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Fly by Night

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Bass Tab
4.5(15)

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

Song

Tabbed by: BASSteve

Tuning: EADG

Time signature: 4/4

*My tabs are meant to be read in conjunction with listening to the song.

In other words, there are no specific notations to account for note/rest duration.

However, you will find that I've made an attempt to strategically space the notes

and rests within their respective measures in order to represent the appropriate

durations.

GUITAR INTRO

4x 2x

G||--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------|| ||5-------------------------------||
E||--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------\---|
|3--------------(2)--------------|2---2---2---1---1-1-1---1-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

VERSE (3x with some variation)

|----------------------------5-6-|7---7-4-------------------------|
|0------r--0------r--------------|----------7---------4-----------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------7---5---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|3---r---------------2---2-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-----------2-----------2---1---|------------0---------------2---|
|--------------------2-----------|--------------------------------|

CHORUS

“Fly by night away from here.”

|--------------------------------|--------------------7---7/--r---|
|r---9---r-------7---r---7---5-5-|5---4---------------------------|
|------------9-------------------|--------7---5-------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------9---7-9-7-------|
|r---9---r-------7---7---4---5---|7-------------------------9-7---|
|------------9-------------------|----5---7---------------------9-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------7-----------|
|----9---r-------7---r---7---5-5-|5---4---------------------------|
|-7----------9-------------------|--------7---5-----------0---2---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------4---4-----------|----------------2---2-----------|
|----------------------4---------|----------------------2---------|
|3-----------2-----------2---r---|1-----------0-----------0---r---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

GUITAR SOLO (play VERSE 4x with variation)

INTERLUDE

“Start a new chapter, I find what I’m after ...”

|--------------------7-----------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------7\------|3-----------------------3-------|
|5-------------------------------|--------------------5-----------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----7---r---7---7---------------|
|5\----r-------------------------|------------------------3/------|
|------------3/----------5-------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7-------------------7---5---r---|3-----------------------3---r---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------5-----------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5---r---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------5\------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------3------|{3}-----------------------------|
|--------------------7-----------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------7\------|3-----------------------3-------|
|5-------------------------------|--------------------5-----------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---7-r---6-r---5-r---4-r--------|
|5\----r-------------------------|----------------------------5/--|
|------------3/----------5-------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7-------------------7---5\------|3-----------------------3-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------5-----------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5---r---------------------------|---------------------------17\--|
|------------5\------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------3------|{3}-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|3-----------2-------------------|1-----------0-------12--12--10\--|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|

2x

||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||3-----------2-------------------|1-----------0-------0---1---2---||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5-------------------------------|{5}-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

************************************

r = rest (listen for duration)

/ = slide (low to high)

\ = slide (high to low)

()= note inside parenthesis not plucked or hammered on

{}= note inside pointed parenthesis still ringing from previous measure

||= measure gets repeated (see number of times above measure, e.g. 4x)

************************************

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