You're So Vain bass tab by Carly Simon

Bass tabs (Ver. 2)

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Klaus Voormann - Bass'

 Intro:
 Q=107
 4/4
 Gtr I
   |3| |-3-| |3| |-3-|      |3| |-3-| |3| |-3-|
   S E S S S S E S S S S E. Q  S E S S S S E S S S S E. Q
G||------5---------5-------------|-----5---------5---------------||
D||o-------7---------7-----------|-------7---------7------------o||
A||o---------7---------7---------|---------7---------7----------o||
E||--5---------5---------5-------|-5---------5---------5---------||

  |3| |-3-| |3| |-3-|      |3| |-3-| |3| |-3-|
  S E S S S S E S S S S E. Q  S E S S S S E S S S S E. Q
G|-----5---------5-------------|-----5---------5--------------||
D|-------7---------7-----------|-------7---------7------------||
A|---------7---------7---------|---------7---------7------7\--||
E|-5---------5---------5-------|-5---------5---------5--------||


 1st Verse:
  Q E E H   Q E E Q.  E  Q E E Q Q  Q E E Q.  E
G|-------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
D|-------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
A|-------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
E|-5----5-5----|-5----5-5----3-|-1----1-1-----|-5----5-5----0-|


  Q E E H   Q E E Q.  E  Q E E Q E E  Q E E Q E E
G|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
D|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
A|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
E|-5----5-5----|-5----5-5----3-|-1----1-1----0-|-5----5-5----3-||


 Pre-Chorus:
                     2/4  4/4
  Q Q H   Q E E +H    W     H   +W      W     W
G|------------|---------------|----------|------|------------|----------|------||
D|------------|---------------|-3--------|------|------------|----------|------||
A|------------|---------------|----------|-3----|-(3)--------|----------|------||
E|-1--1--3----|-0--0-5-(5)----|----------|------|------------|----------|------||


 Chorus:
  Q.  E H   Q.  E H   Q.  E H   Q.  E Q.  E
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
A|-3----3-3----|-3----3-3----|-5----5-5----|-3----3-3----2-|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|

  Q.  E Q.  E  Q.  Q.  Q  Q.  E +Q.  E  +W
G|---------------|--------------|----------------|--------||
D|---------------|--------------|----------------|--------||
A|---------------|--------------|----------------|--------||
E|-5----5-5----3-|-1----1----1S=|=3----3-(3)---3-|-(3)----||


 2nd & 3rd Verses:
 Segno $
  Q E E E Q.   Q E E E Q E  Q E E E Q E  Q.  E E Q E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-5----5-5-5----|-5----5-5-5--3-|-1----1-1-1--1-|-5----5-5-5--0-|


  Q.  E E Q E  Q.  E E Q E  Q.  E E Q E  Q.  E E Q E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------7-||
E|-5----5-5-5--5-|-5----5-5-5--3-|-1----1-1-1--1-|-5----5-5-5----||


 Pre-Chorus:
  H   H   Q.  E Q.  E  W
G|------------|---------------|-----------|
D|------------|-------------7-|-----------|
A|-8----10----|-7-------------|-8\--------|
E|------------|------5-5------|-----------|


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


 Chorus:
  Q.  E H   Q.  E H   Q.  E H   Q.  E Q.  E
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
A|-3----3-3----|-3----3-3----|-5----5-5----|-3----3-3----2-|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|


                              To Coda
  Q.  E Q.  E  Q.  Q.  Q  Q.  E +Q.  E  +Q.  Q E E E
G|---------------|--------------|----------------|------------------||
D|---------------|--------------|----------------|------------------||
A|---------------|--------------|----------------|------------------||
E|-5----5-5----3-|-1----1----1--|-3----3-(3)---3-|-(3)---3--3-3-3---||


 Guitar Solo:
  Q E E E Q E  E E E E Q.  E  Q.  E Q.  S S  Q.  E Q.  E
G|---------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|---------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
A|---------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-5----5-5-5--0-|-5-5---5-5----3-|-1----1-1----x-x-|-5----5-5----0--|


  Q.  E E Q E  Q.  S S E Q E  E Q S S E Q E  E Q E Q E E
G|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------7-|
E|-5----5-5-5--0-|-5----5-5-5-5--3-|-1-1--1-1-1-1--0-|-5-5--5-5--5---|


  E Q E Q.  E  E E E E +H    W
G|---------------|-----------------|-----------|
D|--------5----5-|-----5\----------|-----------|
A|-8-8--8--------|-7-7----0-(0)----|-8\--------|
E|---------------|-----------------|-----------|


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


 Chorus:
  Q.  E H   Q.  E H   Q.  E H   Q.  E Q.  E
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
A|-3----3-3----|-3----3-3----|-5----5-5----|-3----3-3----2-|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|


                      Dal Segno al Coda
  Q.  E Q.  E  Q.  Q.  Q  Q.  E +Q.  E  +W
G|---------------|--------------|----------------|---------||
D|---------------|--------------|----------------|---------||
A|---------------|--------------|----------------|---------||
E|-5----5-5----3-|-1----1----1S=|=3----3-(3)---3-|-(3)-----||


 Outro:
 Coda &
   Q.  E H   Q.  E H   Q.  E H   Q.  E H   4x
G||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
D||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
A||o-3----3-3----|-3----3-3----|-5----5-5----|-3----3-3----o||
E||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||

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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
| |-3-| - triplet
|  \  - slide out of (to "nowhere")
|  S  - shift slide
|  |  - bar
|  ||  - double bar
| ||o  - repeat start
| o||  - repeat end
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