Free – Soon I Will Be Gone (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Free (From the 1970 Album HIGHWAY) Words and Music by Paul Rodgers & Andy Fraser Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Andy Fraser - Bass'
 Intro
  E=152
 6/8
  Gtr I
  Wx4
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 1st Verse
  Wx8
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  Q.   Q.     H.        H.        H.        H.
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|-----------|---------|---------|---------|-------||
|-----------|---------|---------|---------|-------||
|-5----3----|-0-------|---------|-0-------|-------||

 2nd & 3rd Verses
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  E Q  Q.     E Q  E Q    Q  E Q.     Q.   E E E   E Q  Q.
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------0-|------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------2---|------------|
|-0---------|-3----5----|-0---------|-0----------|-0----------|

                                 To Coda
  E Q  E E E   E E E +E  Q    E E E E Q    E Q  E Q    Q.   Q.
|------------|--------------|------------|-----------|------------|
|----------2-|-2------------|-----0-2----|-----------|------------|
|------0-----|---2----------|---2--------|-----------|------------|
|-3----------|-----0-(0)----|-0----------|-5----3----|-0----------|

  H.        E Q  E E E   E Q  E E E   E Q  E Q    E Q  E E E
|---------|------------|------------|-----------|-------------|
|---------|------------|------------|-----------|-------------|
|---------|------2-3-4-|-5------7-9-|-7----5----|------7------|
|---------|-3----------|------------|-----------|-7------7-0--|

                                                      Bridge
  E E E E E E   E Q  E E E   E Q  E Q    E E E Q.      E Q  E Q
|-------------|------------|-----------|------------||------------|
|---------0-2-|------------|-----------|-2-0--------||------------|
|---0-1-2-----|-5----3-2---|------2----|-----2------||-2----2-----|
|-3-----------|------------|-0---------|-------0----||------------|

  E Q  Q.     E Q  E Q    H.        E Q  E Q    E E E E E E
|-----------|-----------|---------|-----------|-4------------|
|-----------|-----------|---------|-----------|---4----------|
|-2---------|-----------|---------|-2----2----|-----2--------|
|-----------|-3----3----|-2-------|-----------|---------0-2--|

  E Q  E Q    Q.   Q.     E E E Q.     E E E Q.     Q.   Q.
|-----------|-----------|-4----------|------------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|---4--------|-2-----2----|------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----2-5----|-----2------|-2----0-----|
|-3----3----|-2---------|------------|---4--------|------------|

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

  E Q  E Q    E Q  E Q    S S S S E E Q    E E E E Q    E Q  E E E
|-----------|-----------|----------------|---7--------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----7----------|------------|------------|
|-7---------|-----------|---7---7--------|-5---3------|--------0-2-|
|------0----|-5----3----|-5-------5-3----|-------5----|-0----3-----|

  E Q  E E E   E Q  Q.     Q.   E E E   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q  E
|------0-2-4-|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|
|-2----------|-2---------|----------0-|-----------|------------|
|------------|-----------|--------2---|-----------|------------|
|------------|-----------|------------|-0---------|-0-------2--|

  Q.   Q  E   Q.   Q.     Q.   E E E   E Q  Q.
|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------*|
|-----------|-----------|----------0-|-----------*|
|-----------|-----------|--------2---|-----------*|
|-0-------2-|-0---------|-0----------|-0---------*|
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