REO Speedwagon – Ridin The Storm Out (Bass Tab)

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Transcribed by Xenoxiduis Notes: This is the first tab i created. This was transcribed by ear. This is close to accurate but some notes may be different. Instead of possible hammer-ons/pull-offs i used chromatics Use what feels best to you The "verse bassline" is very tight, each riff starts with "E|5-5" listen to the synth/piano in the mix to help get the groove. Once you get the groove improvise using my notes! listen to the song for timing and tricky off-beat notes This tab includes numerous aids to help: > Section or bar dividers > "0.00" references > Lyric placement > Other instrument inputs > Cues KEY "3|2" = "quick note" similar to a semi-quaver \ = Slide Not all slides are there feel free to improvise your own slides Enjoy :D EADG Standard tuning Intro

            0:03                  0:20
G|----------|---------------------|-----------|---------|-----------|-------|
D|--Synth---|---------------------|-----------|---------|-----------|-------|
A|-Harmonic-|---------------------|-----------|---------|-----------|-------|
E|----------|5----------5---------|-5---5---5-|-5-3-0-5-|-0-3-4-0-5-|--0-5--|

"Ridn'n the storm out" "I ran by his door"

 0:37
G|----------------|-----------|
D|----------------|-----------|
A|----------------|-Drum-Fill-|
E|-0-3-0-555555555|-----------|

Chorus

 0:42
G|-----------|------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
D|-----------|------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
A|5----------|--55--------|-----------------------|----------------------|
E|-------5---|-------5----|--5-3--1111-3333-555555|33--1111-3333-5555555-|
                                                  |        Repeat X3     |

Verse

 1:02                                               1:09
G|-------------|----------|-------------|-----------|------------------|
D|-------------|----------|-------------|-----------|------------------|
A|-------------|----------|-------------|-----------|-------3|3-5-3----|
E|555555555555-|-0-5-3-0-5|555555555555-|-0-5-3-0-4-|55555|5--------5-3|

                                  1:19
G|-------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
D|-------------|------------------|-----------5675-|----------------|
A|--------3-32-|----------3-32----|----3-5\7-7----7|----4-5-7-7\3---|
E|5-5-0345----3|--5-5-0345----2345|5-5-------------|5-5----------532|

"maybe beside me" "life of a city"

 1:26                                1:33
G|---------------|-------------------|---------|-----------|
D|---------------|-------------------|---------|-----------|
A|--------3-32---|--------3|3-5-3----|---------|-Drum-Fill-|
E|5-5-03-5----323|5-5-0345-------5-3-|555555555|-----------|

Chorus II

 1:37
G|-----------|------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
D|-----------|------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
A|5----------|--55--------|-----------------------|----------------------|
E|-------5---|-------5----|--5-3--1111-3333-555555|33--1111-3333-5555555-|
                                                  |        Repeat X3     |

Bridge

G|--------------|--------------|--------------|    |
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|    |
A|--------------|--------------|--------Solo Starts|
E|555-55-3-55553|555-55-3-55553|555-5---------|    |

Solo

G|------------|------------------------|----------------------|
D|-2:05-2:07--|------------------------|----------------------|
A|-Bass-Rest--|------------------------|----------------------|
E|------------|-5--5----5--5--3-3-3-3-5|33--1111-3333-5555555-|
                              ^ ^ ^ ^  |        Repeat X3     |
                             Staccato
                               Notes

G|----------------------|-------------|----------|-----------|
D|Guitar-chromatic-sweep|-------------|----------|-----------|
A|----------------------|-------------|----------|-----------|
E|11111111-33333333--5--|555555555555-|-0-5-3-0-5|-0-5-3-0-4-|

Verse II

G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|-------3|3-5-3----|
E|55555|5--------5-3|

G|-------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
D|-------------|------------------|-----------5675-|----------------|
A|--------3-32-|----------3-32----|----3-5\7-7----7|----4-5-7-7\3---|
E|5-5-0345----3|--5-5-0345----2345|5-5-------------|5-5----------532|

"waitin for the thaw out"

 1:26                                1:33
G|---------------|-------------------|---------|-----------|
D|---------------|-------------------|---------|-----------|
A|--------3-32---|--------3|3-5-3----|---------|-Drum-Fill-|
E|5-5-03-5----323|5-5-0345-------5-3-|555555555|-----------|

Chorus III

G|-----------|------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
D|-----------|------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
A|5----------|--55--------|-----------------------|----------------------|
E|-------5---|-------5----|--5-3--1111-3333-555555|33--1111-3333-5555555-|

                                                  |        Repeat X3     |
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|1111111-33333333--|

Outro

                                                       |   3:29-3:35   |
G|------------------|-------------|--------------------|---------------|
D|------------------|-------------|--------------------|-Keep-going!---|
A|------------------|---3---------|--------------------|---------------|
E|11111111-33333333-|1-----5---3-3|111111-22-333333-44-|55555555...3-4-|

 |          Outro Solo              |
G|-------------------|--------------||
D|-------------------|-Song starts--||
A|--------22-33333-2-|-to fade away-||
E|-555555-----------3|--------------||
 |   Repeat to End   |

Unfortunetely UG had formatting problems which means i had to compact the tab which IMO makes it harder/more confusing to read espeically some parts of the song. If you want i'd be happy to Email you the orginal word-pad file Enjoy :D [email protected]