Carly Simon – Youre So Vain (Bass Tab)
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YOU'RE SO VAIN (Bassline)
As recorded by Carly Simon
(From the 1972 Album NO SECRETS)
Words and Music by Carly Simon
Transcribed by Yves Demoulin
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Klaus Voormann - Bass'
[Intro]
Q=107
4/4
Gtr I
|3| |-3-| |3| |-3-| |3| |-3-| |3| |-3-|
S E S S S S E S S S S E. Q S E S S S S E S S S S E. Q G||------5---------5-------------|-----5---------5---------------|| D||o-------7---------7-----------|-------7---------7------------o|| A||o---------7---------7---------|---------7---------7----------o|| E||--5---------5---------5-------|-5---------5---------5---------||
|3| |-3-| |3| |-3-| |3| |-3-| |3| |-3-|
S E S S S S E S S S S E. Q S E S S S S E S S S S E. Q
G|-----5---------5-------------|-----5---------5--------------||
D|-------7---------7-----------|-------7---------7------------||
A|---------7---------7---------|---------7---------7------7\--||
E|-5---------5---------5-------|-5---------5---------5--------||
[1st Verse]
Q E E H Q E E Q. E Q E E Q Q Q E E Q. E
G|-------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
D|-------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
A|-------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
E|-5----5-5----|-5----5-5----3-|-1----1-1-----|-5----5-5----0-|
Q E E H Q E E Q. E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
G|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
D|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
A|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
E|-5----5-5----|-5----5-5----3-|-1----1-1----0-|-5----5-5----3-||
[Pre-Chorus]
2/4 4/4
Q Q H Q E E +H W H +W W W
G|------------|---------------|----------|------|------------|----------|------||
D|------------|---------------|-3--------|------|------------|----------|------||
A|------------|---------------|----------|-3----|-(3)--------|----------|------||
E|-1--1--3----|-0--0-5-(5)----|----------|------|------------|----------|------||
[Chorus]
Q. E H Q. E H Q. E H Q. E Q. E
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
A|-3----3-3----|-3----3-3----|-5----5-5----|-3----3-3----2-|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. Q. Q Q. E +Q. E +W
G|---------------|--------------|----------------|--------||
D|---------------|--------------|----------------|--------||
A|---------------|--------------|----------------|--------||
E|-5----5-5----3-|-1----1----1S=|=3----3-(3)---3-|-(3)----||
[2nd & 3rd Verses]
Segno $
Q E E E Q. Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q. E E Q E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-5----5-5-5----|-5----5-5-5--3-|-1----1-1-1--1-|-5----5-5-5--0-|
Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------7-||
E|-5----5-5-5--5-|-5----5-5-5--3-|-1----1-1-1--1-|-5----5-5-5----||
[Pre-Chorus]
H H Q. E Q. E W
G|------------|---------------|-----------|
D|------------|-------------7-|-----------|
A|-8----10----|-7-------------|-8\--------|
E|------------|------5-5------|-----------|
2/4 4/4
H +W W W
G|------|------------|----------|------||
D|------|------------|----------|------||
A|-3----|-(3)--------|----------|------||
E|------|------------|----------|------||
[Chorus]
Q. E H Q. E H Q. E H Q. E Q. E
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
A|-3----3-3----|-3----3-3----|-5----5-5----|-3----3-3----2-|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
To Coda
Q. E Q. E Q. Q. Q Q. E +Q. E +Q. Q E E E
G|---------------|--------------|----------------|------------------||
D|---------------|--------------|----------------|------------------||
A|---------------|--------------|----------------|------------------||
E|-5----5-5----3-|-1----1----1--|-3----3-(3)---3-|-(3)---3--3-3-3---||
[Guitar Solo]
Q E E E Q E E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. S S Q. E Q. E
G|---------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|---------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
A|---------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-5----5-5-5--0-|-5-5---5-5----3-|-1----1-1----x-x-|-5----5-5----0--|
Q. E E Q E Q. S S E Q E E Q S S E Q E E Q E Q E E
G|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------7-|
E|-5----5-5-5--0-|-5----5-5-5-5--3-|-1-1--1-1-1-1--0-|-5-5--5-5--5---|
E Q E Q. E E E E E +H W
G|---------------|-----------------|-----------|
D|--------5----5-|-----5\----------|-----------|
A|-8-8--8--------|-7-7----0-(0)----|-8\--------|
E|---------------|-----------------|-----------|
2/4 4/4
H +W W W
G|------|------------|----------|------||
D|------|------------|----------|------||
A|-3----|-(3)--------|----------|------||
E|------|------------|----------|------||
[Chorus]
Q. E H Q. E H Q. E H Q. E Q. E
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
A|-3----3-3----|-3----3-3----|-5----5-5----|-3----3-3----2-|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
Dal Segno al Coda
Q. E Q. E Q. Q. Q Q. E +Q. E +W
G|---------------|--------------|----------------|---------||
D|---------------|--------------|----------------|---------||
A|---------------|--------------|----------------|---------||
E|-5----5-5----3-|-1----1----1S=|=3----3-(3)---3-|-(3)-----||
[Outro]
Coda &
Q. E H Q. E H Q. E H Q. E H 4x
G||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
D||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
A||o-3----3-3----|-3----3-3----|-5----5-5----|-3----3-3----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).
| (n) - note tied to previous
| |-3-| - triplet
| \ - slide out of (to "nowhere")
| S - shift slide
| | - bar
| || - double bar
| ||o - repeat start
| o|| - repeat end
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