Joe Jackson – Sunday Papers (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by Joe Jackson
(From the 1979 Album LOOK SHARP!)
Words and Music by Joe Jackson
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Graham Maby - Bass'
[Intro]
Q=99
4/4
Gtr I
W W W W
G|----------|----------|----------|------|
D|----------|----------|----------|------|
A|----------|----------|----------|------|
E|----------|----------|----------|------|
S S S S +E E H S E S E E +Q E S S
G|--------------------|----------------------|
D|-2-2-2--------------|----------------------|
A|-------4-(4)-2------|------------------2h4-|
E|--------------------|-0---0---0-(0)--------|
S S S S +E E H S E S E E +Q Q
G|--------------------|-------------------||
D|-2-2-2--------------|-------------------||
A|-------4-(4)-2------|-------------------||
E|--------------------|-0---0---0-(0)-----||
[1st Verse]
S S S S +E E H S E S E E +Q Q
G|--------------------|-------------------|
D|-2-2-2--------------|-------------------|
A|-------4-(4)-2------|-------------------|
E|--------------------|-0---0---0-(0)-----|
S S S S +E E H S E S E E +E e S S E
G|--------------------|-----------------------|
D|-2-2-2--------------|-----------------------|
A|-------4-(4)-2------|-----------------------|
E|--------------------|-0---0---0-(0)-2-3h4---|
S S S S +E E H S E S E E +Q E S S
G|--------------------|----------------------|
D|-2-2-2--------------|----------------------|
A|-------4-(4)-2------|------------------2h4-|
E|--------------------|-0---0---0-(0)--------|
S S S S +E E H S E S E Q. a E E
G|--------------------|----------------------||
D|-2-2-2--------------|----------------------||
A|-------4-(4)-2------|------------------2---||
E|--------------------|-0---0---0----2s4-----||
[Pre-Chorus]
S E S E Q. E.S S E S E Q. E.S
G|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|
A|-4---4---4--------|-4---4---4--------|
E|--------------4s7-|--------------4s7-|
S E S E Q. E.S S E S E E +E S S S S E
G|------------------|--------------------------|
D|------------------|-------------------6------|
A|-4---4---4--------|-4---4---4-(4)-5h6---6----|
E|--------------4s7-|-----------------------4--|
S E S E E +Q E.S S E S E E +Q S S S S
G|--------------------|------------------------||
D|--------------------|--------------------2h4-||
A|-4---4---4-(4)------|-4---4---4-(4)--2h4-----||
E|----------------4s7-|------------------------||
[Chorus]
S S S S +E E H S E S E E +Q Q
G|--------------------|-------------------|
D|-2-2-2--------------|-------------------|
A|-------4-(4)-2------|-------------------|
E|--------------------|-0---0---0-(0)-----|
S S S S +E E Q E S S S E S E E +Q S S S S
G|------------------------|------------------------||
D|-2-2-2------------------|------------------------||
A|-------4-(4)-2------2h4-|--------------------2h4-||
E|------------------------|-0---0---0-(0)--2h4-----||
[2nd Verse]
S S S S +E E H S E S E E +Q E S S
G|--------------------|----------------------|
D|-2-2-2--------------|----------------------|
A|-------4-(4)-2------|------------------2h4-|
E|--------------------|-0---0---0-(0)--------|
S S S S +E E H S E S E E +E E E +E
G|--------------------|----------------------------|
D|-2-2-2--------------|---------------/12-11-(11)\-|
A|-------4-(4)-2------|----------------------------|
E|--------------------|-0---0---0-(0)--------------|
S S S S +E E H S E S E E +Q E S S
G|--------------------|----------------------|
D|-2-2-2--------------|----------------------|
A|-------4-(4)-2------|------------------2h4-|
E|--------------------|-0---0---0-(0)--------|
S S S S +E E H S E S E E +Q a E E
G|--------------------|----------------------||
D|-2-2-2--------------|----------------------||
A|-------4-(4)-2------|--------------------2-||
E|--------------------|-0---0---0-(0)--2s4---||
[Pre-Chorus]
S E S E E +Q E.S S E S E E +Q a E E
G|--------------------|----------------------|
D|--------------------|----------------4h6---|
A|-4---4---4-(4)------|-4---4---4-(4)--------|
E|----------------4s7-|--------------------4-|
S E S E E +Q E.S S E S E E S S S S E S S
G|--------------------|---------------9-----6---|
D|--------------------|-------------------------|
A|-4---4---4-(4)------|-4---4---4-4s7---0-6---0-|
E|----------------4s7-|-------------------------|
S E S E E +Q E.S S E S E E +E E E E
G|--------------------|---------------------||
D|--------------------|-----------------0-1-||
A|-4---4---4-(4)------|-4---4---4-(4)-4-----||
