Bass tabs
MAKE ME SMILE (COME UP AND SEE ME) (Bassline)
As recorded by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
(From the 1975 Album THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES)
Words and Music by Steve Harley
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'George Ford - Bass'
Intro
Q=143
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E
|---------------0-|-2-4-5-4-(4)------|
|---------0-2-3---|--------------5---|
|---0-2-3---------|------------------|
|-3---------------|------------------|
1st - 3rd Verses
$
E E E E Q E E W Q +E e E E E E
|----------------|----------||-------------0-2---|
|----------------|----------||o-3--(3)-3-3-----3-|
|----------------|----------||o------------------|
|-3-3-3-3----3-3-|----------||-------------------|
Q +S S S S E E E E Q +S S S S E E E E Q +S S S S E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------0-2---|
|----------------0-2---|------------------0-2-|-3--(3)---3---3-----3-|
|-3--(3)---3---3-----3-|----------------2-----|----------------------|
|----------------------|-3--(3)---3---3-------|----------------------|
Q +E E Q. E Q +E E Q +E E Q +E E Q +E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-3--(3)-3-3----0-|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-3--(3)-3-3--(3)-3-|-3--(3)-3-3--(3)-3-|
Q +E E Q E E Q +E E E E E E Q +E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------0-2---|------------------|
|-----------------|-3--(3)-3-3-----3-|------------------|
|-------------5---|------------------|-3--(3)-3-3-5-3-0-|
|-3--(3)-3-3----3-|------------------|------------------|
Q +E E E E E E Q +E E E E E E Q +E E Q. E
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|--------------0-2-|-3--(3)-3-3-------|-----------------|
|------------2-----|------------3---0-|-3--(3)-3-3----0-|
|-3--(3)-3-3-------|--------------1---|-----------------|
Pre-Chorus
Q +E E Q +E E Q Q Q Q Q. E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------||----------------|
|-------------------|-------------||----------------|
|-------------------|-------------||----------0-3-0-|
|-3--(3)-3-3--(3)-3-|-3--3--3--3--||-1----1-1-------|
Q +E E E E E E Q +E E E E E E Q +E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------0-2---|----------------0-|------------0-----|
|-3--(3)-3-3-----3-|------------0-3---|-3--(3)-3-3---3-0-|
|------------------|-1--(1)-1-1-------|------------------|
Chorus
Q +E E Q +E E E E E Q Q E Q +E Q Q E
|-------------------|---------------||----------------|
|-------------------|---------------||-0--(0)-0--0--2-|
|-------------------|-------------2-||----------------|
|-3--(3)-3-3--(3)-3-|-3-3---3--3----||----------------|
Q. E E E E E Q +E E +E E E E Q +E Q Q E
|----------------|--------------------|----------------|
|-3------3-2-0---|--------------0-2---|----------------|
|------3-------0-|-3--(3)-3-(3)-----3-|--------------2-|
|----------------|--------------------|-3--(3)-3--3----|
Q +E E Q +E E Q +E Q Q E Q E E Q E E
|-------------------|----------------|---------------|
|-------------------|-3--(3)-3--3----|---------------|
|-5--(5)-5-5--(5)-5-|--------------5-|-3----3-3--2-0-|
|-------------------|----------------|---------------|
1.
To Coda
Q +E Q E E E E E Q H W
|------------------|-------------|-------||
|------------------|-------------|------o||
|------------------|-------------|------o||
|-3--(3)-3--3-3-3--|-3-----------|-------||
Guitar Solo
2.
2/4 4/4
E E Q H W Q +E E Q +E E Q +E E Q +E E
|-------------||------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------||------|-3--(3)-3-3--(3)-3-|-2--(2)-2-2--(2)-2-|
|-------------||------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-3-----------||------|-------------------|-------------------|
Q +E E Q +E E Q. E Q. E Q +E E Q. E
|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-3--(3)-3-3--(3)-3-|-------------0-|-2--(2)-2-2------|
|-------------------|-0----2-3------|---------------2-|
|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
E E Q Q Q Q +E E Q +E E Q. E Q Q Q +E E E E Q
|--------------|-------------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-2---2--------|-------------------|-5----0-------|-0--(0)-0-0-2-3--|
|---2----2-----|----------5--(5)-5-|--------------|-----------------|
|-----------0--|-3--(3)-3----------|--------3--3--|-----------------|
Q +E E E E E E Q +E Q E E E Q +E E Q E E Q +E E E E E E
|------------0-2---|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-3--(3)-3-3-----3-|-----------------|-----------------|-0--(0)-0-0-2-3-5-|
|------------------|-3--(3)-3--3-2-0-|-------------2-3-|------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-3--(3)-3-3------|------------------|
Q +E E Q. E Q +E E E E E E E E E e e e e e
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-3--(3)-3-3----3-|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3--(3)-3-3-3-2-0-|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Pre-Chorus
D.S. al Coda &
E E Q H W E E Q H Q. E E E E E
|-------------|----------||-------------||----------------|
|-------------|----------||-------------||----------------|
|-------------|----------||-------------||----------0-3-0-|
|-3-----------|----------||-3-----------||-1----1-1-------|
Q +E E E E E E Q +E E E E E E Q +E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------0-2---|------------------|------------------|
|-3--(3)-3-3-----3-|------------0-3-5-|-3--(3)-3-3-5-3-0-|
|------------------|-1--(1)-1-1-------|------------------|
Out-Chorus
Q +E E Q +E E E E E Q E E E Q +E Q Q E Q. E E E E E
|-------------------|----------------||----------------|----------------|
|-------------------|----------------||-0--(0)-0--0--2-|-3------3-2-0---|
|-------------------|------------0-2-||----------------|------3-------0-|
|-3--(3)-3-3--(3)-3-|-3-3---3--3-----||----------------|----------------|
Q +E Q E E E Q +E Q Q E Q +E E Q +E E Q +E Q Q E
|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-----------0-2---|----------------|-0--(0)-0-0--(0)-0-|-3--(3)-3--3----|
|-3--(3)-3------3-|--------------2-|-------------------|--------------5-|
|-----------------|-3--(3)-3--3----|-------------------|----------------|
Q E E Q E E Q +E Q E E E Q +E Q E E E Q +E Q E E E
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-3----3-3--2-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-3--(3)-3--3-3-3-*|
|---------------|-3--(3)-3--3-3-3-|-1--(1)-1--1-1-1-|-----------------*|
Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
