Bee Gees - You should be dancing
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YOU SHOULD BE DANCING (Bassline)
As recorded by Bee Gees
(From the 1976 Album CHILDREN OF THE WORLD)
Words and Music by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Maurice Gibb - Bass'
Intro
Q=120
4/4
Gtr I
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3-4-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5-----|
|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3-------|
Q E E +E E E E S S E +E E E E Q
|------3-(3)-------|--------------------|
|-5------------3-5-|-3-4-5-(5)----------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|-----------3-3------|
E Q E +E E E E S S E +E E E E E E
|------3-(3)-------|----------------------||
|-3-5--------5-3-5-|-3-4-5-(5)------------||
|------------------|----------------------||
|------------------|-----------3-3---1-3--||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|---------3---3-5-|-----------------|---------3---3-5-|
||--3---3---3---3---|-3---3-----6-----|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3-----6-----|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|---------3---3-5-|-----------------|---------------1--||
|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3-----6-----|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3-1-3----||
Chorus
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3----3-2----2-|-1----1-2----2-|-3----3-2----2-|-1----1-2--2---|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E Q E +E E E E S S E +E E E E E E
|------3-(3)-------|---------------------|
|-3-5--------5-3-5-|-3-4-5-(5)-----------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|-----------3-3---1-3-|
1.
E Q E +E E E E S S E +E E E E E E
|------3-(3)-------|-----------------------||
|-3-5--------5-3-5-|-3-4-5-(5)------------o||
|------------------|----------------------o||
|------------------|-----------3-3---1-3---||
2.,D.S.
E Q E +E E E E S S E +E E E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|------3-(3)-------|---------------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3-5--------5-3-5-|-3-4-5-(5)-----------|---------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------------|-3----3-2----2-|-1----1-2----2-|
|------------------|-----------3-3---1-3-|---------------|---------------|
To Coda
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q E Q E +E E E E S S E +E E E E E E
|---------------|--------------|------3-(3)-------|---------------------|
|---------------|--------------|-3-5--------5-3-5-|-3-4-5-(5)-----------|
|-3----3-2----2-|-1----1-2--2--|------------------|---------------------|
|---------------|--------------|------------------|-----------3-3---1-3-|
Interlude
E Q E +E E E E S S E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------3-(3)-------|---------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-5--------5-3-5-|-3-4-5-(5)-----------||-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|---------------------||-----------------|---------3---3-5-|
|------------------|-----------3-3---1-3-||-3---3---3---3---|-3---3-----6-----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W W
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5--------|-7----|
|-----------------|---------3---3-5-|----------|------|
|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3-----6-----|----------|------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W W
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5--------|-7----|
|-----------------|---------3---3-5-|----------|------|
|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3-----6-----|----------|------|
D.S. al Coda &
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E +E E E E
|-----------------|------------------||------3-(3)-------|
|-----------------|------------------||-3-5--------5-3-5-|
|-----------------|---------3---3-5--||------------------|
|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3-----6------||------------------|
S S E +E E E E E E E Q E +E E E E S S E +E E E E E E
|---------------------|------3-(3)-------|---------------------||
|-3-4-5-(5)-----------|-3-5--------5-3-5-|-3-4-5-(5)-----------||
|---------------------|------------------|---------------------||
|-----------3-3---1-3-|------------------|-----------3-3---1-3-||
Breakdown
Wx16
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
Outro
E Q E +E E E E S S E +E E E E E E
||-------3-(3)-------|---------------------|
||o-3-5--------5-3-5-|-3-4-5-(5)-----------|
||o------------------|---------------------|
||-------------------|-----------3-3---1-3-|
E Q E +E E E E S S E +E E E E E E 4x
|------3-(3)-------|----------------------||
|-3-5--------5-3-5-|-3-4-5-(5)-----------o||
|------------------|---------------------o||
|------------------|-----------3-3---1-3--||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
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. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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