Piano Man Bass Tab by Billy Joel

Piano Man bass tab by Billy Joel (Ver. 2)

Bass Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: C

Difficulty: Intermediate

PIANO MAN by Billy Joel, from the 1973 Album PIANO MAN

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

  Intro:
  Q=87
  6/8
  Gtr I
   W        W        Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.
G|--------|--------|-5----4----|-2----0----|-----------|------------|
D|--------|--------|-----------|-----------|-3----2----|-0----------|
A|--------|--------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
E|--------|--------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------3-----|

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   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     Q.   E E E   Q.   Q.
G|-5----4----|-2----0----|-----------|------5----|-5----------|------5----|
D|-----------|-----------|-3----5----|-----------|------3-2-0-|-----------|
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|-3---------|------------|-3---------|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|


               1st Verse:
   Q.   E E E    Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     Q.   E E E   Q  E Q  S S
G|-5----------||------4----|-2----0----|-----------|------------|---------------|
D|------3-2-0-||-----------|-----------|-3----2----|-0----------|---------------|
A|------------||-3---------|-----------|-----------|--------0-2-|-3--3-2--2-1---|
E|------------||-----------|-----------|-----------|------3-----|---------------|


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


                                             2nd Verse:
   Q.   Q.     Q  S S Q  S S   Q  S S Q  E    Q.   Q  +S  S   Q.   E E E
G|-----------|---------------|-------------||---------------|-------------|
D|-----------|-----------2-5-|-------------||---------------|----------2--|
A|-----------|-3--3-3-3------|-3--3-3-3--3-||-3----2--(2)-2-|-0------3----|
E|-1----3----|---------------|-------------||---------------|------3------|


   Q.   Q.     Q  E Q  E   Q.   Q.     Q  E E E E   Q  S S Q  E   Q  E Q  E
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|-------------|-------------||
D|-3----2----|------5----|-----------|----------2-|-3--3-3-5--5-|-------------||
A|-----------|-5--5------|-3----2----|-0--0---3---|-------------|-3--3-3--2---||
E|-----------|---------3-|-----------|------3-----|-------------|-------------||


 Interlude:
    E E E E E E   E E E E E E    E E E E E E
G|----9---0-9\--|---7-----5-4-|----9---0-9\--|
D|-/7-----------|-4-----3-----|-/7-----------|
A|--------------|-------------|--------------|
E|--------------|-------------|--------------|


   E E E E E E   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.
G|---7---------|-----------|-----------||
D|-4-----------|------3----|-2----0----||
A|-------------|-----------|-----------||
E|-------2-0-2-|-3---------|-----------||


 Chorus:
   Q.   Q.     Q.   E E E   Q.   Q  E   Q  E E E E   Q  E Q  E   Q  E Q  E
G|-----------|------------|-----------|------0-----|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|----------2-|-3----2--2-|-0--0-------|-----------|-----------|
A|-3----2----|-0------3---|-----------|----------2-|-3--3-2--2-|-0--0------|
E|-----------|------3-----|-----------|--------3---|-----------|------3--3-|


   Q.   Q  E   Q.   E S S E   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q  E   Q.   Q  E
G|-----------|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|--------------|-----------|-----------|-3----5--5-|
A|-----------|-3----3---0-2-|-3----2----|---------3-|-----------|
E|-1----3--3-|--------4-----|-----------|-5----3----|-----------|


                                                             3rd Verse:
   Q.   Q  +S  S   Q.   E E E   Q.   Q  +S  S   Q.   E E E    Q.   Q.
G|------5--(5)---|------------|------5--(5)---|------------||------------|
D|-------------5-|------3-2-0-|-------------5-|------3-2-0-||------------|
A|-3-------------|-3----------|-3-------------|-3----------||-3----2-----|
E|---------------|------------|---------------|------------||------------|


