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Info About This Tab
 Artist: Doobie Brothers
Tab Type: Bass
Difficulty: intermediate
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ROCKIN' DOWN THE HIGHWAY (Bassline)
Doobie Brothers
Words and Music by Tom Johnston
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Moderately Fast Q=146
4/4
Gtr I
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-14--------------------|---------------|---------|---------|-14-11--9--6--6---|
|----16-14-16--14-------|---------------|---------|---------|------------------|
|-----------------15-16-|-12-0------(0)-|---------|---------|------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|---------|---------|------------------|
Verse
||------------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------------|
||o-7-----7-7-------|-7-----7-7-------|-7----7-7-5---|-7-----7-(7)-------|
||o---7-9-----7-9-7-|---7-9-----7-9-7-|------------7-|---7-9-------7-9-7-|
||------------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------|
|-7-----7-7-------|-7-----7-7-------|-7----7-7-5---|-7-----7-7-7-6-5--|
|---7-9-----7-9-7-|---7-9-----7-9-7-|------------7-|---7-9------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------|
Pre-Chorus
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-3-----3-3-3-----|-3-----3-(3)-------|-3-----3-(3)-------|-3-----3-(3)---0-1--|
|---3-5-------5-3-|---5-3-------3-4-5-|---5-3-------3-4-5-|---5-3-------3------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-2-----2-(2)-------|-2-----2-(2)-2-3-4-|
|---4-2-------4-2-4-|---4-2-------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0-----0-(0)-------|-0-------------0-1--|
|---2-0-------0-2-0-|---0-2-4-(4)-4------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
Chorus
$
|-2-----2-2-2-----|-2-----2-2-2-----|-2-----2-2-2-----|-2-----2-2-2------|
|---2-4-------2-4-|---2-4-------2-4-|---2-4-------2-4-|---2-4-------2-4--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-----2-2-2-----|-2-----2-2-2-----|-2-----2-2-2-----|-2-----2-2-2------|
|---2-4-------2-4-|---2-4-------2-4-|---2-4-------2-4-|---2-4-------2-4--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-----2-2-2-----|-2-----2-2-2-----|-2-----2-2-2-----|-2-----2-2-2------|
|---2-4-------2-4-|---2-4-------2-4-|---2-4-------2-4-|---2-4-------2-4--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
1.
To Coda
|-2-----2-2-2-----|-2-----2-2-2-----||-2-----2-2-2-----|-2---------------|
|---2-4-------2-4-|---2-4-------2-4-||---2-4-------2-4-|---4--2----------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|---------4--(4)--|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
Interlude 1
|------||
|-----o||
|-----o||
|------||
2.
|-2-----2-2-2-----|---------7--9---|-----7--------7---|
|---2-4-------2-4-|-----7-9------7-|-(7)------7-9---7-|
|-----------------|-7-9------------|--------9---------|
|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
Interlude 2
|-----------7--9-|----7--------7-|-------------7--|-9----7---------|
|-----5-7-9------|-7-------7-9---|-7-----5-7-9----|---7-------7-9--|
|-5-7------------|-------9-------|---5-7----------|---------9------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|-7---------------|-------------------|------------------|
|---7-----5-------|-------------------|---------2--------|
|-----5-7---5-7-0-|-(0)-----3-5-5-7-0-|-(0)-------3------|
|-----------------|-----3-3-----------|-----3-3-----3-2--|
Interlude 3
|---------|---------|---------|-7--5-----------|
|---------|---------|---------|------7-5--7----|
|---------|---------|---------|-------------5--|
|---------|---------|---------|----------------|
Guitar Solo
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-7-----7-7-------|-7-----7-7-------|-7-----7-7-7-5---|-7-----7-(7)--------|
|---7-9-----7-9-7-|---7-9-----7-9-7-|---7-9---------7-|---7-9-------7-9-7--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------|
|-7-----7-7-------|-7-----7-7-------|-7----7-7-5---|-7-----7-7-7-6-5--|
|---7-9-----7-9-7-|---7-9-----7-9-7-|------------7-|---7-9------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-3-----3-3-3-----|-3-----3-(3)-------|-3-----3-(3)-------|-3-----3-(3)---0-1--|
|---3-5-------5-3-|---5-3-------3-4-5-|---5-3-------3-4-5-|---5-3-------3------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-2-----2-(2)-------|-2-----2-(2)-2-3-4-|
|---4-2-------4-2-4-|---4-2-------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
D.S. al Coda
|-0-----0-(0)-------|-0-------------0-1--|
|---2-0-------0-2-0-|---0-2-4-(4)-4------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
Outro
&
|-2-----2-2-2-----|-2------------|----------*|
|---2-4-------2-4-|---4--2-------|----------*|
|-----------------|---------4--0-|-0--------*|
|-----------------|--------------|----------*|
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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