The Moody Blues – Melancholy Man (Bass Tab)

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This is a general bass line, you'll have to listen to the song to hear the exact notes. The chords are C#m-C#m--F#m-G# There's typically 2 lines of C#m, but sometimes there are 3 lines of C#m before heading into the normal progression.

      C#m       F#m     G#       C#m               F#m      G#       C#m
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----4--------------------------4--------4--------------------------4-------|
E|-------------2--------4--------------------------2--------4----------------|

Some alternate bass notes to include
      C#m             F#m                 G#                   C#m
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------6-6-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----4----2--4-4---4----------------------------------------3-4---2-4-4-----|
E|--------------------2--0-2-2--2-0-2-0-3-4----2-4-4---4-2-4-----------------|

Around :40 seconds and the 4:15ish mark, it goes from the typical progression, goes to 2 bars of G# after one bar of C#m, then 3 bars of C#m, then back to the regular progression [C#m - C#m - F#m - G# - C#m] - G# - G# - C#m - C#m - C#m - F#m - G#

      C#m   C#m   F#m    G#   C#m   G#    G#    C#m   C#m   C#m 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----4-----4-----------------4-----------------4-----4-----4----------------|
E|----------------2-----4-----------4-----4----------------------------------|