Bass tabs
YOU ARE EVERYTHING (Bassline)
As recorded by The Stylistics
(From the 1971 Album THE STYLISTICS)
Words and Music by Thom Bell & Linda Creed
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Ronnie Baker - Bass'
Intro
Q=68
4/4
Gtr I
Q +S E S Q +S S S S Q +S E S Q +S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------3--------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------1--(1)-------|
|-2--(2)-----2--(2)---2-3-|-1--(1)---1----------4-1-|
Q +S E S Q +S S S S Q +S E S Q +S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------1-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------1--(1)---4-5-|
|-2--(2)---2-2--(2)---2---|-1--(1)---1--------------|
1st Verse
Q +S E S Q Q Q +S E S Q +S S S S Q +S S E Q +S S E
|------------------||-------------------------||-----------------------|
|------------4--6--||-------------------------||-----------------------|
|-6--(6)-----------||-------------------------||-----------------------|
|----------1-------||-6--(6)---6-6--(6)---8-7-||-6--(6)---6-6--(6)---6-|
Q +S S E Q +S S E Q +S S E Q +S S E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-6--(6)---6------------|
|-6--(6)---6-6--(6)---6-|------------6--(6)---6-|
2/4 4/4
Q +S S E Q +S S E Q +S S E
|------------|-----------------------|
|------------|-----------------------|
|------------|-----------------------|
|-3--(3)---3-|-4--(4)---4-4--(4)---4-|
Q +S S E Q +S S E Q +S S E Q +S S E Q +S S E Q +S S E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------3--(3)---3-|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-4--(4)---4------------|-1--(1)---1-3--(3)---3-|-6--(6)---6-6--(6)---6-|
2/4 4/4
Q +S S E Q +S S E Q +S S E Q +S S E Q +S S E
|------------|-----------------------|------------------------||
|------------|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-3--(3)---3-|-4--(4)---4-4--(4)---4-|------------------------||
|------------|-----------------------|-4--(4)---4-6--(6)---6--||
Chorus
Q +S E S Q +S S S S Q +S E S Q +S S S S Q +S E S Q +S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------5--------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------2-3--(3)---1---|--------------------------|
|-4--(4)-----4--(4)---4-1-|-3--(3)----------------3-|-4--(4)---4-4--(4)---4-1--|
Q +S E S Q +S S S S Q +S E S Q +S S S S Q +S E S Q +S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------3--(3)---3----|
|-3--(3)---3-8--(8)---6-3-|-4--(4)---4-4--(4)---4-1-|-3--(3)---3------------2--|
2nd Verse
Q +S E S Q Q Q +S E S Q +S S S S Q +S S E Q +S S E
|------------1-----||-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------||-------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------1--||-3--(3)-----3--(3)---3---|-3--(3)---3-3--(3)---3--|
|-1--(1)---1-------||----------3------------0-|------------------------|
2/4
Q +S S E Q +S S E Q +S S E
|-----------------------|------------|
|-----------------------|------------|
|------------3--(3)---3-|------------|
|-1--(1)---1------------|-5--(5)---5-|
4/4
Q +S S E Q +S S E Q +S S E Q +S S E
|-----------------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------------||------------5--(5)---5-|
|-6--(6)---6-6--(6)---6-||-6--(6)---6------------|
2/4
Q +S S E Q +S S E Q +S S E Q +S S E Q +S S E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------|
|-----------------------|------------3--(3)---3-|-5--(5)---5-|
|-3--(3)---3-5--(5)---5-|-6--(6)---6------------|------------|
Chorus
4/4
Q +S S E Q +S S E Q +S S E Q +S S E Q +S S E Q +S S E
|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|
|-6--(6)---6-6--(6)---6-|-----------------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-8--(8)---8-8--(8)---8-||-6--(6)---6-6--(6)---6-|
Q +S S E Q +S S E Q +S E S Q +S S S S Q +S E S Q +S S S S
|-----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------7--------------|--------------------------|
|------------5--(5)---5-|-------------------------|------------5--(5)--------|
|-5--(5)---5------------|-6--(6)-----6--(6)---6-7-|-5--(5)---5----------8-7--|
Interlude
Q +S E S Q +S S S S Q +S E S Q +S S S S Q +S E S Q +S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------5--(5)-------||-------------------------|
|-6--(6)---6-6--(6)---6-3-|-5--(5)---5----------8-7-||-6--(6)---6-6--(6)---6-7-|
Q +S E S Q +S S S S Q +S E S Q +S S S S Q +S E S Q +S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------5--(5)---3---|-------------------------|------------5--(5)---3---||
|-5--(5)---5------------5-|-6--(6)---6-6--(6)---6-7-|-5--(5)---5------------5-||
Out-Chorus
Q +S E S Q +S S S S Q +S E S Q +S S S S Q +S E S Q +S S S S
|----------4--------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------4-5--(5)-------|-------------------------|
|-6--(6)-----6--(6)---6-3-|-5--(5)--------------8-7-|-6--(6)---6-6--(6)---6-7-|
Q +S E S Q +S S S S Q +S E S Q +S S S S Q +S E S Q +S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------*|
|-------------------------|----------7--------------|-------------------------*|
|----------4-5--(5)---3---|-------------------------|----------6-5--(5)---0---*|
|-5--(5)----------------5-|-6--(6)-----6--(6)---6-3-|-5--(5)----------------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