The Way We Were bass tab by Barbra Streisand
Bass Tab
- Difficulty: Intermediate 💪
Key: A 🎸 Verse 1: at 0:38 G|-14-----------------|---------------------|---------------------| D|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------| A|--------------------|-9---------7---------|-5---------4---------| E|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------| G|--------------------|----------------------| D|--------------------|----------------------| A|/9-------------7----|-5---------7----------| E|--------------------|----------------------| G|--------------------|----------------9-----| D|-7------7--7------7-|-7--------------------| A|--------------------|-----------7-------7--| E|--------------------|----------------------|
🎸 Verse 2:
G|--------------------|-----------------------|
D|-7------7--7--------|-7-------7--7-------7\-|
A|------------------7-|-----------------------|
E|--------------------|-----------------------|
G|--------------------|-----------------------|
D|-4------4-----------|-----------------------|
A|-----------7------7-|-5-------5--4---2/4--4-|
E|--------------------|-----------------------|
G|--------6------------|----------------------|
D|-4---------4---------|------------------5-6-|
A|----------------7----|-5------5-6-7---------|
E|---------------------|----------------------|
G|------------------9-----|---------------------------------|
D|-7------7--7--------7---|---------------------7-------7---|
A|----------------------7-|-0---0---0---0-----7---7---7-----|
E|------------------------|-----------------5-------5-------|
🎸 Chorus:
G|-----------7------------------|---------------------8---8-----|
D|---------7--------------------|-----------9-------9-----------|
A|-5-----5-------5---5---4---4--|---------9---9---9-----6---6---|
E|------------------------------|-7-------------7---------------|
G|------------------------------|------11----9-------11-----------|
D|-------------------------9h11-|---11---------11--11-------------|
A|---------------------9h11-----|-9--------------9------9---9-9---|
E|-9----------9--9--------------|---------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------9---|------------6/--14----------------|
A|------------------------9---9-|-7-------------------14-----------|
E|-7----------7--7------7-------|--------------------------12--12\-|
slower
G|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-7----------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|-7--------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
🎸 Bridge:
at 2:08
G|----------------------------|------------------------------|
D|-----------11\--------------|-----------7\-----------------|
A|-9-------------7---------7--|-5-------------4-------4------|
E|----------------------------|------------------------------|
G|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|--------------------------9-|-----------------------------|
A|-9---------9--9---------7---|-5----------5--4--4--3/4--4--|
E|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|------------9---7-------------|
D|----------------------------|-0--------7---7---7-------7---|
A|-9----------9--7---------7--|--------------------5-------5-|
E|----------------------------|------------------------------|
G|---------6-----------4-6---------|-------6-7---------9---7-------|
D|-------6-----------6-------6---6-|-----7-----------7---7---------|
A|-4-----------4---------------4---|-5-----------5-------------9---|
E|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-------4-6--------------6/9-6-------|---------7-------12-11--------------|
D|-----6---------------6--------6-----|-------7---------------12-----------|
A|-4-----------4---x--------------4---|-5----------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|----------------------------10-10---|
G|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------11----------11-9\7--------|---------------------------------|
A|------11--------------------9-7----|---------------------------------|
E|-9------------9-----------------9--|-7----------7/---12--------------|
🎸 Outro:
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-0-----------0--0-----------0--|-0-----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
when bass re-enters at 3:05 after vocal hold-
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-7----------7--7----------7--|-7---------7--7--------------|
A|-----------------------------|------------------------7/---|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
slows down
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------|
D|-11-------11-------------11\-|-----------------------------|---------|
A|-----------------------------|-5---------5--5------5-------|---------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-5-------|
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| x Dead note
| g Grace note
| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| r Release
| > Accented note
| t Tapping
| b Bend
| br Bend release
| pb Pre-bend
| pbr Pre-bend release
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato
| s Slap
| P Pop
| PM Palm mute
| TR Trill
| N Tremolo
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