The Mamas & The Papas – I Saw Her Again (Bass Tab)
Versions
(4)
Auto-scroll
Speed:
1.0x
I SAW HER AGAIN (Bassline)
As recorded by The Mamas & The Papas
(From the 1966 Album THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS)
Words and Music by John Phillips & Denny Doherty
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Joe Osborn - Bass'
Intro 1st - 3rd Verses
Q=122
$
4/4
Gtr I
W +W E E Q E E +E E
|----------|------------||-------------------|
|----------|------------||o------------------|
|----------|------------||o----------4-(4)-5-|
|-0--------|-(0)--------||--5-5-5--5---------|
+E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q. E E E Q E E +E E
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----4-7-5-(5)--5-7-|---------------5-|-----------------|-------------------|
|-(5)----------------|---4-7-------5---|-----------------|----------4-(4)-5--|
|--------------------|-5-----5-3-7-----|-2-2-2-0-(0)-----|-5-5-5--5----------|
+E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-----4-7-5-(5)--5-7-|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-(5)----------------|---4-7-------5---|-------------------|-2-----2-2-2-2--|
|--------------------|-5-----5-3-7---3-|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|----------------|
To Coda
Q E E +E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q Q Q E E E E
|------------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
|-2----6-(6)-7-9---|-7--7-7-6--6-6-|-4--4-4-3--3--|-7--7-----------|
|----------------7-|---------------|--------------|-------7-7-5-6--|
|------------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
Bridge
1. 2.
$$
W Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------||---------------||-----------------|
|----------o||---------------||-----------------|
|-7--------o||---------------||-----------------|
|-----------||-5--5-5-5--5-5-||-4---4-4-4---0-0-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4---4-4-4---4-4-|-6---6-6-6---6-6-|-6---6-6-6---6-4-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------9-7-|-6--6--6--6-6-|
|-4---4-4-4---4-6-|-7---7---7---7-7-|-7---7---7-------|--------------|
To Dbl. CodaD.S. al Coda
Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E H +H
|--------------|------------------|-------------||
|--------------|------------------|-------------||
|--------------|---------------5--|-7----(7)----||
|-4--4--4--4-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|-------------||
Interlude
&
W E E Q E E +E E +E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E
|----------||------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|----------||------------------|-----4-7-5-(5)--5-7-|---------------5--|
|-7--------||----------4-(4)-5-|-(5)----------------|---4-7-------5----|
|----------||-5-5-5--5---------|--------------------|-5-----5-3-7------|
E E E E +Q. E E E Q E E +E E +E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----4-7-5-(5)--5-7-|------------------|
|-----------------|----------4-(4)-5-|-(5)----------------|---4-7-------5----|
|-2-2-2-0-(0)-----|-5-5-5--5---------|--------------------|-5-----5-3-7---3--|
E E E E +E E E E Q Q E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|-------------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-2----6-(6)-7-9---|------6-(6)-7-9----|
|-------------------|-2-----2-2-2-2-|----------------7-|-7--------------7--|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|---------------|------------------|-------------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|--------------|---------------|------------------||
|-7--7-7-6--6-6-|-4--4-4-3--3--|-7--7-7-7--7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
|---------------|--------------|---------------|------------------||
|---------------|--------------|---------------|------------------||
Outro
&&
W +W E E Q E E +E E
|----------|------------||-------------------|
|----------|------------||o------------------|
|----------|------------||o----------4-(4)-5-|
|-0--------|-(0)--------||--5-5-5--5---------|
+E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q. E
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----4-7-5-(5)--5-7-|---------------5-|-----------------|
|-(5)----------------|---4-7-------5---|-----------------|
|--------------------|-5-----5-3-7-----|-2-2-2-0-(0)-----|
E E Q E E +E E +E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q. E
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|------------------|-----4-7-5-(5)--5-7-|---------------5-|------------------o||
|----------4-(4)-5-|-(5)----------------|---4-7-------5---|------------------o||
|-5-5-5--5---------|--------------------|-5-----5-3-7-----|-2-2-2-0-(0)-------||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