MY LIFE (Bassline) As recorded by Billy Joel (From the 1978 Album 52ND STREET) Words and Music by Billy Joel Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Doug Stegmeyer - Bass' Intro 1 Q=138 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 |---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 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 |---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7--|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5----|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| Intro 2 & Interlude $ E E E E. S E E E Q E E E. S E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E ||-------------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------| ||o------------------|-----------------|--------3----3-|----------7---6-| ||o-5---5-5--5-5-5-4-|-3----3-3--3-----|---------------|-1----1-0-------| ||-------------------|-------------3-2-|-1----1----1---|------------4---| E E E E. S E E E Q E E E. S E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E |------------------|--------5--5-----|---------------|----------5---6--|| |------------------|------5------5-4-|-3-----------3-|-----------------|| |-5---5-5--5-5-5-4-|-3---------------|------3--------|-1----1-3---4----|| |------------------|-----------------|--------1------|-----------------|| 1st - 3rd Verses Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E |---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------| |-5----5-5------|---------------|---------------|----------------| |-------------0-|-2----2-2----2-|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3----3--| Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---------------|---------------|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7--| |---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------| |---------------|---------------|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5----| |-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5----5-|-----------------|------------------| Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E |---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|-5---4---2--------| |-5----5-5----0-|---------------|---------------|-----------5------| |---------------|-2----2-2----2-|-3----3-3----3-|---------------5--| 1. 2. To Coda Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E |----------------|----------------||---------------|| |----------------|---------------o||---------------|| |----------------|---------------o||---------------|| |-5----5-5----5--|-5----5-5----5--||-5----5-5----5-|| Chorus $$ H. +E E W H. +E E W |-------------4-|-4--------|-------------6-|-6----| |---------------|----------|---------------|------| |-2-------(2)---|----------|-4-------(4)---|------| |---------------|----------|---------------|------| H. +E E H. +E E H. E E E Q. E E E E |-------------7-|-7-------(7)---|-----------7-|-9---------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------| |-5-------(5)---|-------------5s|=7-------7---|-----------------| |---------------|---------------|-------------|---0----0-2---3--| +Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E |----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------| |----------------|---------------|-4---------4---|----------------| |----------------|-------------4-|-------------4-|-2----2-2----2--| |-(3)---3-3----3-|-2----2-2------|------2-2------|----------------| To Dbl. Coda D.S. al Coda Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E W +W |---------------|----------------|----------|---------|| |---------------|----------------|----------|---------|| |---------------|----------------|----------|---------|| |-0----0-0----0-|-0----0-0-2-4-0-|-5--------|-(5)-----|| Interlude & Q. E Q. E Q. E E. S E E Q E E E. S E E Q E E Q E E |---------------||-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |---------------||-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |---------------||-5------5--0-5-4-|-3----3-3--3-----|-------------3--| |-5----5-5----5-||-----------------|-------------3-2-|-1----1-1-------| Q. E E E E E Q. E. S E E E Q. E E. S E E |----------------|-----------------|-------------5---| |----------7---4-|-----------------|-----------5---5-| |-1----1-0-------|-5----5--5-0-5-4-|-3----3-3--------| |------------6---|-----------------|-----------------| Q. E Q. E Q E E E E E E |---------------|----------5---6---|| |-3----3-3----3-|------------------|| |---------------|-1----1-3---4-----|| |---------------|------------------|| Bridge W H. +E E H. +E E W |-----------|---------------|---------------|------| |-----------|---------------|---------------|------| |-5\--------|---------------|---------------|------| |-----------|-2-------(2)-2-|-3-------(3)-3-|-3----| W +W W +H +E Q E |----------|------------|----------|------------7-----| |----------|------------|----------|------------------| |-0--------|-(0)--------|-5--------|-(5)----(5)----5--| |----------|------------|----------|------------------| W W W E E E E E E E E |----------|----------|----------|------------------| |----------|-4--------|-5--------|-5---4---2--------| |-5--------|----------|----------|-----------5------| |----------|----------|----------|---------------5--| Interlude D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda && +Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q H. +E E Q. E Q. E |----------------|---------------||---------------||----------------| |----------------|---------------||---------------||----------------| |----------------|-----------7\--||---------------||-5----5-5----0--| |-(5)---5-5----5-|-5----5-5------||-5-------(5)-5-||----------------| Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E E E E E Q. E Q. E |---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------| |---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------| |---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------| |-2----2-2----2-|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3-3---3-|-5----5-5----5--| 4th Verse Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q E S S |---------------|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-||-----------------| |---------------|-----------------|-----------------||-------------4-4-| |---------------|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---||-5----5-5--------| |-5----5-5----5-|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------| Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E |---------------|---------------|-----------------| |-4----4-4----4-|-5----5-5------|-5---4---2-------| |---------------|-------------5-|-----------5-----| |---------------|---------------|---------------5-| +Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. S S |----------------|------------------|| |----------------|-7----------------|| |--------------7-|------------------|| |-(5)---5-5------|------5-5----5-0--|| Outro E E E E. S E E E Q E E E. S E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E ||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------| ||o------------------|-----------------|--------------3-|----------7---6-| ||o-5---5-5--5-5-5-4-|-3----3-3--3-----|----------------|-1----1-0-------| ||-------------------|-------------3-2-|-1----1-1-1-----|------------4---| E E E E. S E E E Q E E E. S S S E Q. E Q E E Q Q E E E E 3x |------------------|--------5--5-------|---------------|---------5---6--|| |------------------|------5------------|---------------|---------------o|| |-5---5-5--5-0-5-4-|-3-----------------|-------------3-|-1--1--3---4---o|| |------------------|-------------3-3-2-|-1----1-1------|----------------|| 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