Bad Company - Cant Get Enough bass tab
CAN'T GET ENOUGH (Bassline)
As recorded by Bad Company
(From the 1974 Album BAD COMPANY)
Words and Music by Mick Ralphs
Transcribed by Michael Duclos
gemini67@globalfreeway.com.au
Intro
12/8
W. +H. Q E Q E +Q E Q. E E E E E E
|---------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|------------------3-|-(3)--3-3----3-3-3-3-----|
|-3-------------|-(3)------1--1------|-----------------------1-|
|---------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
Q H +Q. +Q E W. +Q. +Q E Q E Q E
|-------------------------|------------|------------------------|
|----3----(3)---(3)-------|------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-3----------|-(3)---(3)----1--1------|
|--------------------(3)--|------------|------------x---------1-|
+Q E Q E Q E Q E Q H +Q. +Q E
|-----------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------|----3----(3)---(3)---------||
|---------------------1-|---------------------------||
|-(1)--1-1--1-1--1------|--------------------(3)----||
1st Verse
Q. +Q E Q E E E E Q E Q. Q E Q E Q. +Q E Q E E E E
|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------3-|-----------------------|----------------------3-|
|-3----(3)--x-1--1-1-----|----(0)-0----1--1-2--2-|-3----(3)--x-1--1-1-----|
|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
Q E Q. Q E Q E Q. +Q E Q E E E E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------3-|-----------------------|
|---(0)-0----1--1-2--2---|-3----(3)--x-1--1-1-----|----(0)-0--0-1--1-2--2-|
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
Q. +Q E Q E E E E Q E Q. Q E Q E
|------------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------3-|--------------------------||
|-3----(3)--x-1--1-1-----|----(0)-0----1--1-2-------||
|------------------------|--------------------------||
Pre-Chorus
q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E E E E q E q E q E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1--1-|
|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|----------------------|
Q. +Q E Q E Q.
|---------------------------||
|-3----(3)------1------1----||
|-----------(3)----(3)------||
|---------------------------||
Chorus
Q. Q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------1--2-|-3--3-3--3-3-----------|----------------1--2-|
|-3\------3-3--3------|--------------0-1--(2)-|-3--3-3--3-3--3------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
q E q E q E Q E q E q E q E Q E q E q E q E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-3--3-3--3-3--3--------|--------------1-1--(2)-|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|
|----------------1--(2)-|-3--3-3--3-3-----------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
Q. +Q E Q E Q E H. E E E Q E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5----(5)------------5-|-5-------5-5-5-5-------|
|-----------3----3------|------------------x----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
W. +H. Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H +H.
|-------|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------||
|-------|-------------------|-------------------------|----3----(3)----||
|-3-----|-(3)-----1--1------|-----------------------1-|----------------||
|-------|-----------------1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|----------------||
2nd Verse
Q. +Q E Q E E E E Q E Q. E E E E E E Q. +Q E Q E E E E
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------3-|-------------------------|----------------------3-|
|-3----(3)--x-1--1-1-----|----(0)-0----1-1-1-2-2-2-|-3----(3)--x-1--1-1-----|
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
Q E Q. Q E Q E Q. +Q E Q E E E E Q E Q E Q E Q.
|-----------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------3-|----3-5--5-6--6-7\---|
|----(0)-0----1--1-2--2-|-3----(3)--x-1--1-1-----|---------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
Q. +Q E Q E E E E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|------------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------3-|--------------------------||
|-3----(3)--x-1--1-1-----|----(0)-0--0-1--1-3-------||
|------------------------|--------------------------||
2nd Pre-Chorus
q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|
q E q E q E q E Q. +Q E Q E Q.
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|-3----(3)------1------1-----|
|-1--1-1--1-1--1-1--1-|-----------(3)----(3)-------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
2nd Chorus
Q. Q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------1--2-|-3--3-3--3-3-----------|----------------1--2-|
|-3\------3-3--3------|--------------0-1--(2)-|-3--3-3--3-3--3------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
q E q E q E Q E q E q E q E Q E q E q E q E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-3--3-3--3-3--3--------|--------------1-1--(2)-|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|
|----------------1--(2)-|-3--3-3--3-3-----------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
Q. +Q E Q E Q E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------------||
|-5----(5)------------5-|-5----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
|-----------3----3------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------------||
Guitar Solo
q E q E q E q E Q E q E q E q E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------3-|----3----------------|
||o-3--3-3--3-1--1-1----|------0--0-1--1-2--2-|
||----------------------|---------------------|
1.
q E q E q E q E Q E q E q E q E
|---------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------3-|----3------------------o||
|-3--3-3--3-1--1-1----|------0--0-1--1-2--2---o||
|---------------------|------------------------||
2.
