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Keep Yourself Alive Bass tabs by Queen

Keep Yourself Alive bass tab by Queen

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: F

Difficulty: Intermediate


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John Deacon - Bass'

 Intro:
 Q=134
 4/4
 Gtr I
  Wx14     Q E E E. S Q  Q Q S S E Q  Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
D|-------------|----------------|----------------|----7---------|
A|-------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
E|-------------|-5--5-3-5--5-5--|-5--5--3h5-5-5--|-5-----5--5---|
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

          2/4   4/4
  E E E E +H    Q Q  E E Q S E S Q  a Q Q a Q Q
G|----------------|-------|-----------------|-----------------||
D|----------------|-------|-3-3-3--1h3-3-3--|-1s3--3--1s3--3--||
A|-----3-5-(5)----|----3--|-----------------|-----------------||
E|-5-5------------|-3-----|-----------------|-----------------||


 1st Verse:
  a Q Q a Q Q  Q Q a Q Q  a Q Q E E Q  Q E E Q Q
G|-----------------|---------------|---------2-2-2--|-3------------|
D|-1s3--3--1s3--3--|-------1s3--3--|-1s3--3---------|----0-2-3-----|
A|-----------------|-1--1----------|----------------|--------------|
E|-----------------|---------------|----------------|-----------1--|


  Q Q Q Q  E E Q Q Q  E E Q Q Q  E. S +E E +E E S S E
G|-------------|--------6-----|--------6-----|------------------------||
D|-------------|-----6-----6--|-----6-----6--|-2--3-(3)s4-(4)s5-5p2---||
A|-3--3--3--3--|-4-4----------|-4-4----------|----------------------3-||
E|-------------|--------------|--------------|------------------------||


 2nd Verse:
  a Q Q a E. S Q  Q Q E. S Q  Q Q Q Q  E. S E. S Q Q
G|-------------------|---------------|-------2--2--|-3--3--------------|
D|-1s3--3--1s3--3-3--|-------3--3-3--|-3--3--------|------1--2-3--3----|
A|-------------------|-1--1----------|-------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|---------------|-------------|-------------------|


  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q E. S Q Q
G|-------------|-------6-----|-------------|---------------||
D|-------------|----6-----6--|-------------|---------------||
A|-3--3--3--3--|-4-----------|-------------|---------------||
E|-------------|-------------|-4--4--4--4--|-5--5--5-5--5--||


 Chorus:
  Q E. S Q Q  Q Q E E Q  Q Q Q Q  Q E. S Q Q
G|---------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
D|---------------|---------7----|-------------|---------------||
A|-5--5--5-5-----|-5--5---------|-5--4--2-----|-------5-5--5--||
E|------------3--|-------5---5--|----------3--|-5--5----------||


  Wx6     Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q
G|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|------------|----7-----7--|----7--------|-------------|
A|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|------------|-5-----5-----|-5-----5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|


                          2/4
  Q Q Q E E  Q Q Q Q  Q E E +Q  +E. S  E E E E
G|--------------|-------------|-------------------|----------|
D|------------7-|-------------|-------------------|-0-1-2-3--|
A|--------------|-------------|----3-5-(5)--(5)-5-|----------|
E|-5--5--5--5---|-5--5--5--5--|-5-----------------|----------|


                    3rd Verse:
 4/4
  a Q Q a Q Q  a Q Q a Q Q   Q Q a Q Q  E E E. S Q Q
G|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|----------------|
D|-1s3--3--1s3--3--|-1s3--3--1s3--3--||-3--3--1s3--3--|----------3--3--|
A|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|-1-1-1--1-------|
E|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|----------------|


  a E E E E E E E. S  E. S E E Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q
G|-----------2-2-2--2-|-3--3-----------|-------------|-------6-----|
D|-1s3-3-3-3----------|------0-2-3--3--|-------------|----6-----6--|
A|--------------------|----------------|-3--3--3--3--|-4-----------|
E|--------------------|----------------|-------------|-------------|


