Marco Polo (5 String Version) Bass Tab by Loreena Mckennitt

Marco Polo (5 String Version) bass tab by Loreena Mckennitt

Bass Tab

Danny Thompson on bass
4/4 timing
standard tuning, key E Major		pedals: none

I really couldn't pick out the bass line in this song. So this tab
reflects what I have come up with as a bass line for Marco  Polo.

Intro (0:00 “ 0:15)
G:|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D:|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A:|--7-----7-------|--7-----7-------|--7-----7-------|--7-----7-------|
E:|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|
B:|------------2-2-|------------2---|------------2-2-|------------2---|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Riff 1 (0:15 “ 0:49)
G:|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D:|----------------|----------------|----7-7-7---6---|----------------|
A:|----7-7-7---6-4-|----------------|--------------7-|----------------|
E:|0>--------------|0>----0-0-------|0>--------------|0>----0-0-------|
B:|----------------|------------2---|----------------|------------2---|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

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G:|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D:|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A:|----7-7-7---6-4-|--4-6-4-7\------|------------7-6-|4-6-7-4-7>------|
E:|0>--------------|7---------------|0>----0-0-------|----------------|
B:|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G:|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D:|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A:|----7-6-4-6-7-6-|7\----------7-6-|----------------|----------------|
E:|0>--------------|----------------|0>----0-0-------|0>----0-0-------|
B:|----------------|----------------|------------2-2-|------------2---|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Riff 2 (0:49 “ 1:12)           x2
G:||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D:||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
A:||--------7-------|--------7-------|--------7-------|--------7-------||
E:||0>----0---------|0>----0---------|0>----0---------|0>----0---------||
B:||------------2-4-|------------2---|------------2-4-|------------2---||
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Riff 3 (1:12 “ 1:35)            x2
G:||----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
D:||----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
A:||--7-------7-----|-----------5h7-5-|--7-------7-----|-----------5h7-5-||
E:||0-------0-------|5-4-2---0--------|0-------0-------|5-4-2---0--------||
B:||----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &

Riff 4 (1:35 “ 1:46)
G:|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D:|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
A:|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------5h7---|
E:|0-0-----0-------|0-0-----0!------|0-0-----0-------|0-0-----0!-------|
B:|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &

Riff 2 Reprise (1:46 “ 2:09)   x2
G:||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D:||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
A:||--------7-------|--------7-------|--------7-------|--------7-------||
E:||0>----0---------|0>----0---------|0>----0---------|0>----0---------||
B:||------------2>--|------------2-4-|------------2>--|------------2-4-||
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Riff 3 Reprise (2:09 “ 2:32)
G:|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D:|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
A:|--7-------------|-----------5h7-5-|--7-------------|-----------5h7-5-|
E:|0-------0>------|5-4-2---0--------|0-------0>------|5-4-2---0--------|
B:|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &

G:|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
D:|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
A:|--7-------------|-----------5h7-5-|--7-------------|----------------|
E:|0-------0>------|5-4-2---0--------|0-------0>------|5-4-2---0>------|
B:|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Riff 2 w/ vocal (2:32 “ 3:23)  x4
G:||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D:||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
A:||--------7-------|--------7-------|--------7-------|--------7-------||
E:||0>----0---------|0>----0---------|0>----0---------|0>----0---------||
B:||------------2-4-|------------2---|------------2-4-|------------2---||
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G:|----------------|----------------|
D:|----------------|----------------|
A:|--------7-------|--------7-------|
E:|0>----0---------|0>----0---------|
B:|------------2-4-|------------2---|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Riff 3 Reprise (3:23 “ 3:35)
G:|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D:|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
A:|----------------|-----------5h7-5-|----------------|-----------5h7-5-|
E:|0>------0>------|5-4-2---0--------|0>------0>------|5-4-2---0--------|
B:|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &

Riff 4 Reprise (3:35 “ 3:58)
G:|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
D:|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
A:|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
E:|0-0-----0-0-----|0-0-----0!------|0-0-----0-0-----|0-0-----0!-----|
B:|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G:|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D:|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
A:|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------5h7---|
E:|0-0-----0-0-----|0-0-----0!------|0-0-----0-0-----|0-0-----0!-------|
B:|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &

Riff 2 Reprise (3:58 “ 4:21)    x2
G:||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D:||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
A:||--------7-------|--------7-------|---------7------|--------7-------||
E:||0>----0---------|0>----0---------|0>----0---------|0>----0---------||
B:||------------2>--|------------2-4-|------------2>--|------------2-4-||
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Riff 3 Reprise (4:21 “ 4:43)
G:|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D:|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
A:|----------------|-----------5h7-5-|----------------|-----------5h7-5-|
E:|0>------0>------|5-4-2---0--------|0>------0>------|5-4-2---0--------|
B:|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &

G:|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
D:|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
A:|----------------|-----------5h7-5-|----------------|----------------|
E:|0>------0>------|5-4-2---0--------|0>------0>------|5-4-2---0>------|
B:|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Outro (4:43 “ 5:08)
G:|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D:|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
A:|----------------|-----------5h7-5-|----------------|-----------5h7-5-|
E:|0-0-----0>------|5-4-2---0--------|0-0-----0>------|5-4-2---0--------|
B:|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &

G:|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D:|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A:|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E:|0>--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B:|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &




|| repeat between || as indicated	h hammer on		~ vibrato
/ slide up				p pull off
\ slide down				1. dotted note
> legato (let note ring)		11 fret one, twice
! staccato (full stop mute)		11 fret eleven
R rest					x ghost note

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