The Kinks – Come Dancing (Bass Tab)
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COME DANCING (Bassline)
As recorded by The Kinks
(From the 1983 Album STATE OF CONFUSION)
Words and Music by Ray Davies
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Jim Rodford - Bass'
Intro
Q=154
4/4
Gtr I
W W Q. E Q E E Q. E +Q E E
|----------|----------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|--------5--5-5-|-5---------------|
|----------|----------|-3----3--------|------5-(5)--5-5-|
Q. E +Q E E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-5-------------|---------------|-----------7---|
|-5---------------|------5-5----5-|--------5--5-5-|-5-------------|
|------5-(5)--5-5-|---------------|-3----3--------|------5-5----5-|
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|---------------|-----------7---|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|-5-------------|---------------|
|-5----5----5---|--------5----5-|------5-5----5-|-5-------------|
|--------3----3-|-3----3--------|---------------|------5-5----5-|
1st - 3rd Verses
$
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E
|---------------|---------------||----------------|---------------|
|--------5------|---------------||o---------------|---------------|
|-5----5------5-|-5----5--------||o--------5----5-|--------5--5-5-|
|---------------|--------3----3-||--3----3--------|-3----3--------|
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------7---|
|-----------7---|--------5------|---------------|---------------|
|-5-------------|-5----5------5-|--------5----5-|--------5----5-|
|------5-5----5-|---------------|-3----3--------|-3----3--------|
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----------7---|---------------|---------------|-5-------------|
|-5----5--------|-5----5----5---|-3----3--------|------5--------|
|--------5----5-|--------3----3-|--------0--0-0-|--------7--7-7-|
Chorus
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E
|---------------|---------------||---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------0---||---------------|---------------|
|-5----5--------|---------------||-3-------------|-3----3--------|
|--------5--5-5-|-3----3-1----1-||------3-0--0-0-|--------0--3-0-|
To Coda
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E
|-----------4---|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|---------------|-0-------------|----------------||
|--------2----2-|--------2--2-2-|------0----0---|-3--------------||
|-3----3--------|-3----3--------|--------2----2-|------3-0----0--||
Interlude
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|-5-------------|-5-------------|---------------|---------------o||
|------5-5----5-|------5-5----5-|-5-------------|-5----5--------o||
|---------------|---------------|------5-5----5-|--------3--3-3--||
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|-----------7---|---------------||
|--------5----5-|--------5----5-|-5-------------|-5----5--------||
|-3----3--------|-3----3--------|------5-5----5-|--------3--3-3-||
Bridge
Q. E Q E E Q. E +Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|------5-(5)--5-5-|-----------7---|---------------|
|--------5--5-5-|-3---------------|--------5----5-|-3----3-5--5-5-|
|-0----0--------|-----------------|-0----0--------|---------------|
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|-----------7---|-----------7---|-----------7---|---------------||
|--------5----5-|-3----3-5----5-|--------5----5-|-3----3-5----5-||
|-0----0--------|---------------|-0----0--------|---------------||
Breakdown (Spoken)
Q. E +Q E E Q. E Q. E Q. E +Q E E Q. E Q. E
|-----------------|---------------|-------------7---|---------------|
|-------------5---|---------------|------7-(7)----7-|-5------5------|
|------5-(5)----5-|-5----5--------|-5---------------|------5------5-|
|-3---------------|--------5----5-|-----------------|---------------|
Q. E +Q E E Q. E Q. E Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q E E
|-----------------|---------------|-------------7---|-----------------||
|-------------5---|---------------|------7-(7)----7-|-----------------||
|------5-(5)----5-|-5----5--------|-5---------------|------5-(5)--3-5-||
|-3---------------|--------5----5-|-----------------|-3---------------||
Bridge
Q. E Q E E Q. E +Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|------5-(5)--5-5-|-----------7---|---------------|
|--------5--5-5-|-3---------------|--------5----5-|-3----3-5--5-5-|
|-0----0--------|-----------------|-0----0--------|---------------|
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|-----------7---|-----------7---|-----------7---|---------------||
|--------5----5-|-3----3-5----5-|--------5----5-|-3----3-5----5-||
|-0----0--------|---------------|-0----0--------|---------------||
Interlude
Q. E Q E E +Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E +Q. E Q E E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------5---|------------7---|-----------5---|------------7---|
|--------5----3-|-(3)---3-5----5-|--------5----3-|-(3)---3-5----5-|
|-0----0--------|----------------|-0----0--------|----------------|
Q. E Q E E +Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E +H. E E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|
|-----------5---|------------7---|-----------5---|--------------|
|--------5----3-|-(3)---3-5----5-|--------5----3-|-(3)----------|
|-0----0--------|----------------|-0----0--------|------------3-|
D.S. al Coda
Q. E Q E E Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q E E Q. E Q E E
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------7----||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------4-|-5----5---------||
|--------5--5-5-|-5---------------|-5-----------5---|--------5----5--||
|-3----3--------|------5-(5)--5-5-|------5-(5)------|----------------||
Interlude
&
Q. E +Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E
|-----------------|-----------7---|---------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-5----5--------|---------------|---------------|
|------5-(5)--5-5-|--------5----5-|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5----5---|
|-3---------------|---------------|---------------|--------3----3-|
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|-----------7---|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|-5----5--------|---------------|-5-------------||
|--------5--5-5-|--------5----5-|--------5--5-5-|------5-5----5-||
|-3----3--------|---------------|-3----3--------|---------------||
Chorus
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3-------------|-3----3--------|--------2--2-2-|--------2----2-|
|------3-0----0-|--------0----0-|-3----3--------|-3----3--------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E +Q. Q. E E +Q Q E E E E
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------||
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-5----5-5----5-|-3----3-3------|----------------|---------------6-||
|---------------|-------------0-|-(0)---0------0-|-(0)--0--0-0-----||
Outro
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
||o-6----6-6----6-|-6----6-6------|---------------|--------6----6-o||
||----------------|-------------6-|-6----6-6----6-|-6----6---------||
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q E E E E +H +W
|---------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|--------*|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|--------*|
|-6----6-6----6-|-6----6-6------|--------------|-----5-6-(6)----|-(6)----*|
|---------------|-------------6-|-6----6-6--6--|-6-8------------|--------*|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