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KEEP ON LOVING YOU (Bassline)
As recorded by REO Speedwagon
(From the 1980 Album HI INFIDELITY)
Words and Music by Kevin Cronin
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bruce Hall - Bass'
Intro
Q=94
4/4
Gtr I
Wx3 H Q E E
|------------|-------------||
|------------|-------------||
|------------|-------------||
|------------|---------1-1-||
1st Verse
4/4
+W +W W +H. E E
|------------|------------|----------|---------------|
|------------|------------|----------|---------------|
|------------|------------|----------|---------------|
|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-1--------|-(1)------1-1--|
+W +W W +H. E E
|------------|------------|----------|--------------|
|------------|------------|----------|--------------|
|------------|------------|----------|--------------|
|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-1--------|-(1)------1-1-|
+H Q. E H Q. E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------------|-------3-2-----|-------3-2-----|
|-(1)----3----3-|-1----/3----3-|-5--5------5-5-|-5--5------5-5-|
2nd Verse
E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|----------------|---------0------||---------------|---------------|
|-----5------5---|-----0-2--------||---------------|---------------|
|----------------|---2------------||---------------|---------------|
|-3-3---3-3----3-|-3------------1-||-1----1-1----1-|-1----1-1----1-|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-1----1-1----1-|-1----1-1----1-|-1----1-1----1-|-1----1-1----1-|
Pre-Chorus
$
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------||---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------||-----------5---|---------------|
|---------------|---------------||---------------|---------------|
|-1----1-1----1-|-1----1-1----1-||-1----1-3----3-|-1----1-3----3-|
Q E E Q E E +Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------5-|-5----5--------|---------------||
|---------------|-----------------|--------8----8-|-7----7-5----3-||
|-5----5-5----5-|-(5)----5-5------|---------------|---------------||
Chorus
+Q. E Q E E +Q. E Q E E +Q. E Q E E +Q. E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-(3)------------|--------------3-|-(3)------------|-----------------|
|-------1-1----3-|-(3)---3-3------|-------1-1----3-|-(3)---3-3-3-4-5-|
To Coda
+Q E E Q E E +Q E E Q E E +Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|----------------||
|-----------------|---------------5-|-(5)----5---------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------8----8--|-7----7-5----3--||
|-(5)----5-5--5-5-|-(5)----5-5------|------------------|----------------||
Guitar Solo
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-1----1-1----1-|-1----1-1----1-|-1----1-1----1-|-1----1-1----1-|
D.S. al Coda
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-1----1-1----1-|-1----1-1----1-|-1----1-1----1-|-1----1-1----1---||
Outro
&
Q E E Q E E +Q. E Q E E +Q. E Q E E +Q. E Q E E
|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-7----7-5----3-|-(3)------------|--------------3-|-(3)------------|
|---------------|-------1-1----3-|-(3)---3-3------|-------1-1----3-|
+Q. E E E E E Q E E Q E E +Q E E Q E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------5-|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-(3)---3-3-3-4-5-|-5----5-5--5-5-|-(5)----5-5------|
H.=H
>
+Q E E Q E E H H W W
|-----------------|-----------|----------|------*|
|-(5)----5--------|-----------|----------|------*|
|----------8----8-|-7---------|----------|------*|
|-----------------|-----------|----------|------*|
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