Genesis – I Cant Dance (Bass Tab)

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I CAN'T DANCE (Bassline) As recorded by Genesis (From the 1991 Album WE CAN'T DANCE) Words and Music by Tony Banks, Phil Collins & Mike Rutherford Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Mike Rutherford - Bass'
 [Intro]
 Q=106 
 4/4
  Gtr I
   H    Q  E E     Q  E H    E   +E  E E E Q  E E
G|-------------||--------------|------------------|
D|-------------||o-------------|------------------|
A|-------------||o-------------|------------------|
E|---------4-4-||--6--6------6-|-(6)-4-6------4-4-|

   Q  E H    E   +E  Q  E +Q   E E
G|-------------|----------------------||
D|-------------|---------------------o||
A|-------------|---------------------o||
E|-6--6------4-|-(4)-2--4-(4)--4-4----||

  [1st Verse]
     Q  E H    E   +E  E E E Q  E E   Q  E H    E   +E  Q  E +Q   E E
G||--------------|------------------|-------------|---------------------||
D||o-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------o||
A||o-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------o||
E||--6--6------6-|-(6)-4-6------4-4-|-6--6------4-|-(4)-2--4-(4)--4-4---||

 [Chorus]
   Q  E H    E   +E  E E E Q  E E   Q  E H    E   +E  Q  E +E  E E E
G|-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------|
D|-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------|
A|-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------|
E|-6--6------6-|-(6)-4-6------4-4-|-6--6------4-|-(4)-2--4-(4)-4-4-4-|

   Q  E H    E   +E  E E E Q  E E   Q  E Q  E E E
G|-------------|------------------|---------------|
D|-------------|------------------|---------------|
A|-------------|------------------|---------------|
E|-6--6------6-|-(6)-4-6------4-4-|-6--6----6---4-|

   E E E E +Q   E E   W          +H     Q  E E
G|------------------|----------|------------------|
D|------------------|----------|------------------|
A|------------------|----------|------------------|
E|---6---4-(4)--4-4-|-6--------|-(6)-------4-4----|

  [2nd Verse]
     Q  E H    E   +E  E E E Q  E E   Q  E H    E   +E  Q  E +Q   E E
G||--------------|------------------|-------------|---------------------||
D||o-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------o||
A||o-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------o||
E||--6--6------6-|-(6)-4-6------4-4-|-6--6------4-|-(4)-2--4-(4)--4-4---||

 [Chorus]
   Q  E H    E   +E  E E E Q  E E   Q  E H    E   +E  Q  E +E  E E E
G|-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------|
D|-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------|
A|-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------|
E|-6--6------6-|-(6)-4-6------4-4-|-6--6------4-|-(4)-2--4-(4)-4-4-4-|

   Q  E H    E   +E  E E E Q  E E   Q  E Q  E E E   E E E E E E Q
G|-------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
D|-------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
A|-------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
E|-6--6------6-|-(6)-4-6------4-4-|-6--6----6---4-|---6---4---6----|

 [Bridge] 
   W          W          W          +H     +Q   E E
G|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
D|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
A|----------|----------|-6--------|-(6)----(6)------|
E|-2--------|-1--------|----------|-------------4-4-|

   Q  E H    E   +E  E E E Q  E E   Q  E H    E   +E  Q  E +Q   E E
G|-------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
D|-------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
A|-------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
E|-6--6------6-|-(6)-4-6------4-4-|-6--6------4-|-(4)-2--4-(4)--4-4-|

  [3rd Verse]
     Q  E H    E   +E  E E E Q  E E   Q  E H    E   +E  Q  E +Q   E E
G||--------------|------------------|-------------|---------------------||
D||o-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------o||
A||o-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------o||
E||--6--6------6-|-(6)-4-6------4-4-|-6--6------4-|-(4)-2--4-(4)--4-4---||

 [Chorus]
   Q  E H    E   +E  E E E Q  E E   Q  E H    E   +E  Q  E +E  E E E
G|-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------|
D|-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------|
A|-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------|
E|-6--6------6-|-(6)-4-6------4-4-|-6--6------4-|-(4)-2--4-(4)-4-4-4-|

   Q  E H    E   +E  E E E Q  E E   Q  E Q  E E E   E E E E E E Q
G|-------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
D|-------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
A|-------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
E|-6--6------6-|-(6)-4-6------4-4-|-6--6----6---4-|---6---4---6----|

 [Bridge] 
   W          W          W          +W
G|----------|----------|----------|--------|
D|----------|----------|----------|--------|
A|----------|----------|-6--------|-(6)----|
E|-2--------|-1--------|----------|--------|

   W          W          W          +H     +Q   E E
G|----------|----------|----------|-------------------|
D|----------|----------|----------|-------------------|
A|-4--------|-2--------|----------|-------------------|
E|----------|----------|-4--------|-(4)----(4)--4-4---|

   Q  E H    E   +E  E E E Q  E E   Q  E H    E   +E  Q  E +Q   E E
G|-------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
D|-------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
A|-------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
E|-6--6------6-|-(6)-4-6------4-4-|-6--6------4-|-(4)-2--4-(4)--4-4-|

 [Out-Chorus]
     Q  E H    E   +E  E E E Q  E E   Q  E H    E   +E  Q  E +Q   E E
G||--------------|------------------|-------------|---------------------||
D||o-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------o||
A||o-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------o||
E||--6--6------6-|-(6)-4-6------4-4-|-6--6------4-|-(4)-2--4-(4)--4-4---||

   Q  E H    E   +E  E E E Q  E E   Q  E H    E   +E  Q  E +Q   E E
G|-------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
D|-------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
A|-------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
E|-6--6------6-|-(6)-4-6------4-4-|-6--6------4-|-(4)-2--4-(4)--4-4-|

   Q  E H    E   +E  E E E Q  E E   Q  E H    E   +E  Q  E +Q   E E
G|-------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
D|-------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
A|-------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
E|-6--6------6-|-(6)-4-6------4-4-|-6--6------4-|-(4)-2--4-(4)--4-4-|

   Q  E H    E   +E  E E E Q  E E   Q  E Q  E E E   E E E E +Q   E E
G|-------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
D|-------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
A|-------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
E|-6--6------6-|-(6)-4-6------4-4-|-6--6----6---4-|---6---4-(4)--4-4-|

     Q  E H    E   +E  E E E Q  E E   Q  E H    E   +E  Q  E +Q   E E
G||--------------|------------------|-------------|---------------------||
D||o-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------o||
A||o-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------o||
E||--6--6------6-|-(6)-4-6------4-4-|-6--6------4-|-(4)-2--4-(4)--4-4---||
************************************ 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). | (n) - note tied to previous **************************************