Bass tabs
CINNAMON GIRL (Bassline)
As recorded by Neil Young
(From the 1969 Album EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE)
Words and Music by Neil Young
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Billy Talbot - Bass'
Intro
Q=105
4/4
Gtr I
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 Q.
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|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-3-5---3-5---|-3-2-0------------|-5-5-3-5---3-5-0-|-3-2-0------------|
|-----------------|-------1-(1)-3----|-----------------|-------1-(1)-1/---|
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 Q.
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|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-5-5-3-5---3-5---|-3-2-0------------|-5-5-3-5-(5)-3-5---|-3-2-0-------------||
|-----------------|-------1-(1)-3----|-------------------|-------1-(1)-1-----||
1st Verse
E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E
|---------------|---------------|--------5-5----|----------------|
|---------------|--------7-7----|------5------5-|--------5-5-----|
|-5-5--5------5-|------7------7-|-3-3-----------|------5------5--|
|--------5-5----|-5-5-----------|---------------|-3-3------------|
$
E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|--------7-7-----|
|-----0-3-5---5---|-3-0-3-0-(0)----3-|-5-5--3------5-|------7------7--|
|-1-3-------------|------------------|--------5-5----|-5-5------------|
E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q. E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------||
|---------------|--------5-5----|-----------------|------------------||
|-3-3----3-3----|------5------5-|-----0-3-5---5---|-3-2-3-0-(0)---3--||
|------3------3-|-3-3-----------|-1-3-------------|------------------||
Interlude
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 Q.
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|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-5-5-3-5---3-5---|-3-2-0------------|-5-5-3-5---3-5-0-|-3-2-0-------------|
|-----------------|-------1-(1)-3----|-----------------|-------1-(1)-1/----|
To Coda
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 Q.
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|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-5-5-3-5---3-5---|-3-2-0------------|-5-5-3-5-(5)-3-5---|-3-2-0-------------||
|-----------------|-------1-(1)-3----|-------------------|-------1-(1)-1-----||
2nd Verse
E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E
|---------------|---------------|--------5-5----|----------------|
|---------------|--------7-7----|------5------5-|--------5-5-----|
|-5-5--3------5-|------7------7-|-3-3-----------|------5------5--|
|--------5-5----|-5-5-----------|---------------|-3-3------------|
Bridge
D.S. al Coda &
E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E Q. E Q E E +Q. E Q E E
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|-----------------|-------------------||---------------|----------------|
|-----0-3-5---5---|-3-0-3-0-(0)----3--||-3-----------3-|-(3)----------3-|
|-1-3-------------|-------------------||------5-5--5---|-------5-5--5---|
+Q. E Q E E Q. E E E E E E Q E +E E E E E Q E E Q E
|----------------|----------7-7---|------------------|----------------|
|----------------|-5----5-5-----3-|-5-5--3-(3)-------|-------------5--|
|-(3)--------3-5-|----------------|------------5-5-5-|------7-7-7-----|
|-------5-5------|----------------|------------------|-5-5------------|
Outro
E Q E +E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E
|------------------||---------------|---------------|--------5-5-----|
|-7-7--5-(5)---5---||---------------|--------7-7----|------5------5--|
|------------7---7-||-5-5--5------5-|------7------7-|-3-3------------|
|------------------||--------5-5----|-5-5-----------|----------------|
E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q. E E Q E E Q E
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|--------5-5----|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|------5------5-|-----0-3-5---5---|-3-2-3-0-(0)---3-|-5-5--3------5--|
|-3-3-----------|-1-3-------------|-----------------|--------5-5-----|
E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|--------5-5----|---------------|------------------|
|--------7-7----|------5------5-|--------5-5----|------------------|
|------7------7-|-3-3-----------|------5------5-|-----0-3-5---5----|
|-5-5-----------|---------------|-3-3-----------|-1-3--------------|
Free time cadenza
E E E E +Q. E E E E E +H Wx7
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|-----------------|----------------||--------*|
|-3-2-3-0-(0)---3-|-5-5-3-5-(5)----||--------*|
|-----------------|----------------||--------*|
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
I wanna live
With a cinnamon girl
I could be happy
The rest of my life
With a cinnamon girl.
A dreamer of pictures
I run in the night
You see us together,
Chasing the moonlight,
My cinnamon girl.
Ten silver saxes,
A bass with a bow
The drummer relaxes
And waits between shows
For his cinnamon girl.
A dreamer of pictures
I run in the night
You see us together,
Chasing the moonlight,
My cinnamon girl.
Pa sent me money now
I'm gonna make it somehow
I need another chance
You see your baby loves to dance
