America – Woman Tonight (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by America (From the 1975 Album HEARTS) Words and Music by Dan Peek Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'David Dickey - Bass'

 Intro
  Q=122
 4/4        2/4     4/4
  Gtr I
  W          Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q
|----------|-------|--------------|
|----------|-------|-7------------|
|----------|-5-----|---5-7--------|
|----------|-------|--------7--5--|

                               1st - 3rd Verses
                            $
  Q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  Q      Q  Q  H
|------------|--------------||-------------|
|------------|-7------------||o------------|
|----5-------|---5-7--------||o----5-------|
|-7----------|--------7--5--||--7----------|

  E E Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  Q
|--------------|------------|--------------|
|-7------------|------------|-7------------|
|---5-7--------|----5-------|---5-7--------|
|--------7--5--|-7----------|--------7--5--|

  Q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  H
|------------|--------------|------------|
|------------|-7------------|------------|
|----5-------|---5-7--------|----5-------|
|-7----------|--------7--5--|-7----------|

                   Pre-Chorus
  E E Q  E E E E    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q.   E +E. S Q    Q  +E  E +E  E E E
|----------------||----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-7--------------||----------------|-9---------------|-5--(5)-5-(5)---5-4--|
|---5-7--7-----5-||-7----7-(7)--7--|-----------------|---------------------|
|----------7-7---||----------------|------7-(7)-5-7--|---------------------|

                     Chorus
           To Coda
  E E E E E E E E     Q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  Q
|------------------||------------|--------------|
|------------------||------------|-7------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||----5-------|---5-7--------|
|------------------||------------|--------7--5--|

                                               Guitar/Bass Solo
              1.               2.
  Q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  Q      E E Q  Q  Q     E E E E E E E S S
|------------|---------------||--------------||-------------------|
|------------|-7------------o||--------------||---------7-9---9-7-|
|----5-------|---5-7--------o||-5------5-----||-------9-----------|
|-7----------|--------7--5---||---5-7-----5--||-7-7---------------|

  S S E +S  S S S S S E S E S   W          W
|-----------------------------|----------|------|
|-----------------------------|----------|------|
|-9-7-5-(5)-7-5-7-5-----------|----------|------|
|-------------------7-5---7-7-|----------|------|

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

  E E E E S S S +E  E S S S   E S S S E E H      W
|---------------------------|------------------|------|
|---------------------------|------------------|------|
|-7-----7-5---8-(8)-5-7-5---|-5-7-5---5-8-7----|------|
|---8-7-----8-------------7-|-------7----------|------|

             Chorus
                                                       D.S. al Coda
  W           Q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  Q
|----------||------------|--------------|------------|----------------||
|----------||------------|-7------------|------------|-7--------------||
|----------||----5-------|---5-7--------|----5-------|---5-7----------||
|----------||-7----------|--------7--5--|-7----------|--------7--5----||

    &
    Q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  Q
||-------------|--------------|------------|---------------||
||o------------|-7------------|------------|-7------------o||
||o----5-------|---5-7--------|----5-------|---5-7--------o||
||--7----------|--------7--5--|-7----------|--------7--5---||

 2/4    4/4
  W      H    Q  E E   Q  Q  H
|------|-------------|------------*|
|------|-------------|------------*|
|------|-----------5-|-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