'Good Company' bass guide

Words And Music By Brian May

Intro:
  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *    .     .    .    *   .   .   .
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------------11---11-11---11-11-------------------|
|-----------------5------------------------------------9---------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

...

Chorus
  .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4---3---------------------------------------4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|
|---------6---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


  *   .   .   .   *   .   .    .    *    .    .    .    *   .    .    .
|---------9---9--------------------------------------------------11-------|
|-4---4-----------9---9---10---10---11---11---11---11-----8-11------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------9-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse:
  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|
|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4-4-4-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   ._3__
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-4-4-|
|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


  *   .   .   .   *   .   .    .    *    .    .    .    *   .    .    .
|---------9---9--------------------------------------------------11--------|
|-4---4-----------9---9---10---10---11---11---11---11-----8-11--------11---|
|-------------------------------------------------------9------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|



Chorus
  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------4---4---4---4---4---4---4-x-4---|
|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4-4-4-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *    .    .    .
|-------------------------------------------4-6---11---11---11-9-8---|
|---------------------------------4---4---4--------------------------|
|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4-x-4--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

  *    .    .   .   *   .   .    .    *    .    .    .    *   .    .    .
|-11--------9---9--------------------------------------------------11-------|
|-------------------9---9---10---10---11---11---11---11-----8-11------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------9-----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


re-intro:
  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *    .     .    .    *   .    .    .
|---------------------------------------------------------------11--------|
|-9-------------------------------11---11-11---11-11-----8-11--------11\--|
|-----------------5------------------------------------9------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Bridge:
  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   ._3__ *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------3-4-5-6---6---6---6---6---6---4-3-----|
|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6-------------------------------------6---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

  *   .   .   .   *   .   ._3__ .   *   .   .   ._3__ *   .   .   ._3__
|---------6---6-----------6-4-4-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------6---4---4---4---4-3-x-1---1---1---3-4-5-6
|-4---4-----------4---4-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

  *   .   .   ._3__ *    .    .    .    *   .   .   ._3__ *   .   .   .
|-------------7-8-9-10---10---10---10---9---9---9---9-9-9-8---8---8---8---|
|-6---6---6---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  *   .   .   ._3__   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .___3___ *   .   .   .
|-7---7---7---7-7-7-------------------------------12-13-14-15--------------|
|---------------------9---9---9---9/--8---8---8----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse:
  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|
|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .__3__ *    .__3__ .    . 
|---------------------------------------------8-9-10-11---8-9-10-11---11---|
|---------------------------------4---4---4--------------------------------|
|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


  *   .   .   .   *   .   .    .    *    .    .    .__3__ *    .   .    .
|---------9---9------------------------------------8-9-10-11-------11-------|
|-4---4-----------9---9---10---10---11---11---11----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------9--------9---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse-solo
  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|
|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   . 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------4---4---4---4---4---4---4-x-4---|
|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


  *   .   .   .   *   .   .    .    *    .    .    .    *   .    .    .
|-11-------------------------------------------------------------11-8------|
|-----------------9-----------------11---11---11---11-----8-11--------11---|
|-------------------------------------------------------9------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  *   .   ._3__ .   *   .   .    .    *    .    .   .   *         *         *
|---------9-9-9-9---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4---4-----------------9---10---10---11---11---9-8-6---9-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------9---------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

...

Verse:
  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .__3__
|-------------------------------------------------------------8-9-11-|
|---------------------------------4---4---4---4---4------------------|
|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .__3__ *    .__3__ .    . 
|---------------------------------------------8-9-10-11---8-9-10-11---11---|
|---------------------------------4---4---4--------------------------------|
|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


  *   .   .   .   *   ._3__ .    .    *    .    .    .    *    .    .    .   *   .   .   .
|---------9---9---8---8-8-8-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4---4---------------------10---10---10---10---10---10---11---11---11-9-8-------8---9---11---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------9----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse-solo
  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .__3__ *    .__3__ .    .__3__ 
|---------------------------------------------8-9-10-11---8-9-10-11---8-9-11-|
|---------------------------------4---4---4----------------------------------|
|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .__3__
|---------6---6-----------6---6-------------------------------8-9-11-|
|---------------------------------4---4---4---4---4---4---4----------|
|-4---4-----------4---4----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|


  *   .   .   .   *   .   .    .    *    .    .    .    *   .    .    .
|---------9---9---8---8------------------------------------------11-------|
|-4---4-------------------10---10---11---11---11---11-----8-11------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------9-------------9---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Solo... (semi-shuffle beat)
  *   .   .    .   *    .   .    .   *   .   .    ._3__ *    .    .    .
|-------------------------------------------------8-8-8-11---8--------------|
|--------------8---11---8----------------8---11-------------------11-8------|
|-----8---11----------------11-9-8---9---------------------------------11---|
|-9-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  *   .   .    .   *    .   .    .    *   .   .   ._3__ *    .   .    .
|-------------------------------------------------8-8-8-11---9---8--------|
|--------------8---11---8---11-8-11-------8---11-------------------11-8---|
|-----8---11--------------------------9-----------------------------------|
|-9-----------------------------------------------------------------------|


  *   .   .   .   *   .   .___3___ .    *    .   .   .    *   .    .    .
|---------9-9-9---8---8--------------------------------------------11-------|
|-4---4-------------------10-10-10-10---11---9---8----------8-11------------|
|----------------------------------------------------11---9-----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


outro (re-intro)
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|---------------------------------------------------------------11------------|
|-9-------------------------------11---11-11---11-11-----8-11------11-8-------|
|-----------------5------------------------------------9------------------9---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Author: PD. nov 2003
Last update: 03/21/2007