Rod Stewart – Sailing (Bass Tab)

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SAILING (Bassline) As recorded by Rod Stewart (From the 1975 Album ATLANTIC CROSSING) Words and Music by Gavin Sutherland Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'David Hood - Bass'
 Intro
  Q=68
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx4
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||

 1st Verse
  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|-6--------|-2--------|------|
|-2--------|----------|----------|-2----|
|----------|----------|----------|------|

  W          W          W          H    Q  E E
|----------|----------|----------|-------------||
|----------|----------|----------|------4--4-6-||
|-4--------|----------|-4--------|-2-----------||
|----------|-4--------|----------|-------------||

 2nd Verse
  H.      E E   H.      Q    W          H.      E E
|-------------|------------|----------|-------------|
|-----------4-|-6-------1--|-2--------|-------------|
|-2-------6---|------------|----------|-2-----------|
|-------------|------------|----------|---------2-4-|

  H..       E   H.      E E   H.      E E   H    Q  E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------4--4-6-||
|-4---------4-|-------------|-4---------4-|-2-----------||
|-------------|-4-------2-4-|---------4---|-------------||

   3rd & 4th Verses
    Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  S S E   H    +S  S S S Q
||----------------|---------------|---------------1-|----------1---------|
||o-------------4-|-6----6-6----1-|-2----2-2--2-4---|------------4-1-----|
||o-2----2-2--6---|---------------|-----------------|-2----(2)-------2---|
||----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------------|

                                                       1.
  Q  +E. S Q.   E   Q  +E. S Q.   E   Q  +E. S Q  E E   Q  +E. S Q  E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-4--(4)-4-4------|-----------------|-4--(4)-4-4----4-|-2--(2)-2--------o||
|---------------2-|-4--(4)-4-4----4-|-------------4---|----------2--2-4--||

                             Guitar Solo
  2.
                2/4          4/4
  H    Q  E. S   E. S E. S    H    E E E E
|--------------|-----------||--------------|
|--------------|-----------||--------2-----|
|-2------------|-----------||------2---2-2-|
|------2--2--2-|-2--2-2--2-||-0------------|

  Q.   E E E S S E   Q  +E  S S Q  S S E   H    S S S S S S S S
|------------------|---------------------|------4-3-------------|
|--------6---6-----|------------4--4-----|----------6-4-6-4-6-4-|
|------6---6---6---|--------2-4------4---|----------------------|
|-4--------------4-|-2--(2)------------2-|-4--------------------|

  Q  E S S E S S E E   H    Q  S S E   Q.   E E E E E   Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------------|---------------|----------------|----------------||
|-2--2-----2-2-4-6-4-|---------------|----------------|----------------||
|------2-4-----------|-2----2--2-1---|----------------|-1--1-2-4-------||
|--------------------|-------------4-|-2----2-2-2-2-4-|-----------2----||

 5th Verse
  Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E  E   Q.   E Q  S S E
|---------------|----------------|---------------1--|
|-------------4-|-6----6-6--6\-1-|-2----2-2--2-4----|
|-2----2-2--6---|----------------|------------------|
|---------------|----------------|------------------|

  Q.   E Q  S S E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E
|-----------1-----|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-2----2-2----4-1-|-4----4-4----4-|-------------2-|-4----4-4--4-2--|
|-----------------|---------------|-4----4-4--4---|----------------|

  Q.   E E. S +E  E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E E. S +E  E   Q.   E Q.   E
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-2----2------------|-4----4-4----4-|-2----2------------|-4----4-4----4-|
|--------2--2-(2)-2-|---------------|--------2--2-(2)-2-|---------------|

                                                          Outro
  Q.   E E. S +E  E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E E. S +E  E    W
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||------|
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||------|
|-2----2------------|-4----4-4----4-|-2----2------------||------|
|--------2--2-(2)-2-|---------------|--------2--2-(2)---||------|

  H    Q  E S S   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E S S E    Q.   E S S E E E
|---------------|----------------|-------------------|------------1-4-1--|
|---------------|--------------4-|-6----6-6-6-6-6----|-2----2-2-4--------|
|---------------|-2----2-2-2-6---|----------------6--|-------------------|
|-----------2-4-|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|

  Q.   E S S S S E S S   Q.   E Q.   E
|--------1-------------|---------------|
|----------4-1---------|---------------|
|-2----2-------4-2-----|-4----4-4----4-|
|------------------2-4-|---------------|

  Q.   E Q  E E   Q.    E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  E E
|---------------|----------------|---------------*|
|---------------|----------------|---------------*|
|-------------2-|-4-----4-4----4-|-2----2--------*|
|-4----4-4--4---|----------------|--------2--2-4-*|
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