A Change Is Gonna Come bass tab by Otis Redding

Bass tabs

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'

 Intro:
 Q=66
 4/4                        2/4
 Gtr I
  W     W     H  E E E E  Q Q H   +H
G|----------|----------|------7-5-----|------------|--------||
D|----------|----------|----------8-6-|-4--3--1----|-(1)----||
A|----------|----------|--------------|------------|--------||
E|----------|----------|--------------|------------|--------||


 Verse 1:
 Q=84
 12/8
  H.   H.    H.   Q.  E E E  H.   Q.  E E E  H.   H.
G|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
D|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
A|-----------------|----------------4---|-1-------1----1-----|---------------|
E|-4-------4-------|-4-------4----4---4-|----------------3-2-|-1-------1-----|

  H.   H.    H.   Q.  Q.   H.   H.    H.   H.
G|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------||
D|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------||
A|-----------------|-1-------4----3----|-----------------|---------------||
E|-4-------4-------|-------------------|-1-------1-------|-4-------4-----||


 Verse 2:
  H.   H.    H.   Q.  E E E  H.   Q.  E E E  H.   H.
G|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
D|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
A|-----------------|----------------4---|-1-------1----1-----|---------------|
E|-4-------4-------|-4-------4----4---4-|----------------3-2-|-1-------1-----|


  H.   H.    H.   Q.  Q.
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-1-------4----3----|
E|-4-------4-------|-------------------|


  H.   H.    H.   Q.  e e e
G|-----------------|----------------------||
D|-----------------|----------------------||
A|-----------------|----------------------||
E|-1-------1-------|-4-------4----4-4-4---||

 Bridge:
  H.   H.    H.   Q.  e e e
G|-----------------|--------------------|
D|-----------------|--------------------|
A|-1-------1-------|--------------------|
E|-----------------|-4-------4----4-4-4-|


  H.   Q.  E E E  H.   Q.  e e e
G|--------------------|----------------------|
D|--------------------|----------------------|
A|-1-------1----1-----|----------------------|
E|----------------3-2-|-1-------1----1-1-1---|


  H.   Q.  E E E  H.   Q.  e e e
G|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|
A|-1-------1----1-----|--------------------|
E|----------------3-2-|-1-------1----1-1-1-|


  H.   H.    Q.  Q.  Q.  Q.
G|-----------------|----------------------||
D|-----------------|-1----1----1----1-----||
A|-1-------1-------|----------------------||
E|-----------------|----------------------||


 Verse 3:
  H  E E H  E E  H  E E Q.  E E E  H.   H.    H.   H.
G|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|------1-3------1-3-|------1-3------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|-------------------|---------------------|-1-------1-------|---------------|
E|-4--------4--------|-4--------4----4-4-4-|-----------------|-1-------1-----|


  H.   H.    H.   Q.  Q.
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-1-------4----3----|
E|-4-------4-------|-------------------|


  H.   H.    H.   Q.  e e e
G|-----------------|----------------------||
D|-----------------|----------------------||
A|-----------------|----------------------||
E|-1-------1-------|-4-------4----4-4-4---||


 Bridge:
  H.   H.    H.   Q.  e e e
G|-----------------|--------------------|
D|-----------------|--------------------|
A|-1-------1-------|--------------------|
E|-----------------|-4-------4----4-4-4-|


  H.   Q.  E E E  H.   Q.  e e e
G|--------------------|----------------------|
D|--------------------|----------------------|
A|-1-------1----1-----|----------------------|
E|----------------3-2-|-1-------1----1-1-1---|


  H.   Q.  E E E  H.   H.
G|--------------------|-----------------|
D|--------------------|-----------------|
A|-1-------1----1-----|-----------------|
E|----------------3-2-|-1-------1-------|


  H.   H.    Q.  Q.  Q.  Q.
G|-----------------|----------------------||
D|-----------------|-1----1----1----1-----||
A|-1-------1-------|----------------------||
E|-----------------|----------------------||


 Verse 4:
  h  E E h  E E  h  E E E Q E E E  H.   H.    H.   H.
G|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|------1-3------1-3-|------1-3------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|-------------------|---------------------|-1-------1-------|---------------|
E|-4--------4--------|-4--------4------4-4-|-----------------|-1-------1-----|


  H.   H.    H.   Q.  Q.   Q.  +Q  E Q.  Q.   H.   H.
G|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------|---------------||
D|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------|---------------||
A|-----------------|-1-------4----3----|------------------3----|-4-------3-----||
E|-4-------4-------|-------------------|-1----(1)--1-4---------|---------------||


 Outro:
   Q.  Q E Q.  Q.   H.   H.    4x Q.  Q E Q.  Q.
G||----------------------|------------------||----------------------*|
D||o---------------------|-----------------o||----------------------*|
A||o----------------3----|-4-------3-------o||----------------3-----*|
E||--1----1--1-4---------|------------------||-1----1--1-4----------*|

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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).

| +()  - note tied to previous
|  |  - bar
|  ||  - double bar
| ||o  - repeat start
| o||  - repeat end
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