Rod Stewart – Reason To Believe (Bass Tab)

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(FIND A) REASON TO BELIEVE (Bassline) As recorded by Rod Stewart (From the 1971 Album EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY) Words and Music by Tim Hardin Arranged by Rod Stewart Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Danny Thompson - Upright Bass '

 Intro
  Freely Q=74
 4/4                   3/4      4/4        3/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          W        W          W
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 1st Verse
  Q=134
 4/4
  Wx8
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||

 Chorus
  Q  +E  S S H      W          W          W          W
|-----------------|----------|----------|----------|------|
|------------7----|----------|----------|----------|------|
|--------4-7------|----------|-5--------|-3--------|------|
|-5--(5)----------|-5--------|----------|----------|-3----|

                                               faster Q=138
  H    Q  Q    Q  E E Q.   E   Q  E E Q  +E  E   Q.   E Q  +E  E
|------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------3--5--|-7----7-7----5-|-3----3-3--(3)---|-5----5-5--(5)---|
|-3----------|---------------|---------------5-|---------------5-|

  Q.   E Q  +E  E   Q.   E Q  +E  E   Q.   Q  E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-5----5-5--(5)-5-|-3----3-3--(3)---|-5----5--5-5-6-|
|-----------------|---------------5-|---------------|

  Q  +E  E E E E E   Q.   E Q  +E  E   Q.   E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|------------9-----|-----------------|----------------|
|-7--(7)-7-7-----7-|-5----5-5--(5)---|-5------5---5-4-|
|--------------7---|---------------5-|------5---5-----|

  Q.   E Q  +E  E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q  +E  E Q  E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-3----3-3--(3)---|-5----5-5--5-6-|-7--(7)-7-7----7-|
|---------------5-|---------------|-------------7---|

                                     2nd Verse
  Q.   E Q  +E  E   E Q  E E E E E    Q  +E  E Q  E E
|-----------------|----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------||-----------------|
|-5----5-5--(5)---|-5-5------5-----||-------------0-2-|
|---------------5-|------5-7---7-5-||-3--(3)-3-3------|

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

  Q  +E  E Q.   E   Q  +E  E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  +E  E
|-----------------|-----------------|----2-4----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------5--(5)---|
|-3--(3)-3-3----3-|-5--(5)-5-5--7-5-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------------3-|

                  Chorus
  E Q  E E E Q     Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q.   E
|---------------||----------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------||----------------|-7-------------|---------------|
|---------------||------------4-7-|------7------7-|-5----5-5----5-|
|-3-3--3-3-3-3--||-5----5-5-5-----|--------5--5---|---------------|

  Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q
|----------------|---------------|--------------|
|------------2---|-5-------------|--------------|
|-3----3-3-5---5-|---------------|--------------|
|----------------|------3-3----3-|-3----3-3--2--|

  Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|---------------|-----------4-7-|----------------||
|---------------|-3----3-3--3-4-|-5----5-5------|-5--5---5---5---||
|-0----0-0--0---|---------------|---------------|------5---5---5-||

 Violin Solo
  Q.   E Q  +E  E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q  +E  E Q  E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-3----3-3--(3)---|-5----5-5--5-6-|-7--(7)---7----7-|
|---------------5-|---------------|--------7----7---|

  Q.   E Q  +E  E   E E E E E E E E   Q.   E Q  +E  E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5----5-5--(5)-5-|-5-7-5-5-7-5-7-5-|-3----3-3--(3)---|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------5-|

  Q.   E Q  E E   Q  +E  E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------2-4-||
|---------------|-----------------|-----------3---|----3-2-5-2-----||
|-5----5-5--5-6-|-7--(7)---7----7-|-5----5-5----5-|-5--------------||
|---------------|--------7----7---|---------------|----------------||

 3rd Verse
  Q  +E  E Q  E E   Q  +E  E Q  Q    Q  +E  E Q  E E   Q  +E  E Q  E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5--(5)-5-5------|----------------|-5--(5)-5-5------|-5--(5)-5-5------|
|-----------------|-5--(5)-5-5--5--|---------------7-|-----------------|
|-------------5-7-|----------------|-----------------|-------------5-7-|

  Q  +E  E Q.   E   Q  +E  E Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E   E Q  E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----5-----5-----|---------------||
|-3--(3)-3-3----3-|-5--(5)-5-5--7-5-|----------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-3----3-3---3-4-|-3-3--3-3-3-3--||

 Chorus
  Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E E E E E
|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|-7-------------|---------------|------------2---|
|------------4-7-|------7------7-|-5----5-5----5-|-3----3-3-5---5-|
|-5----5-5-5-----|--------5--5---|---------------|----------------|

  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E
|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5-------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|-3----3-3--3-4-|
|------3-3----3-|-3----3-3--3--|-0----0-0--0---|---------------|

                           Interlude
                freely Q=74
                           2/4    4/4        2/4    4/4
  H    Q  E E   W           W      W          W      W          Wx3
|-------------|----------||------:----------:------:----------:--------||
|-------------|----------||------:----------:------:----------:--------||
|-5----5--5---|-5--------||------:----------:------:----------:--------||
|-------------|----------||------:----------:------:----------:--------||

 Chorus
  Q=134
  Wx5
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|

  W          W          W            H     E  E  +Q      W
|----------|----------|----------|--------11-----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|-/12-------12-(12)\--|------|
|-3--------|-5--------|-7--------|---------------------|-5----|
|----------|----------|----------|---------------------|------|

  W          W          W          W            H     E  E  +Q
|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------11-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|-/12-------12-(12)\--|
|-3--------|-5--------|-7--------|-5--------|---------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------------------|

  W          W          W          W            H     E  E  +Q
|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------11-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|-/12-------12-(12)\--|
|-3--------|-5--------|-7--------|-5--------|---------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------------------|

 3/4        4/4
   H.        Q  E E H      Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|----------|-------------|---------------|----------------|
|-10-------|-------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------|-5----5-5----|-7----7-7----7-|-5----5-5----5--|
|----------|-------------|---------------|----------------|

  faster Q=138
  E Q  E E E E E   Q.   E Q  +E  E   Q.   E Q  E E
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-5-5--5-5-5-5---|-3----3-3--(3)---|-5----5-5--5-6-|
|--------------0-|---------------5-|---------------|

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

  Q.   E Q  +E  E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q.   E
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-3----3-3--(3)---|-5----5-5---5-6-|-7----7-7----7-|
|---------------5-|----------5-----|---------------|

  Q.   E Q.   E   Q  E E E E E E   Q.   E Q  +E  E
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-5----5-5------|-5--5-5---0-0-2-|-3----3-3--(3)---|
|-------------5-|--------2-------|---------------5-|

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

 Outro
  Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3----3-3--3-5-|-5----5-5---5-6-|-7----7-7----7-|-5----5-5------|
|---------------|----------5-----|---------------|-------------5-|

  Q  E E E E E E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q.   E
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------*|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------*|
|-5--5-5---0-0-2-|-3----3-3--3-5-|-5----5-5---5-6-|-7----7-7----7-*|
|--------2-------|---------------|----------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