A Matter Of Trust bass tab by Billy Joel

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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