Kings Bass Tab by Steely Dan

Kings bass tab by Steely Dan

Bass Tab

Kings
                                     Steely Dan

Bass							          Donald Fagen
         						         Walter Becker

In 2/2

Intro

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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------0-|
  W                 W                 W                 H.          E E

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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-3-5-------------|---------------0-|-3-5-------------|---------------0-|
  E E Q   H         H.          E E   E E Q   H         W

Verse 1

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-5---x-5-------|-3-5---x-5-------|
  W                 W                 E E E E H         E E E E H

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-5---x-5-------|-3-5---x-5-------|
  W                 W                 E E E E H         E E E E H

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-------3-----3-|-----------------|-5-------5---5-4-|-3-------2-------|
|-----------------|-3-3-----3-------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-----------------|
  H       Q.    E   E E E E H         H       Q   E E   H       H

|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-3-----|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3-3-|-----------------|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-1---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-------3-1---1-|
  Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q     H       E E E E   H       E Q   E

Chorus 1

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------2-------|-3-3---x-3---3-5-|-----------------|---------5-5-3-2-|
|-------2---------|-----------------|-3-3---x-3-------|-----------------|
|-0-0-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3---3---------|
  E Q   E H         E Q   E Q   E E   E Q   E H         E Q   E E E E E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------4-|---------5-------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5---x-5-------|-------5---------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3-3-------------|-3-5---5-5-----0-|-3-5---5-5-----5-|
  E Q   E Q.    E   E E E E H         E E E E Q.    E   E E E E Q.    E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-----2-------|-3-3---x-3---3-5-|-----------------|---------5-5-3-2-|
|-------2---------|-----------------|-3-3---x-3---3-5-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3---3---------|
  E Q   E H         E Q   E Q   E E   E Q   E Q   E E   E Q   E E E E E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------4-|-5-5---5-5-------|-2-3---x-3-------|-2-3---x-3-------|
|-5-5---x-5-------|---------------5-|---------------3-|---------------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  E Q   E Q.    E   E Q   E Q   E E   E E E E Q.    E   E E E E Q.    E

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-3---x-3-------|-2-3---x-3---2---|
|---------------3-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
  E E E E Q.    E   E E E E Q   Q

Verse 2

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------3-|
|-----------------|-1---------------|-3-5---x-5-------|-3-5---x-5-------|
  W                 W                 E E E E H         E E E E Q.    E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-5---x-5-------|-3-5---x-5-------|
  W                 W                 E E E E H         E E E E H

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-------3-------|-----------------|---------5-------|-3-------2-------|
|-----------------|-3-3-----3---3-5-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------1-3-|-------3---------|-3---------------|-----------------|
  H       Q   E E   E E E E Q   E E   H       H         H       H

|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3---|-----------------|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-1---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-------3-1---1-|
  Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q     H       Q   Q     H       E Q   E

Chorus 2

|-----------------|-----------------|---------5---5---|-----------------|
|---------2-------|-3-3---x-3---3-5-|-----------------|---------5-5---2-|
|-------2---------|-----------------|-3-3---x---------|-----------------|
|-0-0-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3---3---------|
  E Q   E H         E Q   E Q   E E   E Q   E Q   Q     E Q   E E Q   E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-5---5-5-------|-5-7---7-7-------|-5-7---7-7-------|
|-5-5---x---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  E Q   E H         E H   E H         E E E E H         E E E E H

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-----2-------|-3-3---x-3-------|-----------------|---------5-5-3-2-|
|-------2---------|-----------------|-3-3---x-3---3-5-|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------3-|-----------------|-3-3---3---------|
  E Q   E H         E Q   E Q.  - E   E Q   E Q   E E   E Q   E E E E E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------4-|-5-5---5-5-------|-2-3---x-3-------|-2-3---x-3-------|
|-5-5---x-5-------|---------------5-|---------------3-|---------------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  E Q   E Q.    E   E Q   E Q   E E   E E E E Q.    E   E E E E Q.    E

