Carole King – So Far Away (Bass Tab)

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SO FAR AWAY (Bassline) As recorded by Carole King (From the 1971 Album TAPESTRY) Words and Music by Carole King Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Charles "Charlie" Larkey - Bass'
 [Intro]
 Q=72
 4/4
  Gtr I
   W          W          W          W
G|----------|----------|----------|------||
D|----------|----------|----------|------||
A|----------|----------|----------|------||
E|----------|----------|----------|------||

 [Chorus]
   W          H    Q   Q     W           H     H
G|----------|-------------|-12--------|-------14----|
D|----------|---------12--|-----------|-14----------|
A|----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
E|----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|

    W           Q   Q   Q   Q     W           +H      +E   S  S  S  S  S  S
G|-----------|-12--11------14--|-----------|--------------14-12-11----------|
D|-12--------|---------14------|-12--------|-(12)----(12)----------14-12----|
A|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------------------------14-|
E|-----------|-----------------|-----------|--------------------------------|

    H      Q  Q    H    H      W          Q  Q  Q  Q
G|---------------|-----------|----------|--------------|
D|---------------|------7----|----------|-5--4-----7---|
A|-10----/10-----|-7---------|-5--------|-------7------|
E|---------------|-----------|----------|--------------|

                            [1st Verse]
   H.      Q    H    Q  Q     Q.   E Q.   E    H    Q  Q
G|------------|-7----7--6--||---------------|--------------|
D|------------|------------||-9----9-7----7-|--------------|
A|-5----------|------------||---------------|-10-------9---|
E|------------|------------||---------------|--------------|

   H    H      H.      S S S S   Q  Q  Q   Q    H.      Q
G|-----------|---------9-7-6---|--------------|-9-------9S===|
D|------7----|---------------9-|----------11--|--------------|
A|-7---------|-5---------------|-9------------|--------------|
E|-----------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|

                                 [Chorus]
    Q.    E  Q.    E   W            W          H    E  S  S  S  S  S  S
G|-14----15-16----16-|----------||-----------|--------14-12-11----------|
D|-------------------|----------||-----------|-----------------14-12----|
A|-------------------|----------||-17--------|-----------------------14-|
E|-------------------|----------||-----------|--------------------------|

    H      Q  Q    H    Q.   S S   W           Q   Q   E E   Q
G|---------------|---------------|-7--------|-12--11-------/14--|
D|---------------|------7----7-7-|----------|---------14--------|
A|-10----/10-----|-7-------------|----------|-------------------|
E|---------------|---------------|----------|-------------------|

    W           +H     E  S  S  S  S  S  S    W          E e Q  +H
G|-----------|-----------14-11-------------|-----------|---------------||
D|-12--------|-(12)------------12-11-------|-----------|-----7--(7)----||
A|-----------|-----------------------12-11-|-10--------|-7-7-----------||
E|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------|---------------||

 [Bridge]
   W          W          W          Q.   S S Q  E S S
G|----------|----------|----------|-------------7-6----|
D|----------|----------|----------|-----------------7--|
A|----------|----------|----------|-5----5-5-5---------|
E|----------|----------|----------|--------------------|

   H.       Q    W          Q.   E Q.   E   H.      E E
G|-------------|-9--------|---------------|--------------|
D|---------11--|----------|-7----7-9----9-|--------------|
A|-9-----------|----------|---------------|-7---------7--|
E|-------------|----------|---------------|--------------|

             [Chorus]
   W           W          H    Q   Q     W
G|----------||----------|-------------|-12----|
D|-7--------||----------|---------12--|-------|
A|----------||-5--------|-------------|-------|
E|----------||----------|-------------|-------|

    H     H       W           Q   Q   E E   Q     W
G|-------14----|-----------|-12--11-------/14--|-------|
D|-14----------|-12--------|---------14--------|-12----|
A|-------------|-----------|-------------------|-------|
E|-------------|-----------|-------------------|-------|

    +H     E  S  S  S  S  S  S    W           H     H       W
G|-----------14-12-11----------|-----------|-------14----|-------|
D|-(12)---------------14-12----|-----------|-14----------|-12----|
A|--------------------------14-|-10--------|-------------|-------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------|-------------|-------|

                                                       [Outro]
   H    E  S  S  S  S  S  S    W          q  Q   H          W
G|--------14-12-11----------|-----------|-------14----||---------|
D|-----------------14-12----|-----------|-x-----------||o-/12----|
A|-----------------------14-|-10--------|-------------||o--------|
E|--------------------------|-----------|-------------||---------|

    Q  Q   S  S  S  S  +S   S  S  S    W           Q.   E  Q.   E    W
G|--------18-16s14-14-(14)-11-------|-----------|-----------------|-------|
D|-12-------------------------12----|-----------|-14------14------|-------|
A|-------------------------------12-|-10--------|-----------------|-------|
E|----------------------------------|-----------|-----------------|-10----|

   Q  E S S S S S S E S S   W          H    Q  E E
G|------------------------|----------|--------------||
D|--------------------4-7-|-5--------|------7------o||
A|------------0-4-5-7-----|----------|-7---------4-o||
E|------0-2-3-------------|----------|---------5----||
************************************ 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 | / - slide into (from "nowhere") | s - legato slide | x - muted **************************************