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


                                                 4th Verse:
   Q  +S  S Q.     Q  S S Q  S S   Q.   Q  S S    Q.   Q.     Q.   Q  S S
G|---------------|---------------|-------------||-----------|-------------|
D|-3--(3)-3-5----|-----------2-5-|-------------||-----------|-----------2-|
A|---------------|-3--3-3-3------|-3----3--3-3-||-3----2----|-0-------3---|
E|---------------|---------------|-------------||-----------|------3------|


   Q.   Q.     E E E E E E   Q.   Q  +S  S   Q.   Q  S S   Q  E Q  E
G|-----------|-------0-2-4-|---------------|-------------|------------|
D|-3----2----|-0-2-3-------|---------------|-----------2-|-3--3-5--5--|
A|-----------|-------------|-3----2--(2)-2-|-0-------3---|------------|
E|-----------|-------------|---------------|------3------|------------|


               Interlude:
   Q  E Q  E     E E E E E E   E E E E E E
G|-----------||----9---0-9\--|---7-----5-4-|
D|-----------||-/7-----------|-4-----3-----|
A|-3----3--2-||--------------|-------------|
E|-----------||--------------|-------------|


    E E E E E E   E E E E E E   Q.   Q.
G|----9---0-9\--|---7---------|-----------|
D|-/7-----------|-4-----------|------3----|
A|--------------|-------------|-----------|
E|--------------|-------2-0-2-|-3---------|


              5th Verse:
   Q.   Q  E    Q.   Q  +S  S   Q.   E E E   Q  +S  S Q.     Q.   Q  S S
G|-----------||---------------|------------|---------------|------0------|
D|-2----0----||---------------|----------2-|-3--(3)-3-2----|-0-----------|
A|-----------||-3----2--(2)-2-|-0------3---|---------------|-----------2-|
E|-----------||---------------|------3-----|---------------|---------3---|


   Q.   Q  +S  S   Q.   Q  E   Q  E Q  E   Q.   Q  E   Q.   Q  +S  S
G|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------|
D|---------------|-----------|-3--3-5--5-|-----------|----------------|
A|-3----2--(2)-2-|-0-------3-|-----------|-3----3----|-3----2--(2)-2--|
E|---------------|------3----|-----------|-----------|----------------|


                                                            6th Verse:
   Q  +S  S Q.     Q  +S  S Q  E   Q.   Q  S S   Q.   Q  E    Q.   Q.
G|---------------|---------------|-------------|-----------||-----------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------2-5-|-----------||-----------|
A|-0--(0)-0------|---------------|-3----3------|-3----3--3-||-3----2----|
E|----------3----|-1--(1)-1-3--3-|-------------|-----------||-----------|


   Q.   E E E   Q.   Q.     Q  E Q  S S   Q.   Q  +S  S   Q  +S  S Q.
G|------------|-----------|------0------|---------------|---------------|
D|----------2-|-3----2----|-0--0--------|---------------|---------------|
A|-0------3---|-----------|-----------0-|-3----2--(2)-2-|-0--(0)-0------|
E|------3-----|-----------|---------3---|---------------|----------3----|


                              Piano Solo:
   Q  +S  S Q  E   Q.   Q.      E E E E E E
G|---------------|-----------||---9---0-9---|
D|---------------|-----------||-7-----------|
A|---------------|-3----3----||-------------|
E|-1--(1)-1-3--3-|-----------||-------------|


   E Q   E  E E   E E E E E E   E Q   E  E E
G|---7-/10------|---9---0-9---|---7-/10--------|
D|-4-------10-9-|-7-----------|-4-------10-9---|
A|--------------|-------------|----------------|
E|--------------|-------------|----------------|


                                                    Chorus:
   E E E E E E   E Q  Q  E   Q.   Q.     Q  E Q  E    Q.   Q.     Q.   E E E
G|---9---0-9\--|---7-------|-----------|-----------||-----------|------------|
D|-7-----------|-4---------|-5----3----|-2----0----||-----------|----------2-|
A|-------------|------5--5-|-----------|-----------||-3----2----|-0------3---|
E|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------||-----------|------3-----|


