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Badlands Bass Tab by Bruce Springsteen

Badlands bass tab by Bruce Springsteen

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Song: BADLANDS
Bruce Springsteen and The E Srteet Band
Album: Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) studio album
or Live from NY City (2001), live album (live July 2000, MSG, NY)
Transcribed by:
Edgar Aguilera (forced_to_confess@yahoo.com), 15/01/2003


Here you have the main lines for different parts of the song.
I have transcribed the live and the studio versions.
The live version is more powerful (and easier?).
About the album version I am not sure; there are many variations in
lengh of notes, but maybe the tab here helps someone to get it.
Listen to the song to get the structure.
Corrections are welcome!
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
CHORUS. (live)                       last bar
  E   .   .   .    G   .   .   .      G . . .
G|----------------|----------------| |--------|
D|----------------|----------------| |7 \ 9---|
A|7---7-----------|--------4-------| |--------|
E|--------0-0-7-0-|5-----7-----7---| |--------|

CHORUS. (album)
  E   .   .   .    G   .   .   .
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|7-------7-----7-|--------4-------|
E|------00--0-7---|5-----7-----7---|

VERSE. (live)
  E              A     B
G|--------------|------------|
D|--------------|------------|
A|7-----7-------|------------|
E|----7-----7-0-|5---5-7---7-|

VERSE. (album)
  E              A     B
G|--------------|------------|
D|--------------|------------|
A|77----77------|------------|
E|----7-----7-0-|55--5-77--7-|


BRIDGE. (same line for both versions?)
I am not sure it is a triplet
  A                 B
G|--------|--------|--------|-----------|
D|--------|--------|--------|-----------|
A|--------|--------|--------|---------4-|
E|5--05--0|5--055-0|7--07--0|7--07--07-7|

                    ____3____
  A                |B   E   A| B    A B A
G|--------|--------|----------|-----------|
D|--------|--------|----------|-----------|
A|--------|--------|----------|-----------|
E|5--05--0|5--05--0|7---0---5-|7----5-7-5-|


THE OTHER BRIDGE. (uuu u-u-u uuuu part)
  E        A   B
G|--------|--------|
D|--------|77779999|
A|77777777|--------|
E|--------|--------|

If you have other bass tabs of Springsteen songs, please mail me.
greetings from barcelona, edgar

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