Billy Joel – Uptown Girl (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Billy Joel (From the 1983 Album AN INNOCENT MAN) Words and Music by Billy Joel Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Doug Stegmeyer - Electric Bass'
 Intro
  Q=128
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          H    E Q  E   H    E Q  E   H    E Q  E   E Q  E Q  Q
|----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------2--2--||
|----------|-0----0-0--1-|-2----2-2--2-|-4----4-4--4-|-5-5--5-------||

   1st Verse
    H    E Q  E   H    E Q  E   H    E Q  E   E Q  E Q  Q
||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------2--2--o||
||--0----0-0--1-|-2----2-2--2-|-4----4-4--4-|-5-5--5--------||

   2nd Verse
    H    E Q  E   H    E Q  E   H    E Q  E   E Q  E Q  Q
||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------2--2--o||
||--0----0-0--1-|-2----2-2--2-|-4----4-4--4-|-5-5--5--------||

 Bridge
  Q  E E E E Q    Q.   E E Q  E   Q.   E E Q  E   Q.   E E Q  E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-3------3-3-2--|-------------3-|-5------5-5--5-|-------------2--|
|------3--------|-5------5-5----|---------------|-3------3-3-----|

  Q  E E E Q  E   Q.   E E Q  E   Q.   E E Q  E   Q  Q  Q  Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|-3------3-3--2-|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|------3--------|-5------5-5--6-|-7------7-7--7-|-0--0--0--0---|

  Q.   E E Q  E   Q.   E E Q  E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------------||
|---------------|---------------|-------------|-1------------||
|---------------|---------------|-2--4--5--2--|----4--2--2---||
|-5------5-5--4-|-2------2-2--2-|-------------|--------------||

 3rd Verse
  H    E Q  E   H    E Q  E   H    E Q  E   H    E Q  E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------2-2--2--|
|-0----0-0--1-|-2----2-2--2-|-4----4-4--4-|-5------------|

  H    E Q  E   H    E Q  E   H    E Q  E   E Q  E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------2-2-2-2--||
|-0----0-0--1-|-2----2-2--2-|-4----4-4--4-|-5-5--5----------||

 Interlude
  H    E Q  E   H    E Q  E   H    E Q  E   H    H
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
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|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
|-3----3-3--3-|-5----5-5--5-|-6----6-6--6-|-7----5----|

  H    E Q  E   H    E Q  E   H    E Q  E   H    E E Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-2----2---2---||
|-3----3-3--3-|-5----5-5--5-|-6----6-6--6-|--------2-----||

 4th Verse
  H    E Q  E   H    E Q  E   H    E Q  E   E Q  E +E  E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------2-(2)-2-2-2--|
|-0----0-0--1-|-2----2-2--2-|-4----4-4--4-|-5-5---------------|

  Q.   E E E E E   H    E Q  E   H    E Q  E   E Q  E E Q.
|----------------|-------------|-------------|----------------||
|----------------|-------------|-------------|----------------||
|----------------|-------------|-------------|--------2-2-----||
|-0------0-0---1-|-2----2-2--2-|-4----4-4--4-|-5-5--5---------||

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

  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E Q.     Q  Q  E Q.     E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-3------3-3-2--|---------------|-2-----2-2/---|-----7-----------|
|------3--------|-5----0-5-5----|--------------|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|

  Q  E E E Q  E   Q  E E Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q   Q
|---------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
|---------------|--------------|-------------|-1-------------||
|---------------|--------------|-2--4--5--2--|----4--2--/9\--||
|-5----5-5-5--4-|-2----4-5--2--|-------------|---------------||

   5th Verse
    W          H.      E E   W          H    Q  Q
||-----------|-------------|----------|-------------||
||o----------|-------------|----------|------------o||
||o----------|-------------|----------|------2--2--o||
||--0--------|-2---------2-|-4--------|-5-----------||

 Interlude
  H    E Q  E   H    E Q  E   H    E Q  E   H    H
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
|-3----3-3--3-|-5----5-5--5-|-6----6-6--6-|-7----5----|

  H    E Q  E   H    E Q  E   H    E Q  E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
|-3----3-3--3-|-5----5-5--5-|-6----6-6--6-|------------------||

   Outro
    Q.   E E Q  E   Q.   E E Q  E   Q.   E E Q  E   H    E Q  E
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||o---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|------2-2--2-|
||--0------0-0--1-|-2------2-2--2-|-4------4-4--4-|-5-----------|

  Q.   E E Q  E   Q.   E E Q  E   Q.   E E Q  E   H    E Q  E   3x
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|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------o||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------2-2--2--o||
|-0------0-0--1-|-2------2-2--2-|-4------4-4--4-|-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