The Zombies – I Love You (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by The Zombies (From the 1966 Album I LOVE YOU) Words and Music by Chris White Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Chris White - Bass'
 Intro
  Q=122
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    Q  E E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|-------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------0-|-5----5-5----0-|-5----5-5----0-|-1----1-1----0--|

                                          Chorus
  Q.   E Q.   E   W          +W            Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|---------------|----------|------------||---------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------|------------||---------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------|------------||---------------|---------------|
|-1----1-1----1-|-0--------|-(0)--------||-5----5-5----0-|-5----5-5----0-|

                                                               1st & 2nd Verses
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   W          +H     +Q.   E     Q.   E Q.   E
|---------------|---------------|----------|----------------||----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------|----------------||o---------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------|----------------||o---------------|
|-1----1-1----0-|-1----1-1----1-|-0--------|-(0)----(0)---0-||--5----5-5----5-|

  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-5----5-5---5--|
|-8----8-8---8--|---------------|

  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7----7-7----7-|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-5----5-5---5--|-8----8-8---8--|

                                   Pre-Chorus
                                 $
  Q  E E E E Q    Q.   E E E E E    Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q
|---------------|----------------||--------------|--------------|
|---------------|----------------||--------------|--------------|
|-5----5-5---5--|-7----7-7-7-7-7-||-8----8-8--8--|--------------|
|---------------|----------------||--------------|-8----8-8--8--|

  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E E E Q    Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q
|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|-5----5-5-5-5--|-3----3-3--3--|--------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|-3----3-3--3--|
|-5----5-5--5--|---------------|--------------|--------------|

                                  Chorus
  Q.   E Q  Q    E E E E E E Q     Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|--------------|----------------||---------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------||---------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------||---------------|---------------|
|-3----3-3--3--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-5----5-5----0-|-5----5-5----8-|

  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8----8-8------|-8----8-8-8-8-7-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------8-|----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-|

                                      1.
                             To Coda
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    W          +H     +Q.   E
|-----------------|------------------|----------|------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|----------|-----------------o||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|-7--------|-(7)----(7)---7--o||
|---------------8-|------------------|----------|------------------||

                              Piano Solo
  2.
  W          +H     +Q.   E    Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E
|----------|----------------||----------------|----------------|
|----------|----------------||----------------|----------------|
|-7--------|-(7)----(7)---7-||----------7-5---|--------------7-|
|----------|----------------||-5----5-5-----8-|-5----5-5-5-8---|

  Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E +E  E E E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E
|----------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
|-8----8-8-8---7-|-8----8-(8)-8-7-5-|----------7-5---|--------------7-|
|------------8---|------------------|-5----5-5-----8-|-5----5-5-5-8---|

                                              D.S. al Coda
  Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E +E  E E E   W          +H     H
|----------------|------------------|----------|-------------||
|----------------|--------------5---|----------|-------------||
|-8----8-8-8---7-|-8----8-(8)-8---8-|-7--------|-(7)---------||
|------------8---|------------------|----------|-------------||

                              Out-Chorus
  &
  W          +H     +Q.   E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-7--------|-(7)----(7)---7-||---------------7-|-----------------|
|----------|----------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-|

  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-|---------------7-|-----------------|
|---------------8-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   W          +W
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------*|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|----------|--------*|
|---------------8-|---------------8-|-5--------|-(5)----*|
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