George Strait - Blue Clear Sky bass tab
Blue Clear Sky (Bassline)
by Mark D. Sanders, Bob DiPiero and John Jarrard
Gtr I (E A D G) - Bass
Intro
Moderately Q=131
4/4
Gtr I
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|-0----0-0--0--|--------------|
|-0----0-0--0--|--------------|-0----0-0--0--|
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-0----0-0--0--|--------------|-0----0-0--0--|
|--------------|-0----0-0--0--|--------------|
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------||
|--------2--2--|--------------|--------4--2--||
|-0----0-------|-0----0-0--0--|-0----0-------||
Verse 1
Q. E H Q. E H Q. E H
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-0----0-0----|-------------|
|-0----0-0----|-------------|-0----0-0----|
Q. E H Q. E H Q. E H
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-0----0-0----|-------------|-0----0-0----|
|-------------|-0----0-0----|-------------|
Verses 2 & 3
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E H
|--------------|--------------||--------------|
|--------------|--------------||o-------------|
|--------2--2--|-----------2--||o-------------|
|-0----0-------|-0----0-0-----||--0----0-0----|
Q. E H Q. E H Q. E H
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-0----0-0----|-------------|-0----0-0----|
|-------------|-0----0-0----|-------------|
Q. E H Q. E H Q. E Q Q
|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-0----0-0----|--------2--2--|
|-0----0-0----|-------------|-0----0-------|
Chorus
$
Q. E Q Q E E E E E E E E Q. E Q Q
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-0----0-0--0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----0-4--4--|
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-2----2----2--|--------------|-0----0-2--2--|
|--------2-----|-0----0-4--4--|--------------|
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|--------------|--------------|----------6--|
|--------------|-2----2-2--2--|-4--6--7-----|
|-0----0-4--5--|--------------|-------------|
1.
To Coda
E E E E E E E E Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|-0----0-0--0--|
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-0----0-0--0--|--------------|
Steel Guitar Solo
2.
Q. E Q Q W Q. E Q Q
|--------------|-----------||--------------|
|--------------|----------o||--------------|
|--------------|-0--------o||--------------|
|-0----0-0--0--|-----------||-0----0-4--4--|
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E E E E E
|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|--------------|----------2-----|
|-0----0-0--0--|--------------|-0----0-4---4-2-|
|--------------|-0----0-4--4--|----------------|
D.S. al Coda
Q. E Q Q Q. E E E E E Q Q Q Q
|--------------|----------------|-------------||
|--------------|--------------2-|-------------||
|--------------|-0----0-0-2-4---|-------2--2--||
|-0----0-4--4--|----------------|-0--4--------||
Out-Chorus
&
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|-2----2----2--|--------------|
|-0----0-4--4--|--------2-----|-0----0-4--4--|
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------2--4--|-2----2-2--2--|
|-5----5-7--7--|-0----0-------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------1--|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------2-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4--6--------|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|---------------0-|
|-------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
+Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
|---------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------|--------------|--------------|
|-(0)---0-2--2--|--------------|-0----0-0--0--|
|---------------|-0----0-0--0--|--------------|
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q W
|--------------|--------------|------*|
|--------------|--------------|------*|
|--------------|-0----0-0--0--|------*|
|-0----0-0--0--|--------------|-0----*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- 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
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| - 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
