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Capo: no capo
Tuning: E A D G
SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING (Bassline)
As recorded by Elton John
(From the 1973 Album GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD)
Words by Bernie Taupin
Music by Elton John
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Dee Murray - Bass'
[Intro] [1st & 2nd Verses]
Q=145 Segno $
4/4
Gtr I
Wx8 H S S S S Q E E E E E E E E
G|------------|-----------------------||-----------------|
D|------------|------16h17-17-17-17--||-5-5-5---5-----5-|
A|------------|-----------------------||-----------7-5---|
E|------------|-----------------------||-----------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-(5)-5-5---5-----3-|-(3)-3-3---3-----3-|
A|-------------7-5---|-------------5-3---|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
G|---------------------|-------------------|
D|-(3)-3-3-----3-------|-------------------|
A|---------(3)---5-3-3-|-(3)-3-3---3-----3-|
E|---------------------|---------3---5-3---|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
G|---------------------|-------------------|
D|---------------(0)-5-|-(5)-5-5---5-----5-|
A|-(3)-3-3---3-5-------|-------------7-5---|
E|---------------------|-------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-(5)-5-5-------5-5-|-(5)-5-5---5-----5-|
A|-----------5-7-----|-------------7-5---|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-(5)-5-5---5-----3-|-(3)-3-3---3-----3-|
A|-------------7-5---|-------------5-3---|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
+E E E S S E E E E +E E E E E E E E
G|---------------------|-------------------|
D|-(3)-3-3-3---3-------|-------------------|
A|-----------3---5-3-3-|-(3)-3-3---3-----3-|
E|---------------------|-------------5-3---|
+E E E. S E E E E +E E E S S E E E E
G|--------------------|---------------------|
D|------------------5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-----5-|
A|-(3)-3-3----3-4-5---|---------------7-5---|
E|----------3---------|---------------------|
+E Q E E E E E +E E Q E E Q
G|------------------|-----------------|
D|-(5)-5------------|-----------------|
A|--------x-2-3-4-5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5--|
E|------------------|-----------------|
[Chorus]
Segno Segno $$
E E Q E E E E E E E E q E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E q E E
G|----------------||----------------|-------------------|------------------|
D|----------------||----------------|-------------------|------------------|
A|-5-5-5--5-5-4-3-||-3-3----------3-|-(3)-3-----------1-|-(1)-1----------1-|
E|----------------||-----5-0-3--5---|-------5-0-3-3-----|-------3-0-1--3---|
+E E E E Q E E +E E E E q E E +E E E E q E E +E E E E Q E E
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|----------------3-|-(3)-3----------3-|-(3)-3------------|------------------|
A|-(1)-1------------|-------5-0-3--5---|-------5-0-3--5-3-|-(3)-3----------3-|
E|-------3-0-1--3---|------------------|------------------|-------5-0-3--5---|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E q E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E q E E
G|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
D|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
A|-(3)-3-----------3-|-(3)-3----------3-|-(3)-3-----------1-|-(1)-1----------1-|
E|-------5-0-3-5-----|-------5-0-3--5---|-------5-0-3-3-----|-------3-0-1--3---|
+E E E E Q E E +E E E E q E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E
G|------------------|------------------|-------------------|----------------|
D|----------------3-|-(3)-3----------3-|-(3)-3---------3---|----------------|
A|-(1)-1------------|-------5-0-3--5---|-------5-0-3-5---0-|-3-3----------3-|
E|-------3-0-1--3---|------------------|-------------------|-----5-0-3--5---|
+E Q E +E Q E +E E Q E E E E +E Q E +E Q E
G|-------------------|------------------|-----3-------------|
D|-------------------|-------5--5-4-3-1-|-(1)----0-(0)------|
A|-(3)---------------|-----5------------|--------------3--1-|
E|-----0--1-(1)-2--3-|-(3)--------------|-------------------|
To Coda
To Double Coda
+E E E E Q E E +E E E E +E Q E
G|------------------|--------------------|
D|------------------|---------------3--5-|
A|-(1)-3-3-3-3--3-3-|-(3)-3-3-5-(5)------|
E|------------------|--------------------|
Dal Segno al Coda
+E E E E Q E E E E E E +E E E E Q. E Q. E Q E E +E Q E
G|------------------|-------------------|---------------|------------------||
D|-(5)--------------|-------------------|---------------|------------------||
A|------------------|-------5-(5)-------|---------------|------5-(5)-8--10-||
E|-----3---3-3----3-|-3-3---------1---3-|-3----3-3----3-|-3----------------||
[Interlude]
Coda &
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
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 E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|
1. 2.
Dal Segno Segno al Double Coda
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D|----------------o||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
A|-3-3-3-3-3------o||-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----||
E|-----------3-3---||-----------------|-----------------|-------------3-5-||
[Interlude]
Double Coda &&
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
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
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 E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
A|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-----3-||
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-----------5-3---||
[Chorus]
E E E E Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E +E E E E
G|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
D|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-|-3-3-3-3-(3)---3-1-|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-|-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-|
E|----------------|-------------3-----|----------------|-------------------|
E E Q Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E +E E E E
G|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
D|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
A|---------------|-----------------3-|-3-3-3--3--3-3-|-3-3-3-3-(3)-------|
E|-1-1-1--1--1-1-|-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-3---|---------------|-------------5-3-5-|
E E Q E E E E +E Q E +E E Q E E Q E E E E +E Q E +E E Q
G||-----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
D||o----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
A||o-3-3-3--3-----3-|-(3)-3--3-(3)------|-1-1-1--1-----1-|-(1)-1--1-(1)-------|
E||-----------5-3---|--------------5-3--|----------3-1---|--------------3-1---|
E E E E E E E E +E Q E +E E Q E E E E E E E E +E Q E +E E E E
G|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------||
D|-3-3-3-3-3-----3-|-(3)-3--3-(3)------|-----------------|--------------------o||
A|-----------5-3---|--------------5-3--|-3-3-3-3-3-----3-|-(3)-3--3-(3)-----3-o||
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------5-3---|--------------5-3----||
[Outro]
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
G||-------------------|--------------------|
D||o-----/7-7-5-5-7---|-------/7-7-5-5-7---|
A||o-3-3------------3-|-(3)-3--------------|
E||-------------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
G|------------------|---------------------|
D|-----/5-5-3-3-5---|-------/5-5-3-3-5----|
A|-1-1------------1-|-(1)-1---------------|
E|------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
G|------------------|--------------------|
D|------------------|--------------------|
A|-----/5-5-3-3-5---|-------/5-5-3-3-5---|
E|-1-1------------1-|-(1)-1--------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E 6x
G|------------------|-----------------------||
D|-----/7-7-5-5-7---|-------/7-7-5-5-7-----o||
A|-3-3------------3-|-(3)-3------------(3)-o||
E|------------------|-----------------------||
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Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - 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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
| (n) - note tied to previous
| / - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
| x - muted
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