Q E Q. E E E E E E q E q E q E q E q E E E E q E q E
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|----3------------------|------0--0-1--1-2--2-|-3--3-3-5--------------|
|-----------------------|-3--3----------------|----------x-1--1-2--2--|
|------0----1-1-1-2-2-2-|---------------------|-----------------------|
q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o------0--0-1--1-2--2-|-3--3----------------o||
||o-3--3----------------|------0--0-1--1-2--2-o||
||----------------------|----------------------||
E E E E E E Q E Q E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-------------5-|-5----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|-----------3----3------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
3rd Chorus
q E q E q E q E Q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------1s|=3--3-3--3-3--3------|----------------1--2-|
|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3----|----------------1--3-|-3--3-3--3-3--3------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-3--3-3--3-3--3------|---------------------|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|
|----------------1--1-|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
Q. +Q E Q E Q E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------------||
|-5----(5)------------5-|-5----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------||
|-----------3----3------|----------------------(3)/----||
|-----------------------|------------------------------||
4th Chorus
q E Q. Q. Q E E E E q E q E q E q E Q. Q. Q E
|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
|-------0----1----2--2-|-3---3----------------|------0----1----2--2-|
|-/3--3----------------|-------0--0-1--1-2--2-|-3--3----------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
q E q E q E q E Q E q E Q. q E E E E q E q E q E
|------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-3--3-5--5-6--6-7\------|------0--0-1----2--2-|-3---------------------|
|--------------------(1)s|=3--3----------------|-----x-0--0-1--1-3-----|
|------------------------|---------------------|--------------------(1)|
q E q E +Q E q E q E q E q E q E
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-3--3-3--3-(3)--3-3--3-|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3----||
5th Chorus (w/guitar solo)
q E Q. Q. q E q E Q. Q. E Q
||-------------5\--------|------7----5----------||
||o------/7---------7--7-|-3--3-----------7s5--o||
||o-3--3-----------------|---------------------o||
||-----------------------|----------------------||
q E Q. Q. Q. q E Q. Q. q E
|------------5---------|------7----5-----------|
|------/7---------7\---|-3--3-----------7--7---|
|-3--3-----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
E E E q E E E E q E Q. Q. Q E q E q E Q. q E Q E
|-------------------------|-/3----/3----/3----3--3-|----------------------|
|-5-(5)-5-3--3-2-2-2------|-----------------5------|------/7---------7s=5-|
|--------------------5--5-|------------------------|-3--3-------3--3------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
q E q E Q. E Q q E q E E E E E E E q E q E q E q E
|-----------5----7s5----|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-3--3------------------|-3--3--------------------|------1--1-3--3-4--5-|
|------0--0-------------|------0--0-1-1-1-2-(2)-2-|-3--3----------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
q E Q. Q. Q E Q. +Q E Q E E E E
|-----------5----7s=5-|----------------------------|
|-3--3-7--------------|-5----(5)---------------(3)-|
|---------------------|-----------3----3---(3)-----|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
6th Chorus (w/guitar solo)
Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E q E q E q E
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-/5----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-10-10-10-8--8-7--7-5--5-|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-3--3----------------|-10--10-8--8-7--7-5--5-|-3--3----------------|
|------6--6-5--5-3--3-|-----------------------|------6--6-5--5------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|----------------6--8-|
E E E q E q E E E E q E q E q E q E q E q E Q E Q E
|--------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-10-10-10-8--8-7--7-5-5-5-|-3--3----------------|-5--5-5------------3-|
|--------------------------|------6--6-5--5-3--3-|---------3----3------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-5--5-3--3-2--2------|---------------------|
|----------------5--5-|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
E E E Q E Q E Q E q E q E q E q E
|----------------------|---------------------|
|-3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3----|---------------------|
|--------------------1S|=3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|
|----------------------|---------------------|
q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3------|---------------------|
|-------------------(1)S|=3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
q E q E q E E E E Q E Q E +E E E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|-5--5-5--5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5----|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
Outro
E E E E E E E E E Q E W. +H. Q E Q E
|------------------------||-----------|--------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||-----------|------------------3-|
|------------------------||-3---------|-(3)------1--1------|
|------------------------||-----------|--------------------|
+H. +Q. +Q E Q E +Q. +Q. Q. W.
|-----------------------|------------------------|-------------|
|-(3)------(3)---(3)----|----3-(3)---(3)---/7----|-------------|
|---------------------1-|------------------------|-3-----------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|-------------|
+H. Q E Q E +H. +Q. +Q E Q H H.
|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------*|
|------------------3-|-(3)------(3)---(3)----|----3----(3)----*|
|-(3)------1--1------|---------------------1-|----------------*|
|--------------------|-----------------------|----------1-----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
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. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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