You're Gonna Need Me bass tab by Albert King

Bass tabs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: D

Difficulty: Intermediate

YOU'RE GONNA NEED ME (Bassline)
As recorded by Albert King
(From the 1969 Album KING OF THE BLUES GUITAR)

Words and Music by Albert King

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'

 Intro:
 Q=96
 12/8
 Gtr I
                             |3|
  W       Q.  Q.  Q.  Q.   H.   E E E E E E S
G|--------------|---------------------|-----------7-9---------||
D|--------------|-5----5----5----5----|-7-------9-----7-5-----||
A|--------------|---------------------|-------------------7p5-||
E|--------------|---------------------|-----------------------||

 1st & 2nd Verses:
   Q.  +E E E Q E Q E  Q.  +E E E Q E Q E  Q.  +E E E Q E Q E
G||-------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
D||o--------------0--0------|--------------5--5-4----|--------------0--0--------|
A||o------------2------4--2-|-0----(0)-4-7---------7-|------------2------4--2---|
E||--0----(0)-4-------------|------------------------|-0----(0)-4---------------|


  Q.  +E E E E E E E Q  Q.  +E E E Q E Q E  Q.  +E E E Q E Q E
G|--------------/9-7-8-9\----|------------------------|------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------5--5-4----|--------------5--5-4----|
A|---------------------------|----------4-7---------7-|----------4-7---------7-|
E|-0----(0)-4-------------6--|-5----(5)---------------|-5----(5)---------------|


  Q.  +E E E Q E Q E  Q.  +E E E E E E E Q  Q.  +E E E Q E Q E
G|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------2--2-1----|
D|--------------0--0------|--------------2-0-1-2----|----------1-4---------4-|
A|------------2------4--2-|------------2---------3--|-2----(2)---------------|
E|-0----(0)-4-------------|-0----(0)-4--------------|------------------------|


                          1.
  Q.  +E E E Q E Q E  Q.  +E E E Q E Q E  H.   H.
G|--------------0--0------|------------------------|-2--------------||
D|------------2------4--2-|------------0-3--3-2--0-|---------------o||
A|-0----(0)-4-------------|----------2-------------|---------------o||
E|------------------------|-3----(3)---------------|----------------||

              Guitar Solo:
 2.
          |3|
  H.   E E E E E E S  Q.  +E E E Q E Q E  Q.  +E E E Q E Q E
G|-----------7-9---------||------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-7-------9-----7-5-----||--------------0--0------|--------------5--5-4------|
A|-------------------7p5-||------------2------4--2-|-0----(0)-4-7---------7---|
E|-----------------------||-0----(0)-4-------------|--------------------------|


  Q.  +E E E Q E Q E  Q.  +E E E E E E E Q  Q.  +E E E Q E Q E
G|------------------------|--------------/9-7-8-9\----|------------------------|
D|--------------0--0------|---------------------------|--------------5--5-4----|
A|------------2------4--2-|---------------------------|----------4-7---------7-|
E|-0----(0)-4-------------|-0----(0)-4-7-----------6--|-5----(5)---------------|


  Q.  +E E E Q E Q E  Q.  +E E E Q E Q E  Q.  +E E E E E E E Q
G|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
D|--------------5--5-4----|--------------0--0------|--------------2-0-1-2----|
A|----------4-7---------7-|------------2------4--2-|------------2---------1--|
E|-5----(5)---------------|-0----(0)-4-------------|-0----(0)-4--------------|


  Q.  +E E E Q E Q E  Q.  +E E E Q E Q E  Q.  +E E E Q E Q E
G|--------------2--2-1----|--------------0--0------|------------------------|
D|----------1-4---------4-|------------2------4--2-|------------0-3--3-2--0-|
A|-2----(2)---------------|-0----(0)-4-------------|----------2-------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|-3----(3)---------------|


             Outro:
           |3|
  H.   E E E E E E S  Q.  +E E E Q E Q E  Q.  +E E E Q E Q E
G|-----------7-9---------||------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-7-------9-----7-5-----||------------4-7--7-6--4-|--------------5--5-4--2---|
A|-------------------7p5-||----------6-------------|----------4-7-------------|
E|-----------------------||-7----(7)---------------|-5----(5)-----------------|


  Q.  +E E E Q E Q E  H.   E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E E E Q
G|------------------------|-----------7-9-------|---7-9------------------|
D|------------0-3--3-2--0-|-7-------9-----7-5---|-9-----7-5---5-4-3-2----|
A|----------2-------------|-------------------7-|-----------7------------|
E|-3----(3)---------------|---------------------|---------------------2--|


  W.       +W.
G|---------------|--------*|
D|---------------|--------*|
A|---------------|--------*|
E|-0-------------|-(0)----*|

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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
| |3| - triplet
|  p  - pull-off
| /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
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