Status Quo – Roadhouse Blues (Bass Tab)
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Speed:
1.0x
As recorded by Status Quo
(From the 1972 Album PILEDRIVER)
Words and Music by Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger & Ray Manzarek
Arranged by Status Quo
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Alan Lancaster - Bass'
[Intro]
Q=132(8=s8/shuffle feel)
4/4
Gtr I
Wx3 H Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|------------|---------8---||------------------|------------------|
D|------------|-----------9-||o-------------7-9-|-------------7-9--|
A|------------|-------------||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7------|
E|------------|-------------||------------------|------------------|
[Verse 1]
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|-------------7-9-|-------------7-9-o||-||o-------------7-9-|-------------7-9-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----o||-||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|
E|-----------------|------------------||-||------------------|-----------------|
[Verse 2]
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|------------------||-||------------------|-----------------|
D|-------------7-9-|-------------7-9-o||-||o-------------7-9-|-------------7-9-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----o||-||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|
E|-----------------|------------------||-||------------------|-----------------|
[Chorus]
1.,2. 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 Q E E Q E E 6x
G|-----------------|------------------||-----------------||------------------||
D|-------------7-9-|-------------7-9-o||-----------------||o--------2--4-2--o||
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----o||-7-7-6-6-4-4-2-2-||o-0--3h4---------o||
E|-----------------|------------------||-----------------||------------------||
[Guitar Solo]
E E E E E E E E e s e s e s E S Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|--------------------||------------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|--------------------||o-------------7-9-|-------------7-9--|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3---3---3---2------||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7------|
E|-----------------|--------------------||------------------|------------------|
[Interlude]
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 Q
G|-----------------|------------------||-||------------------|---------9------|
D|-------------7-9-|-------------7-9-o||-||o-------------7-9-|-------------9--|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----o||-||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7--------|
E|-----------------|------------------||-||------------------|----------------|
[Guitar Solo]
E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q 4x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-9-8-----------||-||------------------|-----------------|
D|-------------7-9-|-----9--------o||-||o-------------7-9-|-------------7-9-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|--------7--6--o||-||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|
E|-----------------|---------------||-||------------------|-----------------|
1. 2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|------------------||-9-8----------|------------------|
D|-------------7-9-|-------------7-9-o||-----9--------|-------------7-9--|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----o||--------7--6--|-7-7-7-7-7-7------|
E|-----------------|------------------||--------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-9-8----------||-------------------|
D|-------------7-9-|-------------7-9-|-----9--------||o-------------7-9--|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|--------7--6--||o-7-7-7-7-7-7------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||-------------------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
G|---------9------|-----------------|-9-8-----------||-||------------------|
D|-------------9--|-------------7-9-|-----9--------o||-||o-------------7-9-|
A|-7-7-7-7--------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|--------7--6--o||-||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|
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 4x E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||------------------|
D|-------------7-9-|-------------7-9-|-------------7-9-o||-------------7-9--|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----o||-7-7-7-7-7-7------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||------------------|
[Verses 3 & 4]
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|-------------7-9-||o-------------7-9-|-------------7-9-|-------------7-9--|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7------|
E|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|------------------|
[Chorus]
1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6. 7.
E E E E E E E E 7x E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E 6x
G|------------------||-----------------||-----------------||
D|-------------7-9-o||-----------------||o--------2--4-2-o||
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----o||-7-7-6-6-4-4-2-2-||o-0--3h4--------o||
E|------------------||-----------------||-----------------||
[Interlude]
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E e s e s e s E S Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|--------------------||-------------7-9-|-------------7h8h9-|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3---3---3---2------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-------|
E|-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|-------------------|[Bridge]
|-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 E E
G|-------------------|-----------------||------------------|--------------------|
D|-------------7h8h9-|-------------7-9-||o-------------7-9-|-------------7h8h9--|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7--------|
E|-------------------|-----------------||------------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|------------------||
D|-------------7-9-|-------------7-9-o||
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----o||
E|-----------------|------------------||
E E Q H W W H Q E E
G|-------------|----------|----------|-------------||
D|-------------|----------|----------|---------7-9-||
A|-7-----------|----------|----------|-------------||
E|-------------|----------|----------|-------------||
[Harmonica Solo]
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-------------7-9-|-------------7-9-|-------------7-9-|-------------7-9-o||
A||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----o||
E||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
[Verse 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-------------7-9-|-------------7-9-||o-------------7-9-|-------------7-9--|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7------|
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|-------------7-9-|-------------7-9-o||-----------------|-------------7-9--|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----o||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7------|
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|-----------------|-------------7-9-|-------------7-9-|-------------7-9--||
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7------||
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
[Verse 6]
1.,2.
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 3x
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
D||o-------------7-9-|-------------7-9-|-------------7-9-|-------------7-9-o||
A||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----o||
E||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
[Chorus]
3.
Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E 6x
G|----------------||-----------------||
D|----------------||o--------2--4-2-o||
A|-7--6-6-4-4-2-2-||o-0--3h4--------o||
E|----------------||-----------------||
E E E E E E E E e S e S e S e S e S S
G|-----------------|------------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------1---1s=|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2---2---3---4----------|
E|-----------------|------------------------|
[Outro]
TP
E E Q H H Q E E +W W
G|-------------||-------------|------------|------*|
D|-2-----------||---------3-2-|-(2)--------|-2----*|
A|-------------||-------------|------------|------*|
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).
| +() - note tied to previous
| h - hammer-on
| |-3-| - triplet
| s - legato slide
| TP - tremolo picking
| | - bar
| || - double bar
| ||o - repeat start
| o|| - repeat end
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