Status Quo – I Saw The Light (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by Status Quo
(From the 1975 Album ON THE LEVEL)
Words and Music by Francis Rossi & Bob Young
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Alan Lancaster - Bass'
[Intro]
Q=140(8=s8/shuffle feel)
Gtr I
W W W W
G||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
D||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
A||o----------|-5--------|----------|-5----o||
E||--5--------|----------|-5--------|-------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A||o-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
E||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|------------------||-----------------|-----------------||
D|-----------------o||-----------------|-----------------||
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||-----------------|-----------------||
E|------------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
[Verse 1]
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A||o-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|------------------|
[Chorus]
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------||---------5-5-5-5-|------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-3-3-3-3---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|---------5-5-5-5-|-----------------|---------5-5-5-5-|------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E E E E E E E E W +W
G|-----------------|----------|-------------||
D|-----------------|----------|------------o||
A|---------5-5-5-5-|----------|------------o||
E|-3-3-3-3---------|-5--------|-(5)---------||
[Bridge]
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
E|-----------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|------------------|
[Guitar Solo]
H H H H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------|-----------||------------------|------------------|
D|-----------|-----------||o-----------------|------------------|
A|-7----7----|-7----7----||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|-----------|-----------||------------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
[Verse 3]
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------||o-----------------|------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||o-----------------|------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|------------------||
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||-----------------|------------------||
E|-----------------|------------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
[Out-Chorus]
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 6x
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
D||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
A||o---------5-5-5-5-|-----------------|---------5-5-5-5-|-----------------o||
E||--3-3-3-3---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||**************************************
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
| | - bar
| || - double bar
| ||o - repeat start
| o|| - repeat end
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