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Waiting On A Friend Bass Tab by The Rolling Stones

Waiting On A Friend bass tab by The Rolling Stones

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The Rolling Stones – Waiting on a friend

Standard tuning
These are the basic patterns you could use to improvise.
In the intro, part4 and part7 it is going back and forth between C and F.
Parts1, 2 and 5 follow A-F-G-C-G-G-C-C-G-G-C-C, Parts 3 and 6 the same but without the last C-C.

Intro;
7 bars rest, then;
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|--------------0-|
E|----------------| followed by

G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|-3------3-------|-----------5--2-|
E|--------------1-|-0-1------------| 3x, followed by
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G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|-3------3-------|----------0-1-2-|
E|--------------1-|-0-1------------|

Part1 (Watching girls go passing by);
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|--------7--5----|-3--3-----0-3-4-|-5--------------|--------0-2-3-4-|
A|-0------------5-|----------------|--------5-----3-|-3--------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------3-----|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|-5--------------|------------5---|----------------|----------0-2-3-|
A|--------5-5-----|----------5---0-|-3--3---------3-|-3--------------|
E|--------------3-|-3-3----5-------|-----------3----|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|-5--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--------5-5-----|------------5-0-|-3------------3-|-3------3-3-3-2-|
E|--------------3-|-3------3-3-----|-----------3----|----------------|

Part2 (Out of these girls go passing by);
– Played as part1

Part3 (A smile relieves a heart that grieves);
- Play only first 10 bars of part1

Part4 (Friend, I'm just waiting on a friend) including sax-solo;
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|-3------3-------|-----------5--2-|
E|--------------1-|-0-1------------| 11x, followed by

G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|-3------3-------|----------0-1-2-|
E|--------------1-|-0-1------------|

Part5 (Don't need a whore);
– Played as part1

Part6 (Making love and breaking hearts);
– Play only first 10 bars of part1

Part7 (Friend, I'm just waiting on a friend) including sax-solo fading out;
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|-3------3-------|-----------5--2-|
E|--------------1-|-0-1------------| 16x

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