Machine Messiah Bass Tab by Yes

Machine Messiah bass tab by Yes

Bass Tab

Song: Machine Messiah
Artist: Yes
Album: Drama (1980)
Tabbed by: Scott Waddell scottw@qcnet.net


Transcriber's notes:

Some of the stuffier Yes fans might say that you can't have a Yes album
without Jon Anderson, but every fan I've met ranks Drama very high
(if not the top spot) on their list of favorites. This is Chris Squire in
excellent form and this track features some challenging bass licks.

Tab and performance notes:

There is a high amount of detail in this tab which I apologize for but
as you can imagine, Yes music is very elaborate and it is difficult to
take short cuts. He does plenty of riding on one note in a measure, but
subtly varies it as it moves along, which I tried to convey.

🎸

Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

Every now and then you will see a number in parenthesis (). This is
simply a tied note held over from the previous measure. Also,
occasionally
I group notes in threes like, "999" to indicate a triplet.





  0:00    Fade in                        Heavy intro
||------------------------------------||---------------|------------------
||*----------------------------------*||---------------|------------------
||*--7h9h10--7h9h10--7h9h10--7h9h10--*||---------------|------------------
||------------------------------------||--0-----2---3--|----0-----2---3---



|------------|-----------|----------------|---------------|---------------
|------------|-----------|----------------|---------------|---------------
|------------|-----------|----------------|---------------|---------------
|--5----7--8-|--5--------|--0------2---3--|--0-----2---3--|--5----7---8---



|------------|-----------|----------------|----------------|--------------
|------------|-----------|----------------|----------------|--------------
|------------|--7--------|----------------|----------------|---2----4---5-
|--5----7--8-|-----------|----2----4--5---|---2----4---5---|--------------



|------------|-------------|----------------|--------------|--------------
|------------|-------------|----------------|--------------|--------------
|--2----0----|-------------|----------------|---2----4---5-|---2----4---5-
|------------|-2----4--5---|---2----4---5---|--------------|--------------




|------------||------------|----------------|-------------||--------------
|------------||*-----------|----------------|---------5--*||--3-----5--7--
|--4---------||*-----------|----------------|---3---5----*||--------------
|------------||--3--5--6---|---3----5---6---|-------------||--------------



|------------|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------
|-3---5---7/-|-/17-------------|-16-----------------|-14------------------
|------------|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------
|------------|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------



|------------------------|------------------------|
|-14-14-14-14----14-14-14|--14-14-14---14-14-14-14|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|




1:26  Main section
|------------------|-------------------------|------------|-6-6-6-6-------
|------------------|-------------2-4-2-------|-2----------|----------9--6-
|------------------|-------0-2-4-------4-2-4-|------------|---------------

|------------------|-0-2-4-------------------|------------|---------------



  Run down the street...          ...face of the dawn
|------------------------|------------------------|-----13-13-13-13-13-13-
|-7----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------


                                            (3x)
|--14-13-11---13-11-9---11-9---------------||---------------------------||
|----------------------------11---9--------||*-------------------------*||
|-----------------------------------11-9---||*--7--7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7-*||
|------------------------------------------||---------------------------||




|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|------------4-2---------|------------------------|-----------------------
|-7--7-7-7-7-----4-2-----|------------------------|-----------------------
|--------------------4-2-|-0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0


                  pause
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0--5----------|





     Cables that carry...        ...satanic mills
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|--0---------------------|-(0)-------------------|




(5x)Ah, to see in...
||-----------------------||------------------------|----------------------
||*---------------------*||------------------------|----------------------
||*-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-*||--5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5---|--4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-
||-----------------------||------------------------|----------------------



                                            (3x) Maybe we'll change...
|------------------------|-----------------||---------------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------||*-------------------------*||
|-3----------------------|--(3)------------||*-1h2-2-2-2-2-1h2-2-2-2-2-*||
|------------------------|-----------------||---------------------------||



|-------------------|-------------------|----------------
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------
|-2-2--2-1-2-2--2-1-|-2-2--2-1-2-2--2-1-|-2-2--2-1-2-2-2-
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------


2:45
|----5--------5--|----5----------5--------|--------------|----5-------5-
|----------------|------------------------|-4------------|--------------
|-3--------3-----|-3-----3---3-------3----|------6-----4-|-3------3-----
|----------------|------------------------|--------------|--------------



|----5----5-----5--|------------------------
|------------------|-4----------------------
|-3----3-----3-----|-----6----4----6-----4--
|------------------|------------------------


2:56
|------------------------|-----------------------
|---5--5-5----5---5-5----|----------------5---7--
|------------------------|-----------------------
|-3--------3-------------|--3--------3-----------



|------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------
|---7--7-7-----7--7-7----|--------------10-10--|---10--10-10----10-10-10--
|------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------
|-5---------5------------|-5-5-5---5-5---------|-8------------8-----------



|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|---10--10-10---10--12-12|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-----|-0--0--0--0--0--0------
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|-8-----------8----------|------------------------|-----------------------



|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------
|-4--------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------
|------6----4----------|-2-1-0-2-1-0-2-1-0--------|-----------------------
|----------------------|-------------------2-1-0--|-(0)-------------------


3:15 organ part         I care...
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------|-7---7-7---7-7---7--777-|-5--5-5--5-5--5--555---
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------




|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|-4---4-4---4-4--4--444--|-0----2-----4-----7-----|-7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------



|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------0---
|-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5----|-4-4--------4-4---------|-0-----2-----3---------
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------


                                                  3:57  4/4 time
|-------------0-----2----|-4---------5--------7---|-999-999-999-999-|-----
|-2-----4----------------|------------------------|-----------------|-----
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------|-----
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------|-----


