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Tuning: E A D G
FAR EAST MAN (Bassline)
As recorded by George Harrison
(From the 1974 Album DARK HORSE)
Words and Music by George Harrison & Ron Wood
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Willie Weeks - Bass'
[Intro]
Q=78
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q Q S S S S Q Q E S S E S S Q S S S S E Q.
G|------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
D|-4------------2-4-|-2--2--2-1-------2-|-4------------------|
A|----------2-4-----|-----------4-2-4---|--------0-1-2-2-----|
E|----2--2----------|-------------------|----2-4-------------|
[1st Verse]
Q Q Q Q Q. E +E E Q Q E E +Q E E Q. E +Q E E
G|-------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-------------||-----------------|-4--4------------|---------------2--|
E|-0--0--2--2--||-5----4-(4)-4-4--|------4-(4)--2-4-|-5----4-(4)--4----|
[Chorus]
Segno $
Q E E +Q S S E Q. E +E E Q Q E E +E Q. E S S Q Q Q
G|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
D|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||-------4-----4---|
A|-4--4-2-(2)--2-4-2-|-----------------|-4--4------------||-----------------|
E|-------------------|-5----4-(4)-4-4--|------4-(4)-3----||-2-2-2----2------|
Q E. S Q Q E S S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E S S Q Q Q
G|---------------|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
D|----2-------2--|-------4-----4--|----2-----2--|-------4-----4---|
A|-------2-------|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
E|-0-------0-----|-2-2-2----2-----|-0-----0-----|-2-2-2----2------|
Q E. S Q E S S Q S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q
G|------------------|------------------|-------------||
D|----2-------2-----|------------------|-2-----------||
A|-------2------2-4-|--------0-1-2--2--|-------------||
E|-0-------0--------|-2--2-4-----------|----0--2--2--||
[2nd & 3rd Verses]
Q. E +E E Q E. S E E +Q E S S Q. E +Q Q Q E E +Q Q
G|-----------------|---------------------|----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|---------------------|----------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|-4--4-4--------------|----------------|-4--4-2-(2)--2--|
E|-5----5-(5)-5-5--|--------4-(4)--4-2-4-|-5----4-(4)--4--|----------------|
[Chorus]
Q. E +Q Q Q E E +E Q. E. S E. S Q Q E. S E. S Q Q
G|----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
D|----------------|-----------------||------4-------4--|------2-------2---|
A|----------------|-4--4------------||----4----4-------|----2----2--------|
E|-5----4-(4)--4--|------4-(4)-3----||-2---------2-----|-0---------0------|
E. S E. S Q Q E. S E. S Q Q E. S E. S Q Q E. S E. S Q Q
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|------4-------4--|-2---------2--2--|------4-------4--|------2-------2---|
A|----4----4-------|----2----2-------|----4----4-------|----2----2--------|
E|-2---------2-----|------0----------|-2---------2-----|-0---------0------|
[Bridge]
To Coda
E. S Q Q Q H S E S E E Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
G|---------------|----------------||----6------6--|--------------|
D|------4--------|-2----2-2-------||--------------|----5------5--|
A|----4----2--2--|----------2-----||-4-----4-4----|--------------|
E|-2-------------|------------0-0-||--------------|-3-----3-3----|
E E E E Q Q E S S Q E E S S S S Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E. S
G|---------------|-------3------3-2-1-0-|--------------|----------------|
D|-----2-2-6-----|----------------------|----4------4--|----2------2----|
A|-4-4--------4--|-1-1-1----1-1---------|--------------|--------------4-|
E|---------------|----------------------|-2-----2-2----|-0-----0-0------|
[Sax Solo]
E E Q Q E E H +Q. E W Q. E +E E Q
G|---------------|--------------||----------|------------------|
D|-----4-----4---|--------------||----------|--------------6---|
A|---------------|--------------||----------|------------------|
E|-2-2----2----4-|-5----(5)---5-||-5--------|-5----4-(4)-4-----|
E. S E E +E E E E Q. E +E E Q E. S E E +E S S S S S S
G|------6-------------|-----------------|---------------9-------------|
D|--------6-(6)-6-4-6-|--------------6--|------11-9-(9)---11-9--------|
A|-4--4---------------|-----------------|----------------------11-9-7-|
E|--------------------|-5----5-(5)-5----|-9--9------------------------|
[Out-Chorus]
Dal Segno al Coda Coda &
Q. E +E E Q E. S E E +E Q. E E E E E E E E E. S E. S Q Q
G|-----------------|------6------------||-----------------||-------------------|
D|--------------6--|--------6-(6)-5----||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||o------4-------4---|
A|-----------------|-4--4--------------||---------------4-||o----4----4--------|
E|-5----4-(4)-4----|-------------------||-----------------||--2---------2------|
E. S E. S Q Q E. S E. S Q Q E. S E. S Q Q E. S E. S Q Q
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|------2-------2--|------4-------4--|-2---------2--2--|------4-------4---|
A|----2----2-------|----4----4-------|----2----2-------|----4----4--------|
E|-0---------0-----|-2---------2-----|------0----------|-2---------2------|
1.,2.
E. S E. S Q Q Q S S S S Q Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 3x
G|-----------------|------------------|---------------------------------||
D|------2-------2--|------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------o||
A|----2----2-------|--------0-1-2--2--|-------------------------4-2----o||
E|-0---------0-----|-2--2-4-----------|-----------------------------4---||
3.
S S E Q E E E E W H. Q H S E. Q
G|------------------|----------|------------|--------------|
D|------------------|----------|------------|--------------|
A|---0-2-4--2---2---|----------|------------|--------------|
E|-2----------2---2-|-0--------|-2-------2--|-0------0--0--|
E. S E. S H W +W
G|----------------|----------|--------*|
D|----------------|----------|--------*|
A|----------------|----------|--------*|
E|-2--2-2--2-2----|-0--------|-(0)----*|
[Lyrics]
While the world wages war
It gets harder to see
Who your friends really are
I won't let him down
Got to do what I can
I won't let him drown
He's a far east man
All these ups and those downs
Makes me question what love is
Is it a lie or worthwile
I won't let him down
Got to do what I can
I won't let him drown
He's a far east man
Sometime is so short
But it takes so long
Wondering if it is
Or if I'm wrong
Even then my heart seems
To be the one in charge
Can only do what it tells me
We can't let them down
We've got to do what we can
We can't let him drown
He's a far east man
Looks like right here on earth
God, it's hellish at times
But I feel that a heaven's in sight
And I can't let hin down
Got to do what I can
I can't let him drown
He's a far east man
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Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
| (n) note tied to previous
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