Bass tabs
Tuning: Standard (E A D G)
Key: A
Difficulty: Intermediate
BLIND EYE (Bassline)
As recorded by Wishbone Ash
(From the 1970 Album WISHBONE ASH)
Words and Music by Martin Turner, Ted Turner, Steve Upton & Andy Powell
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Martin Turner - Bass'
Intro:
Q=147
4/4
Gtr I
H Q E E E Q. Q. E +Q Q Q E E Q. E H H Q E E
G|-------------|-------------2-|-(2)--0---------|-------------|-------------|
D|-----------0-|-2-------------|---------2--0---|-0----2------|-----------0-|
A|---------2---|---------------|--------------2-|-------------|---------2---|
E|-------------|---------------|----------------|-------------|-------------|
E Q. Q. E +Q Q Q E E Q. E H H. Q
G|-------------2-|-(2)--0---------|-------------|---------4\---||
D|-2-------------|---------2--0---|-0----2------|--------------||
A|---------------|--------------2-|-------------|--------------||
E|---------------|----------------|-------------|--------------||
1st Verse:
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------0-1-2-|-------------0-1-2-|
D|---------2-2-------|---------2-2-------|
A|-0-0-4-4-----------|-0-0-4-4-----------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------|--------------------|
D|-------------0-1-2-|-------------0-1-2--|
A|---------2-2-------|---------2-2--------|
E|-0-0-4-4-----------|-0-0-4-4------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-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 E E E
G|-------------0-1-2-|-------------0-1-2-|-------------2-3-4-|-----------------||
D|---------2-2-------|---------2-2-------|-----1-1-4-4-------|-----1-1-4-4---0-||
A|-0-0-4-4-----------|-0-0-4-4-----------|-2-2---------------|-2-2---------2---||
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------||
Interlude:
E Q. Q. E +Q Q Q E E Q. E H H Q E E
G|-------------2-|-(2)--0---------|-------------|--------------|
D|-2-------------|---------2--0---|-0----2------|-----------0--|
A|---------------|--------------2-|-------------|---------2----|
E|---------------|----------------|-------------|--------------|
E Q. Q. E +Q Q Q E E Q. E H H. Q
G|-------------2-|-(2)--0---------|-------------|---------4\---|
D|-2-------------|---------2--0---|-0----2------|--------------|
A|---------------|--------------2-|-------------|--------------|
E|---------------|----------------|-------------|--------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------2-|-----------------2-|
D|-----5-5-4-4-2-4---|-----5-5-4-4-2-4---|
A|-0-0---------------|-0-0---------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------|--------------------|
D|-----------------2-|-----------------2--|
A|-----5-5-4-4-2-4---|-----5-5-4-4-2-4----|
E|-0-0---------------|-0-0----------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-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 E E E
G|-----------------2-|-----------------2-|-----2-2-1-1---1-4-|-----2-2-1-1-----|
D|-----5-5-4-4-2-4---|-----5-5-4-4-2-4---|-------------4-----|---------------0-|
A|-0-0---------------|-0-0---------------|-2-2---------------|-2-2---------2---|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E Q. Q. E +Q Q Q E E Q. E H H Q E E
G|-------------2-|-(2)--0---------|-------------|--------------|
D|-2-------------|---------2--0---|-0----2------|-----------0--|
A|---------------|--------------2-|-------------|---------2----|
E|---------------|----------------|-------------|--------------|
E Q. Q. E +Q Q Q E E Q. E H Q. E Q Q
G|-------------2-|-(2)--0---------|-------------|-----------4---||
D|-2-------------|---------2--0---|-0----2------|------2-2------||
A|---------------|--------------2-|-------------|---------------||
E|---------------|----------------|-------------|---------------||
Guitar Solo:
Segno $
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
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A||o-------------3-4-|-------------3-4-|-----4-4-2-2-----|-----4-4-2-2-----|
E||--5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-0-0---------3-4-|-0-0---------3-4-|
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
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
A|-------------3-4-|-------------3-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--o||
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-----------------|-------------------||
Interlude:
2.
