See Saw bass tab by Aretha Franklin
Bass Tab
- Difficulty: Intermediate 💪
Key: C Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Jerry Jemmott - Bass' Intro Q=137 4/4 Gtr I Q E. S E E E E +E Q E E E Q Q E. S E E E E +E Q E E E S S E G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|| A|-3--3--0---0-3-3-|-(3)-------------|-3--3--0---0-3-3-|-(3)--------------1-|| E|---------3-------|-----3--0-1-2-3--|---------3-------|-----3--0-1-2-3-3---||
Verses 1 & 2
Q E. S E E E E +E Q E E E Q Q E. S E E E E +E Q E E E Q
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A||o-3--3--0---0-3-3-|-(3)-------------|-3--3--0---0-3-3-|-(3)--------------|
E||----------3-------|-----3--0-1-2-3--|---------3-------|-----3--0-1-2-3---|
Q E. S E E E E +E Q E E E Q Q E. S E E E E +E Q E E E Q
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-3--3--0---0-3-3-|-(3)-------------|-3--3--0---0-3-3-|-(3)-------------|
E|---------3-------|-----3--0-1-2-3--|---------3-------|-----3--0-1-2-3--|
Q E. S E E E E +E Q E E E Q Q E. S E E E E +E Q E E E Q
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-3--3--0---0-3-3-|-(3)-------------|-3--3--0---0-3-3-|-(3)-------------|
E|---------3-------|-----3--0-1-2-3--|---------3-------|-----3--0-1-2-3--|
Q E. S E E E E +E Q E E E Q Q E. S E E E E +E Q E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
A|-3--3--0---0-3-3-|-(3)-------------|-3--3--0---0-3-3-|-(3)------------0-||
E|---------3-------|-----3--0-1-2-3--|---------3-------|-----3--0-1-2-3---||
Chorus
Q E. S E E E E +E Q E E E Q Q E. S E E E E +E Q E E E Q
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-3--3--0---0-3-3-|-(3)-------------|-3--3--0---0-3-3-|-(3)-------------|
E|---------3-------|-----3--0-1-2-3--|---------3-------|-----3--0-1-2-3--|
Q E. S E E E E +E Q E E E Q
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-3--3--0---0-3-3-|-(3)-------------|
E|---------3-------|-----3--0-1-2-3--|
Q E. S E E E E Q E E E Q E +W
G|-----------------|----------5----|---------||
D|-----------------|----5-5-7------|--------o||
A|-3--3--0---0---0-|-3-----------3-|-(3)----o||
E|---------3---3---|---------------|---------||
Bridge
Q E. S E E E E +E E E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E +E E Q E E E E
G|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-7--7--5-----5-7-|-(7)---7--5---7-----|-----------------|------------0-3-4-|
E|---------7-7-----|-----7------7---7-6-|-5--5--5-0-3-4-5-|-(5)-0-5--0-------|
Q E. S E E E E +E E E. S E E E E
G|-----------------|--------------------|
D|-----------------|--------------0-3-4-|
A|-5--5--x---3-5-5-|-(5)-0-5--3-0-------|
E|---------5-------|--------------------|
Q E. S E E E E S E. E S S +E E S S E
G|-----------------|-0----------------------||
D|-5--5--x-----3-5-|----------------0-3-4-5-||
A|---------5-5-----|---2--3-3-4-(4)---------||
E|-----------------|------------------------||
Interlude
Q E. S E E E E +E Q E E E Q Q E. S E E E E +E Q E E E Q
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-3--3--0---0-3-3-|-(3)-------------|-3--3--0---0-3-3-|-(3)-------------|
E|---------3-------|-----3--0-1-2-3--|---------3-------|-----3--0-1-2-3--|
Q E. S E E E E +E Q E E E Q Q E. S E E E E +E Q E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
A|-3--3--0---0-3-3-|-(3)-------------|-3--3--0---0-3-3-|-(3)------------0-||
E|---------3-------|-----3--0-1-2-3--|---------3-------|-----3--0-1-2-3---||
Out-Chorus
Q E. S E E E E +E Q E E E Q Q E. S E E E E +E Q E E E Q
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
D||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
A||o-3--3--0---0-3-3-|-(3)-------------|-3--3--0---0-3-3-|-(3)--------------o||
E||----------3-------|-----3--0-1-2-3--|---------3-------|-----3--0-1-2-3----||
Q E. S E E E E +E Q E E E Q Q E. S E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-3--3--0---0-3-3-|-(3)-------------|-3--3--0---0-3-3-|
E|---------3-------|-----3--0-1-2-3--|---------3-------|
+E E S S E +S S E E E Q E. S E E E E +E Q E E E Q 4x
G|-------0---------------5-||------------------|------------------||
D|---------1-3-(3)-x-4-5---||o-----------------|-----------------o||
A|-(3)-3-------------------||o-3--3--0---0-3-3-|-(3)-------------o||
E|-------------------------||----------3-------|-----3--0-1-2-3---||
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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).
| +() - note tied to previous
| x - muted
: - bar
|: - double bar
|:o - repeat start
o|: - repeat end
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