   Q.   Q.     Q  S S Q.     Q.   Q.     Q.   E E E   Q.   Q  E   H    +E  E
G|-----------|-------------|-----------|------------|-----------|--------------|
D|-3----2----|-0--2-3-5----|-----------|----------2-|-3----5--5-|--------------|
A|-----------|-------------|-3----2----|-0------3---|-----------|-3----(3)-----|
E|-----------|-------------|-----------|------3-----|-----------|--------------|


   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     Q  +S  S Q.     Q.   Q  +S  S   Q.   E E E
G|-----------|-----------|---------------|------5--(5)---|-------------|
D|-----------|-----------|---------------|-------------5-|------3-2-0--|
A|-3----2----|-0---------|---------------|-3-------------|-3-----------|
E|-----------|------3----|-1--(1)-1-3----|---------------|-------------|


                                7th Verse:
   Q.   Q  +S  S   Q.   E E E    Q.   Q.     Q.   Q  S S   Q.   Q.
G|------5--(5)---|------------||------4----|-2----0--2-0-|------------|
D|-------------5-|------3-2-0-||-----------|-------------|-3----2-----|
A|-3-------------|-3----------||-3---------|-------------|------------|
E|---------------|------------||-----------|-------------|------------|


   E. S S S E E E   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     Q  +S  S Q.     Q  +S  S Q.
G|----------0-2-4-|-----------|-2---------|---------------|---------------|
D|-0--2-3-4-------|-----------|------5----|-3--(3)-3-5----|---------------|
A|----------------|-3----2----|-----------|---------------|-3--(3)-3-3----|
E|----------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|---------------|


                8th Verse:
   Q  S S Q  E    Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.     Q.   Q  E   Q.   Q.
G|-------------||------4----|-2----0----|-----------|------0--0-|------4-----|
D|-------------||-----------|-----------|-3----2----|-0---------|------------|
A|-3--3-3-3--3-||-3---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-3----------|
E|-------------||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|


   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q  E   H    +E  E
G|-2----0----|-----------|------------||
D|-----------|-3----5--5-|------------||
A|-----------|-----------|-3----(3)---||
E|-----------|-----------|------------||


 Interlude:
   E E E E E E   E E E E E E    E E E E E E
G|---9---0-9\--|---7-----5-4-|----9---0-9\--|
D|-7-----------|-4-----3-----|-/7-----------|
A|-------------|-------------|--------------|
E|-------------|-------------|--------------|


                                       Out-Chorus:
   E Q  E E E   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.      Q.   Q  +S  S   Q.   Q  S S
G|---7--------|-----------|-----------||---------------|--------------|
D|-4----0-2-4-|-5----3----|-2----0----||---------------|-----------2--|
A|------------|-----------|-----------||-3----2--(2)-2-|-0-------3----|
E|------------|-----------|-----------||---------------|------3-------|


   Q.   Q.     E. S S S E E E   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q  +S  S   Q.   Q  E
G|-----------|----------0-----|-----------|-2----0--(0)-0-|------------|
D|-3----2----|-0--2-3-4-------|-----------|---------------|-3----5--5--|
A|-----------|--------------0-|-3----2----|---------------|------------|
E|-----------|------------3---|-----------|---------------|------------|


   Q.   E S S S S   Q.   Q  +S  S   Q.   Q  S S   Q  E Q.     Q.   Q  +S  S
G|----------------|---------------|-------------|-----------|------5--(5)---|
D|----------------|---------------|-------------|-----------|-------------5-|
A|-3----3---0-1-2-|-3----2--(2)-2-|-0-----------|-----------|-3-------------|
E|--------3-------|---------------|------3--3-3-|-1--1-3----|---------------|


                               ritardando H.=H
   Q.   E E E   Q.   Q  +S  S   Q.   E E E   H.        +H.
G|------------|------5--(5)---|------------|---------|--------*|
D|------3-2-0-|-------------5-|------3-2-0-|---------|--------*|
A|-3----------|-3-------------|-3----------|-3-------|-(3)----*|
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).

|  (n)  -  note tied to previous
|  /\   -  slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
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