Ed Sheeran – Merry Christmas (Bass Tab)

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MERRY CHRISTMAS (Bassline) As recorded by Ed Sheeran & Elton John (From the 2021 Album = (CHRISTMAS EDITION)) Words and Music by Ed Sheeran & Elton John Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Ed Sheeran - Bass'

 [Intro]
 Q=94
 4/4                                          2/4
 Gtr I
   W          W          W          W          H
G|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
D|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
A|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
E|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|

 Q=115
 4/4
   W          W          W          W          H    E E E E
G|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------------|
D|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------------|
A|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------0-3-0---|
E|----------|----------|----------|----------|------3---------|

   H    +E  Q  E   E E Q.   Q  E   +E  E Q.   E E E   +E  E Q  E E E E
G|---------------|---------------|------------------|------------------||
D|---------------|---------------|------------------|------------------||
A|-3----(3)-2--0-|-0-0-0---------|--------------0---|------------0-3-0-||
E|---------------|----------3--1-|-(1)-1-1----1---3-|-(3)-3-3--3-------||

 [Verse 1]
     Q  E e H      Q  E e H      Q  E e H      Q  E e E E E E   4x
G||--------------|-------------|-------------|------------------||
D||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------o||
A||o-3----3-3----|-0----0-0----|-------------|----------0-3-0--o||
E||--------------|-------------|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3---------||

 [Chorus]
   Q  E e H      Q  E e H      Q  E e Q  Q    Q  E e Q  Q
G|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
D|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-3----3-3--2--|-0----0-0-----|
E|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3----|--------------|-----------3--|

   Q  E e H      Q  E e H      Q  E e H      Q  E e Q  Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
E|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3----|-4----4-4----|-5----5-5--3--|

   Q  E e H      Q  E e E E E E   Q  E e Q  Q    Q  E e Q  Q
G|-------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
D|-------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
A|-------------|----------0-3-0-|-3----3-3--2--|-0----0-0-----|
E|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3-------|--------------|-----------3--|

                                 [Verse 2]
   Q  E e H      Q  E e E E E E     Q  E e H
G|-------------|----------------||--------------|
D|-------------|----------------||o-------------|
A|-------------|----------0-3-0-||o-3----3-3----|
E|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3-------||--------------|

   Q  E e H      Q  E e H      Q  E e E E E E  4x
G|-------------|-------------|-----------------||
D|-------------|-------------|----------------o||
A|-0----0-0----|-------------|----------0-3-0-o||
E|-------------|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3--------||

 [Chorus]
   Q  E e H      Q  E e H      Q  E e Q  Q    Q  E e Q  Q
G|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
D|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-3----3-3--2--|-0----0-0-----|
E|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3----|--------------|-----------3--|

   Q  E e H      Q  E e H      Q  E e H      Q  E e Q  Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
E|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3----|-4----4-4----|-5----5-5--3--|

   Q  E e H      Q  E e E E E E   Q  E e Q  Q    Q  E e Q  Q
G|-------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
D|-------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
A|-------------|----------0-3-0-|-3----3-3--2--|-0----0-0-----|
E|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3-------|--------------|-----------3--|

   Q  E e H      Q  E e E E E E     Q  E e Q  Q    Q  E e Q  Q
G|-------------|----------------||---------------|--------------|
D|-------------|----------------||o--------------|--------------|
A|-------------|----------0-3-0-||o-3----3-3--2--|-0----0-0-----|
E|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3-------||---------------|-----------3--|

                                     [Outro]
   Q  E e H      Q  E e E E E E         Q  E e Q  Q    Q  E e Q  Q
G|-------------|-----------------||-||---------------|---------------|
D|-------------|----------------o||-||o--------------|---------------|
A|-------------|----------0-3-0-o||-||o-3----3-3--2--|-0----0-0------|
E|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3--------||-||---------------|-----------3---|

                1.,2.,3.           4.
   Q  E e H      Q  E e E E E E  4x Q.   E +H       W          +W
G|-------------|-----------------||---------------|----------|--------*|
D|-------------|----------------o||---------------|----------|--------*|
A|-------------|----------0-3-0-o||------1-(1)----|-3--------|-(3)----*|
E|-1----1-1----|-3----3-3--------||-4-------------|----------|--------*|

************************************** 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 **************************************