Gloria Gaynor - Never can say goodbye
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NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE (Bassline)
As recorded by Gloria Gaynor
(From the 1975 Album NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE)
Words and Music by Clifton Davis
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bob Babbitt - Bass'
Intro
Q=127
4/4
Gtr I
e E +Q. S e e S Q +S S E +S S e e E
|-------------------|-------------------9-----|
|-------------5-3---|----------2-(2)-2/-------|
|-----------------3-|---------------------7-5-|
|-1-1-(1)-----------|-1--(1)------------------|
+E E +Q. S e S S S e E +Q +Q. e e E +Q +Q. e
|---------------9-7-----|------------------|------------------|
|-------------------9-7-|------------------|----------------5-|
|-(5)-5-(5)-------------|----------------3-|-3-3-(3)--(3)-----|
|-----------------------|-3-3-(3)--(3)-----|------------------|
Pre-Verse
e E +H. e E +Q +Q. e e E +Q +E. e S S S
|--------------||----------------5-|-----------------------|
|--------------||-3-3-(3)--(3)-----|-3-3-(3)--(3)-3--------|
|-3-3-(3)------||------------------|----------------5-7-7--|
|--------------||------------------|-----------------------|
e E +Q +Q. e e E +Q. S e S e e E +Q +Q. e
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------5-5---|-------------------|
|----------------3-|-----------------3-|----------------3--|
|-3-3-(3)--(3)-----|-3-3-(3)-----------|-1-1-(1)--(1)------|
e E +Q. S e S s S e E +H. e E +Q. +Q e
|---------------------|--------------|------------------||
|-------------5-3-----|--------------|------------------||
|-----------------5-3-|--------------|----------------5-||
|-1-1-(1)-------------|-3-3-(3)------|-3-3-(3)---(3)----||
1st Verse
e E +Q. +Q E e E +Q. S e S S S e E +Q. +Q e
|------------------|-------------7-5-----|------------------|
|----------------5-|-----------------7-5-|----------------5-|
|-3-3-(3)---(3)----|-3-3-(3)-------------|-3-3-(3)---(3)----|
|------------------|---------------------|------------------|
e E +Q +E. e S S S e E +Q. +Q e e E +Q. S e S S S
|----------------------|------------------|-------------7-5-----|
|----------------------|----------------5-|-------------------5-|
|-3-3-(3)--(3)-3-0-1-2-|-3-3-(3)---(3)----|-3-3-(3)-------------|
|----------------------|------------------|---------------------|
e E +Q. +Q e e E +Q. S e S S S e E +Q. +Q e
|------------------|-------------7-5-----|------------------|
|----------------5-|-------------------5-|----------------5-|
|-3-3-(3)---(3)----|-3-3-(3)-------------|-3-3-(3)---(3)----|
|------------------|---------------------|------------------|
e E +Q. S e S S S e E +Q. S S +S S e e E +Q. +Q e
|-------------7-5-----|-------------7-(7)-5---|------------------|
|-----------------7-5-|-----------------------|----------------5-|
|-3-3-(3)-------------|---------------------5-|-3-3-(3)---(3)----|
|---------------------|-3-3-(3)---------------|------------------|
e E +Q. S e S S S Q S e S E Q E +E E +Q. +Q e
|---------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-------------5-3-----|------3----------|------------------7-|
|-------------------3-|---------------5-|-(5)-5-(5)---(5)----|
|-1-1-(1)-------------|-1------1-1-0----|--------------------|
Chorus
e E Q H H +Q. e H +E E +S S S S
|-------------||--------------|----------5-(5)-4---0-|
|-------------||------------5-|------------------2---|
|-------------||-3----(3)-----|-3----(3)-------------|
|-3-----------||--------------|----------------------|
H +Q. e H E. S +E e e E +Q. S e S S S
|--------------|-----------------|-------------9---------|
|------------5-|---------1-(1)-5-|---------------10------|
|-3----(3)-----|-3----3----------|-3-3-(3)------------12-|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
e E +Q. +Q e H +Q. e H +Q S S S S
|------------------|---------------|----------------------||
|----------------6-|---------------|-------------10-9-----||
|------------------|------------10-|------------------10\-||
|-8-8-(8)---(8)----|-8----(8)------|-8----(8)-------------||
Pre-Verse
e E +Q +Q. e e E +H. e E +Q. +Q e
|------------------|--------------|------------------|
|------------------|--------------|------------------|
|----------------3-|--------------|----------------3-|
|-1-1-(1)--(1)-----|-1-1-(1)------|-3-3-(3)---(3)----|
e E +Q. S e S S S e E +Q. +Q e e E +H.
