Bass tabs
LOVE ROLLERCOASTER (Bassline)
As recorded by The Ohio Players
(From the 1975 Album HONEY)
Words and Music by Beck, Bonner, Jones, Middlebrook, Pierce, Satchell & Williams
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Marshall Jones - Bass'
Intro
Q=116
4/4
Gtr I
Wx13
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Chorus
$
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
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E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
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|---10---8---7--------|---7---8---10---------|
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|-8----6---5-----3h4/-|-5---6---8------6h7/--|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
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|-8----6---5-----3h4/-|-5---6---8------6h7/-|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
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|---10---8---7--------|---7---8---10--------|
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|-8----6---5-----3h4/-|-5---6---8------6h7/-|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
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|---10---8---7--------|---7---8---10--------|
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|-8----6---5-----3h4/-|-5---6---8------6h7/-|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
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|-8----6---5-----3h4/-|-5---6---8------6h7/-|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
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|---10---8---7--------|---7---8---10--------|
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|-8----6---5-----3h4/-|-5---6---8------6h7/-|
To Coda
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
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|-8----6---5-----3h4/-|-5---6---8------6h7\---||
1st & 2nd Verses
E E Q E E Q E E Q Q S S E E E Q E E Q E E Q Q S S E
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|---------------|--------5--------|---------------|--------5----------|
|-3-3----3-3----|-3-3-------6p5p3-|-3-3----3-3----|-3-3-------6p5p3---|
E E Q E E Q E E Q Q S S E E E Q E E Q E E +S E. Q Q
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|---------------|--------5--------|--------5-5----|---5-(5)-6--7-----||
|-3-3----3-3----|-3-3-------6p5p3-|-3-3-----------|------------------||
Interlude
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
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|-8----6---5-----3h4/-|-5---6---8------6h7/-|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
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|---10---8---7--------|---7---8---10--------|
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|-8----6---5-----3h4/-|-5---6---8------6h7/-|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
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|---10---8---7--------|---7---8---10--------|
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|-8----6---5-----3h4/-|-5---6---8------6h7/-|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
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|---10---8---7--------|---7---8---10--------o||
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|-8----6---5-----3h4/-|-5---6---8------6h7/--||
D.S. al Coda
Wx7 W
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Outro
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E E Q E E Q E E Q Q S S E E E Q E E Q E E Q Q S S E 7x
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||o---------------|--------5--------|---------------|--------5---------o||
||--3-3----3-3----|-3-3-------6p5p3-|-3-3----3-3----|-3-3-------6p5p3---||
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