America - Woman tonight
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WOMAN TONIGHT (Bassline)
As recorded by America
(From the 1975 Album HEARTS)
Words and Music by Dan Peek
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'David Dickey - Bass'
Intro
Q=122
4/4 2/4 4/4
Gtr I
W Q Q E E Q Q Q
|----------|-------|--------------|
|----------|-------|-7------------|
|----------|-5-----|---5-7--------|
|----------|-------|--------7--5--|
1st - 3rd Verses
$
Q Q H E E Q Q Q Q Q H
|------------|--------------||-------------|
|------------|-7------------||o------------|
|----5-------|---5-7--------||o----5-------|
|-7----------|--------7--5--||--7----------|
E E Q Q Q Q Q H E E Q Q Q
|--------------|------------|--------------|
|-7------------|------------|-7------------|
|---5-7--------|----5-------|---5-7--------|
|--------7--5--|-7----------|--------7--5--|
Q Q H E E Q Q Q Q Q H
|------------|--------------|------------|
|------------|-7------------|------------|
|----5-------|---5-7--------|----5-------|
|-7----------|--------7--5--|-7----------|
Pre-Chorus
E E Q E E E E Q E E +Q Q Q. E +E. S Q Q +E E +E E E E
|----------------||----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-7--------------||----------------|-9---------------|-5--(5)-5-(5)---5-4--|
|---5-7--7-----5-||-7----7-(7)--7--|-----------------|---------------------|
|----------7-7---||----------------|------7-(7)-5-7--|---------------------|
Chorus
To Coda
E E E E E E E E Q Q H E E Q Q Q
|------------------||------------|--------------|
|------------------||------------|-7------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||----5-------|---5-7--------|
|------------------||------------|--------7--5--|
Guitar/Bass Solo
1. 2.
Q Q H E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E S S
|------------|---------------||--------------||-------------------|
|------------|-7------------o||--------------||---------7-9---9-7-|
|----5-------|---5-7--------o||-5------5-----||-------9-----------|
|-7----------|--------7--5---||---5-7-----5--||-7-7---------------|
S S E +S S S S S S E S E S W W
|-----------------------------|----------|------|
|-----------------------------|----------|------|
|-9-7-5-(5)-7-5-7-5-----------|----------|------|
|-------------------7-5---7-7-|----------|------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E S S S +E E S S S E S S S E E H W
|---------------------------|------------------|------|
|---------------------------|------------------|------|
|-7-----7-5---8-(8)-5-7-5---|-5-7-5---5-8-7----|------|
|---8-7-----8-------------7-|-------7----------|------|
Chorus
D.S. al Coda
W Q Q H E E Q Q Q Q Q H E E Q Q Q
|----------||------------|--------------|------------|----------------||
|----------||------------|-7------------|------------|-7--------------||
|----------||----5-------|---5-7--------|----5-------|---5-7----------||
|----------||-7----------|--------7--5--|-7----------|--------7--5----||
&
Q Q H E E Q Q Q Q Q H E E Q Q Q
||-------------|--------------|------------|---------------||
||o------------|-7------------|------------|-7------------o||
||o----5-------|---5-7--------|----5-------|---5-7--------o||
||--7----------|--------7--5--|-7----------|--------7--5---||
2/4 4/4
W H Q E E Q Q H
|------|-------------|------------*|
|------|-------------|------------*|
|------|-----------5-|-5----------*|
|------|---------5---|------------*|
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