-2-|
A|---2-------2-------2---------|
E|-----------------------------|


    |-3-|  |-3-|     |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|
  Q e S S S e S S S e e  e S S S e S S S e S S S e e
G|------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-4--2---0-1-2---0-1-2-2-|-2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-1-2-2-|
A|------2-------2---------|---2-------2-------2---------|
E|------------------------|-----------------------------|


   |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|
  e S S S e S S S e S S S e e
G|-----------------------------||
D|-3---1-2-3---1-2-3---1-2-3-3-||
A|---3-------3-------3---------||
E|-----------------------------||


 Verse 3:
    |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|     |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|
   e S S S e S S S e S S S e e  e S S S e S S S e S S S e e
G||------------------------------|------------------------------||
D||o-3---1-2-3---1-2-3---1-2-3-3-|-3---1-2-3---1-2-3---1-2-3-3-o||
A||o---3-------3-------3---------|---3-------3-------3---------o||
E||------------------------------|------------------------------||


   |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|
  e S S S e S S S e S S S e e
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-3---1-2-3---1-2-3---1-2-3-3-|
E|---3-------3-------3---------|


   |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|     |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|
  e S S S e S S S e S S S e e  e S S S e S S S e S S S E E
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|-------------------------3---|
A|-3---1-2-3---1-2-3---1-2-3-3-|-3---1-2-3---1-2-3---1-2-----|
E|---3-------3-------3---------|---3-------3-------3-------1-|


   |-3-|    |-3-|     |-3-|    |-3-|
  e S S S e e e S S S e e  e S S S e e e S S S e e
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|---------------0-1-2-3-3-|-3-----------------------|
A|-1-----0-1-1-1-----------|-----1-2-3-3-3---1-2-3-3-|
E|---1-4-------------------|---3-----------3---------|


   |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|
  e S S S e S S S e S S S e e
G|------------------------------||
D|-3---1-2-3---1-2-3---1-2-3-3--||
A|---3-------3-------3----------||
E|------------------------------||


 Bridge:
   |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|
  e S S S e S S S e S S S e e
G|-----------------------------|
D|-3---1-2-3---1-2-3---1-2-3-3-|
A|---3-------3-------3---------|
E|-----------------------------|


   |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|        |-3-|
  e S S S e S S S e S S S e e  Q Q e S S S e e
G|-----------------------------|--------------------|
D|-3---1-2-3---1-2-3---1-2-3-3-|----3--3---1-2-3-3--|
A|---3-------3-------3---------|-3-------3----------|
E|-----------------------------|--------------------|


                Outro:
   |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|      |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-|
  e S S S e S S S e S S S e e   e S S S e S S S e S S S e e 9x
G|-----------------------------||-------------------------------||
D|-3---1-2-3---1-2-3---1-2-3-3-||o-3---1-2-3---1-2-3---1-2-3-3-o||
A|---3-------3-------3---------||o---3-------3-------3---------o||
E|-----------------------------||-------------------------------||

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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).

| |-3-| - triplet
|  s  - legato slide
|  |  - bar
|  ||  - double bar
| ||o  - repeat start
| o||  - repeat end
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The Little Drummer Boy bass tab

THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY, as recorded by The Jackson 5. From the 1970 Album CHRISTMAS ALBUM. Words and Music by K.K. Davis, Henry Onorati & Harry Simeone, arranged by Jackson 5.