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Down By The Seaside bass tab by Led Zeppelin

Bass tabs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

DOWN BY THE SEASIDE (Bassline)
As recorded by Led Zeppelin
(From the 1975 Album PHYSICAL GRAFFITTI)

Words and Music by Jimmy Page & Robert Plant

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John Paul Jones - Bass'

 Intro
 Q.=94
 12/8
 Gtr I
  W       W.       W.
G|--------------|---------------|-------|
D|--------------|-3-------------|-5-----|
A|--------------|---------------|-------|
E|--------------|---------------|-------|
  W.       Q.  Q.  +H.    W.
G|---------------|--------------------|-------|
D|-3-------------|-3------------------|-3-----|
A|---------------|------3----(3)------|-------|
E|---------------|--------------------|-------|


                 Verse 1
  W.       W.        Q.  Q.  +H.
G|---------------|---------------||------------------|
D|-5-------------|-3-------------||-3----------------|
A|---------------|---------------||------3----(3)----|
E|---------------|---------------||------------------|


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


  W.       W.       H.   +Q.  +Q  E
G|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
D|---------------|-3-------------|-----------------------|
A|-3-------------|---------------|-3-------(3)---(3)--3--|
E|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|


                          Chorus
  Q.  Q.  +Q  E Q.   +Q  E Q.  +Q  E Q.   Q.  Q.  Q.  Q.
G|-----------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|
D|------3----(3)--3-3----|-(3)--3-3----(3)--3-3----||----------------------|
A|-3---------------------|-------------------------||-3----3----3----3-----|
E|-----------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|
  Q.  Q.  Q.  Q E  W.       H.   +Q.  Q.
G|-----------5---------|---------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|-3-------------|-3-------(3)---5-----|
A|-3----3---------3--3-|---------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|


  H.   E a Q Q.   H.   +Q  E Q E  H.   +Q.  +Q  E
G|-----------4s5-------|---------------------|----------------------|
D|---------5------5----|-------------------2-|-3-------(3)---(3)----|
A|-3-------------------|-3-------(3)--3-5----|--------------------3-|
E|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|


  Q.  Q.  Q.  Q.   Q.  Q.  H.    W.
G|---------------------|-------------------|-------|
D|-3--------------2----|-3----3----3-------|-------|
A|------3----5---------|-------------------|-3-----|
E|---------------------|-------------------|-------|


  Q.  Q.  H.    W.       +W.
G|-------------------|---------------|--------||
D|-3----3----3-------|---------------|--------||
A|-------------------|-3-------------|-(3)----||
E|-------------------|---------------|--------||


 Verse 2
  W.       W.       H.   a Q.  Q.
G|---------------|---------------|---------4s5---------|
D|---------------|-3-------------|----------------5----|
A|-3-------------|---------------|-3-------------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------------|


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


  W.       q.  Q.  +Q  E Q.   +Q  E Q.  +Q  E E E E
G|---------------|-----------------------|---------------------------||
D|---------------|------3----(3)--3-3----|-(3)--3-3----(3)--3-3-2----||
A|-3-------------|-3---------------------|------------------------5--||
E|---------------|-----------------------|---------------------------||


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


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


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


                  Faster Q=105
                    4/4
  W.       Q.  Q.  H.     E E E E E E E E
G|---------------|-------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|---------------|-3----3----3-------||-----------------|
A|-3-------------|-------------------||-----------------|
E|---------------|-------------------||-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E  E E S S E E E S S E  E E S S E E E S S E
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-|-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-|
D|-----------------|-------4---------4---|-------4---------4---|
A|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|


 Guitar Solo
  E E S S E E E S S E  E E E E E E E E   E E S S E E E S S E
G|-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----||--2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-|
D|-------4---------4---|-------------4-2-||o-------4---------4---|
A|---------------------|-----------------||o---------------------|
E|---------------------|-----------------||----------------------|


  E E S S E E E E E 6x W     W
G|-2-2-2---2-2-2------||----------|------|
D|-------4-------4-2-o||----------|------|
A|-------------------o||----------|------|
E|--------------------||----------|------|


  H  +E. S S E.  Q +E. a S +S S E Q  E E Q H
G|-----------------|-----------------------|-------------|
D|------------5s7--|--------5s7-(7)-5-7----|-7-----------|
A|-5----(5)-5------|-5--(5)-------------5--|-------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------------|-------------|


         original tempo Q.=94
           12/8
  E E E E E E E E  H.   +Q.  +Q  E  W.
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||----------------------|-------|
D|-----------------||-0-------(0)---(0)--2-|-3-----|
A|-----------------||----------------------|-------|
E|-----------------||----------------------|-------|


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


  H.   +Q.  +Q  E  H.   +Q.  +Q  E  W.
G|----------------------|----------------------|-------||
D|-3-------(3)---(3)----|-5-------(5)---(5)----|-------||
A|--------------------5-|--------------------3-|-------||
E|----------------------|----------------------|-1-----||


 Verse 3
  Q.  Q.  +H.    W.       W.
G|--------------------|---------------|-------|
D|--------------------|-3-------------|-------|
A|------3----(3)------|---------------|-3-----|
E|-1------------------|---------------|-------|


  H.   +Q.  +Q  E  H.   a Q.  Q.   H.   +Q.  +Q  E
G|----------------------|---------4s5---------|----------------------|
D|-3-------(3)---(3)--5-|----------------5----|-3-------(3)---(3)----|
A|----------------------|-3-------------------|--------------------5-|
E|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|


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


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


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


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


  W.       Q.  Q.  Q.  +Q  E  W.       +W.
G|---------------|-----------------------|---------------|--------||
D|---------------|-3----3----3----(3)--5-|---------------|--------||
A|-3-------------|-----------------------|-3-------------|-(3)----||
E|---------------|-----------------------|---------------|--------||


 Verse 4
  W.       H.   +Q.  +Q  E  W.
G|---------------|----------------------|-------|
D|---------------|-3-------(3)---(3)--5-|-------|
A|-3-------------|----------------------|-3-----|
E|---------------|----------------------|-------|


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


  H.   +Q.  a Q.   Q.  Q.  +Q  E Q.   +Q  E Q.  +Q  E Q E
G|---------------4s5----|-----------------------|-------------------------||
D|----------------------|-3----3----(3)--3-3----|-(3)--3-3----(3)--3-3--5-||
A|-3-------(3)----------|-----------------------|-------------------------||
E|----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||


 Chorus
  H.   Q.  Q.   H.   Q.  Q.   Q.  Q E Q E Q E
G|--------------5----|-------------------|----------------------|
D|---------5---------|--------------2----|-3----3--3-3--3-3--3--|
A|-3-----------------|-3-------5---------|----------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|


  H.   E Q E Q  H.   +Q.  Q.   Q.  +Q  E H.
G|-------------------|---------------5----|-------------5-----|
D|-3-------3h5--3h5--|--------------------|-----------5-------|
A|-------------------|-3-------(3)--------|-3----(3)----------|
E|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|


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


  W.       Q.  Q.  H.    W.       +W.
G|---------------|-------------------|---------------|--------*|
D|---------------|-3----3----3-------|---------------|--------*|
A|-3-------------|-------------------|-3-------------|-(3)----*|
E|---------------|-------------------|---------------|--------*|

************************************
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).

| +()  - note tied to previous
|  s  - legato slide
|  h  - hammer on
|  |  - bar
|  ||  - double bar
| ||o  - repeat start
| o||  - repeat end
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