Lets Go Bass

by The Cars
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: D A D G
Key: D
Capo: no capo
Author Neckwringer [a] 407,596. Last edit on Oct 31, 2020
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LET'S GO (Bassline)
As recorded by The Cars
(From the 1979 Album CANDY-O)
 
Words and Music by Ric Ocasek
 
Gtr I (D A D G) - 'Benjamin Orr - Bass w/ Drop D-Tuning: DADG'
 
 [Intro]
 Q=132
 4/4
 Gtr I
  Wx8
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|--------|
D|--------|
 
 
   Q  Q  H      Q  E Q  Q.     E E E E E E Q    +W
G|----4--7----|-7--6-4-------|----------------|--------||
D|-7----------|---------7----|-5-4---5-4------|--------||
A|------------|--------------|-----5-----5-0--|-(0)----||
D|------------|--------------|----------------|--------||
 
 
 [Verses 1 & 3]
     E E E E E E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E Q  E E E
G||------------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
A||o---------5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5----------|---------5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5----------|
D||--7-7-7-7---------|-------7--7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7---------|-------7--7-7-7-|
 
 
   E E E E E E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E Q  E E E
G|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---------5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5----------|---------5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-----------|
D|-7-7-7-7---------|-------7--7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7---------|-------7--7-7-7--|
 
 
                                [Verses 2 & 4]
   E E E E +H       +W            E E E E E E E E   E E E Q  E E E
G|----------------|------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D|----------------|------------||-----------------|-----------------|
A|-------0-(0)----|-(0)--------||---------5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-----------|
D|-5-4-0----------|------------||-7-7-7-7---------|-------7--7-7-7--|
 
 
   E E E E E E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E Q  E E E
G|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---------5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5----------|---------5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-----------|
D|-7-7-7-7---------|-------7--7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7---------|-------7--7-7-7--|
 
 
   E E E E E E E E   E E E Q  Q  E   E E E E +H       +W
G|-----------------|---------------|----------------|--------|
D|-----------------|---------------|----------------|--------|
A|---------5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5---------|-------0-(0)----|-(0)----|
D|-7-7-7-7---------|-------7--7--7-|-5-4-0----------|--------|
 
 
                                [Pre-Chorus]
   E E E E +H       +W            E E H.        E E H.
G|----------------|------------||-------------|-----------|
D|-5-4-5-7-(7)----|-(7)--------||-------------|-----------|
A|----------------|------------||-7-7---------|-7-7-------|
D|----------------|------------||-------------|-----------|
 
 
                                              [Chorus]
   E E H.        E E H.        E E Q  E E Q     Q  Q  H
G|-------------|-------------|---------------||------------|
D|-------------|-------------|---------------||------------|
A|-5-5---------|-3-3---------|-3-3----3-3----||-0--2--5----|
D|-------------|-------------|---------------||------------|
 
 
   Q  E Q  Q.     Q  Q  H      Q  E E +H       Q  Q  H
G|--------------|------------|---------------|------------|
D|--------------|------------|---------------|------------|
A|-5--4-2--0----|-0--2--5----|-5--4-0-(0)----|-0--2--5----|
D|--------------|------------|---------------|------------|
 
 
   Q  E Q  Q.     Q  Q  H      Q  E E +Q.   E   Q  Q  Q.   E
G|--------------|------------|----------------|---------------|
D|--------------|------------|----------------|---------------|
A|-5--4-2--0----|-0--2--5----|-5--4-0-(0)---0-|-0--2--5----5--|
D|--------------|------------|----------------|---------------|
 
 
                 [Interlude]
   Q  E Q  Q  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
G|--------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|--------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-5--4---------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|------7--7--7-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
 
 
   E E E Q  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
G|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-5-4-2-0--------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|----------7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
 
 
                    [Chorus]
   E E E Q  E E E     Q  Q  H      Q  E Q  Q.     Q  Q  H      Q  E E +H
G|-----------------||------------|--------------|------------|---------------|
D|----------4-5-6-o||------------|--------------|------------|---------------|
A|-4-5-6-7--------o||-0--2--5----|-5--4-2--0----|-0--2--5----|-5--4-0-(0)----|
D|-----------------||------------|--------------|------------|---------------|
 
 
   Q  Q  H      Q  E Q  Q.     Q  Q  H      Q  E E +Q.   E
G|------------|--------------|------------|-----------------||
D|------------|--------------|------------|-----------------||
A|-0--2--5----|-5--4-2--0----|-0--2--5----|-5--4-0-(0)---0--||
D|------------|--------------|------------|-----------------||
 
 
 [Outro]
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E Q
G|-----------------|-------------2-2-|-(2)---0----------|
D|-----5---4---2---|-5---4---2-------|-----------4---2--|
A|-0-0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0-----|-----0---0---0----|
D|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
 
 
   E E E E +H       +W           +W
G|----------------|------------|--------*|
D|-0--------------|------------|--------*|
A|---4-2-0-(0)----|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
D|----------------|------------|--------*|
 
************************************
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
|   |    -  bar
|   ||   -  double bar
|  ||o   -  repeat start
|  o||   -  repeat end
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