Smooth Operator Bass Tab

Sade - Smooth Operator BASS TAB by Philipp Jardas (philipp@jardas.de) This is just a small one to give the basic feeling of the song. Most of it is played ad lib, the tabs given are examples of how you could play it. The solo is indeed played completely different, but I found it easier to use this way to play it, though you won't be able to use the slides the (damn good) bassist uses in the original song. [Intro] Dm A/C# C6 G/B G |----------------|----------------| D |----------------|----------------| A |5-------4-----3-|------3-2-------| E |----5-----5-----|--5---------3---| (4x) ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

[Verse] Dm A G A (8x) [Bridge] G A Dm A/C# C6 G/B G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D |--------5-------|--------7-------|----------------|----------------| A |------5----5----|------7----7--4-|5-------4-----3-|------3-2-------| E |3-------------3-|5---------------|----5-----5-----|--5---------3---| (2x) ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ G A n.c. G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D |--------5-------|--------7-------|----------------|----------------| A |------5----5----|------7----7----|----5-------4-5-|----------------| E |3-------------3-|5-------------5-|----------5-----|----------------| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ [Chorus] (ad lib) Dm A G A Dm A G A G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D |----------------|----5-------7---|----------------|----------------| A |5-----5---------|--5-------7---4-|5-----5---------|--2-3-5---4-5-7-| E |--------5-5---3-|------5---------|--------5-5---3-|--------5-------| (2x) ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ [Verse 2] (same chords as chorus, ad lib) [Bass Solo] Dm G A G |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------5-| D |-----------5--78|7-----5-------5-|--------8--7--5-|7--8--7-5--7----| A |5-5---578-------|-------87--8----|5-----5---------|----------------| E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Dm G A G |7-----5-5-----5-|7-----5-5-------|--------5-------|----------------| D |-------8---8----|-------8---8--7-|8--7--8----8--7-|5--7--5-8--7----| A |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------8-| E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^