Bass tabs
Tuning: Standard (E A D G)
Key: Bm
Difficulty: Intermediate
A MATTER OF TRUST (Bassline)
As recorded by Billy Joel
(From the 1986 Album THE BRIDGE)
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Doug Stegmeyer - Bass'
Intro:
Q=115
4/4
Gtr I
W W W H E E E E
G|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
D|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
A|----------|----------|----------|-5----0-5---4-|
E|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
1st - 4th Verses:
Segno $
Segno Segno $$
H E Q E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E
G|-------------|--------------|--------------||----------------|
D|-------------|--------------|--------------||o---------------|
A|-2------2--4-|-5----0-5---4-|-2------2---4-||o-5----0-5---4--|
E|------2------|--------------|------2-------||----------------|
H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H a E a Q a E
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|
A|-2------2---4-|-5------5---4-|-2------2---2-|------2h4-2h4--2h4-|
E|------2-------|------5-------|------2-------|-2-----------------|
H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
A|--------------|--------------|--------2---4-|-5----0-5---4--|
E|-2----0-2---4-|-5----5-5---0-|-5----5-------|---------------|
H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E Q Q E E E E
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
A|-2------2---2-|-5----0-5---4-|-2------2---4-|----------------|
E|------2-------|--------------|------2-------|-2--2--5-5---5--|
Interlude:
1.
To Coda
To Double Coda
H E E E E H E a Q a E H E E E E H E E E E
G|--------------|------------------|--------------||--------------|
D|--------------|------------------|--------------||--------------|
A|--------------|------0-5h7--5h7--|-0----0-0-2-4-||-5----0-5---4-|
E|-2----0-2---4-|-5----------------|--------------||--------------|
H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E
G|--------------|--------------|---------------||
D|--------------|--------------|--------------o||
A|-2------2---4-|-5----0-5---4-|-2------2---4-o||
E|------2-------|--------------|------2--------||
Bridge:
2.
H E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|--------------||-------------------|
D|--------------||-------------------|
A|----------4---||-------------------|
E|-5----0-5---5-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---------------4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-----------------|
Guitar Solo:
Dal Segno al Coda Coda &
E E E E E E E E H E E E E H E E E E
G|------------------||--------------||---------------|
D|------------------||--------------||---------------|
A|------------------||--------2---4-||-5----0-5---4--|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5--||-5----5-------||---------------|
H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E Q E
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A|-2------2---2-|-5----0-5---4-|-2------2---2-|-----------4--|
E|------2-------|--------------|------2-------|-2----0-5-----|
Bridge:
H E E E E H E E E E H E E Q E E E E E E E E
G|--------------|--------------|-------------||------------------|
D|--------------|--------------|-------------||------------------|
A|------------0-|--------------|-------------||------------------|
E|-2----0-2-----|-5----0-5---0-|-5----0-5-5--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-0--|
Dal Segno Segno al Double Coda Double Coda &&
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||--------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||--------------||
A|---------------4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------||--------2---4-||
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5--||-5----5-------||
Outro:
H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E Q E
G||---------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
D||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------4----|
A||o-5----0-5---4-|-2------2---4-|-5----0-5---4-|-2---------4-|
E||---------------|------2-------|--------------|------2------|
H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------o||
A|-5----0-5---4-|-2------2---4-|-5----0-5---4-|-2------2---4--o||
E|--------------|------2-------|--------------|------2---------||
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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).
| (n) - note tied to previous
| h - hammer-on
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