Bob Dylan – Ill Be Your Baby Tonight (Bass Tab)

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I'LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT (Bassline) As recorded by Bob Dylan (From the 1967 Album JOHN WESLEY HARDING) Words and Music by Bob Dylan Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Charlie McCoy - Electric Bass'
 Intro
  Q=130
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    H      H    H      H    H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-3---------|-3---------|-3---------|
|------3----|------3----|------3----|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|

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

  H    Q  Q    H    H      H    Q  Q    H    H
|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|------------|------3----|------------|------5----|
|------------|-1---------|-1----1--5--|-3---------|
|-3----3--5--|-----------|------------|-----------|

  H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-3---------|-3---------|-3---------|
|-3----3----|------3----|------3----|------3----|
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               1st Verse
  H    Q  Q     H    H      H    H      H    H
|------------||-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-3----------||-3---------|-3---------|-3---------|
|------3--5--||------3----|------3----|------3----|
|------------||-----------|-----------|-----------|

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

  H    Q  Q    H    H      H    Q  Q    H    H
|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|------------|------3----|------------|------5----|
|------------|-1---------|-1----1--5--|-3---------|
|-3----3--5--|-----------|------------|-----------|

  H    H      H    H      Q.   E Q  Q    H    H
|-----------|-----------|------2-3--4--|-5---------|
|-----------|-3---------|-3------------|------5----|
|-3----3----|------3----|--------------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|--------------|-----------|

                     2nd Verse
  Q.   E E. S E. S    H    H      H    H      H    H
|------------------||-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------3-3----||-3---------|-3---------|-3---------|
|-3----3-5-------5-||------3----|------3----|------3----|
|------------------||-----------|-----------|-----------|

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

  Q.   E Q  Q    H    H      H    Q  Q    H    H
|--------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|--------------|------3----|------------|------5----|
|--------------|-1---------|-1----1--5--|-3---------|
|-3----3-3--5--|-----------|------------|-----------|

  Q.   E H      H    H      Q.   E H      Q.   E H
|-------------|-----------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-3---------|-3----3------|-3----3------|
|-3----3-3----|------3----|--------3----|--------3----|
|-------------|-----------|-------------|-------------|

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

  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E H      H    q  q    q  Q  H
|--------------|-------------|------------|------------|
|-3----2-3--4--|-5----5------|------------|------------|
|--------------|--------5----|------5--4--|-3----------|
|--------------|-------------|-3----------|------------|

                      3rd Verse
  Q  E. S e. S e. S    H    H      H    H      H    H
|-------5-7--5------||-----------|-----------|-----------|
|--------------7--5-||-3---------|-3---------|-3---------|
|-------------------||------3----|------3----|------3----|
|-------------------||-----------|-----------|-----------|

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

  H    Q  Q    H    H      H    Q  Q    H    H
|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|------------|------3----|------------|------5----|
|------------|-1---------|-1----1--5--|-3---------|
|-3----3--5--|-----------|------------|-----------|

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

                Outro Harmonica Solo
  q  q  q  q     H    H      H    H      H    H
|-------------||-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-3--------2--||-3---------|-3---------|-3---------|
|----3--5-----||------3----|------3----|------3----|
|-------------||-----------|-----------|-----------|

  H    E. S Q    H    H      H    H      H    Q.   E
|--------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|
|-3------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|
|------5--3----|------5----|------5----|------5----5-|
|-----------5--|-3---------|-3---------|-3-----------|

  H    Q  Q    H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H
|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------*|
|------------|------3----|-----------|------5----|-----------*|
|------------|-1---------|-1----5----|-3---------|-3---------*|
|-3----3--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