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All Night Long Bass Tab by Lionel Richie

All Night Long bass tab by Lionel Richie

Bass Tab

  • Tuning: Standard (E A D G)
  • Key: Db
Difficulty: Intermediate


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Abraham Laboriel - Bass'

 Intro:
 Q=109
 4/4
  Gtr I
   W          W          W          W
G|----------|----------|----------|------|
D|----------|----------|----------|------|
A|----------|----------|----------|------|
E|----------|----------|----------|------|


   W          H.      +E  S S   W          H.      +E. S
G|----------|-----------------|----------|----------------|
D|----------|-----------------|----------|----------------|
A|----------|-----------------|----------|----------------|
E|-4--------|-2-------(2)-2-3-|-4--------|-2-------(2)-2--|


   H.      +E. S   H.      +E. S   H.      +E. S   W
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|------||
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|------||
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|------||
E|-4-------(4)-4-|-2-------(2)-2-|-4-------(4)-4-|-2----||


  1st Verse:
     H.      +E. S   H    +E. S +E  E   W          H    +E. S +E  E
G||----------------|------------------|----------|-------------------|
D||o---------------|------------------|----------|----------1-(1)-3--|
A||o---------------|------------------|-1--------|-------------------|
E||--4-------(4)-4-|-2----(2)-2-(2)-4-|----------|-4----(4)----------|


   H.      +E. S   H    +E. S +E  E   W          H    +E. S +E  E
G|---------------|------------------|----------|------------------|
D|---------------|------------------|----------|----------1-(1)-3-|
A|---------------|------------------|-1--------|------------------|
E|-4-------(4)-4-|-2----(2)-2-(2)-4-|----------|-4----(4)---------|


   H.      +E. S   H    +E. S +E  E   W          H    +E. S +E  E
G|---------------|------------------|----------|------------------||
D|---------------|------------------|----------|----------1-(1)-3-||
A|---------------|------------------|-1--------|------------------||
E|-4-------(4)-4-|-2----(2)-2-(2)-4-|----------|-4----(4)---------||


 Pre-Chorus:
   H.      +E. S   H    +E. S +E  E   W          H    +E. S +E  E
G|---------------|------------------|----------|------------------|
D|---------------|------------------|----------|----------1-(1)-3-|
A|---------------|------------------|-1--------|------------------|
E|-4-------(4)-4-|-2----(2)-2-(2)-4-|----------|-4----(4)---------|


                                                                   2/4
   H.      +E. S   H    +E. S +E  E   W          H    +E. S +E  E   Q  Q
G|---------------|------------------|----------|------------------|--------||
D|---------------|------------------|----------|----------1-(1)-3-|--------||
A|---------------|------------------|-1--------|------------------|--------||
E|-4-------(4)-4-|-2----(2)-2-(2)-4-|----------|-4----(4)---------|-4--4---||


 Chorus:
 4/4
   Q  +E. S Q  Q    Q  +E. S E. S E E   Q  +E. S Q  Q    Q  +E. S Q  Q
G|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|
D|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|
A|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|
E|-2--(2)-2-2-----|-2--(2)-2-2--2-2-3-|-4--(4)-4-4-----|-4--(4)-4-4--4---|


   Q  +E. S Q  Q    Q  +E. S E. S E E   Q  +E. S Q  Q    Q  +E. S a Q  Q
G|----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------||
D|----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------1h3--1---o||
A|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------o||
E|-2--(2)-2-2-----|-2--(2)-2-2--2-2-3-|-4--(4)-4-4-----|-4--(4)-4-----------||


 Bridge:
    6/4                                4/4
     E. S +E  E E. S +E  E E. S +E  E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q   3x
G||-----------------------------------|-------------|--------------||
D||o------------1---------------------|-------------|-------------o||
A||o----1-(1)-3----3-(3)-1----1-(1)---|-------------|-------------o||
E||--4---------------------4--------3-|-2-----2-----|-2-----2------||


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


   E. S Q  E. S Q    S e S E S S S e. S S e
G|-----------------|------------------------|
D|-----------------|-6-6-----6-6------6-6---|
A|-----------------|------------------------|
E|-2--4----2--4----|-----4---------4------4-|


   E. S Q  E. S Q    S e S E S S S e. S S e
G|-----------------|-------------------------||
D|-----------------|-6-6-----6-6------6-6----||
A|-----------------|-------------------------||
E|-2--4----2--4----|-----4---------4------4--||


 Breakdown:
   W          W          W          W          W          W
G|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
D|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
A|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
E|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|


   E. S Q  E. S E E   +H     Q  Q    H    Q.   E   H    Q.   E   H    Q  Q
G|------------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
D|------------------|--------6-----|-------------|-------------|-------------||
A|------------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
E|-2--4----2--4---4-|-(4)-------4--|-2----2----2-|-1----1----1-|-1----1--4---||


 Chorus:
   Q  +E. S Q  Q    Q  +E. S E. S E E   Q  +E. S Q  Q    Q  +E. S Q  Q
G|----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|
E|-2--(2)-2-2-----|-2--(2)-2-2--2-2-3-|-4--(4)-4-4-----|-4--(4)-4-4--4--|


   Q  +E. S Q  Q    Q  +E. S E. S E E   Q  +E. S Q  Q    Q  +E. S a Q  E E
G|----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------||
D|----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------1h3--1-3--||
A|----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------||
E|-2--(2)-2-2-----|-2--(2)-2-2--2-2-3-|-4--(4)-4-4-----|-4--(4)-4-----------||


 Marimba Solo:
     H.      +E. S   H    +E. S +E  E   W          H    +E. S +E  E   3x
G||----------------|------------------|----------|--------------------||
D||o---------------|------------------|----------|----------1-(1)-3--o||
A||o---------------|------------------|-1--------|-------------------o||
E||--4-------(4)-4-|-2----(2)-2-(2)-4-|----------|-4----(4)-----------||


 Pre-Chorus:
                                                                       2/4
     H.      +E. S   H    +E. S +E  E   W          H    +E. S +E  E     Q  Q
G||----------------|------------------|----------|-------------------||-------||
D||o---------------|------------------|----------|----------1-(1)-3-o||-------||
A||o---------------|------------------|-1--------|------------------o||-------||
E||--4-------(4)-4-|-2----(2)-2-(2)-4-|----------|-4----(4)----------||-4--4--||


  Out-Chorus:
   4/4
     Q  +E. S Q  Q    Q  +E. S Q  Q    Q  +E. S Q  Q    Q  +E. S Q  Q
G||-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D||o----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A||o----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E||--2--(2)-2-2-----|-2--(2)-2-2--2--|-4--(4)-4-4-----|-4--(4)-4-4--4--|


   Q  +E. S Q  Q    Q  +E. S Q  Q    Q  +E. S Q  Q    Q  +E. S a Q  Q    6x
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------||
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------1h3--1---o||
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------o||
E|-2--(2)-2-2-----|-2--(2)-2-2--2--|-4--(4)-4-4-----|-4--(4)-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).

|  (n)  -  note tied to previous
|   h   -  hammer-on
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Lionel Richie bass tabs for All night long

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This bass tab for All Night Long by Lionel Richie is suitable for players wanting a clear and accurate transcription. Tuning: Standard (E A D G). Key: Db. Focuses on developing solid timing and rhythmic pocket, essential for any aspiring bassist.