Elton John – The Wasteland (Bass Tab)

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Elton John Band - 'The Wasteland' from the Songs from the West Coast Album. I really like this song - has a really strong, driving bass line and good bluesy roots. Excellent bit of drumming from Nigel on this track too :) Each bar works on the basis of - 'quaver-crotchet', 'quaver-crotchet', 'quaver-crotchet', 'quaver-crotchet', with the accent leaning heavily on the crotchet. Here I have either written all four pairs of notes as the 4 roots, or just one note to be carried through the bar. ENJOY!!! Ps....I can't tell you what to shout before the track starts....only something along the lines of... A moment? We might just begin? Right about.. ONE! ONE!! TWO! TWO!! ONE TWO A Hundred and... OH MY GOD!!!!
INTRO (WITH PIANO ONLY):
G|-0-5-3-0|-(0)---|-(0)---|-0-5-3-0-|-(0)---|-(0)---|-0-5-3-0|-0-----|------|
D|--------|-------|-------|---------|-------|-------|--------|-------|-1----|
A|--------|-------|-------|---------|-------|-------|--------|-------|------|
E|--------|-------|-------|---------|-------|-------|--------|-------|------|

G|-5------|-------|-0-----|-------|5-5-7-7|-0-----|-0------|0-5-3-0|
D|--------|2-0-4-0|-------|-1-----|-------|-------|--------|-------|
A|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------|-------|
E|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------|-------|

VERSE:   (could it be...rattling chains...)
G|-0------|-------|-5-----|-------|-0-----|-------|5-5-7-7-|-0-----|
D|--------|-1-----|-------|3-3-4-4|-------|-1-----|--------|-------|
A|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------|-------|
E|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------|-------|

CHORUS:
G|--2-3-7-|--2-3-3|-------|-------|5-8-0-0|1-1-3-3|5-5-7-7-|-------|0------|
D|3-------|3------|1-1-0-0|-------|-------|-------|--------|1-2-3-4|--3-1-0|
A|--------|-------|-------|4-4-0-0|-------|-------|--------|-------|-------|
E|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------|-------|-------|

G|-0------|-0-5-3-0|
D|--------|--------|
A|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|

OUTTRO:
G|-0------|0-0-5-5|0-0-5-5|0-0-5-5|0-0-5-5|0-0-5-5|0-0-5-5|0-0-5-5|0-0-5-5|
D|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
A|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
E|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|

G|000000--------|-------------|---------|---------|
D|------333333--|111111-000000|---------|---------|
A|--------------|-------------|---------|---------|
E|--------------|-------------|---------|------3--|
INTRO x1 VERSE x1 CHORUS x1 VERSE x1 CHORUS x1 JAM AROUND ON G|---0-3-5-| UNTIL LYRICS AGAIN CHORUS X2 OUTTRO X1