                4th Verse:
  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q   a Q Q a Q Q  Q Q a Q Q
G|-------------|-------------||-----------------|----------------|
D|-------6-----|-------------||-1s3--3--1s3--3--|-------1s3--3---|
A|----6-----6--|-3--3--3--3--||-----------------|-1--1-----------|
E|-4-----------|-------------||-----------------|----------------|


  Q Q a Q Q  Q a Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q
G|---------------|---------------|-------5-----|-------6-------|
D|-3--3--1s3--3--|---------3--3--|----5-----5--|----6-----6----|
A|---------------|-1--0h1--------|-3-----------|-4-------------|
E|---------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|


                 Chorus:
  Q Q Q Q  Q E. S Q Q   Q E. S Q Q  Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|---------------||---------------|-------------|
D|-------6-----|---------7-----||---------------|-------------|
A|----6-----6--|----7--7----7--||-5--5--5-5-----|-5--5--------|
E|-4-----------|-5-------------||------------3--|-------5--5--|


                Drum Break:
  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q   W     8x W
G|-------------|-------------||------------||------||
D|-------------|-------------||o----------o||------||
A|-5--4--2-----|-------5--5--||o----------o||------||
E|----------3--|-5--5--------||------------||------||


 Guitar Solo:
  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------3--|
D|-3--3--3-----|-3--3--------|-3--2--0-----|-------------|-3--3--3-----|
A|----------1--|-------3--3--|----------1--|-3--3--------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------1--1--|-------------|


  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q E. S Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
D|-3--3--------|-3--2--0-----|-------3-----|---------------|
A|-------3--3--|----------1--|-3--3--------|-5--5--5--5----|
E|-------------|-------------|----------5--|------------3--|


                        Interlude:
  Q Q E. S Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q   W     +W      +W
G|---------------|-------------|-------------||----------|------------|--------|
D|---------------|-------------|-------------||----------|------------|--------|
A|-5--5----------|-5--4--2-----|-------5--5--||-7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)----|
E|-------5--5-5--|----------3--|-5--5--------||----------|------------|--------|


  +W      W     W      E E E E E E E E
G|------------|----------|----------|-------------------------|
D|------------|----------|----------|----------------11-12-13-|
A|-(7)--------|----------|----------|-------11-12-14----------|
E|------------|----------|----------|-12-14-------------------|


            Chorus:
  E E E E Q Q   Q Q E. S Q
G|----11-12-13-14-----||----------------|
D|-14-----------------||----------------|
A|--------------------||-5--5--5--5-----|
E|--------------------||------------3---|


  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  E E Q E. S Q  E E Q E E Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-3-3-3--3--3----|-3-3-3---------|
A|-5--5--------|-5--4--2-----|-------5--5--|-------------1--|--------3-3-3--|
E|-------5--5--|----------3--|-5--5--------|----------------|---------------|


  Q Q Q Q  Q Q E E S E.  Q Q E. S Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|----------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-3--2--0-----|-------3-3-3-3--|---------------|-------------|-------------|
A|----------1--|-3--3-----------|-5--5--5--5----|-5--5--------|-5--4--2-----|
E|-------------|----------------|------------3--|-------5--5--|----------3--|


  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  E. S Q Q E. S
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-4--3--1-----|-----------------||
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------2--|-----------------||
A|-------5--5--|-2--2--2-----|-2--2--------|-------------|---------2--2----||
E|-5--5--------|----------0--|-------2--2--|-------------|-2--2-2--------2-||


 Outro:
  Q E. S Q E. S  Q E. S Q E. S  Q E. S Q E. S
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-2--2----2--2----|-2--2----2--2----|-2--2----2--2----|
E|-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|


  Q E. S Q E. S  Q E. S Q E. S
G|-----------------|-----------------*|
D|-----------------|-----------------*|
A|-2--2----2--2----|-2--2----2--2----*|
E|-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-*|

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Duration 🏷Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

| (n) - note tied to previous
|  h  - hammer-on
|  p  - pull-off
|  s  - legato slide
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