Carpenters – For All We Know (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Carpenters (From the 1971 Album CARPENTERS) Words and Music by Fred Karlin, Robb Wilson & Arthur James Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Joe Osborn - Bass'
 Intro
  Q=136
 4/4
  Gtr I
   W            W           W            H     E  Q.
|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------------|
|-----------|-/17--------|-17--------|-/17-------------|
|-10--------|------------|-----------|--------15s17\---|
|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------------|

   W            W            W           H.       Q
|-----------|------------|------------|---------------||
|-----------|------------|------------|----------12/--||
|-10--------|-/10--------|-/10--------|-10------------||
|-----------|------------|------------|---------------||

   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
     H     H       H     H       W           H      H
||--------------|-------------|-----------|-14\----------|
||o-17----16----|-14----12----|-11--------|--------11----|
||o-------------|-------------|-----------|--------------|
||--------------|-------------|-----------|--------------|

   W           a  H      H      H    +E   E  Q     H     H
|-----------|-12s14\----------|----------11s14--|-12----11----||
|-10--------|-----------10----|-9----(9)--------|-------------||
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||

 Chorus
  H    +E  E Q      W           H     H       W
|-9----(9)-------|-----------|--------------|------|
|------------9/--|-12--------|-11-----------|------|
|----------------|-----------|-------12\----|-4----|
|----------------|-----------|--------------|------|

                        1.
  W          H    H      W          H.       Q
|----------|-----------|----------|---------------||
|----------|-5---------|----------|---------12/--o||
|-5--------|------5----|-3--------|-5------------o||
|----------|-----------|----------|---------------||

                               Bridge
  2.,D.S.
  H.      E E   E E E E H       H.      +Q
|-------------|-5-4----------||---------------|
|-----------5-|-----5-5------||---------------|
|-3-----------|---------3----||-2-------(2)/--|
|-------------|--------------||---------------|

  H    H      W          H    H
|-----------|----------|-----------|
|-----------|----------|------4----|
|-7----5----|-3--------|-5---------|
|-----------|----------|-----------|

    W           W            H.       +E. S    E E  H.
|------------|-----------|------------------|-------------|
|------------|-----------|------------------|-------------|
|-/10--------|-10--------|-/10-------(10)-9s|=10---10-----|
|------------|-----------|------------------|-------------|

          To Coda                         D.S. al Coda
  W            W            H.       +E. S    E E  H.
|----------|------------|------------------|--------------||
|----------|------------|------------------|--------------||
|----------|-/10--------|-/10-------(10)-9s|=10---10------||
|-3--------|------------|------------------|--------------||

                                     H.=H
  &
    H.       +E. S    E E  H.          W           +W
|------------------|---------------|------------|---------*|
|------------------|---------------|------------|---------*|
|-/10-------(10)-9s|=10---10-------|-/10--------|-(10)----*|
|------------------|---------------|------------|---------*|
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 Love, look at the two of us Strangers in many ways We've got a lifetime to share So much to say and as we go on from day to day I'll feel you close to me But time alone will tell Let's take a lifetime to say I knew you well For only time will tell us so And love may grow for all we know Love, look at the two of us Strangers in many ways Let's take a lifetime to say I know you well But only time will tell us so And love may grow for all we know