Bass tabs
VOICES IN THE SKY (Bassline)
As recorded by The Moody Blues
(From the 1968 Album IN SEARCH OF THE LOST CHORD)
Words and Music by Justin Hayward
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John Lodge - Bass'
Intro
Q=124
4/4
Gtr I
H +Q. E E E E E +E E E E 4x
||---------------|-------------6-4----||
||o--------------|-4-6-4-------------o||
||o-7----(7)-----|-------7-(7)-------o||
||---------------|--------------------||
1st - 5th Verses
$
$$
E E E E +E Q E E E E E +E Q E E E E E +E Q E
||-------------------|-4-4-4-4-(4)------|------------------|
||o-------------4--6-|-------------4--6-|-------------4--6-|
||o-7-7-7-7-(7)------|------------------|-7-7-7-7-(7)------|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|
E E E E +E Q E E E E E +E Q E E E E E +E Q E
|-4-4-4-4-(4)------|------------------|-4-4-4-4-(4)------|
|-------------4--6-|-------------4--6-|-------------4--6-|
|------------------|-7-7-7-7-(7)------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E E E E +E Q E E E E E +E Q E E E E E +E Q E
|------------------|-4-4-4-4-(4)------|------------------|
|-------------4--6-|-------------4--6-|-------------4--6-|
|-7-7-7-7-(7)------|------------------|-7-7-7-7-(7)------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
1. 2.
To Coda
E E E E +E Q E E E E E +E Q E E E E E +E Q E E E E E E E E E
|-4-4-4-4-(4)------|-------------------|-4-4-4-4-(4)-------||-----------------||
|-------------4--6-|-------------4--6--|-------------4--6-o||-----------------||
|------------------|-7-7-7-7-(7)-------|------------------o||---------7-7-7-7-||
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------||-7-7-7-7---------||
Bridge
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
3/4
E E E E E E E E Q. E +Q Q +H Q
|-----------------|----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7----5-(5)--7--|-(7)-------|
4/4
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E W
|------0---0---0-|------0---0---0-|------|
|----------------|----------------|------|
|----------------|----------------|-7----|
|-0--0---0---0---|-0--0---0---0---|------|
D.S. &
D.S.
E E E E +E Q E W E E E E +E Q E E E E E +E Q E
|-------------6--4-|----------|-------------6--4--||-4-4-4-4-(4)------||
|-4-6-4------------|----------|-4-6-4-------------||-------------4--6-||
|-------7-(7)------|-7--------|-------7-(7)-------||------------------||
|------------------|----------|-------------------||------------------||
Outro
E E E E +E Q E E E E E +E Q E
||-------------------|-4-4-4-4-(4)------|
||o-------------4--6-|-------------4--6-|
||o-7-7-7-7-(7)------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|
E E E E +E Q E E E E E +E Q E 4x
|------------------|-4-4-4-4-(4)-------||
|-------------4--6-|-------------4--6-o||
|-7-7-7-7-(7)------|------------------o||
|------------------|-------------------||
Duration 🏷Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
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. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature 🏷Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
Bluebird, flying high
Tell me what you sing
If you could talk to me
What news would you bring
Of voices in the sky
Nightingale, hovering high
Harmonize the wind
Darkness, your symphony
I can hear you sing
Of voices in the sky
Just what is happening to me
I lie awake with the sound of the sea
Calling to me
Old man, passing by
Tell me what you sing
Though your voice be faint
I am listening
Voices in the sky
Children with a skipping rope
Tell me what you sing
Play time is nearly gone
The bell's about to ring
Voices in the sky
Just what is happening to me
I lie awake with the sound of the sea
Calling to me
Bluebird, flying high
Tell me what you sing
If you could talk to me
What news would you bring
Of voices in the sky
Voices in the sky
Voices in the sky
