Billy Joel – The River Of Dreams (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Billy Joel (From the 1993 Album RIVER OF DREAMS) Words and Music by Billy Joel Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Chuck Treece - Bass'

 [Intro]
 Q=90(16=s16)
 4/4
 Gtr I
   Wx6          S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q    S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q
G|------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|------------|-3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3--|

   S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q    S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-(5)-5-5-5-5--|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|

 [Verses 1 & 2]
     S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q
G||-----------------------------|
D||o----------------------------|
A||o----------------------------|
E||--3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3---|

   S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q    S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3--|
E|-3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3--|---------------------------|

   S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5--5-(5)-5-5-5-5---|
E|----------------------------|

   S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q    S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3--|

   S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3---|
E|----------------------------|

                              [Bridge]
   S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q     Q.   E Q  Q    H    E E E E
G|---------------------------||--------------|--------------|
D|---------------------------||--------------|--------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5--5-(5)-5-5-5-5--||-7----7-5--5--|-3----------5-|
E|---------------------------||--------------|------7-7-7---|

                 1.                     2.
                 2/4    4/4
   Q.   E Q  Q    H      H    E Q.       Q  Q  H
G|--------------|------|--------------||------------|
D|--------------|------|-------------o||------------|
A|-3----3-------|------|-5----5------o||-------5----|
E|--------7--7--|-5----|--------------||-5--5-------|

               [Verses 3 & 4]
               Segno $
   q  Q  H       S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q
G|------------||---------------------------|
D|------------||---------------------------|
A|-5----------||---------------------------|
E|------------||-3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3--|

   S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q    S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3--|
E|-3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3--|---------------------------|

   S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q    S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5--5-(5)-5-5-5-5--|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3--|

   S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3---|

   S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3--|
E|---------------------------|

                              [Piano Solo]
                     To Coda
   S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q     S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q
G|---------------------------||----------------------------|
D|---------------------------||----------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5--5-(5)-5-5-5-5--||----------------------------|
E|---------------------------||-3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3---|

   S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q    S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3--|
E|-3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3--|---------------------------|

   S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5--5-(5)-5-5-5-5---|
E|----------------------------|

   S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q    S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3--|

   S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3---|
E|----------------------------|

                              [Bridge]
   S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q     Q.   E Q  Q    H    Q  Q    H    H
G|---------------------------||--------------|------------|-----------|
D|---------------------------||--------------|------------|-----------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5--5-(5)-5-5-5-5--||-7----7-5--5--|-3----2--2--|-3----2----|
E|---------------------------||--------------|------------|-----------|

            Dal Segno al Coda
  2/4    4/4
   H      H    q  Q    W
G|------|------------|-------||
D|------|------------|-------||
A|-0----|-5----5-----|-------||
E|------|------------|-------||

 [Outro]
 Coda &
   Wx3          H    E E E E     S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q
G|------------|--------------||----------------------------|
D|------------|--------------||o---------------------------|
A|------------|------5-5-7-7-||o---------------------------|
E|------------|--------------||--3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3--|

   S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q    S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3--|
E|-3-3-3-3-3--3-(3)-3-3-3-3--|---------------------------|

   S S S S E. S +S  S S S Q    4x
G|-----------------------------||
D|----------------------------o||
A|-5-5-5-5-5--5-(5)-5-5-5-5---o||
E|-----------------------------||

************************************ Duration Legend W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura; + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; 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. Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration). | +() - note tied to previous | | - bar | || - double bar | ||o - repeat start | o|| - repeat end **************************************