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Badlands Bass Tab by Bruce Springsteen

Badlands bass tab by Bruce Springsteen

Bass Tab

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!
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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