'You And I' bass guide

Words and music by John Deacon

It's extremly challenging to catch the downbeat, this scheme below may help.


1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4  : beats (4/4)
*  *    *  *    *  *    *  *    *  *     \
  *    *  *    *  *    *  *    *  *       } sketch of the piano figure
 *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *       /
**** * ***** * ***** * ***** * *****...  : "sum" of the piano's rhythm
                         d      b        : entrance of the drums (d) and the bass (b)



intro:
  *
  ____  .   .   .   *  .  .  .  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
|-9h11--------97------------------------------------------------|
|---------------9-7---------------------------------------7-7---|
|-------------------5---------------------------5---------------|
|-------------------------------3-----2-----0-----2-3-5-------5-|


Verse:
  *   .    .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
|-------h7---4-------------------------------7---------------------|
|----------------7-----7-7---4----------h9-----9-------------------|
|-5------------------------------6---------------------------------|
|------------------5-5-------------7-7-------------3-3-3-3---4---0-|


  *   .    .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
|-------h7---4-------------------------------------------------6\--|
|----------------7-----7-7---4-----------------------4-5-7---------|
|-5------------------------------7-----------------5---------------|
|------------------5-5-------------3-----2-----0-------------------|


Chorus:
  *   .   .    .   *   .   .    .   *   .   .    .   *   .   .   .
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------7-----------------|
|----------------5----------------4-5-5-5-5---5-/9---5-5-5-5---------|
|-3-3---3---3-/7---3-3-3-3---3-/7------------------------------8-7-5-|

  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .    .    .    *   .   .   .  *
|---------------------------------------13------13\--------------6//12
|---------------------5----------------------14------------7--------|
|---------------5--------------------------------------4-7----------|
|-3-3-3-3-----7---3-3---3---3-2-1-0-0-0--------------5--------------|



  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
//12------------1211------------1110------------109--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|


  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10------------109-------------9-8-------------8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------5-|


Verse
  *   .    .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
|-------h7---4-------------------------------7---------------------|
|----------------7------h7---4----------h9-----7-------------------|
|-5------------------------------6---------------9-----------------|
|------------------5-5-------------7-7-------------3-3-3-3---4---0-|


  *   .    .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
|-------h7---4-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------7------h7---4----------------------(4-5-7)--------|
|-5------------------------------7-----------------5---------------|
|------------------5-5-------------3-----2-----0-------------------|



Bridge:
  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
|-----------------------------------------------7-7\6-4-----------|
|-----------------------------------------9-------------4---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------5\4-2---|
|-6-----6-6-------6-----6-6-------7-----7-----------------------2-2

  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
|-----------------------------------------------7-7\6-4-----4-/-6-|
|---------------------------------------9-9-------------4---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------5---4---|
|-2-----2-2-------2-----2-2---2---7-------------------------------|


  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   ---3---  *   .   .   .   *
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------4---5---------7------------------------|
|-5-----555-----555-----5-5----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------5-----5----5--5--6-----666-----667

  *   .   .   .    *   .   .   .    *       .     .     .     *     .     .     .
|----------------------------------------------------------14-12-12-12-12-12-12\----|
|----------------------------------------------------13-14--------------------------|
|------------------7-----7-7-9---11-12-121212-121212--------------------------------|
667-----777-9---10------------------------------------------------------------------|




guitar solo (verse)
  *   .    .   .   *    .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
|-------h7---4--------------------------------7---------------------|
|----------------7---7----7---4----------h9-----9-------------------|
|-5-------------------------------7---------------9-----------------|
|------------------5----------------7-7-------------3-3-3-3---4---0-|

 *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *     .     .   .
|------7---4----------------------------------------11-12-14-----11\-|
|--------------7------h7---4-----------------------------------------|
|-5------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------5-------------2-3-----2-----0-----------------------|


Chorus
  *   .    .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
|--------------------------------------------------7---------------|
|------------------5-5-5-5---3-2/--------------4-7-----------------|
|----------------5-----------------5-5-5-5---5-------5-3-3-2-2-0-0-|
|-3-3-3-3----3-7---------------------------------------------------|

  *   .   .    .   *   .   .   .   *   .    .    .    *   .   .   .
|----------------------------------------13------13-------------------|
|------------------5-5------------------------14------------7---------|
|----------------5--------------------------------------4-7-----------|
|-3-3---3---3-/7---------3---3-2-1-0-0-0--------------5---------------|



  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
|-12------------1211------------1110------------109--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|


  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10------------109-------------9-8----------\7-8-7-----------9-7-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

  *   .     .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
|-----11-h7-----------------------------------7---------------------|
|-------------9---7-------7---4----------h9-----97------------------|
|-5-------------------------------7---------------9-----------------|
|-------------------5-5-------------7-7-------------3-3-3-3---4---0-|

  *   .    .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *    .     .    .
|-----11-7-----------6/7-----------------------------11-12-14---12-12--|
|------------7-9-7-------7---------------------------------------------|
|-5-5----------------------------------------------5-------------------|
|------------------5---------------3-----2-----0-----------------------|

  *
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5-----------|
|-3-----2-----0-----------------------|



Outro:
  *
  ____ .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *
|-9h11-------97--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------9-7-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------5---------------5-keep picking D till the end |
|----------------------------2-4-5-------------------------------|


Note: due lack of enough contrast and ambigous fret-choices
this tab is not 100% accurate.
Author: Niek Lucassen (innuendo65@hotmail.com), June
Last update: 03/21/2007