Simple Man bass tab by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd

This is the condensed version of the bass line.  Printable on 1 sheet of paper, for those of us who like to
keep our music in a binder.  I hope it works for you.


[Intro]

F#|-----------------------------------------12s-14-----------------------------------------|
C#|---------9-10-----10-9----------9------------------12s14s12s10--------------------------|
G#|------12---------------10----10---0----------------------------12-----12s10s12L---12----|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


F#|--------------------------------------12s-14----------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------12s14s12s10-----------------------------|
G#|-----0-2-3-----3-2---------2-0--------------------------------12----------12s10s12L---12--|
D#|-------------------3-----3----------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse]

F#||------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
C#||o---------5-------------5--------------------7-----7-----------7-------------o||
G#||o--0-2-3---------3-5----------3-5---0-2-0-------7-----7--0--0----------------o||
D#||---------------3-----3------------3-------------------------------------------||


(Last line of verse)

F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------5-------------5---------------------7-----7-----7-------7------7--------|
G#|--0-2-3-------3-------------3-5-----2-0---------7-----7------0-------7-----7-----|
D#|----------------0-1-3-----------3------------------------------------------------|


[Post-Verse]

F#||-----------------------------------------------------------||
C#||o------------------2-0--------2-0-------------------------o||
G#||o-----0-2-3------------3----------3-0---------------------o||
D#||-------------------------3----------------0-3-0-3/5--------||


[Chorus]

F#||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
C#||o----------------------------------------------------------------------------5----7-------o||
G#||o-----0-2-3------------------0--------------0------3------------------0---7-----7---------o||
D#||---------------0--3----3--0--------0--3--0--------------3--0----3--0-----------------------||


[Guitar Solo]

F#|----------------------------------------------------------------7--------------------------7-------|
C#|---------------------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9------10----10----------10-9--5-----5--------7----------|
G#|--0------0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|------------0--3--0--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


F#||------------------------------------------5--5------------------------7--------------------------7-------|
C#||o--5s-7--7--7--7-----7--5--7--7--7--7--7--------7------10----10----------10-9--5-----5--------7---------o|
G#||o-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------o|
D#||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


(Last line of guitar solo)

F#|-----------------------------------------5-----------------------------------------------------|
C#|--5s-7--7--7--7-----5--5--7--7--7--7--7----------------2-0---------2-0-------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------0--2--3--------3-----------3-0---------------------|
D#|-------------------------------------------------------------3-------------------0-3-0-3/5-----|


F#|---------------------------------------------------------|
C#|------------------2-0--------2-0-------------------------|
G#|-----0-2-3------------3----------3-0---------------------|
D#|------------------------3----------------0-3-0-3/5-------|


[Outro]

F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------5----7-------|
G#|---------3------------------0--------------0------3------------------0---7-----7---------|
D#|--------------0--3----3--0--------0--3--0--------------3--0----3--0----------------------|



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|s  Slap
|L  Link note