Merry Christmas bass tab by Ed Sheeran

Bass tabs

Key: C

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Ed Sheeran - Bass'

 Intro:
 Q=94
 4/4                     2/4
 Gtr I
  W     W     W     W     H
G|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
D|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
A|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
E|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|

 Q=115
 4/4
  W     W     W     W     H  E E E E
G|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------------|
D|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------------|
A|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------0-3-0---|
E|----------|----------|----------|----------|------3---------|


  H  +E Q E  E E Q.  Q E  +E E Q.  E E E  +E E Q E E E E
G|---------------|---------------|------------------|------------------||
D|---------------|---------------|------------------|------------------||
A|-3----(3)-2--0-|-0-0-0---------|--------------0---|------------0-3-0-||
E|---------------|----------3--1-|-(1)-1-1----1---3-|-(3)-3-3--3-------||


 Verse 1:
   Q E e H   Q E e H   Q E e H   Q E e E E E E  4x
G||--------------|-------------|-------------|------------------||
D||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------o||
A||o-3----3-3----|-0----0-0----|-------------|----------0-3-0--o||
E||--------------|-------------|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3---------||


 Chorus:
  Q E e H   Q E e H   Q E e Q Q  Q E e Q Q
G|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
D|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-3----3-3--2--|-0----0-0-----|
E|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3----|--------------|-----------3--|


  Q E e H   Q E e H   Q E e H   Q E e Q Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
E|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3----|-4----4-4----|-5----5-5--3--|

  Q E e H   Q E e E E E E  Q E e Q Q  Q E e Q Q
G|-------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
D|-------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
A|-------------|----------0-3-0-|-3----3-3--2--|-0----0-0-----|
E|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3-------|--------------|-----------3--|


                 Verse 2:
  Q E e H   Q E e E E E E   Q E e H
G|-------------|----------------||--------------|
D|-------------|----------------||o-------------|
A|-------------|----------0-3-0-||o-3----3-3----|
E|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3-------||--------------|


  Q E e H   Q E e H   Q E e E E E E 4x
G|-------------|-------------|-----------------||
D|-------------|-------------|----------------o||
A|-0----0-0----|-------------|----------0-3-0-o||
E|-------------|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3--------||


 Chorus:
  Q E e H   Q E e H   Q E e Q Q  Q E e Q Q
G|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
D|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-3----3-3--2--|-0----0-0-----|
E|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3----|--------------|-----------3--|


  Q E e H   Q E e H   Q E e H   Q E e Q Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
E|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3----|-4----4-4----|-5----5-5--3--|


  Q E e H   Q E e E E E E  Q E e Q Q  Q E e Q Q
G|-------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
D|-------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
A|-------------|----------0-3-0-|-3----3-3--2--|-0----0-0-----|
E|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3-------|--------------|-----------3--|


  Q E e H   Q E e E E E E   Q E e Q Q  Q E e Q Q
G|-------------|----------------||---------------|--------------|
D|-------------|----------------||o--------------|--------------|
A|-------------|----------0-3-0-||o-3----3-3--2--|-0----0-0-----|
E|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3-------||---------------|-----------3--|


                   Outro:
  Q E e H   Q E e E E E E     Q E e Q Q  Q E e Q Q
G|-------------|-----------------||-||---------------|---------------|
D|-------------|----------------o||-||o--------------|---------------|
A|-------------|----------0-3-0-o||-||o-3----3-3--2--|-0----0-0------|
E|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3--------||-||---------------|-----------3---|


        1.,2.,3.      4.
  Q E e H   Q E e E E E E 4x Q.  E +H    W     +W
G|-------------|-----------------||---------------|----------|--------*|
D|-------------|----------------o||---------------|----------|--------*|
A|-------------|----------0-3-0-o||------1-(1)----|-3--------|-(3)----*|
E|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3--------||-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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Merry Christmas bass tab

MERRY CHRISTMAS as recorded by Ed Sheeran & Elton John for the 2021 Album = (CHRISTMAS EDITION). This is the tab for the bass line

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