Down By The Seaside bass tab by Led Zeppelin
Bass tabs
Tuning: Standard (E A D G) DOWN BY THE SEASIDE (Bassline) As recorded by Led Zeppelin (From the 1975 Album PHYSICAL GRAFFITTI) Words and Music by Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John Paul Jones - Bass' Intro Q.=94 12/8 Gtr I W W. W. G|--------------|---------------|-------| D|--------------|-3-------------|-5-----| A|--------------|---------------|-------| E|--------------|---------------|-------|
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W. Q. Q. +H. W.
G|---------------|--------------------|-------|
D|-3-------------|-3------------------|-3-----|
A|---------------|------3----(3)------|-------|
E|---------------|--------------------|-------|
Verse 1
W. W. Q. Q. +H.
G|---------------|---------------||------------------|
D|-5-------------|-3-------------||-3----------------|
A|---------------|---------------||------3----(3)----|
E|---------------|---------------||------------------|
H. +Q. +Q E W. H. +Q. +Q E
G|----------------------|---------------|--------------------5--|
D|-3-------(3)---(3)--5-|---------------|-3-------(3)---(3)-----|
A|----------------------|-3-------------|-----------------------|
E|----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|
W. W. H. +Q. +Q E
G|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
D|---------------|-3-------------|-----------------------|
A|-3-------------|---------------|-3-------(3)---(3)--3--|
E|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
Chorus
Q. Q. +Q E Q. +Q E Q. +Q E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
G|-----------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|
D|------3----(3)--3-3----|-(3)--3-3----(3)--3-3----||----------------------|
A|-3---------------------|-------------------------||-3----3----3----3-----|
E|-----------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|
Q. Q. Q. Q E W. H. +Q. Q.
G|-----------5---------|---------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|-3-------------|-3-------(3)---5-----|
A|-3----3---------3--3-|---------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|
H. E a Q Q. H. +Q E Q E H. +Q. +Q E
G|-----------4s5-------|---------------------|----------------------|
D|---------5------5----|-------------------2-|-3-------(3)---(3)----|
A|-3-------------------|-3-------(3)--3-5----|--------------------3-|
E|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. H. W.
G|---------------------|-------------------|-------|
D|-3--------------2----|-3----3----3-------|-------|
A|------3----5---------|-------------------|-3-----|
E|---------------------|-------------------|-------|
Q. Q. H. W. +W.
G|-------------------|---------------|--------||
D|-3----3----3-------|---------------|--------||
A|-------------------|-3-------------|-(3)----||
E|-------------------|---------------|--------||
Verse 2
W. W. H. a Q. Q.
G|---------------|---------------|---------4s5---------|
D|---------------|-3-------------|----------------5----|
A|-3-------------|---------------|-3-------------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------------|
H. +Q. +Q E W. W.
G|----------------------|---------------|-------|
D|-3-------(3)---(3)--5-|---------------|-3-----|
A|----------------------|-3-------------|-------|
E|----------------------|---------------|-------|
W. q. Q. +Q E Q. +Q E Q. +Q E E E E
G|---------------|-----------------------|---------------------------||
D|---------------|------3----(3)--3-3----|-(3)--3-3----(3)--3-3-2----||
A|-3-------------|-3---------------------|------------------------5--||
E|---------------|-----------------------|---------------------------||
Chorus
H. Q. Q E H. Q E Q. H. +Q. +Q E
G|---------5---------|-------------------|-----------------------|
D|--------------5--5-|--------------2----|-3-------(3)---(3)-----|
A|-3-----------------|-3-------5--5------|--------------------3--|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
H. +Q E Q. H. Q. Q. H. Q. Q.
G|---------------------|---------5---------|--------------------|
D|-3-------(3)--3-5----|-------------------|--------------2-----|
A|---------------------|-3------------3----|-3-------5----------|
E|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
H. +Q. +Q E H. +Q. E E E H. +Q. +Q E
G|----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
D|-3-------(3)---(3)----|-3-------(3)-------2-|-3-------(3)---(3)--3--|
A|--------------------3-|---------------3-5---|-----------------------|
E|----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
Faster Q=105
4/4
W. Q. Q. H. E E E E E E E E
G|---------------|-------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|---------------|-3----3----3-------||-----------------|
A|-3-------------|-------------------||-----------------|
E|---------------|-------------------||-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-|-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-|
D|-----------------|-------4---------4---|-------4---------4---|
A|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Guitar Solo
E E S S E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E S S E
G|-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----||--2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-|
D|-------4---------4---|-------------4-2-||o-------4---------4---|
A|---------------------|-----------------||o---------------------|
E|---------------------|-----------------||----------------------|
E E S S E E E E E 6x W W
G|-2-2-2---2-2-2------||----------|------|
D|-------4-------4-2-o||----------|------|
A|-------------------o||----------|------|
E|--------------------||----------|------|
H +E. S S E. Q +E. a S +S S E Q E E Q H
G|-----------------|-----------------------|-------------|
D|------------5s7--|--------5s7-(7)-5-7----|-7-----------|
A|-5----(5)-5------|-5--(5)-------------5--|-------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------------|-------------|
original tempo Q.=94
12/8
E E E E E E E E H. +Q. +Q E W.
