Bee Gees – Nights On Broadway (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Bee Gees (From the 1975 Album MAIN COURSE) Words and Music by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Blue Weaver - Synth Bass'

              Intro
  Q=94
 4/4
  Gtr I (Synth Bass arr. for Bass Gtr.)
  W            W          S S S S +S  S E +H       W
|----------||-----------|-4----------------------|------|
|----------||o----------|---5---5-(5)-5----------|------|
|----------||o-5--------|-----5---------5-(5)----|-5----|
|----------||-----------|------------------------|------|

  1.                        2.
  S S S S +S  S E +H         S S S S +S  S E +H
|-------5-(5)-5-----------||-------5-(5)-5----------|
|---5-7---------7-(7)----o||---5-7---------7-(7)----|
|-7----------------------o||-7----------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------------|

   1st & 2nd Verses
    Q  S S E +H       Q  S S E +H
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-5----3-5-(5)----|-5----3-5-(5)----|
||-----5------------|----5------------|

  Q  S S E +H       Q  S S E +H       Q  S S E +H       Q  S S E +H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7----5-7-(7)----|-7----5-7-(7)----|-----------------|-----------------|
|----7------------|----7------------|-5----3-5-(5)----|-5----3-5-(5)----|
|-----------------|-----------------|----5------------|----5------------|

                                      Pre-Chorus
  Q  S S E +H       Q  S S E +H        S  S S  S Q  E. S S  E.
|-----------------|-----------------||-------------------------|
|-7----5-7-(7)----|-7----5-7-(7)----||-8------------8--8-------|
|----7------------|----7------------||---10-8------------8-10--|
|-----------------|-----------------||--------10-6-------------|

  S  S S S Q  E. S S E.   S S S S Q  E. S S E.   S S S S Q  E. S S E.
|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-8-----------8--8---5--|-3----------3--3------|-3----------3--3-------|
|---10-8-----------8----|---5-3-----------3-5--|---5-3-0---------3-5---|
|--------9-6------------|-------5-1------------|---------1-------------|

  E. S S E. E. S S E.   E. S S E. E. S S E.
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-5--5---3--5--5---3--|-5--5---3--5--5---3--|
|------5---------5----|------5---------5----|
|---------------------|---------------------|

                       Chorus
  E E E S S +E  E Q     E. S Q  E. S S S E
|-2-2-2-2-2-(2)------||----------------------|
|--------------------||-3--3-3--3--3-----3---|
|--------------------||--------------3-5-----|
|--------------------||----------------------|

  E. S Q  E. S S S E   E. S Q  E. S S S E
|-2--2-2--2--2---0-2-|-3--3-3--3--3-----3-|
|--------------2-----|--------------3-5---|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|

  E. S E. E. +E  Q    E. S Q  E. S S S E
|-3--3-3--3--(3)----|----------------------|
|-------------------|-3--3-3--3--3-----3---|
|-------------------|--------------3-5-----|
|-------------------|----------------------|

                                           1.
  E. S Q  E. S S S E   E. S Q  E. S S S E   E. S Q  S S S S S S S S
|-2--2-2--2--2---0-2-|-3--3-3--3--3-----3-|-3--3-3----6-5-3-----------||
|--------------2-----|--------------3-5---|-----------------5-3------o||
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------4-3--o||
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------------||

                          Interlude
  2.
  E. S Q  S E S +S  S E    W          S S S S +S  S E +H       W
|-3--3-3--6-5-3-(3)-----||----------|-4----------------------|------|
|-------------------5-3-||----------|---5---5-(5)-5----------|------|
|-----------------------||-5--------|-----5---------5-(5)----|-5----|
|-----------------------||----------|------------------------|------|

                                 Bridge
 2/4               4/4
  S S S S +S  S E   +W            Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|-------5-(5)-5---|------------||---------------|---------------|
|---5-7---------7-|-(7)--------||---------------|---------------|
|-7---------------|------------||-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5----5-|
|-----------------|------------||---------------|---------------|

  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|---------------|---------------|
|-3----3-3----3-|-5----5-5----3-|
|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|

  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|-------------4-|-------------4-|-2----2-2----2-|
|-2----2-2------|-2----2-2------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|

  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q.   E
|-2----2-2--0--|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-2--0--|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|-3----3-3----3-|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|

  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q.   E
|---------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|---------------|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3--5--|-7----7-7----7-|
|-3----3-3----3-|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|

                                           Out-Chorus
  Q.   E Q.   E   W          +W             E. S Q  E. S S S E
|---------------|----------|------------||---------------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|----------|------------||o-3--3-3--3--3-----3-|
|---------------|-5--------|-(5)--------||o--------------3-5---|
|---------------|----------|------------||---------------------|

  E. S Q  E. S S S E   E. S Q  E. S S S E
|-2--2-2--2--2---0-2-|-3--3-3--3--3-----3-|
|--------------2-----|--------------3-5---|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|

  E. S E. E. +E  Q    E. S Q  E. S S S E
|-3--3-3--3--(3)----|----------------------|
|-------------------|-3--3-3--3--3-----3---|
|-------------------|--------------3-5-----|
|-------------------|----------------------|

  E. S Q  E. S S S E   E. S Q  E. S S S E   E. S Q  S S S S S S S S   3x
|-2--2-2--2--2---0-2-|-3--3-3--3--3-----3-|-3--3-3----6-5-3-----------||
|--------------2-----|--------------3-5---|-----------------5-3------o||
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------4-3--o||
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------------||

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