A Change Is Gonna Come bass tab by Otis Redding
Bass Tab
- 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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