Bass tabs
Tuning: Standard (E A D G)
Key: Eb
Difficulty: Novice
EVERYBODY MAKES A MISTAKE (Bassline)
As recorded by Otis Redding
(From the 1966 Album THE SOUL ALBUM)
Words and Music by Eddie Floyd & Alvertis Isbell
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'
Intro:
Q=61
6/8
Gtr I
W H. H. H. Q. E E E
G|--------|---------|---------|---------|-------------||
D|--------|---------|-6-------|---------|-------------||
A|--------|-6-------|---------|-6-------|----------5--||
E|--------|---------|---------|---------|-6----6-8----||
1st Verse:
Q. +Q E Q. E E E Q. +Q E Q. Q. Q. E E E
G|-------------|------------|-------------|-----------|------------|
D|-------------|------------|-------------|-----------|-6------6-7-|
A|-6----(6)----|-6----6-5-4-|-3----(3)----|-3----3----|------6-----|
E|-----------6-|------------|-----------3-|-----------|------------|
Q. E E E Q. +Q E Q. E E E Q. +Q E Q. +Q E
G|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-8----------|-------------|------------|-------------|-5----(5)--5-|
A|----------5-|-6----(6)--6-|----------5-|-6----(6)--6-|-------------|
E|------6-8---|-------------|-6----6-8---|-------------|-------------|
H. H. Q. E E E Q. +Q E Q. +Q E
G|---------|---------|------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-6-------|---------|----------5-|-6----(6)----|-------------|
A|---------|-4-------|-6----6-8---|-----------8-|-6----(6)--6-|
E|---------|---------|------------|-------------|-------------|
2nd Verse:
Q. E E E Q. +Q E Q. E E E Q. +Q E Q. E E E
G|------------||-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
D|------------||-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
A|----------5-||-6----(6)----|-6----6-5-4-|-3----(3)----|-3----3---1-|
E|-6----6-8---||-----------6-|------------|-----------3-|------------|
Q. E E E Q. Q E Q. +Q E Q. E E E Q. +Q E
G|------------|-----------|-------------|------------|-------------|
D|-6--------6-|-8-------8-|-------------|------------|-------------|
A|------6-----|-----------|-6----(6)--6-|----------5-|-6----(6)--6-|
E|------------|-----------|-------------|-6----6-8---|-------------|
Q. +Q E Q. +Q E Q. E E E Q. +Q E Q. E E E
G|-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
D|-5----(5)--5-|-6----(6)--6-|------------|-------------|-6----6-5---|
A|-------------|-------------|-4--------5-|-6----(6)--6-|----------8-|
E|-------------|-------------|------6-8---|-------------|------------|
3rd Verse:
|3|
Q. +Q E S Q. E E E Q. +Q E Q. E E E Q. +Q E
G|---------------|------------||-------------|------------|--------------|
D|---------------|------------||-------------|------------|--------------|
A|-6----(6)----6-|----------5-||-6----(6)----|-6----6-5-4-|-3----(3)-----|
E|---------------|-6----6-8---||-----------6-|------------|-----------3--|
|3|
Q. Q E Q. E E E Q. E S E E Q. +Q E Q. E E E
G|-----------|------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-----------|-6--------6-|-8------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-3-------3-|------6-----|------------5-|-6----(6)--6-|----------5--|
E|-----------|------------|------6-6-8---|-------------|-6----6-8----|
Q. +Q E Q. +Q E H. H. Q. E E E
G|-------------|-------------|---------|---------|------------||
D|-------------|-5----(5)--5-|-6-------|---------|----------5-||
A|-6----(6)--6-|-------------|---------|-4-------|-6----6-8---||
E|-------------|-------------|---------|---------|------------||
Outro:
Q. E E E Q. E E E Q. E E E Q. E E E 7x
G|------------|------------||-------------|-------------||
D|-6----6-5---|----------5-||o-6----6-5---|----------5-o||
A|----------8-|-6----6-8---||o----------8-|-6----6-8---o||
E|------------|------------||-------------|-------------||
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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
| |3| - triplet
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