Steve Miller Band – Fly Like An Eagle (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by Steve Miller Band
(From the 1976 Album FLY LIKE AN EAGLE)
Words and Music by Steve Miller
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Lonnie Turner - Bass'
[Intro]
Q=95
4/4
Gtr I
W W W W
G|----------|----------|----------|------|
D|----------|----------|----------|------|
A|----------|----------|----------|------|
E|----------|----------|----------|------|
W E. S +E E H E. S +E E H E. S +E E H
G|------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-17\--------|-5--3-(3)-5------|-5--3-(3)-5------|-5--3-(3)-5------|
E. S +E E H E. S +E E Q S E.
G|-----------------|--------------------|
D|-----------------|---------------7-5--|
A|-----------------|--------------------|
E|-5--3-(3)-5------|-5--3-(3)-5---------|
Q E E H Q E E H Q E E H
G|-------------|-------------|-------------||
D|-------------|-------------|-------------||
A|-------------|-------------|-------------||
E|-5----5------|-5----5------|-5----5------||
[1st Verse]
Q E S S H Q E S S H Q E S S H Q E S S H
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-5----5-5------|-5----5-5------|-5----5-5------|-5----5-5------|
Q E S S H Q E S S H Q E S S H Q E S S H
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-5----5-5------|-5----5-5------|-5----5-5------|-5----5-5------|
[Chorus]
Q E S S S E S E E Q E S S E S S S S E Q E S S S S S S E E
G|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
D|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
A|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-5----5-5---0-0-3-0-|-5----5-5---3-3---2-0-|-5----5-5---0-2-0-3-0--|
E. S E. S S E S S S E E. S E S S S E S E E E. S E S S S S S S E E
G|-----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
D|-----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
A|-----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
E|-5--0-5--5---5-0-3-0-3-|-5--5-5-5-5---5-0-0-3-|-5--5-5-5-5---0-0-0-3-0-|
E. S E S S S S S S E E E. S E S S S S S S E E
G|------------------------|------------------------||
D|------------------------|------------------------||
A|------------------------|--------------4-4-4-4-5-||
E|-5--5-5-5-5---0-0-0-3-0-|-5--5-5-5-5-------------||
[2nd Verse]
E S S E S S H E S S E S S H E S S E S S H E S S E S S H
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|-5---3---5-5------|-5---3---5-5------|-5---3---5-5------|-5---3---5-5------|
E S S E S S H E S S E S S H E S S E S S H E S S E S S H
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||
E|-5---3---5-5------|-5---3---5-5------|-5---3---5-5------|-5---3---5-5------||
[Chorus]
S E S E. S S E S S S E S E S S E. S E S S S S S S E S E. S S E S S S E
G|------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
D|------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
A|------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5--5---5-3-5-5-5-|-3-3-0-2-2--3-3-0-3-3-5-0-|-5-5-5-5--5---5-3-5-5-5--|
S E S S E. S S E E E S E. S E. S E S E E
G|----------------------|---------------------|
D|----------------------|---------------------|
A|----------------------|---------------------|
E|-5-5-0-5-5--3-3-2-0-2-|-5-5--5-5----5-0-3-0-|
S E S S E. S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S E
G|--------------------------|-------------------------|
D|--------------------------|-------------------------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-5-5-0-5-5--3-3-0-3-0-3-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-0-3-0-3-|
[3rd Verse]
S E S S E S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q E S S E E Q Q E S S 8x
G|-----------------------------||-----------------|-------------------||
D|-----------------------------||o----------------|------------------o||
A|-----------------------------||o----------------|------------------o||
E|-5-5-0-5-5-5---0-2-2-3-3-4-4-||--5------------0-|-3-5-----------0---||
[Bridge]
S S S S +S S E Q E S S
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|-3-3-5-5-(5)-5-5--------0-|
S S S S +S S E Q E S S S S S S +S S E Q E S S
G|--------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--------------------------|---------------------------|
A|--------------------------|---------------------------|
E|-3-3-5-5-(5)-5-5--------0-|-3-3-5-5-(5)-5-5--------0--|
S S S S +S S E Q E S S E E Q Q E S S E E Q Q E S S
G|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-3-3-5-5-(5)-5-5--------0-|-3-5-----------0-|-3-5-----------0-|
[Chorus]
E E Q Q E S S E E Q Q E S S E. S S S S S +S E S S S E
G|-----------------|-----------------||----------------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------||----------------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------||----------------------------|
E|-3-5-----------0-|-3-5-----------0-||-5--0-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-0-3-0-3-|
Q S E S E S S S S S S E. S +S E S E E E E E. S S S E S S S S S S S S
G|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------|
D|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------5-7-5-7--|
A|------------------------|----------------------|------------5-7-5-7----------|
E|-5----5-5-3-2-2-3-3-3-4-|-5--5-(5)-5-5-5-0-3-4-|-5--5---5-5------------------|
S E S S E S +S E S S S E E. S S S E S S S S S S E
G|---------------------------|--------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------------|
E|-5-5-0-3-3-2-(2)-2-0-3-0-3-|-5--0-3-0-5---0-2-0-3-0-4-|
S E S S E S +S E S S S S S
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-5-5-0-3-3-2-(2)-2-0-3-0-3-4-|
[Interlude]
Q. S S E E E E S S Q S S H
G|------------------||------------------|
D|------------------||o-----------------|
A|------------------||o-----------------|
E|-5----5-5---0-3-4-||--5-5----5-5------|
S S Q S S S S S S E E S S Q S S H
G|------------------------|-----------------|
D|------------------------|-----------------|
A|------------------------|-----------------|
E|-5-5----5-5---0-2-0-3-0-|-5-5----5-5------|
[Outro]
S S Q S S S E S E E 4x S S Q S S H S S E E S S S E S E E
G|-----------------------||-----------------|------------------------|
D|----------------------o||-----------------|------------------------|
A|----------------------o||-----------------|------------------------|
E|-5-5----5-5---0-0-3-0--||-5-5----5-5------|-5-5-----5-5---0-0-3-0--|
S S E E S S H S S E E S S S S S S E E S S E E S S H
G|------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
E|-5-5-----5-5------|-5-5-----5-5---0-2-0-3-4-|-5-5-----5-5------|
S S E E S S E E E E S S E E S S H S S E E S S S S E S E.
G|---------------------|------------------|------------------------*|
D|---------------------|------------------|------------------------*|
A|---------------------|------------------|------------------------*|
E|-5-5-----5-5---2-3-4-|-5-5-----5-5------|-5-5-----5-5---2-3-4-4--*|************************************
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).
| (n) - note tied to previous
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