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Dance On

The Shadows
Bass Tab

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Song

DANCE ON (Bassline)

As recorded by The Shadows

(From the 1977 Album 20 GOLDEN GREATS)

Music by V & E Murragh-Adams

Transcribed by gemini@tris.net.au

Intro

4/4

W Q. Q. Q e E +H Q Q. Q. Q e E +Q Q Q

|----------|--------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
|----------|--------------|---------------|-----------2--|----------------|
|----------|-----------2--|---------------|-0----4-------|-0-0-(0)--------|
|----------|-0----4-------|-0-0-(0)----2--|--------------|----------4--2--|

Q. Q. Q e E Q q q Q. Q. Q e E Q H W

|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|------||
|--------------|--------------|-----------2--|-------------|------||
|-----------2--|--------------|-0----4-------|-0-----------|------||
|-0----4-------|-0-0----2--4--|--------------|-------------|------||

Verse

$

E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q

||----------------|        |---------------|
||o---------2--4--| X 4    |---------------| X 4
||o-0-r-r-0-------|        |---------2--4--|
||----------------|        |-0-r-r-0-------|

________________

|1.

E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q

|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------2--4--|----------------|
|---------2--4--|---------2--4--|-0-r-r-0-------|---------2--4---|
|-0-r-r-0-------|-0-r-r-0-------|---------------|-0-r-r-0--------|

_______________

|2.

To Coda

E E E E Q Q E E Q H W E E Q Q Q

|---------------|-------------|-----------||---------------||
|---------2--4--|-------------|----------o||---------------||
|-0-r-r-0-------|-0-----------|----------o||-0-r-0--2--4---||
|---------------|-------------|-----------||---------------||

Chorus

$$

H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q

|------------|---------4--|------------|-------------|---------------|
|------7--4--|------6-----|-7----------|-------------|-------7--4----|
|-5----------|-7----------|------7--4--|-7--------4--|-5--r----------|
|------------|------------|------------|----5--7-----|---------------|

To Dbl.

Coda D.S. al Coda

H Q Q H Q Q H H e E Q Q Q Q E E Q Q

|------------|------------|-----------|--------------|----------------||
|------------|------4--4--|-----------|--------------|----------------||
|-7----4--4--|------------|-7----7----|-7-r-------0--|-5--r-4-2--0----||
|------------|-7----------|-----------|-----0--2-----|----------------||

Bridge

&

e E Q Q Q Q. Q. Q e E Q q q Q. Q. Q e E Q q q

|--------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------||--------------|--------------|-----------2--|----------------|
|-0-0-r--------||-----------2--|--------------|-0----4-------|-0-0------------|
|--------4--2--||-0----4-------|-0-0--r-2--4--|--------------|-----r--4--2----|

D.S.S. al

Dbl. Coda

Q. Q. Q e E Q q q Q. Q. Q E E Q Q Q

|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------||
|--------------|--------------|-----------2--|-------------||
|-----------2--|--------------|-0----4-------|-0---0--2--4-||
|-0----4-------|-0-0----2--4--|--------------|-------------||

Verse

&&

E E Q H W E E E E Q Q 4x E E E E Q Q 6x

|-------------|----------||-----------------||-||-----------------||
|-------------|----------||o---------2--4--o||-||o---------------o||
|-7-----------|----------||o-0-----0-------o||-||o---------2--4--o||
|-------------|----------||-----------------||-||--0-----0--------||

E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q e E Q Q Q

|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------2--4--|---------------|---------2--4--|---------------||
|-0-----0-------|---------2--4--|-0-----0-------|-0-0-----------||
|---------------|-0-----0-------|---------------|--------4--2---||

Outro

Q. Q. Q e E Q q q Q. Q. Q e E +Q Q Q

||---------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------||
||o--------------|--------------|-----------2--|----------------o||
||o-----------2--|--------------|-0----4-------|-0-0-(0)--------o||
||--0----4-------|-0-0----2--4--|--------------|----------4--2---||

Q. Q. Q e E Q q q Q. Q. Q Q Q H

|--------------|--------------|--------------|------------*|
|--------------|--------------|-----------2--|------------*|
|-----------2--|--------------|-0----4-------|-0----------*|
|-0----4-------|-0-0----2--4--|--------------|------------*|

Duration Legend

---------------

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

Misc Legend

-----------

| - bar

|| - double bar

||o - repeat start

o|| - repeat end

*| - double bar (ending)

$ - Segno

& - Coda

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* Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen - http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org *

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