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Don't Stop Believin bass tab by Journey

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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
 - 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths


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* Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen - http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org *

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