The Jungle Book - The Bare Necessities bass tab by Cartoons Music

Bass tabs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

The Bare Necessities
Track taken from the 1967 original score of The Jungle Book. Written by
Terry Gilkyson and sung by Phil Harris (Baloo) and Bruce Reitherman
(Mowgli). Tab by bass50611. Welcome to my tab of this fantastic song that
is not quite original but fits the song

Orchestral Intro: (Very Slow)
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------8------------------------------5--------|
E|-8-------------------------8--------5-----------5---3-|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------5-------5----|
A|--------------8------------3------0------5-----------3-----3-|
E|-8-----------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:
 Look for the Bare...                  Break)
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------3-----3--3--------7--7-------5-|
A|-------------3-----3--3------3--------3--3-------5--5----|
E|----------------3----------------------------------------|

 I mean the Bare...                   (Break)
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------3-----3--3-----------5-----3-2---|
A|-----------3-----3--3------3--------3--0--5-----3------3-|
E|--------------3------------------------------------------|

Verse 1:
 Wherever I wander...
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------5------5------5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-|
A|-----------5------5------3-----3-----5-----5-----3-----3----|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-----3--3---------------------------------------5---------------7----|
A|----3--------3--3--5--5-----------------5------5-----3--3------7-----7-|
E|--------------------------5------5--------------------------5----------|

                    (Break)
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-------7-----------7-----------7-------|
A|----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7----|
E|-5-----------5-----------5-----------5-|

                (Break)
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------5--5----------5-----3-2---|
A|-5--5--------3--0--5----3------3-|
E|---------------------------------|

Chorus:
 Look for the Bare...                  Break)
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------3-----3--3--------7--7-------5-|
A|-------------3-----3--3------3--------3--3-------5--5----|
E|----------------3----------------------------------------|

 I mean the Bare...                  (Break)
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------3-----3--3-----------5-----3-2---|
A|-----------3-----3--3------3--------3--0--5-----3------3-|
E|--------------3------------------------------------------|

Verse 2:
G|--------|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-VOCALS-|----5------5------5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5---3----|
A|--------|-5------5------3-----3-----5-----5-----3-----3---------3-|
E|--------|---------------------------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3--3---------------------------------------5---------------7----|
A|-------3--3--5--5-----------------5------5-----3--3------7-----7-|
E|--------------------5------5--------------------------5----------|

                    (Break)
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-------7-----------7-----------7-------|
A|----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7----|
E|-5-----------5-----------5-----------5-|

                (Pause)
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------5--5----------5-----3-2---|
A|-5--5--------3--0--5----3------3-|
E|---------------------------------|

Interlude:
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------3--3--3--3-------------------5--5--------------3--3--3--3-|
A|-3--3--3--3-------------3--3--0--0--5--5--------3--3--3--3-------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

            (Pause)
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------5------3-2---------------------3--3--3--3-------------------|
A|-3--0--5-----3-------3-------3--3--3--3--------------3--3--0--0--5--5-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

                           (Pause)
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5--5--------------3--3--3--3-----------5-----3-2---------------------|
A|-------3--3--3--3--------------3--0--5-----3------3--------3--3--3--3-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3--3--3--3-------------------5--5------------3--3--3--3-|
A|-------------3--3--0--0--5--5------3--3--3--3------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

        (Long Pause) (Break)
G|------------------------------|
D|----------5-------------------|
A|-3--0--5-----3--------------3-|
E|------------------------------|

Slow Talking Bit:
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|--------5-------------5-------------5------3-------3-|
A|-5-------------5-------------3-----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|--------5-------------5-------------5----------------|
A|-5-------------5-------------3-------------3-------3-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

                     (Pause)
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-------------3----3------------------2---------------------------|
A|--------3------------------3------3------------------------------5-|
E|-------------------------------------------------2-3-4-5----5------|

           (Pause)
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----5-----------------------------5--5-----3-----3-----3--------------|
A|-5-----3--3--0--0--0--------5--5--------3-----3-----3-----3--3---5--5-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

        (Break)
G|---------------|
D|-5--5-----3----|
A|-------3-----3-|
E|---------------|

Outro:
 Look for the Bare...
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------5---------3-----3--3--------7--7-------5--5-|
A|-------------3-----3--3------3--------3--3-------5--5-------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

 I mean the Bare...
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------3-----3--3-----------5-----------5-|
A|-----------3-----3--3------3--------3--0--5-----3--0--5----|
E|--------------3--------------------------------------------|

          (END)
G|---------------------|
D|----------5-----5----|
A|-3--0--5-----3-----3-|
E|---------------------|