'Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy' bass guide

Words and music by Freddie Mercury

staccatto notes are denoted with . under the staves.

1st Verse: no bass

Chorus
       *               *               *               *
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----6---6---5---5---3---3-----------6---6---5---5---3---3---2---2--|
E|-6---------------------------3---4----------------------------------|
       .   .   .   .   .   .           .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


    *               *               *   .   .   .
G|-/5------/5---------------------------------7-5---|
D|------------------------------------------------8-|
A|----------------------------------6---------------|
E|------3-------3---1-------4---6-------------------|
    .   .   .   .


Bridge 1
   *               *               *               *               *               *   .   .   .   *
G|----------------------------6--8---------------------------------------------------------------3/8
D|-6---6---6---6---5---5---8-------6---6---4---4\----------4---4\----------4---4\------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------2---2-----------2---2-----------2---2---1-1-----|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   .   .   .   .   .   .   .       .   .   .       .   .   .       .   .   .




    *               *               *               *   .   .   .
G|3/8---8---8---8---------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------6-5-----5---------------6---8-------------------|
A|-----------------6----8-6-----3---8---8-----------6---------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------6---|
    .   .   .   .   . . . .


Chorus
   *               *               *               *       _____ _____
G|---------------------------------------------------------4\3/4-4\3/4-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-6---6---5---5---3---3-----------6---6---5---5---3---3---------------|
E|-------------------------3---4---------------------------------------|
   .   .   .   .   .   .           .   .   .   .   .   .


   *               *               *               *           ________
G|-------------------------------------------------8-----------12\11-12-|
D|-----------------------------------------------8----------------------|
A|-3-------3-----------------------6------------------------------------|
E|-----3-------3---1-------4---6----------------------------------------|
   .   .   .   .


Bridge 2
   *               *                *              *   _____      ________ G|-8______________________________/10------------------10/13-12---17\16/17--\|
D|---------------------------------------------------6-----------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------8-------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

   *               *                *              *    .   .
G|-------------------------------------------------------------___-----|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------6\5-3---|
A|-6-----------------------------------------------------------------3-|
E|-----------------6----------------1-------------mute-----------------|
                                                                 . . .


                    *                *               *   .   *
G|--------------___--------------___-------------------------|
D|--------------6\5--------------6\5-------------------------|
A|---------3----------------3--------------------------------|
E|-1---4------------1---4------------1-------4-------6-6-----|
   .   .   .        .   .   .


Solo (chorus')
   *               *               *               *
G|-------------------------------------------------------------4-4-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-6---6---5---5---3---3-----------6---6---5---5---3---3---2-------|
E|-------------------------3---4-----------------------------------|
   .   .   .   .   .   .           .   .   .   .   .   .   .


   *       _____     *               *
G|-5-------5\4/5-----------------------------13----\--|
D|-----------------------------------5----------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----3---------3---1-------4------------------------|
   .   .         .


   *               *
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-6---5---3-----------------------|
E|-------------3---1-------4---6---|


Verse
   *               *               *               *   .   .
G|-8---8---8---8-----------------------------------------------____-______-|
D|-----------------6-5-----5---------------6---8---------------10\8-8h10p8-|
A|----------------6----8-6-----3---8---------------6-----------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   .   .   .   .   . . . . .               .   .


   *               *               *               *   .   .   .
G|-8---8---8---8---------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------6-5-----5---------------6---8-------------------|
A|----------------6----8-6-----3---8---8-----------6---------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------6---|
   .   .   .   .   . . . .         .   .



Chorus
   *               *              *                *
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-6---6---5---5---3---3-----------6---6---5---5---3---3---2---2---|
E|-------------------------3---4-----------------------------------|
   .   .   .   .   .   .           .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

   *       _____     *   .   .   .   *     .   *   .   .   . G|-5-------5\4/5-------------13------15-15---------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------6-------6---6---|
E|-----3---------3---1--------------------------------6-86-----|
   .   .         .
Author: Niek Lucassen (innuendo65@hotmail.com), April
Last update: 03/21/2007