Keep Yourself Alive Bass Tab by Queen

Keep Yourself Alive bass tab by Queen

Bass Tab

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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                   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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