A Matter Of Trust bass tab by Billy Joel

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: Bm

Difficulty: Intermediate

A MATTER OF TRUST (Bassline)
As recorded by Billy Joel
(From the 1986 Album THE BRIDGE)

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Doug Stegmeyer - Bass'

 Intro:
 Q=115
 4/4
 Gtr I
  W     W     W     H  E E E E
G|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
D|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
A|----------|----------|----------|-5----0-5---4-|
E|----------|----------|----------|--------------|

                        1st - 4th Verses:
                        Segno $
                        Segno Segno $$
  H  E Q E  H  E E E E  H  E E E E   H  E E E E
G|-------------|--------------|--------------||----------------|
D|-------------|--------------|--------------||o---------------|
A|-2------2--4-|-5----0-5---4-|-2------2---4-||o-5----0-5---4--|
E|------2------|--------------|------2-------||----------------|


  H  E E E E  H  E E E E  H  E E E E  H  a E a Q a E
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|
A|-2------2---4-|-5------5---4-|-2------2---2-|------2h4-2h4--2h4-|
E|------2-------|------5-------|------2-------|-2-----------------|


  H  E E E E  H  E E E E  H  E E E E  H  E E E E
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
A|--------------|--------------|--------2---4-|-5----0-5---4--|
E|-2----0-2---4-|-5----5-5---0-|-5----5-------|---------------|


  H  E E E E  H  E E E E  H  E E E E  Q Q E E E E
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
A|-2------2---2-|-5----0-5---4-|-2------2---4-|----------------|
E|------2-------|--------------|------2-------|-2--2--5-5---5--|


                          Interlude:
                  1.
             To Coda
          To Double Coda
  H  E E E E  H  E a Q a E  H  E E E E  H  E E E E
G|--------------|------------------|--------------||--------------|
D|--------------|------------------|--------------||--------------|
A|--------------|------0-5h7--5h7--|-0----0-0-2-4-||-5----0-5---4-|
E|-2----0-2---4-|-5----------------|--------------||--------------|


  H  E E E E  H  E E E E  H  E E E E
G|--------------|--------------|---------------||
D|--------------|--------------|--------------o||
A|-2------2---4-|-5----0-5---4-|-2------2---4-o||
E|------2-------|--------------|------2--------||


         Bridge:
 2.
  H  E E E E  E E E E E E E E
G|--------------||-------------------|
D|--------------||-------------------|
A|----------4---||-------------------|
E|-5----0-5---5-||-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  E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|


  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---------------4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-----------------|


                   Guitar Solo:
 Dal Segno al Coda  Coda &
  E E E E E E E E   H  E E E E  H  E E E E
G|------------------||--------------||---------------|
D|------------------||--------------||---------------|
A|------------------||--------2---4-||-5----0-5---4--|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5--||-5----5-------||---------------|


  H  E E E E  H  E E E E  H  E E E E  H  E Q E
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A|-2------2---2-|-5----0-5---4-|-2------2---2-|-----------4--|
E|------2-------|--------------|------2-------|-2----0-5-----|


                        Bridge:
  H  E E E E  H  E E E E  H  E E Q   E E E E E E E E
G|--------------|--------------|-------------||------------------|
D|--------------|--------------|-------------||------------------|
A|------------0-|--------------|-------------||------------------|
E|-2----0-2-----|-5----0-5---0-|-5----0-5-5--||-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  E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-0--|


             Dal Segno Segno al Double Coda  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   H  E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||--------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||--------------||
A|---------------4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------||--------2---4-||
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5--||-5----5-------||


  Outro:
   H  E E E E  H  E E E E  H  E E E E  H  E Q E
G||---------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
D||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------4----|
A||o-5----0-5---4-|-2------2---4-|-5----0-5---4-|-2---------4-|
E||---------------|------2-------|--------------|------2------|


  H  E E E E  H  E E E E  H  E E E E  H  E E E E
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------o||
A|-5----0-5---4-|-2------2---4-|-5----0-5---4-|-2------2---4--o||
E|--------------|------2-------|--------------|------2---------||

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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
|  h  - hammer-on
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