   5/4 time               4/4 time, etc.
|-999-999-999-999-999-|-999-999-999-999--|-999-999-999-999--9-7---|-------
|---------------------|------------------|----------------------9-|-------
|---------------------|------------------|------------------------|-------
|---------------------|------------------|------------------------|-------



||------------------------|---------------------7-9-||--------------------
||*-----------------------|-------------------9----*||--------------------
||*-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7---|-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-------*||-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7
||------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------


                               Solo Riff A
|-----------------------------|------------16-----------------------------
|-------------------/14-14-14-|-14-16-17------17-16---14------------------
|-7--7-7--7-7--7-7/-----------|-------------------------12-10---9-12-12---
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------



-11-------------------------------------------|---------------------------
----12-9---10-9-7---10-9-7---10-7-------------|---------------------------
----------------------------------9---10-9-7--|-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-------
----------------------------------------------|---------------------------


                                     Riff A
|--------------------------------|----------------|-----------------------
|----------------------/14-------|----------------|-----------------------
|-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7/-----17-15-|----------------|-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7---
|--------------------------------|----------------|-----------------------



|--------------------------|------------------------|---------------------
|--------------------------|------------------------|--------------9---10-
|-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-|-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7----|-7--7-7--7-----------
|--------------------------|------------------------|---------------------



|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------
|-7-7--7------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------
|---------10--10-10-|-9-9--9--9-8-8-8-|-7-7---7-7-----|-7-7------9--9-10/-
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------




                                          Riff B
|--------------------|----------14-------|-----------16-------------------
|--------------------|----14-17----16-x--|-14-16-17----17-16--14-12-11----
|-12-12-12-14-14-14--|-15----------------|--------------------------------
|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------



|-----------11-------------------------------------------
|-9-11-12------12-11---9-10-9---7-10-9---7-10-9---7------
|---------------------------------------------------10-9-
|--------------------------------------------------------




                                                          Riff B
|---------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------
|---------------------|------------------13-------|-----------------------
|-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-|-7--7-7--7-7--7-7----14-15-|-----------------------
|---------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------



|---------------------|-------------------9-7---|-------------------------
|---------------------|-----------------------9-|-------------------------
|-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-|-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--------|-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-----
|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------



|-----------------------|-----------------------|--4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4----
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------
|-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5-|-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-|-------------------------
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------



|--2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2---|------------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------|--5---5--5--5---5--5----|-4--4--4/9-------------
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------

5:05                                               Slow down
|-9-----7----------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|------------10------9---|-7----------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------|------10-----9------7---|-5-----3-----2-----0---
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------


                            Heavy part
|------------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------||*----------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------||*----------------------|-----------------------
|-----3---------2--------||---0----------2------3-|---0----------2------3-

                          ______________________   _____________________
                         |1st end                 |2nd end
|------------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------
|------------------------|----------------------*||-----------------------
|---0----------2------3--|-0--------------------*||-(3)-------------------
|------------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------


5:46 gtr vox.   ...singular eye        Fade in
|---------------------------------||------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||*----------------------------------*||
|---------------------------------||*--7h9h10--7h9h10--7h9h10--7h9h10--*||
|---------------------------------||------------------------------------||


6:55 Keybd enter (4 bars)
|------------------------|--7-7-7------7-7-7------|--7-7-7------7-7-7-----
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------


Reprise
|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------4-
|-5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-7---
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------


                           3x
|-5-4---4----------------||------------------------||---------------------
|-----7---7-5-7-5--------||*----------------------*||---------------------
|-----------------7-5----||*----------------------*||---------------------
|---------------------7-5||-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--||-3--3-3-3-3-2-1-0-1-2


History dictating...  (9x)
||----------------------||------------------------|-----------------------
||*--------------------*||------------------------|-------------9-12-12-12
||*--------------------*||------0-2-5-5-5-5---5/--|/10-10-10-12-----------
||--3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3---||-3----------------------|-----------------------



-----9--11-|-12-----|-10----|-------|-5--5-4--4-2--2-|--------------------
-12--------|--------|-------|-------|----------------|5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-
-----------|--------|-------|-3-----|----------------|--------------------
-----------|--------|-------|-------|----------------|--------------------



|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------------
|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2--|-------------------------3--
|---------------------|----------------------|-3------5--------6----------
|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------------


                          Maybe we'll change...
|--------------3------5--|--7---------------------|-----------------------
|-5-----6----------------|------------------------|-1------1--1---------1-
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------



|------------------------|------------------------|-1--1-1---------1--1-1-
|-1--------1--1--------3-|-3--3-3--------3--3-3---|-----------------------
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------



|--1--1-1----1--1-1--3-3-|--3--3-3--------3--3-3--|-3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------


                                                  8:15
|-5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-----------------------
|------------------------|------------------------|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------



|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------



|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3--3--3---3--3--3-----
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------


                      8:28
|-3--3--3---3--3--3---|-17-16-14--17-16-14--17-16-14------------------16--
|---------------------|-------------------------------17-16-14--16-17-----
|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------


                                                                  slowing
--------------------------11----------------------------------------------
-17-16-14--12-11-9--11-12-----12-11-9--10-9-7--10-9-7--10-9-7-------------
----------------------------------------------------------------10-9-7----
--------------------------------------------------------------------------



|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------
|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------
|-7---5---3----2-|-0-------------|-7---5---3---2-|-0--------------
|----------------|-------3----2--|---------------|-------3------2-


     Gtr, vocal end                           Fade out
|---------------------------------||------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||*----------------------------------*||
|---------------------------------||*--7h9h10--7h9h10--7h9h10--7h9h10--*||
|---------------------------------||------------------------------------||

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