Pretzel Logic Bass Tab by Steely Dan

Pretzel Logic bass tab by Steely Dan

Bass Tab

Pretzel Logic
                                     Steely Dan

Bass							          Donald Fagen
       ___						         Walter Becker
      | 3 |
E E = Q   E

Intro                           ___
                               | 3 |
|----------------|-------------------|
|---  3 Bars  ---|-------------------|
|---   Rest   ---|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------0-2-3-|
                   H       Q   E E E
                                 ___                 ___                 ___
                                | 3 |               | 3 |               | 3 |
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------2-4-2-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-2-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-2-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

Verse 1
                                                   ___
                                                  | 3 |
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------2-4-2-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
                                 ___                 ___                 ___
                                | 3 |               | 3 |               | 3 |
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|-------------------|---------------3-5-|
|---------------5-|-------------0-2-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E

Chorus 1       ___                 ___                 ___                 ___
              | 3 |               | 3 |               | 3 |               | 3 |
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-2-------------2-1-|---------------0-1-|-2-------------2-1-|---------------0-1-|
|-------------------|-5-----------------|-------------------|-5-----------------|
|-------5-----------|-------3-----------|-------5-----------|-------3-----------|
  Q.    E Q   E E E   Q.    E Q   E E E   Q.    E Q   E E E   Q.    E Q   E E E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------0---------|-3-----5-------3-|(3)----------3---|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------1-|
  Q.    E H         Q.    E Q.    E   H.          E E

Interlude 1                      ___                                   ___
                                | 3 |                                 | 3 |
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------5-----|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|---------------5---|-----------------|-------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-3-|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E

Verse 2                          ___                 ___                 ___
                                | 3 |               | 3 |               | 3 |
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|---------------2-|-3-3-3-3-3---------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------3-4-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-----------1-2-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E
                                 ___                 ___                 ___
                                | 3 |               | 3 |               | 3 |
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|-------------------|---------------3-5-|
|---------------5-|-------------0-2-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E

Chorus 2       ___                 ___                 ___                 ___
              | 3 |               | 3 |               | 3 |               | 3 |
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-2-------------2-1-|---------------0-1-|-2-------------2-1-|---------------0-1-|
|-------------------|-5-----------------|-------------------|-5-----------------|
|-------5-----------|-------3-----------|-------5-----------|-------3-----------|
  Q.    E Q   E E E   Q.    E Q   E E E   Q.    E Q   E E E   Q.    E Q   E E E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------0---------|-3-----5-------3-|(3)--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  Q.    E H         Q.    E Q.    E   W

Interlude 2          ___   ___   ___   ___
                    | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | | 3 |
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|---5---5---5---5---5-----|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3---3---3---3---3---3-0-|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E

Solo                                                             ___   ___
                                                                | 3 | | 3 |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2-5-5-5-5-2---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5---------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E Q
                                                   ___                 ___
                                                  | 3 |               | 3 |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-2-0-0-------|-----2-2-0-0-------|
|-----------------|-----3-3-2-2-----|-------------2-4-2-|-------------2-----|
|-----------------|-------------3---|-0-0---------------|-0-0---------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-1-1-----------1-|-------------------|---------------2-3-|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E
                                                   ___
                                                  | 3 |
|-----7-7-5-5-----|-----7-7-5-5-----|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------7-7-|-------------7---|-----7-7-5-5-2-----|-----7-7-5-5-----|
|-5-5-------------|-5-5-------------|-------------------|-------------7-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-----------2-3-|-5-5-------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
               ___                 ___                 ___                 ___
              | 3 |               | 3 |               | 3 |               | 3 |
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7-------------7-6-|-5-------------5-6-|-7-------------7-6-|-5-------------5-6-|
|---7-6-5-----------|---5-4-3-----------|---7-6-5-----------|---5-4-3-----------|
  E E E E Q   E E E   E E E E Q   E E E   E E E E Q   E E E   E E E E Q   E E E
                                 ___
                                | 3 |
|-----------------|---------------3---|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3---3-----------3-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7---------------|---3---1-----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|---7-6-5---------|-------------------|---------------0-|---------------0-|
  E E E E H         E E E Q.    E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0---5-----|
|---------------0-|-----------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q.

Verse 3

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4-|
|-5---------------|-1---1-----------|-5---------------|-----------------|
  E E H.            E E E E H         E E H.            E E E E E E E E
                                 ___                 ___
                                | 3 |               | 3 |
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------3-5-3---|-------------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-------5-|-------------5-----|---------------6-|
|---------------5-|-------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5---2-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E

Chorus 3
               ___                 ___                 ___                 ___
              | 3 |               | 3 |               | 3 |               | 3 |
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------7-----|-------------------|-------------7-----|-------------5-----|
|-7---------7---7-6-|-5-------------5-6-|-7---------7---7-6-|-5---------5---5-6-|
|-------5-----------|---5-4-3-----------|-------5-----------|---5-4-3-----------|
  Q.    Q   E E E E   E E E Q.    E E E   Q.    Q   E E E E   E E E Q   E E E E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7---------------|-3-----5-------3-|(3)--------------|
|-------5---------|-----------------|---------------1-|
  Q.    E H         Q.    E Q.    E   H.          E E

Interlude 3                                                        ___   ___
                                                                  | 3 | | 3 |
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------5-2---2-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------5---5-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-2-0-|-5-5-5-5-------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E
                     ___   ___   ___   ___
                    | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | | 3 |
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|---5---5---5---5---5-----|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3---3---3---3---3---3-4-|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E

Outro          ___                                                     ___
              | 3 |                                                   | 3 |
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------2-5-2-|-----------------|-----------------|---------2-2-------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------5-2---|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-|-3-3-3-3---------5-|
  E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E
               ___             ___   ___                       ___   ___   ___   ___
              | 3 |           | 3 | | 3 |                     | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | | 3 |
|-------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-------------2-5-2-|-----------------5-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-|-5-3-------3-5-3-5-------|
|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----5---5---------5---5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|---------------------|-----------------|-------3-------------3---|
  E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
                                 ___                 ___         ___   ___   ___
                                | 3 |               | 3 |       | 3 | | 3 | | 3 |
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------2-|-----------------2-|-3-3---------------|-5---5-----------------|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-5---|-----5-5-3-3---3---|---5---5-2-5-2---2-----|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------1---1-|---------------5---5-3-|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E
               ___             ___   ___                       ___   ___   ___   ___
              | 3 |           | 3 | | 3 |                     | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | | 3 |
|-----------------2-|-2-2-2-2-2-5-2-------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-------------2-5---|---------------5-2-4-|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|---------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
  E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
               ___             ___   ___                       ___   ___   ___   ___
              | 3 |           | 3 | | 3 |                     | 3 | | 3 | | 3 | | 3 |
|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-------------2-----|---------------------|---------------3-|-------------------------||
|---------------3-5-|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-5-0-2-3-5-3-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
  E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E


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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