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||----------------------|-------|
D|-----------------||-0-------(0)---(0)--2-|-3-----|
A|-----------------||----------------------|-------|
E|-----------------||----------------------|-------|
W. W. Q. Q. +H.
G|---------------|---------------|------------------|
D|-5-------------|-3-------------|-3----------------|
A|---------------|---------------|------3----(3)----|
E|---------------|---------------|------------------|
H. +Q. +Q E H. +Q. +Q E W.
G|----------------------|----------------------|-------||
D|-3-------(3)---(3)----|-5-------(5)---(5)----|-------||
A|--------------------5-|--------------------3-|-------||
E|----------------------|----------------------|-1-----||
Verse 3
Q. Q. +H. W. W.
G|--------------------|---------------|-------|
D|--------------------|-3-------------|-------|
A|------3----(3)------|---------------|-3-----|
E|-1------------------|---------------|-------|
H. +Q. +Q E H. a Q. Q. H. +Q. +Q E
G|----------------------|---------4s5---------|----------------------|
D|-3-------(3)---(3)--5-|----------------5----|-3-------(3)---(3)----|
A|----------------------|-3-------------------|--------------------5-|
E|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
H. Q. Q. +Q. Q. +Q E Q. +Q E Q. +Q E Q.
G|--------------5----|-(5)--------------------|--------------------------||
D|---------5---------|-------3----(3)--3-3----|-(3)--3-3----(3)--3-3-----||
A|-3-----------------|------------------------|--------------------------||
E|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------||
Chorus
W. H. Q. Q E H. +Q. +Q E
G|---------------|---------5---------|-----------------------|
D|---------------|-----------------2-|-3-------(3)---(3)-----|
A|-3-------------|-3------------3----|--------------------3--|
E|---------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
H. +Q. +Q E Q. Q. Q. Q. W.
G|----------------------|------5----5---------|-------|
D|-3-------(3)---(3)--5-|----------------5----|-------|
A|----------------------|-3-------------------|-3-----|
E|----------------------|---------------------|-------|
H. +Q. +Q E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. H.
G|----------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
D|-3-------(3)---(3)----|-3--------------2----|-3----3----3-----|
A|--------------------3-|------3----5---------|-----------------|
E|----------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
W. Q. Q. Q. +Q E W. +W.
G|---------------|-----------------------|---------------|--------||
D|---------------|-3----3----3----(3)--5-|---------------|--------||
A|-3-------------|-----------------------|-3-------------|-(3)----||
E|---------------|-----------------------|---------------|--------||
Verse 4
W. H. +Q. +Q E W.
G|---------------|----------------------|-------|
D|---------------|-3-------(3)---(3)--5-|-------|
A|-3-------------|----------------------|-3-----|
E|---------------|----------------------|-------|
H. +Q. +Q E H. Q E Q E H. +Q. +Q E
G|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
D|-3-------(3)---(3)--5-|-------------------|-3-------(3)---(3)--5--|
A|----------------------|-3-------3--3-3--3-|-----------------------|
E|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
H. +Q. a Q. Q. Q. +Q E Q. +Q E Q. +Q E Q E
G|---------------4s5----|-----------------------|-------------------------||
D|----------------------|-3----3----(3)--3-3----|-(3)--3-3----(3)--3-3--5-||
A|-3-------(3)----------|-----------------------|-------------------------||
E|----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||
Chorus
H. Q. Q. H. Q. Q. Q. Q E Q E Q E
G|--------------5----|-------------------|----------------------|
D|---------5---------|--------------2----|-3----3--3-3--3-3--3--|
A|-3-----------------|-3-------5---------|----------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
H. E Q E Q H. +Q. Q. Q. +Q E H.
G|-------------------|---------------5----|-------------5-----|
D|-3-------3h5--3h5--|--------------------|-----------5-------|
A|-------------------|-3-------(3)--------|-3----(3)----------|
E|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
H. +Q. +Q E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. +Q E
G|----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
D|-3-------(3)---(3)----|-3--------------2----|-3----3----3----(3)--5--|
A|--------------------3-|------3----5---------|------------------------|
E|----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
W. Q. Q. H. W. +W.
G|---------------|-------------------|---------------|--------*|
D|---------------|-3----3----3-------|---------------|--------*|
A|-3-------------|-------------------|-3-------------|-(3)----*|
E|---------------|-------------------|---------------|--------*|
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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
| s - legato slide
| h - hammer on
| | - bar
| || - double bar
| ||o - repeat start
| o|| - repeat end
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Down By The Seaside bass tab
Down By The Seaside by Led Zeppelin guitar bass tabs playing instructions.