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Don't Stop Believin Bass Tab by Journey

Don't Stop Believin bass tab by Journey

Bass Tab 

DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' (Bassline)
                             As recorded by Journey
                          (From the 1981 Album ESCAPE)

Words and Music by Steve Perry, Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain
Arranged by Journey
Transcribed by Derek Line

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Piano 2 (left-hand piano part arr. for gtr.)'
Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 4 (elec. w/dist.)'

 Intro
  Moderately Q=120
  E5           B5                 C#m7               A                  E5
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    +E  E E E   +H     +E  E E E   +H     +E  E E E   +H     +E  E E E
|----------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|--------------1---|------------1-2---|------------1-2----|
|--------------2-|-(2)----(2)-4---4-|-(4)----(4)-----0-|-(0)----(0)--------|
|-0----(0)-2-4---|------------------|------------------|----------------0--|
|
| Gtr II
| H    +E  E E E   +H     +E  E E E   +H     +E  E E E   +H     +E  E E E
|----------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|--------------2-|-(2)----(2)-4-6-4-|-(4)----(4)-6-7-0-|-(0)----(0)-6-7----|
|-0----(0)-2-4---|------------------|------------------|----------------0--|


                 B5                 G#m                A
  +H     +E  E E E   +H     +E  E E E   +H     +Q.     E   +H     E E Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------||
|------------------|--------------1---|------------------|----------1-2--||
|----------------2-|-(2)----(2)-4-----|------------------|---------------||
|-(0)----(0)-2-4---|----------------4-|-(4)----(4)-----5-|-(5)-----------||
|
| +H     +E  E E E   +H     +E  E E E   +H     +E  E E E   +H     E E Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------6-----|---------------||
|----------------2-|-(2)----(2)-4-6---|----------------0-|-(0)------6-7--||
|-(0)----(0)-2-4---|----------------4-|-(4)----(4)---4---|---------------||


   1st Verse
    E5        B5                    C#m7         A
    H.      E E   +H     +E  E Q    H    +E  E E E   +H     +E  E Q
||--------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
||o-------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
||--------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
||--------------|--------------1--|----------1-2---|------------1-2---|
||o-----------2-|-(2)----(2)-4----|-4----(4)-----0-|-(0)----(0)-------|
||--0-------4---|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|
|   H.      E E   +H      E  E Q    H    +E  E E E   +H     +E  E Q
||--------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
||o-------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
||o-----------2-|-(2)--------4-6--|-4----(4)-6-7-0-|-(0)----(0)-6-7---|
||--0-------4---|-----------------|----------------|------------------|


  E5        B5                    G#m          A
  H.      E E   +H     +E  E Q    H    +Q.     E   +H     E E Q
|-------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------o||
|-------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-------------|--------------1--|----------------|----------1-2---||
|-----------2-|-(2)----(2)-4----|----------------|---------------o||
|-0-------4---|-----------------|-4----(4)-----5-|-(5)------------||
|
| H.      E E    H      E  E Q    H    +E  E E E   +H     E E Q
|-------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-------------|-----------------|----------6-----|---------------o||
|-----------2-|--2---------4-6--|--------------0-|-(0)------6-7--o||
|-0-------4---|-----------------|-4----(4)---4---|----------------||


  E5           B5                 C#m7               A                  E5
  H    +E  E E E   +H     +E  E E E   +H     +E  E E E   +H     +E  E E E
|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----------------|--------------1---|------------1-2---|------------1-2---|
|--------------2-|-(2)----(2)-4---4-|-(4)----(4)-----0-|-(0)----(0)-------|
|-0----(0)-2-4---|------------------|------------------|----------------0-|
|
| H    +E  E E E   +H     +E  E E E   +H     +E  E E E   +H     +E  E E E
|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--------------2-|-(2)----(2)-4-6-4-|-(4)----(4)-6-7-0-|-(0)----(0)-6-7---|
|-0----(0)-2-4---|------------------|------------------|----------------0-|


                 B5                 G#m                A
  +H     +E  E E E   +H     +E  E E E   +H     +Q.     E   +H.        E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|------------------|--------------1---|------------------|----------------||
|----------------2-|-(2)----(2)-4-----|------------------|----------------||
|-(0)----(0)-2-4---|----------------4-|-(4)----(4)-----5-|-(5)--------0-0-||
|
| +H     +E  E E E   +H     +E  E E E   +H     +E  E E E   +H     Q   E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------6-----|----------------||
|----------------2-|-(2)----(2)-4-6---|----------------0-|-(0)----0/------||
|-(0)----(0)-2-4---|----------------4-|-(4)----(4)---4---|------------0-0-||


 2nd Verse
             B5                    C#m7         A
  +H.      E E   +H     +E  E Q    H    +E  E E E   +H     +E  E Q
|--------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|--------------1--|----------1-2---|------------1-2--|
|------------2-|-(2)----(2)-4----|-4----(4)-----0-|-(0)----(0)------|
|-(0)------4---|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|
| +H.      E E   +H      E  E Q    H    +E  E E E   +H     +E  E Q
|--------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|------------2-|-(2)--------4-6--|-4----(4)-6-7-0-|-(0)----(0)-6-7--|
|-(0)------4---|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|


