Cinnamon Girl Bass Tab by Neil Young

Cinnamon Girl bass tab by Neil Young

Bass Tab

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.
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-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/---|

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -


  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.
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-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.
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-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.
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-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
|-----------------|-------------------||---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------||---------------|----------------|
|-----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
|-----------------|----------------||--------*|
|-----------------|----------------||--------*|
|-3-2-3-0-(0)---3-|-5-5-3-5-(5)----||--------*|
|-----------------|----------------||--------*|


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




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

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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