'Dragon Attack' bass guide

Words and music by Brian May

main figure
|-*---------------*----------------|
|-----------3---3------------------|
|-5-3---3-5-------5-3---3-5--------|
|-----5---------------5------------|
repeated throughout the section


bridge:
|-----*-------7-----7---5---6---------*-------7-------*-------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------5-3-----------|
|-13\-5---5-5---5-----3---4---5-------5---5-5---5---5-----5-3-5-----|
|---------------------*---------------------------------------------|
repeated (without 13\)

bass-solo:
|-*---------------*---------------*-------------------------------|
|-----------3---3---------------------------3---3-----------------|
|-5-3---3-5-------5-3---3-5-------5-3---3-5-------5-----3-5-------|
|-----5---------------5---------------5---------------5-----------|

|-*---------------*---------------7-5---5---------*---------------|
|-----------3---5-----------------*---7---7-6-5-3---3-------------|
|-5-5---3-5-------5-3---3-5---x-x-----------------5---5-3---3-5-3-|
|-----5---------------5-----------------------------------5-------|

|-*-------------------------------*---------------*---------------|
|---3-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5---5-3---3---3-----3-4-5-------5-3---3-5-3---3-----3-4-5-------|
|---------5-------5-5-----------------5-----------5-5-------------|

|-----------------*---------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-5-3---3-5-3---3-3-3-3-4-5-------|
|-----5---------------------------|


guitar solo (bass enters later)
|----------*---------------*---------------*---------------*---------------*----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------5-5-----------------------8-7-5-5---------------------------3---5-5--|
|-3___/12\-----------------------------------------------------------5---5------|
...


bridge figure x 2


Outro (read note below)
|-*---------------*---------------*---------------*---------------|
|-----------------3-3---------------------------------------------|
|-5-5---5-3-3---3-------------12\-5-5-----3-3---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------3-3-----1-1--/--|

|-*---------------*---------------*---------------*---------------|
|-----------------------5-----------------------------5-5-----3-3-|
|-5-5---x-3-3---3---------------3-5-5---5-3-3---3-----------------|
|-----------------3-3-----1-1-3-------------------3-3-----1-1-----|

|-*---------------*---------------*---------------*---------------|
|---------------5-----5-5-------------------------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|
|-5-5---5-3-3-3-------------------5-5---5-3-3---3-----------------|
|-----------------3-3-----1---1/3---------------------------------|

|-*---------------*---------------*---------------*---------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------3-3-|
|-5-5-5-5-3-3---3-----------------5-5-----3-3---3-----------------|
|-----------------3-3---3-1-----------------------3-3---3-1-1-----|

|-*---------------*---------------*---------------*---------------|
|---------------5-----5-----3-3-3-----------------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|
|-5-5-----3-3---------------------5-5-5-5-3-3---3-----------------|
|-----------------3-3---3-1---------------------------------------|

|-*---------------*---------------*---7---------5-*---------------|
|-----------------------5---3-2-3---------------------5-5---3---3b|
|-5-5-5-5-3-3---3-----------------5-------3-3---------------------|
|-----------------3---3---1-----------------------3-------1-------|

                                  solo
|-*---7-7---5-----*---------------*---------------*---------------|
|---------------5-------5---3-------------------------x-5-----3-3-|
|-5-------3---------------------3-5---x-5-3-3---3-----------------|
|-----------------3-3-----1---1-------------------3-------1-1-----|

|-*---------------*---------------*---------------*---------------|
|-----------------------------3-3---------------5-------------3-3-|
|-5---x-5-3-3---3-----------------5---5-5-3-3---------------------|
|-----------------3-----3-1-1---------------------3-3---3-1-1-----|

|-*---------------*---------------*---------------*---------------|
|---------------5-----------2-3-3---------------------5-5---3-----|
|-5---5-5-3-3---------------------5---5-5-3-3---3-----------------|
|-----------------3-----3-1-----------------------3-------1---1-3-|

|-*---------------*---------------*---------------*---------------|
|-----------------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-----------------5-5-5-5---------|
|-5---5-5-3-3---3-----------------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---------3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|-*---------------*---------------*---------------*---------------|
|-----------------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-----------------5-5---5-3-3---3-------------3/5-|
|-------------------------------------5-----------3-3-5-3-1-------|

|-*---------------*---------------*---------------*---------------|
|-----------------------------3-3-----------------------------3-5-|
|-5-5---5-3-3---3-5-3---3-5-------5-5-5-5-3-3---3-----------------|
|-----5---------------5---------------------------3---5-3-1-------|

|-*---------------*---------------*---------------*---------------|
|-----------------5-5-5-5---3-3-----------------------------------|
|-5---5-5-3-3-3-3---------5-------5-3---5-3-3---3-5-3---3-5-------|
|-------------------------------------5---------------5-----------|


main riff x 4

Note: This is the Eye-version's transcription, and the  bass part of
the long Outro section is not identical with the album version.

*: downbeat marker
Author: PD, dec 2001
Last update: 03/21/2007