Queen - You And I bass tab
Queen: You And I
It's extremly challenging to catch the downbeat, this scheme below may help.
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 : beats (4/4)
* * * * * * * * * * \
* * * * * * * * * } sketch of the piano figure
* * * * * * * * * /
**** * ***** * ***** * ***** * *****... : "sum" of the piano's rhythm
d b : entrance of the drums (d) and the bass (b)
intro:
*
____ . . . * . . . * . . . * . . .
|-9h11--------97------------------------------------------------|
|---------------9-7---------------------------------------7-7---|
|-------------------5---------------------------5---------------|
|-------------------------------3-----2-----0-----2-3-5-------5-|
Verse:
* . . . * . . . * . . . * . . .
|-------h7---4-------------------------------7---------------------|
|----------------7-----7-7---4----------h9-----9-------------------|
|-5------------------------------6---------------------------------|
|------------------5-5-------------7-7-------------3-3-3-3---4---0-|
* . . . * . . . * . . . * . . .
|-------h7---4-------------------------------------------------6\--|
|----------------7-----7-7---4-----------------------4-5-7---------|
|-5------------------------------7-----------------5---------------|
|------------------5-5-------------3-----2-----0-------------------|
Chorus:
* . . . * . . . * . . . * . . .
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------7-----------------|
|----------------5----------------4-5-5-5-5---5-/9---5-5-5-5---------|
|-3-3---3---3-/7---3-3-3-3---3-/7------------------------------8-7-5-|
* . . . * . . . * . . . * . . . *
|---------------------------------------13------13\--------------6//12
|---------------------5----------------------14------------7--------|
|---------------5--------------------------------------4-7----------|
|-3-3-3-3-----7---3-3---3---3-2-1-0-0-0--------------5--------------|
* . . . * . . . * . . . * . . .
//12------------1211------------1110------------109--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
* . . . * . . . * . . . * . . .
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10------------109-------------9-8-------------8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------5-|
Verse
* . . . * . . . * . . . * . . .
|-------h7---4-------------------------------7---------------------|
|----------------7------h7---4----------h9-----7-------------------|
|-5------------------------------6---------------9-----------------|
|------------------5-5-------------7-7-------------3-3-3-3---4---0-|
* . . . * . . . * . . . * . . .
|-------h7---4-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------7------h7---4----------------------(4-5-7)--------|
|-5------------------------------7-----------------5---------------|
|------------------5-5-------------3-----2-----0-------------------|
Bridge:
* . . . * . . . * . . . * . . .
|-----------------------------------------------7-7\6-4-----------|
|-----------------------------------------9-------------4---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------5\4-2---|
|-6-----6-6-------6-----6-6-------7-----7-----------------------2-2
* . . . * . . . * . . . * . . .
|-----------------------------------------------7-7\6-4-----4-/-6-|
|---------------------------------------9-9-------------4---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------5---4---|
|-2-----2-2-------2-----2-2---2---7-------------------------------|
* . . . * . . . * . ---3--- * . . . *
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------4---5---------7------------------------|
|-5-----555-----555-----5-5----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------5-----5----5--5--6-----666-----667
* . . . * . . . * . . . * . . .
|----------------------------------------------------------14-12-12-12-12-12-12\----|
|----------------------------------------------------13-14--------------------------|
|------------------7-----7-7-9---11-12-121212-121212--------------------------------|
667-----777-9---10------------------------------------------------------------------|
guitar solo (verse)
* . . . * . . . * . . . * . . .
|-------h7---4--------------------------------7---------------------|
|----------------7---7----7---4----------h9-----9-------------------|
|-5-------------------------------7---------------9-----------------|
|------------------5----------------7-7-------------3-3-3-3---4---0-|
* . . . * . . . * . . . * . . .
|------7---4----------------------------------------11-12-14-----11\-|
|--------------7------h7---4-----------------------------------------|
|-5------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------5-------------2-3-----2-----0-----------------------|
Chorus
* . . . * . . . * . . . * . . .
|--------------------------------------------------7---------------|
|------------------5-5-5-5---3-2/--------------4-7-----------------|
|----------------5-----------------5-5-5-5---5-------5-3-3-2-2-0-0-|
|-3-3-3-3----3-7---------------------------------------------------|
* . . . * . . . * . . . * . . .
|----------------------------------------13------13-------------------|
|------------------5-5------------------------14------------7---------|
|----------------5--------------------------------------4-7-----------|
|-3-3---3---3-/7---------3---3-2-1-0-0-0--------------5---------------|
* . . . * . . . * . . . * . . .
|-12------------1211------------1110------------109--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
* . . . * . . . * . . . * . . .
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10------------109-------------9-8----------\7-8-7-----------9-7-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
* . . . * . . . * . . . * . . .
|-----11-h7-----------------------------------7---------------------|
|-------------9---7-------7---4----------h9-----97------------------|
|-5-------------------------------7---------------9-----------------|
|-------------------5-5-------------7-7-------------3-3-3-3---4---0-|
* . . . * . . . * . . . * . . .
|-----11-7-----------6/7-----------------------------11-12-14---12-12--|
|------------7-9-7-------7---------------------------------------------|
|-5-5----------------------------------------------5-------------------|
|------------------5---------------3-----2-----0-----------------------|
*
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5-----------|
|-3-----2-----0-----------------------|
Outro:
*
____ . . . * . . . *
|-9h11-------97--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------9-7-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------5---------------5-keep picking D till the end |
|----------------------------2-4-5-------------------------------|
Note: due lack of enough contrast and ambigous fret-choices
this tab is not 100% accurate.
Transcribed by Niek Lucassen (innuendo65@hotmail.com) at June 7, 2002
Additional tabbing and notes: PD, August 2002