E E E E Q E E E Q. Q. E
G|-4-4-4-4-4------||-------------2-|
D|--------------0-||-2-------------|
A|------------2---||---------------|
E|----------------||---------------|
+Q Q Q E E Q. E H H Q E E
G|-(2)--0---------|-------------|---------------|
D|---------2--0---|-0----2------|-----------0---|
A|--------------2-|-------------|---------2-----|
E|----------------|-------------|---------------|
To Coda
E Q. Q. E +Q Q Q E E Q. E H H. Q
G|-------------2-|-(2)--0---------|-------------|---------4\---||
D|-2-------------|---------2--0---|-0----2------|--------------||
A|---------------|--------------2-|-------------|--------------||
E|---------------|----------------|-------------|--------------||
2nd Verse:
|-3-| |-3-| |-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 E E E
G|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D|---------2-2-1-2-|---------2-2-0-1-2-|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-0-0-4-4---------|-0-0-4-4-----------|---------2-2-0-1-2-|---------2-2-0-1-2-|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-0-0-4-4-----------|-0-0-4-4-----------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|---------2-2-0-1-2-|---------2-2-0-1-2-|
A|-0-0-4-4-----------|-0-0-4-4-----------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------|---------------------||
D|-----1-1-4-4-2-3-4-|-----1-1-4-4-4-----0-||
A|-2-2---------------|-2-2-----------2-2---||
E|-------------------|---------------------||
Interlude:
E Q. Q. E +Q Q Q E E Q. E H H Q E E
G|-------------2-|-(2)--0---------|-------------|--------------|
D|-2-------------|---------2--0---|-0----2------|-----------0--|
A|---------------|--------------2-|-------------|---------2----|
E|---------------|----------------|-------------|--------------|
Dal Segno al Coda
E Q. Q. E +Q Q Q E E Q. E H H. Q
G|-------------2-|-(2)--0---------|-------------|--------------||
D|-2-------------|---------2--0---|-0----2------|--------------||
A|---------------|--------------2-|-------------|--------------||
E|---------------|----------------|-------------|---------0/---||
3rd Verse:
Coda &
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|---------0-0-1-2-|---------0-0-1-2-|
A|-0-0-4-4---------|-0-0-4-4---------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E
G|---------------------|----------------------|
D|-------------------2-|-------------------2--|
A|-----5-4-(4)-4-2-4---|-----5-4-(4)-4-2-4----|
E|-0-0-----------------|-0-0------------------|
|-3-| |-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 E E
G|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
D|---------0-0-0-1-2-|---------0-0-1-2-|-----1-1-2-2-3-4-|-----1-1-2-3-4---0--||
A|-0-0-4-4-----------|-0-0-4-4---------|-2-2-------------|-2-2-----------2----||
E|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
Outro:
E Q. Q. E +Q Q Q E E Q. E H H Q E E
G||--------------2-|-(2)--0---------|-------------|-------------|
D||o-2-------------|---------2--0---|-0----2------|-----------0-|
A||o---------------|--------------2-|-------------|---------2---|
E||----------------|----------------|-------------|-------------|
1.
E Q. Q. E +Q Q Q E E Q. E H
G|-------------2-|-(2)--0---------|-------------|
D|-2-------------|---------2--0---|-0----2------|
A|---------------|--------------2-|-------------|
E|---------------|----------------|-------------|
2. H.=H
H. E E H H +W
G|--------------||-----------|--------*|
D|-----------0-o||-0----2----|-(2)----*|
A|---------2---o||-----------|--------*|
E|--------------||-----------|--------*|
Lyrics:
You turned a blind eye to everything I ever said
You turned a blind eye to everything I ever did
You didn't worry, when I called your telephone
You didn't worry, baby
You're just content to roam around
You turned a blind eye to everything I ever said
You turned a blind eye to everything I ever did
You didn't worry, when I called your telephone
You didn't worry, baby
You're just content to roam around
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Duration 🏷Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
| (n) - note tied to previous
| /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
| |-3-| - triplet
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