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You're So Vain Bass Tab by Carly Simon

You're So Vain bass tab by Carly Simon (Ver. 2)

Bass Tab 

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Klaus Voormann - Bass'

  Intro:
  Q=107
  4/4
  Gtr I
     |3| |-3-| |3| |-3-|           |3| |-3-| |3| |-3-|
     S E S S S S E S S S S E. Q    S E S S S S E S S S S E. Q
G||------5---------5-------------|-----5---------5---------------||
D||o-------7---------7-----------|-------7---------7------------o||
A||o---------7---------7---------|---------7---------7----------o||
E||--5---------5---------5-------|-5---------5---------5---------||


   |3| |-3-| |3| |-3-|           |3| |-3-| |3| |-3-|
   S E S S S S E S S S S E. Q    S E S S S S E S S S S E. Q
G|-----5---------5-------------|-----5---------5--------------||
D|-------7---------7-----------|-------7---------7------------||
A|---------7---------7---------|---------7---------7------7\--||
E|-5---------5---------5-------|-5---------5---------5--------||


 1st Verse:
   Q  E E H      Q  E E Q.   E   Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q.   E
G|-------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
D|-------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
A|-------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
E|-5----5-5----|-5----5-5----3-|-1----1-1-----|-5----5-5----0-|


   Q  E E H      Q  E E Q.   E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
G|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
D|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
A|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
E|-5----5-5----|-5----5-5----3-|-1----1-1----0-|-5----5-5----3-||


 Pre-Chorus:
                                         2/4    4/4
   Q  Q  H      Q  E E +H       W          H      +W           W          W
G|------------|---------------|----------|------|------------|----------|------||
D|------------|---------------|-3--------|------|------------|----------|------||
A|------------|---------------|----------|-3----|-(3)--------|----------|------||
E|-1--1--3----|-0--0-5-(5)----|----------|------|------------|----------|------||


 Chorus:
   Q.   E H      Q.   E H      Q.   E H      Q.   E Q.   E
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
A|-3----3-3----|-3----3-3----|-5----5-5----|-3----3-3----2-|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|


   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   Q.   Q    Q.   E +Q.   E   +W
G|---------------|--------------|----------------|--------||
D|---------------|--------------|----------------|--------||
A|---------------|--------------|----------------|--------||
E|-5----5-5----3-|-1----1----1S=|=3----3-(3)---3-|-(3)----||


 2nd & 3rd Verses:
 Segno $
   Q  E E E Q.     Q  E E E Q  E   Q  E E E Q  E   Q.   E E Q  E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-5----5-5-5----|-5----5-5-5--3-|-1----1-1-1--1-|-5----5-5-5--0-|


   Q.   E E Q  E   Q.   E E Q  E   Q.   E E Q  E   Q.   E E Q  E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------7-||
E|-5----5-5-5--5-|-5----5-5-5--3-|-1----1-1-1--1-|-5----5-5-5----||


 Pre-Chorus:
   H     H      Q.   E Q.   E   W
G|------------|---------------|-----------|
D|------------|-------------7-|-----------|
A|-8----10----|-7-------------|-8\--------|
E|------------|------5-5------|-----------|


  2/4    4/4
   H      +W           W          W
G|------|------------|----------|------||
D|------|------------|----------|------||
A|-3----|-(3)--------|----------|------||
E|------|------------|----------|------||


 Chorus:
   Q.   E H      Q.   E H      Q.   E H      Q.   E Q.   E
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
A|-3----3-3----|-3----3-3----|-5----5-5----|-3----3-3----2-|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|


                                                           To Coda
   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   Q.   Q    Q.   E +Q.   E   +Q.   Q  E E E
G|---------------|--------------|----------------|------------------||
D|---------------|--------------|----------------|------------------||
A|---------------|--------------|----------------|------------------||
E|-5----5-5----3-|-1----1----1--|-3----3-(3)---3-|-(3)---3--3-3-3---||


 Guitar Solo:
   Q  E E E Q  E   E E E E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   S S   Q.   E Q.   E
G|---------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|---------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
A|---------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-5----5-5-5--0-|-5-5---5-5----3-|-1----1-1----x-x-|-5----5-5----0--|


   Q.   E E Q  E   Q.   S S E Q  E   E Q  S S E Q  E   E Q  E Q  E E
G|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------7-|
E|-5----5-5-5--0-|-5----5-5-5-5--3-|-1-1--1-1-1-1--0-|-5-5--5-5--5---|


   E Q  E Q.   E   E E E  E +H       W
G|---------------|-----------------|-----------|
D|--------5----5-|-----5\----------|-----------|
A|-8-8--8--------|-7-7----0-(0)----|-8\--------|
E|---------------|-----------------|-----------|


  2/4    4/4
   H      +W           W          W
G|------|------------|----------|------||
D|------|------------|----------|------||
A|-3----|-(3)--------|----------|------||
E|------|------------|----------|------||


 Chorus:
   Q.   E H      Q.   E H      Q.   E H      Q.   E Q.   E
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
A|-3----3-3----|-3----3-3----|-5----5-5----|-3----3-3----2-|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|


                                           Dal Segno al Coda
   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   Q.   Q    Q.   E +Q.   E   +W
G|---------------|--------------|----------------|---------||
D|---------------|--------------|----------------|---------||
A|---------------|--------------|----------------|---------||
E|-5----5-5----3-|-1----1----1S=|=3----3-(3)---3-|-(3)-----||


  Outro:
  Coda &
     Q.   E H      Q.   E H      Q.   E H      Q.   E H     4x
G||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
D||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
A||o-3----3-3----|-3----3-3----|-5----5-5----|-3----3-3----o||
E||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||

************************************
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
|   |    -  bar
|   ||   -  double bar
|  ||o   -  repeat start
|  o||   -  repeat end
**************************************

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