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Lonely Ol Night

John Mellencamp
Bass Tab
4.7(3)

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Song

JOHN MELLENCAMP - "Lonely Ol' Night" - Bass Tab

Common Time(4/4)

Standard Tuning(EADG)

INTRO:

(x2)

|---------|-----------|--------------|--------------|
|---------|-----------|*-------------|-------------*|
|-.-.-.-7-|-------7/2-|*---7---------|-------------*|
|-0-0-0---|-----------|--0---0-0-r-0-|-0---0-0-4h2--|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 & 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 &

VERSE 1 & 2:

(x4)

|--------------|--------------|---------|-----------|-------------|
|*-------------|-------------*|-----7-7-|-----7-7-7-|-----7-7-7-7-|
|*---7---------|-------------*|-0-0-----|-0-0-------|-0-0---------|
|--0---0-0-r-0-|-0---0-0-4h2--|---------|-----------|-------------|

1 2 3 & 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 & 4 1 2 3 & 4 &

|-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----7-7-7-|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-0-0-------|---7---------|-------------|---7---------|-------------|
|-----------|-0---0-0-r-0-|-0---0-0-4h2-|-0---0-0-r-0-|-0---0-0---0-|

1 2 3 & 4 1 2 3 & 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 3 & 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 &

CHORUS:

|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-------4-4-7-|---------------|-------4-4-4-7-|-----------------|
|-5-r-5-------|---------------|-5---5---------|-----------------|
|-------------|-5---5-5-5-5-5-|---------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

|-------------|-----------------|
|-------4-4-7-|-----------------|
|-5---5-------|-----------------|
|-------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-4h2-|

1 2 & 3 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

PRE 2ND VERSE:

|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|---7---------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-0---0-0-r-0-|-0---0-0-4h2-|-0---0-0-r-0-|-0-----0-0-0-0-|

1 2 3 & 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 3 & a 4 &

|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-r-0-0-4h2-|

1 & a 2 &

PRE-INSTRUMENTAL:

|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---7---------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-0---0-0-r-0-|-0---0-0-4h2-|-0---0-0-r-0-|-0---0-0-4h2-|

1 2 3 & 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 &

INSTRUMENTAL:

(x4) (x3) (x4)

|---------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
|*-----7-7-7-7-*|*-------------*|---------4-6-|*-----7-7-7-7-*|
|*-0-0---------*|*-----7-7-7/2-*|-----7-7-----|*-0-0---------*|
|---------------|--0-0----------|-0-0---------|---------------|

1 2 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 & 4 &

|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|-----7-7-7-|-----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|-0-0-------|-0-0-0-4h2-|-0-0-0---|---------|---------|---------|

1 2 3 & 4 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

3RD VERSE: Rest

PRE LAST CHORUS:

|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|
|-0-0-0-0-|-0-------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

PRE-END:

|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-----------------|
|---7---------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0---0-0-r-0-|-----------------|

1 2 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

END:

|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-------4-4-7-|---------------|-------4-4-4-7-|-----------------|
|-5-r-5-------|---------------|-5---5---------|-----------------|
|-------------|-5---5-5-5-5-5-|---------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------|
|-------4-4-7-|-----------------|-------------|-----------|
|-5---5-------|-----------------|---7---------|-----------|
|-------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-4h2-|-0---0-0-r-0-|-0-------0-|

1 2 & 3 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 4 &

|---------|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|-------------|
|---------|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|-------------|
|---------|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|-------------|
|-0-------|---------0-|-0-------|---------0-|-0-------|-r-0-4h2-0---|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 4

By: Johari Taylor

E-mail: viking@powerup.com.au

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