Crosby Stills and Nash - Just a song before i go
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JUST A SONG BEFORE I GO (Bassline)
As recorded by Crosby, Stills & Nash
(From the 1977 Album CSN)
Words and Music by Graham Nash
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Tim Drummond - Bass '
Intro
Q=110
4/4
Gtr I
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q +E E
|---------------|--------6------|--------7------|-----------------|
|--------4----4-|------6--------|------7--------|--------9--(9)---|
|------4--------|-4-------------|-5-------------|------9----------|
|-2-------------|-------------5-|-----------5-6-|-7-------------0-|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E H. E E
|---------------|--------6------|--------7--6---|--------------||
|--------4------|------6--------|------7------7-|-9------------||
|------4------5-|-4-------------|-5-------------|--------------||
|-2-------------|-------------5-|---------------|-----------0--||
1st & 2nd Verses
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q +E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
||----------------|--------6--(6)---|--------7------|---------------|
||o--------4------|------6----------|------7--------|--------9------|
||o------4------5-|-4---------------|-5-------------|------9--------|
||--2-------------|---------------5-|-----------5-6-|-7-----------0-|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|--------6------|------6-7--6---|----------------|
|--------4------|------6--------|-------------7-|-9--------------|
|------4------5-|-4-------------|-5-------------|------9---------|
|-2-------------|-------------5-|---------------|--------7----7--|
Q E E Q E E E Q E Q +E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-2----2-2----2-|-4----4-4---4-2--|
|-5----5-5----0-|-3-3--3-3--(3)-3-|---------------|-----------------|
1.
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q +E E W +Q. E Q E E
|---------------|-----------------|----------|------------------||
|---------------|-----------------|----------|-----------------o||
|-0----0-0----0-|-----------------|-2--------|-(2)-------------o||
|---------------|-3----3-3--(3)-3-|----------|--------------0---||
2.
Q E E Q. E W +Q. E Q E E
|---------------|----------|----------------||
|---------------|----------|----------------||
|---------------|-2--------|-(2)------------||
|-3----3-3----3-|----------|--------------0-||
Guitar Solo
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|---------------|--------6------|--------7------|-----------------|
|--------4------|------6--------|------7--------|--------9-9------|
|------4------5-|-4-------------|-5-------------|------9----------|
|-2-------------|-------------5-|-----------5-6-|-7------------0--|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E S S H. E E
|---------------|--------6------|--------7--------|-------------||
|--------4------|------6--------|------7----------|-------------||
|------4------5-|-4-------------|-5---------------|-------------||
|-2-------------|-------------5-|-------------5---|-7---------0-||
Outro-Verse
H. E E H. E E H +Q E E H +Q. E
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|-5---------5-|-5----(5)----0-|-2----(2)------|
|-2---------5-|-------------|---------------|---------------|
H.=H
W W W W +W
|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------*|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------*|
|----------|-4--------|-5--------|----------|--------*|
|-2--------|----------|----------|-2--------|-(2)----*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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