Psychobabble Chords & Tabs
PSYCHOBABBLE (Bassline)
As recorded by Alan Parsons Project
(From the 1982 Album EYE IN THE SKY)
Words and Music by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson
Transcribed by MRFairbrother
[NOTE: Original tuning for this song on the album is 1/2-step down.
This tab is arranged for standard tuning, (mostly) an octave higher
than originally performed.]
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=120
4/4
Gtr I
W H Q E E E E Q E E E E +E E +E E E E E E
||-----------|-----------8-|-11-11S10--8-8-6-8-|-(8)-----------------|
||o----------|---------8---|-------------------|---------------6-8---|
||o----------|-------------|-------------------|-----6-(6)-6-9-----6-|
||-----------|-------------|-------------------|---------------------|
+W +H. E E E E Q E E E E +W +W
|------------|--------------|--------------8-|-(8)--------|-(8)-----||
|------------|------------6-|-8-8-6----6s8---|------------|--------o||
|-(6)--------|-(6)------9---|--------9-------|------------|--------o||
|------------|--------------|----------------|------------|---------||
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E 3x
||-----8------8---|----8------8----||
||o---------------|---------------o||
||o------6------6-|------6------6-o||
||----------------|----------------||
Verse
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
||-----8------8---|----8------8----||
||o---------------|---------------o||
||o------6------6-|------6------6-o||
||----------------|----------------||
$
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E 3x
||-----8------8---|----8------8----||
||o---------------|---------------o||
||o------6------6-|------6------6-o||
||----------------|----------------||
Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|----8------8---|----8-----------||
|---------------|----------------||
|------6------6-|------6---6-7-8-||
|---------------|----------------||
Pre-Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------6-8-|----8------8---|----8-----------|
|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-8-------|---------------|----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-----------9-----|-6----6------6-|------6---6-7-8-|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
$$
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E Q E E Q E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-6--6--6-6----|----------------|
|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|-----------6--|----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|----------------|--------------|-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-|
|-----------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
D.S.
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
||-----8------8---|----8------8----||
||o---------------|---------------o||
||o------6------6-|------6------6-o||
||----------------|----------------||
Chorus
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
||-----8------8---|----8------8----||
||o---------------|---------------o||
||o------6------6-|------6------6-o||
||----------------|----------------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/alan_parsons_project/psychobabble_btab.html ]
To Coda
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------||
|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||
|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|-----------------||
Interlude
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E 3x
|----8------8---|----8------8---||-----8------8---|----8------8----||
|---------------|---------------||o---------------|---------------o||
|-6----6------6-|------6------6-||o------6------6-|------6------6-o||
|---------------|---------------||----------------|----------------||
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 E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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 6x
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|-6-6-6-6-6-7-6-7-|-6-7-6-7-6-7-6-7-||o-6-7-6-7-6-7-6-7-|-6-7-6-7-6-7-6-7-o||
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E 3x
|-----------------|-----------------||-----8------8---|----8------8----||
|-----------------|-----------------||o---------------|---------------o||
|-6-7-6-7-6-7-6-7-|-6-7-6-7-6-7-6-7-||o------6------6-|------6------6-o||
|-----------------|-----------------||----------------|----------------||
Guitar Solo
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
||-----8------8---|----8------8----||----8------8---|----8------------|
||o---------------|---------------o||---------------|-----------------|
||o------6------6-|------6------6-o||-6----6------6-|------6---6-7-8--|
||----------------|----------------||---------------|-----------------|
D.S.S. al Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------6-8-|----8------8---|----8-----------||
|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-8-------|---------------|----------------||
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-----------9-----|-6----6------6-|------6---6-7-8-||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------||
Outro
&
Q E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q Q H
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|------------|
|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-8-8-|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8--8--8----|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|------------|
+W +W
|------------|--------*|
|-(8)--------|-(8)----*|
|------------|--------*|
|------------|--------*|
