Easy Bass

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G
Key:	Ab
Capo:	no capo
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EASY (Bassline)
As recorded by Commodores
(From the 1977 Album COMMODORES)
 
Words and Music by Lionel Richie
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Ronald LaPread - Bass'
 
 [Intro]
 Q=68(16=s16)
 4/4
 Gtr I
   H    H      H    H      H    H      H.      E. S
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------||
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------||
A|------3----|------6----|------3----|------------6--||
E|-4---------|-6---------|-4---------|-6-------------||
 
 
 [Verses 1 & 2]
     Q..   S Q..   S   Q.   S S E E S E.   Q..   S Q..   S   H    S S S S E E
G||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D||o-----------------|----------------6--|-----------------|-------------------|
A||o---------3-----3-|----------6-6------|---------3-----3-|------6-6-6-6-6----|
E||--4-----4---------|-6------6----------|-4-----4---------|-6--------------4--|
 
 
   +Q..   S Q..   S   Q.   S S E E S E.   Q..   S Q..   S   H.      E. S
G|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------|
D|------------------|----------------6--|-----------------|--------------|
A|----------3-----3-|----------6-6------|---------3-----3-|--------------|
E|-(4)----4---------|-6------6----------|-4-----4---------|-6----------6-|
 
 
                 [Chorus]
   H.      E. S    E E S S E Q  S S E   Q.   S S E E S E.   E E S S E Q  S S E
G|--------------||--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------||--------------------|----------------6--|--------------------|
A|-6------------||-------4-6-3----6h8-|----------6-6------|-------4-6-3----6h8-|
E|------------6-||-4-4----------------|-6------6----------|-4-4----------------|
 
 
   Q.   S S E E S E.   E E S S E Q  S S E   Q.   S S E E S E.   Q.   Q.   S E.
G|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D|----------------6--|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A|----------6-6------|-------4-6-3----6h8-|----------6-6---8--|-9----8----6-6---|
E|-6------6----------|-4-4----------------|-6------6----------|-----------------|
 
 
                                          [Bridge]
  1.                       2.
            |-3--| |-3-|
   H.       S S  S S S S     H.      E E    Q  E. S E E S E.
G|---------10-8-----------||-------------||------------------|
D|--------------10-8-6---o||-------------||---------------3--|
A|---------------------8-o||-------------||------------------|
E|-4----------------------||-4---------1-||-2--2--1-2-2------|
 
 
                                                              2/4
   Q.   S S E E Q    S S S S S S E +H       a Q.   a E +H       +H
G|----------1-1----|----------------------|-7h8----5h6-(6)----|-(6)----||
D|-1------1--------|-4-3-1-3-1-3----------|-------------------|--------||
A|-----------------|-------------4-(4)----|-------------------|--------||
E|-----------------|----------------------|-------------------|--------||
 
 
 [Guitar Solo]
 4/4
   Q..   S Q..   S   Q.   S S E E S E.   Q..   S Q..   S   H    S S S S E E
G|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|----------------6--|-----------------|-------------------|
A|---------3-----3-|----------6-6------|---------3-----3-|------6-6-6-6-6----|
E|-4-----4---------|-6------6----------|-4-----4---------|-6--------------4--|
 
 
   +Q..   S Q..   S   Q.   S S E E S E.   Q..   S Q..   S   H.      E. S
G|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------||
D|------------------|----------------6--|-----------------|--------------||
A|----------3-----3-|----------6-6------|---------3-----3-|--------------||
E|-(4)----4---------|-6------6----------|-4-----4---------|-6----------6-||
 
 
 [Chorus]
   E E S S E Q  S S E   Q.   S S E E S E.
G|--------------------|-------------------|
D|--------------------|----------------6--|
A|-------4-6-3----6h8-|----------6-6------|
E|-4-4----------------|-6------6----------|
 
 
   E E S S E Q  S S E   Q.   S S E E S E.
G|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------------|----------------6---|
A|-------4-6-3----6h8-|----------6-6-------|
E|-4-4----------------|-6------6-----------|
 
 
   E E S S E Q  S S E   Q.   S S E E S E.
G|--------------------|-------------------|
D|--------------------|-------------------|
A|-------4-6-3----6h8-|----------6-6---8--|
E|-4-4----------------|-6------6----------|
 
 
   Q.   Q.   S E.   S S S S E S S S S E S E.
G|----------------|--------------------------||
D|----------------|--------------------------||
A|-9----8----6-6--|-----------------------7--||
E|----------------|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7------||
 
 
 [Outro]
     E E S S E Q  S S E   Q.   S S E E S E.
G||---------------------|-------------------|
D||o--------------------|----------------7--|
A||o-------5-7-4----7h9-|----------7-7------|
E||--5-5----------------|-7------7----------|
 
 
   E E S S E Q  S S E   Q.   S S E E S E.   3x
G|--------------------|---------------------||
D|--------------------|----------------7---o||
A|-------5-7-4----7h9-|----------7-7-------o||
E|-5-5----------------|-7------7------------||
 
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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
|   h    -  hammer-on
| |-3-|  -  triplet
|   |    -  bar
|   ||   -  double bar
|  ||o   -  repeat start
|  o||   -  repeat end
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