N TO THE MUSIC Bass Tab by The Doobie Brothers
Tabbed by: BASSteve
Tuning: EADG
Time signature: 4/4
r = rest (listen for duration)
/ = slide (low to high)
^ = bend (listen for pitch and release charateristics)
()= note inside parenthesis not plucked or hammered on
{}= note inside pointed parenthesis still ringing from previous measure
*My tabs are meant to be read in conjunction with listening to the song.
In other words, there are no specific notations to account for note/rest duration.
However, you will find that I?ve made an attempt to strategically space the notes
and rests within their respective measures in order to represent the appropriate durations.
(Guitar Intro)
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|r-------------------------------|r-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------9---------------|{9}-----------------------------|
|9-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------7-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------4^-------------(7)|
[............................. 3 x .............................]
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7---------------7-r-7-----------|7---------------7-r-7-----------|
|--------7-----7---------7---5/7-|--------7-----7---------7---5/7-|
?People___ gettin? ready for the news.?
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7---------------7-------6-------|4---------------4-r-4-------4---|
|--------7-----7-----------------|--------4-----4---------4-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2---------------2-r-2-------2---|0-----0-2-----2-4-------5-------|
|--------2-----2---------2-------|--------------------------------|
[4x]
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------7---7---7---9---|--------------------------------|
|7-----7-9-----9---9---9---------|7---------------7-r-7-----------|
|--------------------------------|--------7-----7---------7---5/7-|
?It ain?t so hard to do if you know how.?
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------4---6---|
|7---------------7-------6-------|4-----4-6-------7-----7---------|
|--------7-----7-----------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2---------------2-r-2-------2---|0-------2-------4-----4-5-------|
|--------2-----2---------2-------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------7---7---7---9---|--------------------------------|
|7-----7-9---------9---9---------|7---------------7-r-7-r-7-r-----|
|--------------------------------|--------7-----7-----------------|
[............................. 3 x .............................]
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|4--r--4---------4---r---4---4---|0--r--0-2--r--2-4-r-5-r-6-r-7-r-|
|--------4--r--4-------4---4-----|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|4-----4---------4---r---4-4-6---|7--r--7-6-6-r-6-4--r--4---------|
|--------4--r--4-------4---------|------------------------7--r--7-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[2x]
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5--r--5-4-4-r-4-5-r-------------|7---------------7-r-7-----------|
|--------------------4-r-5-r-7-r-|--------7-----7---------7---5/7-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7---------------7-r-7-----------|--------------------------4-5---|
|--------7-----7---------7---5/7-|0-4-----5-------5-6-7---7-------|
[2x] ?Meet me in the country for a
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7---------------7-r-7-----------|7---------------7-------6-------|
|--------7-----7---------7---5/7-|--------7-----7-----------------|
day.?
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|4---------------4-r-4-------4---|2---------------2-r-2-------2---|
|--------4-----4---------4-------|--------2-----2---------2-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------7---7---8---9---|
|0-------2-------4-----4-5-------|7-----7-9---------9-------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[4x] ?There ain?t nothin? we can?t do or
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7---------------7-r-7-----------|7---------------7-------6-------|
|--------7-----7---------7---5/7-|--------7-----7-----------------|
say.?
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------4---6---|--------------------------------|
|4-----4-6-------7-----7---------|2---------------2-r-2-------2---|
|--------------------------------|--------2-----2---------2-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------7---7---8---9---|
|0-------2-------4-------5-------|7-------9-----9---9-------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|7---------------7-r-7-r-7-r-----|
|--------7-----7-----------------|
[............................. 3 x .............................]
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|4--r--4---------4---r---4---4---|0--r--0-2--r--2-4-r-5-r-6-r-7-r-|
|--------4--r--4-------4---4-----|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|4-----4---------4---r---4-4-6---|7--r--7-6-6-r-6-4--r--4---------|
|--------4--r--4-------4---------|------------------------7--r--7-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5--r--5-4-4-r-4-5-r-------------|7-------r-----------------------|
|--------------------4-r-5-r-7-r-|--------------------------------|
?Like a lazy flowing river ...?
[7x]
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|r-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
((((((((((((((((((((((( REPEAT TO FADE ))))))))))))))))))))))))
[............................. 3 x .............................]
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