E|----------------4s7-|---------------------||
[Chorus]
S S S S +E E H S E S E E +E a E S S S S S S S S +E E H
G|--------------------|---------------------------|--------------------|
D|-2-2-2--------------|-----------------------2h4-|-2-2-2--------------|
A|-------4-(4)-2------|-------------------2h4-----|-------4-(4)-2------|
E|--------------------|-0---0---0-(0)-2s4---------|--------------------|
[Bridge]
~~~~~~
S E S E E +Q Q S E S E E +S S S S S S E S E S E E +H
G|--------------------||---------------------------|------------------|
D|--------------------||---------------------------|------------------|
A|----------------2/--||-7---7---7-(7)s9s7s9s7s9s7-|-7---7---7-(7)----|
E|-0---0---0-(0)------||---------------------------|------------------|
~~~~~~
S E S E E +S S S S S S E S E S E E +H S S S S E S S +S S E E S S
G|---------------------------|------------------|-----------------------------|
D|---------------------------|------------------|-------------------------7-8-|
A|-7---7---7-(7)s9s7s9s7s9s7-|-7---7---7-(7)----|---------5---7-(7)---8-9-----|
E|---------------------------|------------------|-5h7-7-7---7-------7---------|
S S S S S S S S E E S S E S S S S +E E H
G|-----7---9s11-7h9---7--------|--------------------|
D|-9-9---9----------9---7h9-9\-|-2-2-2--------------|
A|-----------------------------|-------4-(4)-2------|
E|-----------------------------|--------------------|
S E S E E +Q E S S S S S S +E E H
G|----------------------|--------------------|
D|----------------------|-2-2-2--------------|
A|------------------2h4-|-------4-(4)-2------|
E|-0---0---0-(0)--------|--------------------|
[3rd Verse]
S E S E E +E E S S E S S S S +E E H
G|-----------------------||--------------------|
D|-----------------------||-2-2-2--------------|
A|-----------------------||-------4-(4)-2------|
E|-0---0---0-(0)-2-3-4---||--------------------|
S E S E E +Q E S S S S S S +E E H
G|----------------------|--------------------|
D|----------------------|-2-2-2--------------|
A|------------------2h4-|-------4-(4)-2------|
E|-0---0---0-(0)--------|--------------------|
S E S E E E S S S S S S S S S S +E E H
G|-----------------4h6-4---|--------------------|
D|-------------4s6---------|-2-2-2--------------|
A|-------------------------|-------4-(4)-2------|
E|-0---0---0---------------|--------------------|
S E S E E +Q E S S S S S S +E E H
G|----------------------|--------------------|
D|----------------------|-2-2-2--------------|
A|------------------2h4-|-------4-(4)-2------|
E|-0---0---0-(0)--------|--------------------|
[Pre-Chorus]
S E S E E +E a E E E S E S E E +Q a Q S E S E E +Q E. S
G|-----------------------||---------------------|----------------------|
D|-----------------------||----------------4h6--|----------------------|
A|-------------------2-3-||-4---4---4-(4)-------|-4---4---4-(4)-----2--|
E|-0---0---0-(0)-2h4-----||---------------------|----------------4-----|
S E S E E +Q E.S S E S E E +E S S E E
G|--------------------|-----------------------|
D|--------------------|-------------------6---|
A|-4---4---4-(4)------|-4---4---4-(4)-5h6-----|
E|----------------4s7-|---------------------4-|
S E S E E +Q E.S S E S E E +Q S S e
G|--------------------|-----------------------||
D|--------------------|--------------------2--||
A|-4---4---4-(4)------|-4---4---4-(4)--2h4----||
E|----------------4s7-|-----------------------||
[Chorus]
S S S S +E E H S E S E S S Q E S S
G|--------------------|----------------------|
D|-2-2-2--------------|----------------------|
A|-------4-(4)-2------|------------------2h4-|
E|--------------------|-0---0---0------------|
S S S S +E E H S E S E E +E E Q
G|--------------------|-----------------------||
D|-2-2-2--------------|-----------------------||
A|-------4-(4)-2------|-----------------2/----||
E|--------------------|-0---0---0-(0)---------||
[Bridge]
~~~~~~
S E S E E +S S S S S S E S E S E E +H S E S E E +S S S S S S E
G|---------------------------|------------------|----------------------------|
D|---------------------------|------------------|----------------------------|
A|-7---7---7-(7)s9s7s9s7s9s7-|-7---7---7-(7)----|-7---7---7-(7)s9s7s9s7s9s7--|
E|---------------------------|------------------|----------------------------|
~~~~~~
S E S E E +H S S S S E S S S E S S S S S
G|------------------|---------------------7-------|
D|------------------|-----------------7-----9-7-9-|
A|-7---7---7-(7)----|---------5---7s9---9---------|
E|------------------|-5h7-7-7---7-----------------|
