Crosby, Stills & Nash – Just A Song Before I Go (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Crosby, Stills & Nash (From the 1977 Album CSN) Words and Music by Graham Nash Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Tim Drummond - Bass '

 Intro
  Q=110
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  +E  E
|---------------|--------6------|--------7------|-----------------|
|--------4----4-|------6--------|------7--------|--------9--(9)---|
|------4--------|-4-------------|-5-------------|------9----------|
|-2-------------|-------------5-|-----------5-6-|-7-------------0-|

  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   H.      E E
|---------------|--------6------|--------7--6---|--------------||
|--------4------|------6--------|------7------7-|-9------------||
|------4------5-|-4-------------|-5-------------|--------------||
|-2-------------|-------------5-|---------------|-----------0--||

   1st & 2nd Verses
    Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  +E  E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
||----------------|--------6--(6)---|--------7------|---------------|
||o--------4------|------6----------|------7--------|--------9------|
||o------4------5-|-4---------------|-5-------------|------9--------|
||--2-------------|---------------5-|-----------5-6-|-7-----------0-|

  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|---------------|--------6------|------6-7--6---|----------------|
|--------4------|------6--------|-------------7-|-9--------------|
|------4------5-|-4-------------|-5-------------|------9---------|
|-2-------------|-------------5-|---------------|--------7----7--|

  Q  E E Q  E E   E Q  E Q  +E  E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-2----2-2----2-|-4----4-4---4-2--|
|-5----5-5----0-|-3-3--3-3--(3)-3-|---------------|-----------------|

                 1.
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  +E  E   W          +Q.   E Q  E E
|---------------|-----------------|----------|------------------||
|---------------|-----------------|----------|-----------------o||
|-0----0-0----0-|-----------------|-2--------|-(2)-------------o||
|---------------|-3----3-3--(3)-3-|----------|--------------0---||

  2.
  Q  E E Q.   E   W          +Q.   E Q  E E
|---------------|----------|----------------||
|---------------|----------|----------------||
|---------------|-2--------|-(2)------------||
|-3----3-3----3-|----------|--------------0-||

 Guitar Solo
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q.   E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E
|---------------|--------6------|--------7------|-----------------|
|--------4------|------6--------|------7--------|--------9-9------|
|------4------5-|-4-------------|-5-------------|------9----------|
|-2-------------|-------------5-|-----------5-6-|-7------------0--|

  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E S S   H.      E E
|---------------|--------6------|--------7--------|-------------||
|--------4------|------6--------|------7----------|-------------||
|------4------5-|-4-------------|-5---------------|-------------||
|-2-------------|-------------5-|-------------5---|-7---------0-||

 Outro-Verse
  H.      E E   H.      E E   H    +Q   E E   H    +Q.   E
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|-5---------5-|-5----(5)----0-|-2----(2)------|
|-2---------5-|-------------|---------------|---------------|

                                   H.=H
  W          W          W          W          +W
|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------*|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------*|
|----------|-4--------|-5--------|----------|--------*|
|-2--------|----------|----------|-2--------|-(2)----*|

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