Eagles – Nightingale (Bass Tab)
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NIGHTINGALE (Bassline)
As recorded by Eagles
(From the 1972 Album EAGLES)
Words and Music by Jackson Browne
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Randy Meisner - Bass'
[Intro]
Q=132
4/4
Gtr I
Q. E E Q E +Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E +Q. E E Q E
G||----------------|----------------|---------------|------------------||
D||o---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------o||
A||o-5----5-5------|--------------4-|-5----5-5------|--------------4--o||
E||-----------2--3-|-(3)---3-3-3----|----------2--3-|-(3)---3-3-3------||
[1st Verse]
Q. E E Q E +Q. E E Q E 5x Q. E E Q E +Q. E E E E E
G||----------------|-----------------||---------------|-----------------|
D||o---------------|----------------o||---------------|-------------2---|
A||o-5----5-5------|--------------4-o||-5----5-5------|-----------2---4-|
E||-----------2--3-|-(3)---3-3-3-----||----------2--3-|-(3)---3-3-------|
Q. E E Q E +Q. E Q Q Q. E E Q E +Q. E Q. E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
A|-5----5-5------|------------4--|-5----5-5------|-----------------||
E|----------2--3-|-(3)---3-3-----|----------2--3-|-(3)---3-3----5--||
[Pre-Chorus]
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E Q. E Q. E E Q E +E E E E
G|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
D|----4--5--6--|-7--5--4-----4-|-5----5--------|-------------------|
A|-7-----------|---------7-5---|---------------|-2-2--3-(3)-5------|
E|-------------|---------------|--------3----3-|--------------7-5--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E H H E Q E +E E E E
G|-------------|---------------|-0----1----|-2-3--4-(4)-5-6-7--||
D|----4--5--6--|-7--5--4-----4-|-----------|-------------------||
A|-7-----------|---------7-5---|-----------|-------------------||
E|-------------|---------------|-----------|-------------------||
[2nd Verse]
Q. E E Q E +Q. E E E E E 7x Q. E E Q E +Q. E E Q E
G||----------------|------------------||---------------|----------------||
D||o---------------|-------------0---o||---------------|----------------||
A||o-5----5-5------|-----------2---2-o||-5----5-5------|----------------||
E||-----------2--3-|-(3)---3-3--------||----------2--3-|-(3)---3-3-3--5-||
[Pre-Chorus]
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. E E Q E +E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|
D|-----4-4-5-5-6-6-|-7-7-5-5-4-----4-|-5----5--------|-------------------|
A|-7-7-------------|-----------7-5---|---------------|-2-2--3-(3)-5------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|--------3----3-|--------------7-5--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------||
D|-----4-4-5-5-6-6-|-7-7-5-5-4-----4-|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5--4-7--||
A|-7-7-------------|-----------7-5---|---------------|----------------||
E|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------||
[Bridge]
Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q. E H Q. E H
G|---------------|----------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-9----9-9----9-|-9----7-9-7-----|-------------|-------------|
A|---------------|------------9-7-|-5----5-5----|-5----5-5----|
E|---------------|----------------|-------------|-------------|
Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q W Q Q Q Q
G|--------------|--------------|----------|--------------||
D|--------------|--------------|-7--------|-5--6--7--8---||
A|-7----7-------|-7----7-------|----------|--------------||
E|--------------|--------------|----------|--------------||
[Chorus]
Segno $
Q Q H Q E E E E E E Q. E H Q. E Q E E
G|------------|----------------|-------------|-------------2--|
D|-9----------|----9-7---7-9-7-|-------------|-----------4----|
A|------------|--------9-------|-5----5-5----|-5----5-5-------|
E|------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
G|-4----4-4-----|-4----4-4-----|-3----3-3-----|---------------|
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|-3----3-3------|
A|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
[Interlude]
To Coda
W W Q Q E Q E +Q. E +Q. E
G|----------|----------||--------------|------------------|
D|----------|----------||-------3-4--5-|-(5)---5-(5)---5--|
A|-3--------|----------||-5--7---------|------------------|
E|----------|-3--------||--------------|------------------|
[3rd Verse]
Q Q E Q E +Q. Q Q E Q. E E Q E +Q. E E Q E 3x
G|--------------|---------------||----------------|------------------||
D|-------3-4--5-|-(5)---5--5--7-||o---------------|-----------------o||
A|-5--7---------|---------------||o-5----5-5------|--------------4--o||
E|--------------|---------------||-----------2--3-|-(3)---3-3-3------||
Q. E E Q E +Q. E E E E E Q. E E Q E +Q. E E E E E
G|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
D|---------------|-------------0---|---------------|-------------0----|
A|-5----5-5------|-----------2---2-|-5----5-5------|-----------2---2--|
E|----------2--3-|-(3)---3-3-------|----------2--3-|-(3)---3-3--------|
Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
A|-5----5-5-5----|-------------4-|-5----5-5-5----|-------------4--|
E|-------------2-|-3----3-3-3----|-------------2-|-3----3-3-3-----|
[Pre-Chorus]
Q. E E Q E E Q E E Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|---------------|---------------||----------------|------------------|
D|---------------|---------------||----4-4-5-5-6-6-|-7-7-5-5-4-----4--|
A|-5----5-5-5----|---------------||-7--------------|-----------7-5----|
E|-------------2-|-3-3--3-3-3--5-||----------------|------------------|
Q. E Q. E E Q E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|---------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-5----5--------|------------0-----|-----4-4-5-5-6-6-|-7-7-5-5-4-----4--|
A|---------------|-2-2--3-(3)---2-0-|-7-7-------------|-----------7-5----|
E|--------3----3-|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
Dal Segno al Coda Coda &
H H H H W +W
G|-----------|-----------||----------|--------|
D|-5----6----|-7----8----||----------|--------|
A|-----------|-----------||-5--------|-(5)----|
E|-----------|-----------||----------|--------|
[Outro]
W +Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E
G|----------|-----------------||---------------|
D|----------|-----------------||---------------|
A|-5--------|-(5)---5-5-5-5-5-||-5----5-5------|
E|----------|-----------------||-------------2-|
Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E 9x
G|----------------||----------------|----------------||
D|------------0---||o---------------|---------------o||
A|----------2---2-||o-5----5-5------|---------------o||
E|-3----3-3-------||--------------2-|-3----3-3----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
| | - bar
| || - double bar
| ||o - repeat start
| o|| - repeat end
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