Gordon Lightfoot – Rainy Day People (Bass Tab)

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RAINY DAY PEOPLE (Bassline) As recorded by Gordon Lightfoot (From the 1975 Album COLD ON THE SHOULDER) Words and Music by Gordon Lightfoot Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
 Intro
  Q=110
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          H    H      H    H
|----------|----------|-----------|-----------||
|----------|----------|------9----|------9----||
|----------|----------|-----------|-----------||
|----------|----------|-7---------|-7---------||

   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H
||------------|-----------|------6----|------6----|
||o------9----|------9----|-----------|-----------|
||o-----------|-----------|-4---------|-4---------|
||--7---------|-7---------|-----------|-----------|

  H    H      H     H      H    H      H    Q  Q
|------9----|------11----|-----------|------------||
|-----------|------------|------9----|------------||
|-7---------|-9----------|-----------|---------6--||
|-----------|------------|-7---------|-7----8-----||

 Chorus
  H    H      H    H      H    H      H    Q  Q
|------9----|-----------|------9----|------------|
|-----------|------4----|-----------|------------|
|-7---------|-----------|-7---------|---------6--|
|-----------|-2---------|-----------|-7----8-----|

                                 1.
                      To Coda
                          2/4    4/4
  H    H      H     H      H      H    H      H    H
|------9----|------11----|------|-----------|------------||
|-----------|------------|------|------9----|------9----o||
|-7---------|-9----------|-7----|-----------|-----------o||
|-----------|------------|------|-7---------|-7----------||

 Interlude
  2.
  W          H    H      H    H      H    H
|----------|-----------|------6----|------6----|
|----------|------9----|-----------|-----------|
|----------|-----------|-4---------|-4---------|
|-7--------|-7---------|-----------|-----------|

  H    H      H     H      H    H      H    Q  Q
|------9----|------11----|-----------|------------||
|-----------|------------|------9----|------------||
|-7---------|-9----------|-----------|---------6--||
|-----------|------------|-7---------|-7----8-----||

 Chorus
  H    H      H     H      H    H      H    Q  Q
|------9----|------11----|------9----|------------|
|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|
|-7---------|-9----------|-7---------|---------6--|
|-----------|------------|-----------|-7----8-----|

                          2/4    4/4
  H    H      H     H      H      H    H
|------9----|------11----|------|-----------|
|-----------|------------|------|------9----|
|-7---------|-9----------|-7----|-----------|
|-----------|------------|------|-7---------|

                     D.S. al Coda
  H    H      H    H      H    H
|-----------|-----------|-----------||
|------9----|------9----|------9----||
|-----------|-----------|-----------||
|-7---------|-7---------|-7---------||

                          Outro
  &
  H    H      H    H       H    H
|-----------|-----------||------9----|
|------9----|------9----||-----------|
|-----------|-----------||-7---------|
|-7---------|-7---------||-----------|

               H.=H
              2/4    4/4
  H     H      H      H    H      +W
|------11----|------|-----------|--------*|
|------------|------|------9----|-(9)----*|
|-9----------|-7----|-----------|--------*|
|------------|------|-7---------|--------*|
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