Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Even The Losers (Bass Tab)

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EVEN THE LOSERS (Bassline) As recorded by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (From the 1979 Album DAMN THE TORPEDOES) Words and Music by Tom Petty Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Ron Blair - Bass'

 [Intro]
 Q=128
 4/4
 Gtr I
  W          W          H    Q  E   E    +W           W
G|----------|----------|---------------|-------------|------||
D|----------|----------|-----------/19-|-(19)--------|------||
A|----------|----------|---------------|-------------|------||
E|----------|----------|---------------|-------------|------||

 [Verses 1 & 2]
     Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
G||----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D||o---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A||o-5-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E||-------5-(5)----|-3----5-(5)----|-5----5-(5)----|-5----5-(5)----|

   Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|-5-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|------5-(5)----|-3----3-(3)----|-3----3-(3)----|-3----3-(3)----|

                  2/4     4/4
   Q.   E +H       Q  Q    Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
G|---------------|-------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|-------|---------------|---------------|
A|-5-------------|-------|-5----5-(5)----|-5----5-(5)----|
E|------5-(5)----|-3--3--|---------------|---------------|

                  1.                      2.
   Q.   E +H       W          W            H    +Q.   E   +W
G|---------------|----------|-5---------||------------5-|-(5)----||
D|---------------|----------|----------o||--------------|--------||
A|-5-------------|-3--------|----------o||-3----(3)-----|--------||
E|------5-(5)----|----------|-----------||--------------|--------||

 [Chorus]
 Segno $
   Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|-5-------------|---------------|-5-------------|---------------|
E|------5-(5)----|-3----3-(3)----|------5-(5)----|-3----3-(3)----|

                                                      To Coda
   Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       W          Q.   E +Q   Q
G|---------------|---------------|----------|-----------------|
D|---------------|---------------|----------|-----------------|
A|-5-------------|---------------|----------|-----------------|
E|------5-(5)----|-3----3-(3)----|-3--------|-3----3-(3)--3---|

                               [Guitar Solo]
   W          E E E E E E E E    Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
G|----------|-----------------||---------------|---------------|
D|----------|-----------------||---------------|---------------|
A|----------|-----------------||-5-------------|---------------|
E|-5--------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||------5-(5)----|-3----5-(5)----|

   Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|-5-------------|---------------|
E|-3----3-(3)----|-3----3-(3)----|------5-(5)----|-3----5-(5)----|

                                                  2/4
   Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------|
A|---------------|---------------|-5-------------|---------|
E|-3----3-(3)----|-3----3-(3)----|------5-(5)----|-3----3--|

 4/4
   Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       W
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|------|
A|-5----5-(5)----|-5----5-(5)----|-5-------------|-3----|
E|---------------|---------------|------5-(5)----|------|

                [Bridge]
   Q  Q  Q  Q     Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
G|-------------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|-------------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|-3--3--3--3--||---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-------------||-5----3-(3)----|-5----3-(3)----|-5----3-(3)----|

   Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-5----3-(3)----|-5----3-(3)----|-5----3-(3)----|-5----3-(3)----|

                             Dal Segno al Coda
   W          +W           W          +W
G|----------|------------|----------|---------||
D|-5--------|-(5)--------|----------|---------||
A|----------|------------|----------|---------||
E|----------|------------|-3--------|-(3)-----||

  Coda &
   W          +W           Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
G|----------|------------|---------------|---------------|
D|----------|------------|---------------|---------------|
A|----------|------------|-5-------------|---------------|
E|-5--------|-(5)--------|------5-(5)----|-3----3-(3)----|

   Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|-5-------------|---------------|-5-------------|---------------|
E|------5-(5)----|-3----3-(3)----|------5-(5)----|-3----3-(3)----|

   W          Q.   E +Q   Q    W          +W
G|----------|----------------|----------|--------||
D|----------|----------------|----------|--------||
A|----------|----------------|----------|--------||
E|-3--------|-3----3-(3)--3--|-5--------|-(5)----||

 [Outro]
     Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
G||----------------|---------------|---------------|
D||o---------------|---------------|---------------|
A||o-5-------------|---------------|-5-------------|
E||-------5-(5)----|-3----3-(3)----|------5-(5)----|

   Q.   E +H      7x Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
G|----------------||---------------|---------------*|
D|---------------o||---------------|---------------*|
A|---------------o||-5-------------|---------------*|
E|-3----3-(3)-----||------5-(5)----|-3----3-(3)----*|

*************************************** Duration Legend W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura; + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; 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. Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration). | +() - note tied to previous | / - slide into (from "nowhere") | | - bar | || - double bar | ||o - repeat start | o|| - repeat end ************************************