Bass tabs
DREAMER (Bassline)
As recorded by Supertramp
(From the 1974 Album CRIME OF THE CENTURY)
Words and Music by Rick Davies & Roger Hodgson
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Dougie Thomson - Bass'
Intro
Q=148
4/4
Gtr I
W H Q E E E E Q H W
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|----------|-------------|-------------|------||
|----------|-------------|-5-----------|------||
|----------|-----------5-|-------------|------||
1st Verse
Wx12
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|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
Chorus
W a W q Q H W
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|----------||-------------|-------------|------|
|----------||-6s11--------|-13----------|------|
|----------||-------------|-------------|------|
W a W q Q H W
|----------|-------------|-------------|------|
|----------|-------------|-------------|------|
|----------|-6s11--------|-13----------|------|
|----------|-------------|-------------|------|
2nd Verse
W W W W
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|----------|----------|----------||------|
|----------|----------|----------||------|
|----------|----------|----------||------|
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
Interlude
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------||-5-5-3-5---5-3-5-|-------0-0-2-3-4-|-5-5-3-5---5-3-5--|
|----------||-----------------|---2-2-----------|------------------|
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E Q W
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||------|
|-------0-0-2-3-4-|-3-3-2-3---3-2-3-|------------------||------|
|---2-2-----------|-----------------|---1-(1)-1-1-3-3--||-4----|
E E E E H W W W
|-----3--------|----------|----------|------|
|---3----------|----------|----------|-6----|
|-1------------|----------|----------|------|
|--------------|----------|----------|------|
2/4
E E E E H W W W W
|-3------------|----------|----------|----------|------||
|---3----------|----------|----------|----------|------||
|-----1--------|----------|----------|----------|------||
|--------------|----------|----------|----------|------||
Bridge
4/4
W +H. E E W +W
|----------|--------------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|----------|------------5-|----------|--------|
|-3--------|-(3)----------|----------|--------|
|----------|--------------|----------|--------|
W W W H Q E E
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------5-|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
W H Q E E W W
|-5--------|-------------|-5--------|------|
|----------|-----------5-|----------|------|
|----------|-------------|----------|------|
|----------|-------------|----------|------|
W H Q E E E E Q H H Q E E
|----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------|-----------5-|-------------|-----------5-|
|----------|-------------|-3-----------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
W H Q E E W W
|-5--------|-------------|-5--------|------|
|----------|-----------5-|----------|------|
|----------|-------------|----------|------|
|----------|-------------|----------|------|
W H Q E E W H Q E E
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|
|----------|-----------5-|----------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|-3--------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|----------|-----------3-|
Q Q H H Q E E Q Q H H Q E E
|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|-3----------|-------------|-3----------|-------------|
|------------|-----------3-|------------|-----------3-|
Q Q H H E E E E Q Q H W
|------------|--------------|------------|------|
|------------|--------3-----|------------|------|
|-3----------|--------------|-3----------|------|
|------------|------------3-|------------|------|
Q 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
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----1-3---3-1-3-|---3-1-3---3-1-3-|-3-3-1-3---3-1-3-|---3-1-3---3-1-3-|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---3-1-3---3-1-3-|-3-3-1-3---3-1-3-|---3-1-3---3-1-3-|---3-1-3---3-1-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---3-1-3---3-1-3-|---3-1-3---3-1-3-|---3-1-3---3-1-3-|---3-1-3---3-1-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---3-1-3---3-1-3-|---3-1-3---3-1-3-|---3-1-3---3-1-3-|---3-1-3---3-1-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---3-1-3---3-1-3-|---3-1-3---3-1-3-|----0-1---1-0-1-|---1-0-1---1-0-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---1-0-1---1-0-1-|---1-0-1---1-0-1-|---3-1-3---3-1-3-|---3-1-3---3-1-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---3-1-3---3-1-3-|---3-1-3---3-1-3-|---1-0-1---1-0-1-|---1-0-1---1-0-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
3rd Verse
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-------------||o------------------|
|---1-0-1---1-0-1-|---1-0-1---1-0-1-|-----3-5---5-3-5-||o-5-5-3-5---5-3-5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-------------------|
1.
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------0-0-2-3-4-|-5-5-3-5---5-3-5-|-------0-0-2-3-4-|-3-3-2-3---3-2-3--|
|---2-2-----------|-----------------|---2-2-----------|------------------|
2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------||-----------------|
|---3---3-3-5-5---o||-----------------|
|-----------------o||-3-3-2-3---3-2-3-|
|------------------||-----------------|
Outro
3/4 5/4
E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E E E Q H Q
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|------------------|---------------||------------------|
|------------------|---------------||------------------|
|---1-(1)-1-1-3-3--|---1-(1)-1-1-3-||-3----------------|
Wx4
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|
Duration 🏷Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
Dreamer, you know you are a dreamer
Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no
I said, "Dreamer, you're nothing but a dreamer"
Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no
I said "Far out, what a day, a year, a laugh it is"
You know, well you know you had it comin' to you
Now there's not a lot I can do
Dreamer, you stupid little dreamer
So now you put your head in your hands, oh no
I said "Far out, what a day, a year, a laugh it is"
You know, well you know you had it comin' to you
Now there's not a lot I can do
Work it out someday
If I could see something
You can see anything you want boy
If I could be someone
You can be anyone, celebrate boy
Well if I could do something
You can do something
If I could do anything
But can you do something out of this world?
Take a dream on a Sunday
Take a life, take a holiday
Take a lie, take a dreamer
Dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream along
Dreamer, dreamer, dream along
Come on and dream, dream along (Come along)
Come on and dream, dream along
Come on and dream, dream along
Dreamer (Come on and dream, dream along), you know you are a dreamer (Come on and dream, dream along)
Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no (Come on, come on)
I said dreamer (Come on and dream, dream along), you're nothing but a dreamer (Come on and dream, dream along)
