Eagles – On The Border (Bass Tab)
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ON THE BORDER (Bassline)
As recorded by the Eagles
(From the 1974 Album ON THE BORDER)
Words and Music by Don Henley, Bernie Leadon & Glenn Frey
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Randy Meisner - Bass'
[Intro]
Q=100
4/4
Gtr I
W W Q. E +H Q. E +H
G|----------|----------|---------------|---------------|
D|----------|----------|-7-------------|-7-------------|
A|----------|----------|------7-(7)----|------7-(7)----|
E|----------|----------|---------------|---------------|
Q. E +H Q. E +H Q. E +H Q. E +H
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
A|-4----2-(2)----|-2----0-(0)----|-2----4-(4)----|-5----6-(6)----||
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
[Verses 1 & 2]
Q. E +Q. E +Q. Q Q E Q. E +Q. E +Q. Q Q E
G||-----------------|-------5--7--9-|----------------|-------5--7--9-|
D||o------5-(5)---7-|-(7)-----------|------5-(5)---7-|-(7)-----------|
A||o-7--------------|---------------|-7--------------|---------------|
E||-----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
Q. E +Q. E +Q. Q Q E Q. E +H E Q Q E E E
G|----------------|-------5--7--9-|---------------|----------------||
D|------5-(5)---7-|-(7)-----------|------5-(5)----|-7-5-----6-7-8--||
A|-7--------------|---------------|-7-------------|------7---------||
E|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
[Chorus]
H E Q. E Q Q E E E H E Q. E Q Q E E E
G|-------------|---------------|-------------|----------------|
D|-9----9-9----|-7-7-----6-7-8-|-9----9-9----|-7-7-----6-7-8--|
A|-------------|------7--------|-------------|------7---------|
E|-------------|---------------|-------------|----------------|
H E Q. E Q Q E E E H E Q.
G|-------------|---------------|-------------|
D|-9----9-9----|-7-7-----6-7-8-|-9----9-9----|
A|-------------|------7--------|-------------|
E|-------------|---------------|-------------|
1.
2/4 4/4
E Q E +E E E Q E E E +E E E E +H
G|--------|------------------|-------------------||
D|-7-7----|------------------|------------------o||
A|------7-|-(7)-----7------7-|-(7)-----7-(7)----o||
E|--------|-----7-9----7-9---|-----7-9-----------||
[Bridge]
2.
2/4 4/4
E Q E +H +Q. E q q E q E q q E q E
G|--------|----------------||----9-------9-|----9-------9--|
D|-7-7----|--------------9-||---------9----|---------9-----|
A|------7-|-(7)----(7)-----||-7------------|-7-------------|
E|--------|----------------||--------------|---------------|
q q E S S E E q q E q E q q E q E q q E S S E E
G|----9---------9---|----9-------9-|----9-------9-|----9---------9----|
D|---------9-11---9-|---------9----|---------9----|---------9-11---9--|
A|-7----------------|-7------------|-7------------|-7-----------------|
E|------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|
q q E q E q q E q E q q E q E q q E S S E E
G|----9-------9-|----9-------9-|----9-------9-|----9---------9---|
D|---------9----|---------9----|---------9----|---------9-11---9-|
A|-7------------|-7------------|-7------------|-7----------------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|------------------|
q q E S S E E E S S E Q S S E E q q E q E q q E S S E E
G|----9----11-12-13---|---7-8-9------------|----9-------9-|----9---------9----|
D|--------------------|------------7-8-9-6-|---------9----|---------9-11---9--|
A|-7------------------|--------------------|-7------------|-7-----------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------|
[Chorus]
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H E Q. E Q Q E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------||-------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------6-7-8-||-9----9-9----|-7-7-----6-7-8--|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-------||-------------|------7---------|
E|-----------------|-----------------||-------------|----------------|
H E Q. E Q Q E E E H E Q.
G|-------------|---------------|-------------|
D|-9----9-9----|-7-7-----6-7-8-|-9----9-9----|
A|-------------|------7--------|-------------|
E|-------------|---------------|-------------|
[Outro]
2/4 4/4
E Q E +E E E Q E E E +E E E Q E E E q q E q E
G|--------|------------------|------------------||----9-------9--|
D|-7-7----|------------------|------------------||---------9-----|
A|------7-|-(7)-----7------7-|-(7)-----7--4-5-6-||-7-------------|
E|--------|-----7-9----7-9---|-----7-9----------||---------------|
q q E S S E E q q E q E q q E q E q q E S S E E
G|----9---------9---|----9-------9-|----9-------9-|----9---------9----|
D|---------9-11---9-|---------9----|---------9----|---------9-11---9--|
A|-7----------------|-7------------|-7------------|-7-----------------|
E|------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|
E E E Q E E E +E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E +E E E Q E E E 8x
G||-----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------||
D||o-------5------7-|-(7)---4-7--------|-------5------7-|-(7)---4-7--------o||
A||o-7---4----5-7---|-----7------4-5-6-|-7---4----5-7---|-----7------4-5-6-o||
E||----7------------|------------------|---7------------|-------------------||**************************************
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).
| +() - note tied to previous
| | - bar
| || - double bar
| ||o - repeat start
| o|| - repeat end
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