Jackson Browne – Running On Empty (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Jackson Browne (From the 1977 Album RUNNING ON EMPTY) Words and Music by Jackson Browne Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Leland Sklar - Bass'
 Intro
  Q=138
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          +W           W          +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-5--------|-(5)----|

  W          +W           W          +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-2--------|-(2)----|

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

   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E Q
||----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
||o-7----7-7----7-|-7----7-7----7-|-7-7----7-7----|-7-7----7-7----|
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
||----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

  E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E E E   E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E E E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-7-7----7-7----|-7-7--------4---|-7-7----7-7----|-7-7--------4-5--|
|---------------|----------7---7-|---------------|----------7------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|

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

 Pre-Chorus
  Q.   E H      Q.   E H      Q.   E H      H    E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
|-5----5-5----|-4----4-4----|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|-------------|-0----0-0----|-0------0-2-4--||

 Chorus
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|-2----2-2----2-|-2----2-2----2-|-2----2-2----2-|-2----2-2----2--|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|

                         To Coda
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E    Q.   E Q.   E   H    H
|-2----2-2----2-|-2----2-2----2--|---------------|------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------o||
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------o||
|---------------|----------------|-2----2-2----2-|-2----------||

 Guitar Solo
  E E Q  E E Q    E E E E E E Q    E Q  E E Q  E   E E E E E E Q
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-0-0----0-0----|-0-0---0-0-0----|-0----0-0----0-|-0-0---0-0-0-----|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|

  Q.   E Q.   E   E E E E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-0----0-0----0-|---0---0-0----0-|-0----0-0----0-|-0----0-0--0---|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|

  W          Q.   E +Q   E E   H.      Q    Q.   E H
|----------|-----------------|------------|-------------||
|----------|-----------------|------------|-------------||
|-5--------|-4----4-(4)--4-5-|------------|-------------||
|----------|-----------------|-0-------0--|-0----0-0----||

 Bridge
  H    +E  E E E   +H     E E E E   +H     +E  E E E   +Q.   E Q.   E
|----------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-4----(4)-4-----|------------4---|------------------|-----------------|
|------------7-5-|-(5)----5-7---7-|-(7)----(7)-----0-|-(0)---0-0----0--|
|----------------|----------------|------------2-4---|-----------------|

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

  H    Q  E E   +H.      E E   +H     E E E E   +H     E E E E
|-------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-4----4--2---|--------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------5-|-(5)--------7-|-(7)----------0-|-(0)----0-2-4----|
|-------------|--------------|----------0-2---|--------------5--|

                                                 D.S. al Coda
  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   Q.   Q    +E  Q.   Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------||
|-5----5-5--5--|-7----7-7--7--|-5----4----2--|-(2)-0-----------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------2--0---||

                              4th Verse
  &
  Q.   E Q.   E   H    H       Q.   E Q  E E   E E E E Q  Q
|---------------|-----------||---------------|----------------|
|---------------|-----------||---------------|----------------|
|---------------|-----------||-0----0-0----0-|---0---0-0--0---|
|-2----2-2----2-|-2---------||---------------|----------------|

  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E E E Q      E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|--------------|---------------||------------------|------------------|
|--------------|---------------||o-----------------|------------------|
|-0----0-0--0--|-0----0-0------||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|--------------|----------0-2--||------------------|------------------|

  Q.   Q.   Q    +E  Q.   Q  Q      Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|--------------|-----------------||---------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------o||---------------|----------------|
|-5----4----2--|-(2)-0----------o||-5----5-5----5-|-7----7-7----7--|
|--------------|----------2--0---||---------------|----------------|

                                       Outro
  Q.   Q.   Q    W          W           Q  Q  Q.   E
|--------------|----------|----------||---------------|
|--------------|----------|----------||---------------|
|-5----4----2--|-0--------|----------||-0--0--0----0--|
|--------------|----------|----------||---------------|

  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q.   E   E E E E Q  Q    Q  Q  Q.   E
|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-0----0-0--0--|-0----0-0----0-|---0---0-0--0--|-0--0--0----0--|
|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

  E E Q  E E E E   Q  Q  Q.   E   E E Q  E E E E   Q.   E E E E E
|----------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|-8----7-8-7-8-7--|
|---0-0--0-0---0-|-0--0--0----0-|---0-0--0-0---0-|-----------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------|

  W          +W           E Q.   E E Q     Q.   E  E E E  E
|----------|------------|---------------|-11----9-11-9---11--|
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-x-7------7-7--|--------------------|
|----------|------------|---------------|--------------------|
|----------|------------|---------------|--------------------|

   +Q   Q  +H        H     Q.    E   E Q.   +H        Q.    E  E  E E  E
|-(11)--9--(9)----|-11----11----11-|---------------|-14----14-14-14---14--|
|-----------------|----------------|---9----(9)----|-14----14-14-14---14--|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------------|

   Q.    E  E  E E  E    Q.    E  Q.    E
|-14----14-14-14---14-|-11----11-11----11-|
|-14----14-14-14---14-|-12----12-12----12-|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|

  E  E  +H.         Q.    E  Q.    E
|----9--(9)------|-11----11-11----11--|
|---10-(10)------|-12----12-12----12--|
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|

  E  E  +H.         Q.    E  Q.    E   E  E  +H.        W
|----9--(9)------|-11----11-11----11-|----9--(9)------|------|
|---10-(10)------|-12----12-12----12-|---10-(10)------|------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-5----|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|------|

             H.=H
  W          Q.   Q.   Q    W          +W           E E Q  H
|----------|--------------|----------|------------|-------------*|
|----------|--------------|----------|------------|-------------*|
|-7--------|-5----4-------|----------|------------|-------------*|
|----------|-----------7--|-5--------|-(5)--------|-5-----------*|
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