James Taylor – Long Ago And Far Away (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by James Taylor (From the 1971 Album MUD SLIDE SLIM AND THE BLUE HORIZON) Words and Music by James Taylor Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Leland Sklar - Bass'

 [Verse 1]     [Verse 2]
 Q=103
 4/4
 Gtr I
   Wx8           H    H      H    H      H.      +E  E   H.      +E  E
G|------------||-----------|-6---------|---------------|---------------|
D|------------||------6----|------4----|---------------|-2-------(2)-2-|
A|------------||-4---------|-----------|-2-------(2)-2-|---------------|
E|------------||-----------|-----------|---------------|---------------|

                                                               [Chorus]
   H.      +E  E   H    H      H.      +E  E   H.      +E   E    W
G|---------------|-----------|---------------|----------------||------|
D|-1-------(1)---|-1---------|---------------|-------------/6-||------|
A|-------------1-|-----------|-4-------(4)-4-|----------------||-2----|
E|---------------|------4----|---------------|-2-------(2)----||------|

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

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

   W          H    H      H    Q  +E  E   H.      +E  E   H.      +E  E
G|----------|-----------|-8-------------|-6-------(6)---|----------------||
D|----------|------8----|------6--(6)-6-|---------------|-4-------(4)-6--||
A|----------|-6---------|---------------|-------------4-|----------------||
E|-0--------|-----------|---------------|---------------|----------------||

 [Verse 4]
   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   H.      +E  E   H.      +E   E   H    H
G|-6----6--------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------|
D|--------6------|--------4----4-|---------------|-2-------(2)-/4-|------8----|
A|---------------|-4----4--------|-2-------(2)-2-|----------------|-6---------|
E|-------------4-|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------|

                                       [Chorus]
   H    H      W          H    E E Q     W          H.      +E  E
G|-8---------|----------|-------------||----------|----------------|
D|------6----|----------|-------------||----------|----------------|
A|-----------|-4--------|-------------||-2--------|-------------4--|
E|-----------|----------|-2----2-2-2--||----------|-2-------(2)----|

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

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

                             [Outro]
   H.      +E  E   W           H.      +E  E   W          H.      +E  E
G|---------------|----------||---------------|----------|----------------|
D|---------------|-4--------||---------------|-4--------|----------------|
A|-2-------(2)-2-|----------||-2-------(2)-2-|----------|-2-------(2)-2--|
E|---------------|----------||---------------|----------|----------------|

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

************************************ 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). | +() - note tied to previous | /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") | | - bar | || - double bar | ||o - repeat start | o|| - repeat end **************************************