Booker t and the m gs - Green onions bass tab

A great lesson in blues for the beginners.

You get the same pattern repeated as the 1-chord (I),

the 4-chord (IV) and the 5-chord (V). Called as such

because the 4-chord is a perfect 4th above the 1-chord,

and the 5-chord a perfect 5th above. In bass player

lamen terms, the 4-chord is 5 frets (or one string)

up, the 5-chord is 7 frets (one string plus 2 frets)

up.

So, here's the pattern, fretted out....

The 1-chord goes like this...

1 n 2 n 3 n 4 n

G |----------------|

D |----------------|

A |------------1---|

E |1---1-1-4-------|

The 4-chord goes like this...

1 n 2 n 3 n 4 n

G |----------------|

D |------------1---|

A |1---1-1-4-------|

E |----------------|

And of course, the 5-chord like this...

1 n 2 n 3 n 4 n

G |----------------|

D |------------3---|

A |3---3-3-6-------|

E |----------------|

Play these in the standard 12-bar blues pattern...

1,1,1,1,4,4,1,1,5,4,1,1.

Just repeat over and over........

I love it.

Martin.