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The Royal Scam Bass Tab by Steely Dan

The Royal Scam bass tab by Steely Dan

Bass Tab 

Intro

4 Bars rest

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-----6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   S E.

Verse 1

||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-3-------5-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o---------------5-|(5)5-------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
||------------------|-----4-----3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|
    H       Q.    E   E E Q   E.S E E   Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q

                                   x4
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-----6-o||
|-----------------|------------------||
  Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   S E.

Chorus 1

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---3-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------6-----5-|(5)5-------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
|-----------------|-----4-----3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|
  Q   Q   Q.    E   E E Q   E.S E E   Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-----6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
  Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   S E.

Verse 2 (Same as Verse 1)

||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-3-------5-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o---------------5-|(5)5-------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
||------------------|-----4-----3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|
    H       Q.    E   E E Q   E.S E E   Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q

                                   x4
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-----6-o||
|-----------------|------------------||
  Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   S E.

Chorus 2 (Same as Chorus 1)

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---3-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------6-----5-|(5)5-------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
|-----------------|-----4-----3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|
  Q   Q   Q.    E   E E Q   E.S E E   Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-----6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
  Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   S E.

Solo

|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5---5-------5-----|-2-2-----2-2-------9---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----5-------5---5---|-----2-2---------7---7-|
|-3-------5-----0-|(0)0-6-----5-5-5-|-----------3-------3-|---------------0-------|
  H       Q.    E   E E Q   E.S E E   E.S E E S E E S S S   E.S S S S S S S E E E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-------5-------|-1-------1-------|-2-------0-------|
  Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q     H       H

Interlude

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---  3 Bars   ---|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---------------|---   Rest    ---|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  W                                   Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-----6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   S E.

Verse 3 (Same as Verse 1)

||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-3-------5-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o---------------5-|(5)5-------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
||------------------|-----4-----3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|
    H       Q.    E   E E Q   E.S E E   Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q

                                   x4
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-----6-o||
|-----------------|------------------||
  Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   S E.

Chorus 3

||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-3---3-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o---------6-----5-|(5)5-------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
||------------------|-----4-----3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|
    Q   Q   Q.    E   E E Q   E.S E E   Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q

                                   x3
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-----6-o||
|-----------------|------------------||
  Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   S E.

Outro

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-----6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   S E.

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---3-----------|-----------------|
|---------6-----5-|(5)5-------------|
|-----------------|-----4-----3-3-3-|
  Q   Q   Q.    E   E E Q   E.S E E

                                                             Repeat to fade
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-----6-o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
    Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   S 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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