UB40 – Johnny Too Bad (Bass Tab)

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Earl Falconer plays a simple but effective root and fifth bass line on 'Johnny Too Bad' which is taken from UB40's 1983 studio L.P 'Labour Of Love',I'll place relative chord changes too.

[Intro]
  Ab          Eb          Db          Ab                        
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-------|
D|-----|-----|--8--|--8--|--6--|--6--|-----|-------|
A|--6--|--6--|6--6-|6--6-|4--4-|4--4-|--6--|--6-(6)|
E|4--4-|4--4-|-----|-----|-----|-----|4--4-|4--4---|

[Verse And Main Bass Line]
  Ab          Eb          Db          Ab                      Eb            Db            Ab
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-------|-----|-------|-----|-------|
D|-----|-----|--8--|--8--|--6--|--6--|-----|-----|-----|-----|--8--|--8-(8)|--6--|--6-(6)|-----|-------|
A|--6--|--6--|6--6-|6--6-|4--4-|4--4-|--6--|--6--|--6--|--6--|6--6-|6--6---|4--4-|4--4---|--6--|--6-(6)|
E|4--4-|4--4-|-----|-----|-----|-----|4--4-|4--4-|4--4-|4--4-|-----|-------|-----|-------|4--4-|4--4---|

[Bridge Change And Outro]
  Db    Eb    Ab            Db    Eb      Ab
G|-----|-----|-----|-------|-----|-------|-----|-----|
D|--6--|--8--|-----|-------|--6--|--8-(8)|-----|-----|
A|4--4-|6--6-|--6--|--6-(6)|4--4-|6--6---|--6--|--6--|
E|-----|-----|4--4-|4--4---|-----|-------|4--4-|4--4-|

[Legend And Notes] That is really it,The changes from the main line to the bridge and back are easy to find, The notes placed in ( ) are NOT Ghost Notes in this case,They're like a quick fifth double(for lack of a better way of putting it)that happens often throughout the close to six minute long track,I've just placed as a kind of they're there,They happen even more often live,You can hear this on the UB's 1987 live L.P titled 'UB40 CCCP-Live In Moscow' maybe?. Well it's all there,Short & sweet?,Comments,Corrections always welcome,Please ENJOY.