|---------------------|------------------|------------|
|-------------5-5-----|------------------|------------|
|-----------------5-3-|----------------3-|------------|
|-3-3-(3)-------------|-1-1-(1)---(1)----|-1-1-(1)----|
2nd Verse
e E +Q. S S +S S e e E +Q. S e S S S e E +Q. +Q e
|-----------------------|-------------2-0-----||------------------|
|-------------5-(5)-5---|-------------------0-||----------------5-|
|---------------------3-|---------------------||-3-3-(3)---(3)----|
|-3-3-(3)---------------|-3-3-(3)-------------||------------------|
e E +Q +E. e S S S e E +Q. +Q e e E +Q. S S +S S e
|----------------------|------------------|-------------7-(7)-5---|
|----------------------|----------------5-|---------------------5-|
|-3-3-(3)--(3)-3-0-2-2-|-3-3-(3)---(3)----|-3-3-(3)---------------|
|----------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
e E +Q. +Q e e E +Q. S S +S S e e E +Q +Q. e
|------------------|-------------7-(7)-5---|------------------|
|----------------5-|---------------------5-|----------------5-|
|-3-3-(3)---(3)----|-3-3-(3)---------------|-3-3-(3)--(3)-----|
|------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
e E +Q +E. e S S S e E +Q. +Q e e E +H.
|----------------------|------------------|------------|
|----------------------|----------------5-|------------|
|-3-3-(3)--(3)-3-0-1-2-|-3-3-(3)---(3)----|-3-3-(3)----|
|----------------------|------------------|------------|
e E +H. e E +H +S S S S e E +Q. +Q e
|--------------|----------------------|------------------|
|--------------|----------------------|------------------|
|--------------|-3-3-(3)----(3)-3---0-|----------------3-|
|-3-3-(3)------|------------------3---|-1-1-(1)---(1)----|
Q S e S e E +E E +E E +Q +Q. e e E Q H
|--------------------|------------------2-|-------------||
|------3-------------|--------------------|-------------||
|------------------5-|-(5)-5-(5)--(5)-----|-------------||
|-1------1-1-0-(0)---|--------------------|-3-----------||
Chorus
H +Q. e H +E S S +S S S S H +Q. e
|--------------|------------5-(5)-4---0-|--------------|
|------------5-|--------------------2---|------------5-|
|-3----(3)-----|-3----(3)---------------|-3----(3)-----|
|--------------|------------------------|--------------|
H E. S +S S e e E +Q. +Q e e E +Q +E S S +S S e
|-------------------|----------------2-|----------------/8-(8)-------|
|---------1-(1)---5-|------------------|-----------------------10----|
|-3----3------------|-3-3-(3)---(3)----|-3-3-(3)--(3)-------------11-|
|-------------------|------------------|-----------------------------|
H +Q. e H. S S S S H +Q. e Q. E E. S +E e
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|-----------10-9----|---------------|--------10--9-(9)----|
|------------10-|----------------10-|------------10-|------------------10-|
|-8----(8)------|-8-----------------|-8----(8)------|-8-------------------|
H +Q. e W e E +H +S S S S e E +Q. +Q e
|---------------|----------|----------------------|------------------|
|---------------|----------|----------------------|----------------6-|
|------------10-|----------|----------------------|------------------|
|-8----(8)------|-8--------|-8-8-(8)----(8)-8-5-7-|-8-8-(8)---(8)----|
Interlude
Q. e H H +Q. e e E +Q. +Q e Q +E e e Q E
|--------------|--------------||------------------|-----------------|
|--------------|------------5-||------------------|--------3--------|
|------10------|--------------||----------------3-|---------------5-|
|-8-------8----|-8----(8)-----||-1-1-(1)---(1)----|-1--(1)---1-0----|
Out-Chorus
+E E +Q. +Q e e E +Q. +Q e H +Q. e
|------------------2-|------------------||--------------|
|--------------------|------------------||------------5-|
|-(5)-5-(5)---(5)----|----------------3-||-3----(3)-----|
|--------------------|-3-3-(3)---(3)----||--------------|
H +E S S +S S S S H +Q. e W e E +Q +Q. e
|------------5-(5)-4---0-|--------------|----------|----------------2--|
|--------------------2---|------------5-|----------|-------------------|
|-3----(3)---------------|-3----(3)-----|-3--------|-3-3-(3)--(3)------|
|------------------------|--------------|----------|-------------------|
e E +Q +Q. e H +Q. e W
|----------------1-|--------------|------|
|------------------|------------5-|------|
|-3-3-(3)--(3)-----|-3----(3)-----|-3----|
|------------------|--------------|------|
H +Q. e H +E S S +S S S S e E +Q. +Q E
|--------------|------------5-(5)-4---0-|------------------*|
|------------5-|--------------------2---|------------------*|
|-3----(3)-----|-3----(3)---------------|-3-3-(3)---(3)----*|
|--------------|------------------------|------------------*|
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