+S S S S S S S S S E S S S E
G|-------7---9s11-7-9---7-----------||
D|-(9)-9---9----------9---x-7h9-9\--||
A|----------------------------------||
E|----------------------------------||
[Harmonica Solo]
S S S S +E E H S E S E S S H
G|--------------------|------------------|
D|-2-2-2--------------|------------------|
A|-------4-(4)-2------|------------------|
E|--------------------|-0---0---0--------|
S S S S +E E H S E S E S S E S S S S S S
G|--------------------|------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2--------------|-----------------------2h4----|
A|-------4-(4)-2------|-------------------2h4--------|
E|--------------------|-0---0---0-----2h4------------|
S S S S +E E H S E S E S S Q S S E S S S S +E E H
G|--------------------|----------------4s6-6\-|--------------------|
D|-2-2-2--------------|-4---5---6-------------|-2-2-2--------------|
A|-------4-(4)-2------|-----------------------|-------4-(4)-2------|
E|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
[Bridge]
~~~~~~
S E S E S S Q Q S E S E E +S S S S S S E S E S E E +H
G|--------------------||---------------------------|------------------|
D|--------------------||---------------------------|------------------|
A|----------------2/--||-7---7---7-(7)s9s7s9s7s9s7-|-7---7---7-(7)----|
E|-0---0---0----------||---------------------------|------------------|
~~~~~~
S E S E E +S S S S S S E S E S E E +H
G|---------------------------|------------------|
D|---------------------------|------------------|
A|-7---7---7-(7)s9s7s9s7s9s7-|-7---7---7-(7)----|
E|---------------------------|------------------|
S S S S +S S E S E S S S S S
G|-9h11-11-9-(9)-9-7-7-6-6----------|
D|-------------------------9-9-9-7--|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
+S S E S E S E S S +S S S S S S S S +E E H S E S E E Q S S S S
G|-------------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
D|-(7)-7-6-6---------------------|-2-2-2--------------|----------------------|
A|-----------9-9-7-7-5-(5)-5-4---|-------4-(4)-2------|------------------2h4-|
E|-------------------------------|--------------------|-0---0---0----2s4-----|
[Out-Chorus]
S S S S +E E H S E S E S S Q S S S S S S S S +E E Q E S S
G|--------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|
D|-2-2-2--------------|--------------------2h4-||-2-2-2-------------------|
A|-------4-(4)-2------|----------------2h4-----||-------4-(4)-2------2h4--|
E|--------------------|-0---0---0--------------||-------------------------|
S E S E S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-------------2-2-----2-2-----|-2-0-----0-------|-----------------|
A|-----------------4-2-----4-2-|-----4-2---4-2-4-|-----2-4-5-4-5-6-|
E|-0---0---0-------------------|-----------------|-0-4-------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
G|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
D|-2-0-----0-------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
A|-----4-2---4-2---|-----2-4-5-4-5-6-|-6s7-7-7-6h7-7-7-4h5-5-5-4-5-5-5-|
E|---------------4-|-0-4-------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S E E E E S S S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S
G|--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
D|--------------------------|-----6-6-9-6\---4-/7-5p4-|----------------------|
A|-6s7-7-7-6h7-7-7-5-4-2-4/-|-6s7----------5----------|-7-5-5-4-2------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------|-----------5-4-2-0-0--|
E E E S S S S S S S S S S
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-------2s4-5-5-4-4-5-5-6-6-|
E|-0-0-4---------------------|
S S S S S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E S S S S
G|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-------------------------|---6-9-9-6s4---4-7-7-5p4--|
A|-6s7-7-7-6h7-7-7-5-4-5-6-|-7-----------5------------|
E|-------------------------|--------------------------|
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------*|
D|---6-9-9-6s4---4-7-7-5p4-|---6-9-9-6s4---4-7-7-5p4-|---6-9-9-6s4---4-7-7-5p4-*|
A|-7-----------5-----------|-7-----------5-----------|-7-----------5-----------*|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------*|************************************
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
| / - slide up
| \ - slide down
| /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
| s - legato slide
| ~ - vibrato
| h - hammer on
| p - pull off
| x - muted
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