The Doobie Brothers – Listen To The Music (Bass Tab)

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LISTEN TO THE MUSIC Bass Tab by The Doobie Brothers Tabbed by: BASSteve *My tabs are meant to be read in conjunction with listening to the song. In other words, there are no specific notations to account for note/rest duration. However, you will find that I’ve made an attempt to strategically space the notes and rests within their respective measures in order to represent the appropriate durations.
  (Guitar Intro)
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|r-------------------------------|r-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

G|----------------9---------------|{9}-----------------------------|
D|9-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------7-----------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------4^-------------(7)|

  [............................. 3 x .............................]
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|7---------------7-r-7-----------|7---------------7-r-7-----------|
E|--------7-----7---------7---5/7-|--------7-----7---------7---5/7-|

  “People___ gettin’ ready for the news.”
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|7---------------7-------6-------|4---------------4-r-4-------4---|
E|--------7-----7-----------------|--------4-----4---------4-------|

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|2---------------2-r-2-------2---|0-----0-2-----2-4-------5-------|
E|--------2-----2---------2-------|--------------------------------|

                                                 [4x]
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----------------7---7---7---9---|--------------------------------|
A|7-----7-9-----9---9---9---------|7---------------7-r-7-----------|
E|--------------------------------|--------7-----7---------7---5/7-|

 “It ain’t so hard to do if you know how.”
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|------------------------4---6---|
A|7---------------7-------6-------|4-----4-6-------7-----7---------|
E|--------7-----7-----------------|--------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|2---------------2-r-2-------2---|0-------2-------4-----4-5-------|
E|--------2-----2---------2-------|--------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----------------7---7---7---9---|--------------------------------|
A|7-----7-9---------9---9---------|7---------------7-r-7-r-7-r-----|
E|--------------------------------|--------7-----7-----------------|

  [............................. 3 x .............................]
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|4--r--4---------4---r---4---4---|0--r--0-2--r--2-4-r-5-r-6-r-7-r-|
E|--------4--r--4-------4---4-----|--------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|4-----4---------4---r---4-4-6---|7--r--7-6-6-r-6-4--r--4---------|
A|--------4--r--4-------4---------|------------------------7--r--7-|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

                                                 [2x]
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|5--r--5-4-4-r-4-5-r-------------|7---------------7-r-7-----------|
E|--------------------4-r-5-r-7-r-|--------7-----7---------7---5/7-|

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|7---------------7-r-7-----------|--------------------------4-5---|
E|--------7-----7---------7---5/7-|0-4-----5-------5-6-7---7-------|

               [2x]                “Meet me in the country for a
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|7---------------7-r-7-----------|7---------------7-------6-------|
E|--------7-----7---------7---5/7-|--------7-----7-----------------|

  day.”
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|4---------------4-r-4-------4---|2---------------2-r-2-------2---|
E|--------4-----4---------4-------|--------2-----2---------2-------|

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|----------------7---7---8---9---|
A|0-------2-------4-----4-5-------|7-----7-9---------9-------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

               [4x]              “There ain’t nothin’ we can’t do or
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|7---------------7-r-7-----------|7---------------7-------6-------|
E|--------7-----7---------7---5/7-|--------7-----7-----------------|

  say.”
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|------------------------4---6---|--------------------------------|
A|4-----4-6-------7-----7---------|2---------------2-r-2-------2---|
E|--------------------------------|--------2-----2---------2-------|

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|----------------7---7---8---9---|
A|0-------2-------4-------5-------|7-------9-----9---9-------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|7---------------7-r-7-r-7-r-----|
E|--------7-----7-----------------|

  [............................. 3 x .............................]
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|4--r--4---------4---r---4---4---|0--r--0-2--r--2-4-r-5-r-6-r-7-r-|
E|--------4--r--4-------4---4-----|--------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|4-----4---------4---r---4-4-6---|7--r--7-6-6-r-6-4--r--4---------|
A|--------4--r--4-------4---------|------------------------7--r--7-|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|5--r--5-4-4-r-4-5-r-------------|7-------r-----------------------|
E|--------------------4-r-5-r-7-r-|--------------------------------|

  “Like a lazy flowing river ...”
                [7x]
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|r-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
((((((((((((((((((((((( REPEAT TO FADE ))))))))))))))))))))))))
  [............................. 3 x .............................]
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|4--r--4---------4---r---4---4---|0--r--0-2--r--2-4-r-5-r-6-r-7-r-|
E|--------4--r--4-------4---4-----|--------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|4-----4---------4---r---4-4-6---|7--r--7-6-6-r-6-4--r--4---------|
A|--------4--r--4-------4---------|------------------------7--r--7-|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|5--r--5-4-4-r-4-5-r-------------|
E|--------------------4-r-5-r-7-r-|
(PLEASE RATE THIS TAB / LEAVE COMMENT) ************************************ r = rest (listen for duration) / = slide (low to high) ^ = bend (listen for pitch and release charateristics) ()= note inside parenthesis not plucked or hammered on {}= note inside pointed parenthesis still ringing from previous measure ************************************