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Working on the Highway

Bruce Springsteen
Bass Tab
4.6(3)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Author: Bruce Springsteen

Song: Working on the highway

Album: Born in the USA

Tabbed by: Daniele Pelliccia

Note that "h" is for hammer on and "r" is for rest

Verse

|---------------|---------------|----------|----------|
|---------------|-2h3-33--------|-2h3-333--|-2h3-333--|
|-2h3-33-2h3-33-|--------2h3-33-|--------3-|--------3-|
|---------------|---------------|----------|----------|
|---------------|---------------|----------|----------|
|---------------|---------------|-2h3-333--|-2h3-333--|
|-2h3-33-2h3-33-|--------2h3-33-|--------3-|--------3-|
|---------------|-2h3-33--------|----------|----------|
|---------------|---------------|----------|----------|
|---------------|-2h3-33--------|-2h3-333--|-2h3-333--|
|-2h3-33-2h3-33-|--------2h3-33-|--------3-|--------3-|
|---------------|---------------|----------|----------|
|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|
|-2h3-33-2h3-33-|--------2h3-33-|
|---------------|-2h3-33--------|

Chorus

|----------|----------|

|-2h3-333--|-4h5-555--| 4 times

|--------3-|--------3-|
|----------|----------|

Post-chorus

|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|-2h3-333--|-2h3-333--|-2h3-333--|-55-------|
|--------3-|--------3-|--------3-|------3-r-|
|----------|----------|----------|----3-----|

Bridge

|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------3---5----5555555-|
|-----3-----3-----3--------------------|
|-5------5-----5-----------------------|

song structure

verse X2 (no bass during the first one)

chorus

post-chorus

verse

chorus

post-chorus

bridge

verse

chorus X2

post-chorus X2

For suggestions or comments, please mail me at dpelliccia@katamail.com

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