  E5        B5                    G#m              A
                                                           <
  H.      E E   +H     +E  E Q    Q.   E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|--------------1--|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------2-|-(2)----(2)-4----|----------------|-----------------|
|-0-------4---|-----------------|-4----4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|
|                                                          <
| H.      E E   +H      E  E Q    Q.   E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------2-|-(2)--------4-6--|----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-------4---|-----------------|-4----4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|


   Pre-chorus
    B/A   A           B/A    E/A         B/E   E           B/E   E
    Gtr II
    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
||------------------|--------2-1-------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----/4-----4-2---|-----------------|---2p1---2---1-2--o||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0------------4-|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-----0---0-------||


                                        1.
    B/E   A           B/A   E/A         B/E   E           B/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 E E
||------------------|---2p1---2---1-2-|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---2p1---2---1-2--o||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-----0---0-----|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-----0---0-------||


  2.
  B    Esus2      B  Esus2
  Q.   E +H       Q  E E +H
|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------||
|-2-------------|-2----0-(0)----||
|------0-(0)----|----0----------||


  E5           B5               C#5              A5
  Q  E E E E E E   +H     E E E E   +H     E E E E   +Q   Q  E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|--------------2-|-(2)----2-4-6-4-|-(4)----4-6-7-0-|-(0)--0--0-6-7---||
|-0--0-0-0-2-4---|----------------|----------------|---------------0-||


   3rd Verse
    E5            B5                G#5               A5
    +Q   Q  E E E E   +Q   Q  E E E E   +Q   Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
||o---------------2-|-(2)--2--2-4-6-4-|-(4)--4--4-6-7-0-|-0--0--0-6-7----|
||--(0)--0--0-2-4---|-----------------|-----------------|-------------0--|


                                                        1.
  E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------||
|-----------------|---------------|-------------6-----|-----------------o||
|---------------2-|-2--2--2-4-6---|-----------------0-|-0-0-0-0-0-6-7---o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-2-4---|-------------4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4---4---|---------------0--||


  2.
  E E E E E E E E
|--------------------||
|--------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----||
|--------------------||


   Pre-chorus
    B/A   A           B/A    E/A         B/E   E           B/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 E E
||------------------|--------2-1-------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----/4-----4-2---|-----------------|---2p1---2---1-2--o||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0------------4-|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-----0---0-------||


                                        1.
    B/A   A           B/A   E/A         B/E   E           B/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 E E
||------------------|---2p1---2---1-2-|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---2p1---2---1-2--o||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-----0---0-----|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-----0---0-------||


  2.
  B    Esus2      B  Esus2
  Q.   E +H       Q  E E +H
|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------||
|-2-------------|-2----0-(0)----||
|------0-(0)----|----0----------||


 Guitar Solo
  E5          B5                C#5               A5
  Q  Q  E E E E   +Q   Q  E E E E   +Q   Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------------2-|-(2)--2--2-4-6-4-|-(4)--4--4-6-7-0-|-0--0--0-6-7---|
|-0--0--0-2-4---|-----------------|-----------------|-------------0-|


  E5            B5              G#5
  E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
|---------------2-|-2--2--2-4-6---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-2-4---|-------------4-|
|
| Gtr III
| W                 W
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|


                           A5
  +E  E E E      E     E E E    E      E E E   E   E E E
|----------------------------|---------------------------||
|----------------------6-----|---------------------------||
|--------------------------0-|--0------0-0-0---0---6-7---||
|-(4)-4-4-4------4-------4---|-------------------------0-||
|
|                               ~~~~~~~
|  H        a a  H              H             +H
|---------------21b23========|=21pb24========(21)\-------||
|-------------x--------------|---------------------------||
|-----------x----------------|---------------------------||
|----------------------------|---------------------------||
|----------------------------|---------------------------||
|----------------------------|---------------------------||


    E5          B5                C#5               A5
    Q  Q  E E E E   +Q   Q  E E E E   +Q   Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E
||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
||o---------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
||o-------------2-|-(2)--2--2-4-6-4-|-(4)--4--4-6-7-0-|-0--0--0-6-7----|
||--0--0--0-2-4---|-----------------|-----------------|-------------0--|


  E5            B5              G#5                 A5
  E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  6x
|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------||
|-----------------|---------------|-------------6-----|-----------------o||
|---------------2-|-2--2--2-4-6---|-----------------0-|-0-0-0-0-0-6-7---o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-2-4---|-------------4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4---4---|---------------0--||


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
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.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
<n>  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths


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About this song

"Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey features a catchy guitar riff played by Neal Schon, utilizing a mix of arpeggios and power chords. The song's bassline, played by Ross Valory, provides a solid foundation with a driving eighth-note pattern. Steve Perry's vocal performance adds to the anthemic quality of the track, which has become a classic rock staple since its release in 1981. The song's iconic piano intro was played by Jonathan Cain, giving it a memorable and instantly recognizable opening.