Jackson Browne – Doctor My Eyes (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by Jackson Browne
(From the 1972 Album JACKSON BROWNE)
Words and Music by Jackson Browne
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Leland Sklar - Bass'
Intro Q=150(8=s8) 4/4 Gtr I W H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q |----------|-------------|-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10--10--| |----------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------| |----------|-------------|--8---8---8---8--|--8---8---8---8--| |----------|---------1/--|-----------------|-----------------| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q |-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10--10--| |-----------------|-----------------| |--8---8---8---8--|--8---8---8---8--| |-----------------|-----------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |-3--| |-3--|
Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-10--10--10--10--|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-----------||
|-----------------|------------------------10-7------||
|--8---8---8---8--|-----------------------------10-7-||
|-----------------|----------------------------------||
1st Verse
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|
|-8--8--8--8--|-8--8--8--8--|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-7--7--7--7--|-------------|-------------|----5--------|
|-------------|-8--8--8--8--|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-8--8--8--8--|-8-----5--7--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|
|-8--8--8--8--|-8--8--8--8--|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-7--7--7--7--|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-8--8--8--8--|-------------|----5--------||
|-------------|-------------|-8--8--8--8--|-8-----8--8--||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
Chorus
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------5---|-------------5---|---------5-5-7-5-|---------5-5-------|
|---------7-7---7-|---------7-7---7-|-----7-7---------|-----7-7-----7-5---|
|-5-5-8-8---------|-5-5-8-8---------|-8-8-------------|-8-8-------------8-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q Q H W W
|-------------5---|-------------5-----|-5----------|----------|------|
|---------7-7---7-|---------7-7---7-5-|------------|----------|------|
|-5-5-8-8---------|-5-5-8-8-----------|------------|----------|------|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------|----------|------||--3--| |--3--| |-3--| |-3--|
W E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-/10-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-----------|
|----------|-------------------------10-7------|
|----------|------------------------------10-7-|
|----------|-----------------------------------|
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-8-8-8---8-8-8---|-8-8-8---8-8-8-5----||
|-------8-------8-|-------8---------8--||
2nd Verse
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|
|-8--8--8--8--|-8--8--8--8--|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-7--7--7--7--|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-8--8--8--8--|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-8--8--8--8--|-8-----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----5--7--8--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|--------------|-14--12--10------|
|-------------|-------------|-7--7--7--7/--|-------------14--|
|-8--8--8--8--|-8--8--8--8--|--------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-12--12--12--10--|-8--8--8--7--|-------------|----5--------||
|-----------------|-------------|-8--8--8--8--|-8-----8--8--||
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
Chorus
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------5---|-------------5---|---------5-5-7-5-|---------5-5-------|
|---------7-7---7-|---------7-7---7-|-----7-7---------|-----7-7-----7-5---|
|-5-5-8-8---------|-5-5-8-8---------|-8-8-------------|-8-8-------------8-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q Q H W W
|-------------5---|-------------5-----|-5----------|----------|------|
|---------7-7---7-|---------7-7---7-5-|------------|----------|------|
|-5-5-8-8---------|-5-5-8-8-----------|------------|----------|------|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------|----------|------|
W H Q E E +W +H +Q. E
|----------|-------------|------------|--------------10-||
|----------|-------------|------------|-----------------||
|----------|-----------8-|-(8)--------|-(8)----(8)------||
|----------|-------------|------------|-----------------||
Guitar Solo
+H +Q. E +H +Q. E +H. E E +H E E E E
|-(10)----(10)-----|-----------------|--------------|----------------|
|----------------8-|-(8)----(8)---/3-|-(3)----------|--------------3-|
|------------------|-----------------|----------3---|----------3-5---|
|------------------|-----------------|------------1-|-(1)----5-------|
+H E E E E +H +E E E E +H. E E +Q Q Q E E
|------------2-3-|-(3)----(3)-3-5---|--------------|----------------|
|-(3)----3-5-----|----------------3-|-(3)----------|----------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------3---|------------3---|
|----------------|------------------|------------1-|-(1)--1--1----1-|
+H +Q E E +H +Q E E +H +Q E E +H +Q E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------5-/10-|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------3-|-(3)----(3)--------|
|-------------3---|-------------3---|-------------3---|-------------------|
|-(1)----(1)----1-|-(1)----(1)----1-|-(1)----(1)------|-------------------|
H +Q. a E +Q. E +Q E E
|-10----(10)---10s12-|-(12)-----------------|
|--------------------|--------10-(10)-------|
|--------------------|-----------------10-8-|
|--------------------|----------------------||--3--| |--3--| |-3--| |-3--|
+W E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-7------------||
|------------|------------------------10-7-------||
|-(8)--------|-----------------------------10-7--||
|------------|-----------------------------------||
Chorus
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------5---|-------------5---|---------5-5-7-5-|---------5-5-------|
|---------7-7---7-|---------7-7---7-|-----7-7---------|-----7-7-----7-5---|
|-5-5-8-8---------|-5-5-8-8---------|-8-8-------------|-8-8-------------8-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q Q H W
|-------------5---|-------------5-----|-5----------|------|
|---------7-7---7-|---------7-7---7-5-|------------|------|
|-5-5-8-8---------|-5-5-8-8-----------|------------|------|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------|------||--3--| |--3--| |-3--| |-3--|
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E |----------|----------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-----------|| |----------|----------|------------------------10-7------|| |----------|----------|-----------------------------10-7-|| |----------|----------|----------------------------------||
Outro
|-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||--------------------------|-------------------------| ||o-------------------------|-------------------------| ||o-8-8---------8-8---------|-8-8---------8-8---------| ||------10-8-10-----10-8-10-|-----10-8-10-----10-8-10-|
|-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 7x |-------------------------|--------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------o|| |-8-8---------8-8---------|-8-8---------8-8---------o|| |-----10-8-10-----10-8-10-|-----10-8-10-----10-8-10--||
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
Doctor, my eyes have seen the years
And the slow parade of fears without crying
Now I want to understand
I have done all that I could
To see the evil and the good without hiding
You must help me if you can
Doctor, my eyes
Tell me what is wrong
Was I unwise to leave them open for so long
'Cause I have wandered through this world
And as each moment has unfurled
I've been waiting to awaken from these dreams
People go just where there will
I never noticed them until I got this feeling
That it's later than it seems
Doctor, my eyes
Tell me what you see
I hear their cries
Just say if it's too late for me
Doctor, my eyes
Cannot see the sky
Is this the prize for having learned how not to cry