Fleetwood Mac – Need Your Love So Bad (Bass Tab)

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NEED YOUR LOVE SO BAD (Bassline) As recorded by Fleetwood Mac (From the 1969 Album THE PIOUS BIRD OF GOOD OMEN) Words and Music by Little Willie John & Mertis John Jr. Arranged by Fleetwood Mac Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John McVie - Bass'
 Intro
  Q=78
 12/8
  Gtr I
  W              H    E E H    +E  E   H    E E H    +E  E
|--------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|--------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|--------------|---------------------|-------------------4--|
|--------------|-5------5-5----(5)-5-|-5------5-5----(5)----|

  H    E E H    +E  E   H    E E H    E E   H    E E Q.   E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|----------4----4-2---|
|-5------5-5----(5)-5-|-6------6-6----5-3-|------3-5----------4-|
|---------------------|-------------------|-5-------------------|

  H    E E H    E E   H    E E H    E E   H    E E H    E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|----------2--------|-------------------|--------0-2--------||
|-2----2-4------5-3-|------3-4-5----3-2-|------3------------||
|-------------------|-5-----------------|-5-------------3-4-||

   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    H    E E H    +E  E   H    E E H    +E  E   H    E E H    +E  E
||----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------4-|-5------5-5----(5)-5--|
||--5------5-5----(5)-5-|-5------5-5----(5)---|----------------------|

  H    E E H    E E   H    E E Q.   E E E   H    E E H    E E
|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------4----4-2---|----------2--------|
|-6------6-6----5-3-|------3-5----------4-|-2----2-4------5-3-|
|-------------------|-5-------------------|-------------------|

                      1.                    2.
             To Coda
  H    E E H    E E    H    E E H    E E     H    E E H    E E
|--------------------|--------------------||--------------------||
|--------------------|--------0-2--------o||--------0-2---------||
|------3-4-5----3-2--|------3------------o||------3--------3-4--||
|-5------------------|-5-------------0-3--||-5------------------||

 Bridge
  Q  E E E E Q  E E E E   Q  E Q  E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E Q  E E Q
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-5--5-5-5---5--5-5-5-5-|-6--6-6----6--6-6-6-6-|----------------------|
|----------5------------|---------6------------|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5--|

  Q  E E E E Q  E E Q    Q  E E E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E Q  E E E E
|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5--|-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|

                                   D.S. al Coda
  Q  E E Q  Q  E E Q    Q.   E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------2----||
|-7--7-7-7--8--8-8-8--|-7----5-7-5--------------||
|---------------------|------------7-5-3-0---3--||

                      Outro Guitar Solo
  &
  H    E E H    E E    H    E E H    +E  E   H    E E H    E E
|-------------------||---------------------|-------------------|
|--------0-2--------||---------------------|-------------------|
|------3------------||---------------------|-0------0-0----3-4-|
|-5-------------0-3-||-5------5-5----(5)-5-|-------------------|

  H    E E H    +E  E   H    E E H    E E   H    E E Q.   E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|----------4----4-2---|
|-5------5-5----(5)-5-|-6------6-6----5-3-|-0----3-5----------4-|
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|

  H    E E H    E E   H    E E H    E E   H    E E H    E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------*|
|----------2----0---|-------------------|--------0-2--------*|
|-2----2-4--------3-|-0----3-4-5----3-2-|------3------------*|
|-------------------|-------------------|-5-------------3-4-*|
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