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Shapes of Things

The Yardbirds
Bass Tab
★4.7(3)

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

Intro

Q=132(8=s8 /shuffle feel)

4/4

Gtr I

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

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

G|-------------------------|----------------------|
D|-------------------------|----------------------|
A|-------------------------|----------------------|
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

1st - 5th Verses

Segno $

Segno Segno $$

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q

G||--------------|--------------|
D||o-------------|--------------|
A||o----2--3--4--|-5------------|
E||--3-----------|----5--4--1---|

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q

G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|----2--3--4--|-5-----------|----2--3--4--|-5-----------|
E|-3-----------|----5--4--1--|-3-----------|----5--4--1--|

To Double Coda

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

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

G|-------------------------|--------------------------||
D|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
A|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||

Chorus

Straight Feel Q=132

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

G|-------------------|----------------|
D|----------10-8-----|---------8-6h8--|
A|----7--10------10\-|----5--8--------|
E|-8-----------------|-6--------------|

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

G|------------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
D|----------10-8----|---------8-6---|----------10-8----|---------8-6---|
A|----7--10------10-|----5--8-----8-|----7--10------10-|----5--6-----8-|
E|-8----------------|-6-------------|-8----------------|-6-------------|

To Coda Dal Segno al Coda Coda &

H Q. +E W +W W +W

G|----------------|----------|------------||----------|--------||
D|-8----8----(8)\-|-7--------|-(7)--------||-7--------|-(7)----||
A|----------------|-5--------|-(5)--------||-5--------|-(5)----||
E|----------------|----------|------------||----------|--------||

Guitar Solo

E S S Q E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S S S S S E E

G|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7S=|
D|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5S=|
A|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|

E S S E S S E E E a E E S S E S S S S S S E E E S S E S S S S S S E E

G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5s7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3s5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-|
A|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

E S S E S S S S S S E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E S S E E

G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5s6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3s4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
A|-------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|

E S S E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S S S E E E S S E S S E S S E E

G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5s6--|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3s4--|
A|-----------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
E|-----------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|

Dal Segno Segno al Double Coda

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

G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5S9-|-10----10----|------|------------||
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3S7-|--8-----8----|------|------------||
A|-------------------------|--------------------|-------------|-5----|-(5)--------||
E|-------------------------|--------------------|-------------|------|------------||

Outro

Straight feel Q=132

Double Coda &&

e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-*|

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Duration Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;

+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;

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.

Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

| (n) - note tied to previous

| |-3-| - triplet

| \ - slide out of (to "nowhere")

| S - shift slide

| s - legato slide

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