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-3---x-3-------|-2-3---x-3---2---|
|---------------3-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
  E E E E Q.    E   E E E E Q   Q

Solo

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-6---x-6-------|-5-6---x-6-------|-5-6---x-6-------|-5-6---x-6-------|
|---------------6-|---------------6-|---------------6-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  E E E E Q.    E   E E E E Q.    E   E E E E Q.    E   E E E E H

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------7-------|-------7---------|---------7-------|-------7---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-------5-|-5---------------|-5-5-5-5-------5-|-5---5-----------|
  E E E E Q.    E   Q.    E H         E E E E Q.    E   Q   E E H

|---------7-------|---------10------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-7---x-7-------|
|-5---------------|-8---------------|-----------------|-------------7-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-5---x-5-------|-----------------|
  H       H         H       H         E E E E H         E E E E Q   E E

|---------7-------|---------10------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-----5-----5-7-|-8---------------|-----------------|---------------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-5---x-5-------|-3-5---x-5-------|
  Q.    E Q   E E   H       H         E E E E H         E E E E Q.    E

|---------7-------|---------10------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-----5-----5---|-8-----------8---|-----------------|---------------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-5---x-5-------|-3-5---x-5-------|
  Q.    E Q   Q     H       Q   Q     E E E E H         E E E E Q.    E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-5-7---x-7-------|-5-7---x-7-------|
|-5-------5-------|-------3-------3-|---------------2-|-----------------|
|-------5---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  Q.    E H         Q.    E Q.    E   E E E E Q.    E   E E E E H

Verse 3

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---------------|-----------------|-------------5-4-|-3-------2-------|
|-----------------|-3-----------1-0-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|
  H       Q   E E   H.          E E   H.          E E   H       H

|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------3-----|-----------------|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-1-----------1---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5---------------|
  Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q     H       E E Q     W

|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-5-------3-1---1-|
  H       E Q   E

Chorus 2

|-----------------|-----------------|---------5-------|-----------------|
|---------2-------|-3-3---x-3---3-5-|-----------------|---------5-5-3-2-|
|-------2---------|-----------------|-3-3---x-----3---|-----------------|
|-0-0-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3---3---------|
  E Q   E H         E Q   E Q   E E   E Q   E Q   Q     E Q   E E E E E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-5---5-5-------|-5-7---7-7-------|-5-7---7-7-------|
|-5-5---x-5-----7-|---------------7-|---------------7-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  E Q   E Q.    E   E H   E Q.    E   E E E E Q.    E   E E E E H

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-----2-------|-3-3---x-3-------|-----------------|---5-----5-5-3-2-|
|-------2---------|-----------------|-3-3---x-3---3-5-|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------3-|-----------------|-3-----3---------|
  E Q   E H         E Q   E Q.  - E   E Q   E Q   E E   E Q   E E E E E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------4-|-5-5---5-5-------|-5-7---x-7-------|-5-7---x-7-------|
|-5-5---x-5-------|---------------5-|---------------7-|---------------7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  E Q   E Q.    E   E Q   E Q   E E   E E E E Q.    E   E E E E Q.    E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-5---5-5-----5-|-5-7---x-7-------|-5-7---x-7-------|
|-5-5-----5-------|-----------------|---------------7-|---------------7-|
|-------5---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  E Q   E H         E Q   E Q.    E   E E E E Q.    E   E E E E Q.    E

|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------7-------|-5-5---5-5-----5-|
|-5-5-----------5-|-----------------|
|-------5---------|-----------------|
  E Q   E Q.    E   E Q   E H

Outro

    2/2               3/2
||------------------|--------------------------||
||o-----3-------3---|-----3-------3-------3---o||
||o-----------------|-------------------------o||
||------------------|--------------------------||
    Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q   Q   Q


Key to rhythm notations:

W - Whole Note/Semi-Brieve
H - Half Note/Minim
Q - Quarter Note/Crotchet	Q. - Dotted Quarter Note
E - Eight Note/Quaver		E. - Dotted Eight Note
S - Sixteenth Note/Semi-Quaver	S. - Dotted Sixteenth Note

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