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EASY LIVIN' (Bassline)
As recorded by Uriah Heep
(From the 1972 Album DEMONS AND WIZARDS)
Transcribed by Michael White
Words and Music by Ken Hensley
Arranged by Michael White
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass Guitar'
Intro Verse 1
Q=145(8=s8)
Dm
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 4x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|----------------o||-----------------|-----------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-3-3-4--o||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||------------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
F Dm
E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5----3-3-4--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----5---------|-----------------|-----------------|
Chorus 1
F Dm G Dm
|-3-|
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 E
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5---------||-------------4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------|
|-----------------|---------8-8-5-5-||-3-3-7-7-8-8-----|---------------8-5--|
G Dm G F
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 Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----3-3-4-4-5-5-|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-------------|-----------------|-------------3--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-3-3-5-5----|
Interlude
Dm (Dm) Dm
|-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|----------------||-------------------------|----------------|
|----------------||-7-----------------------|----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||---10-8-10-8-7-8-7-5-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|----------------||-------------------------|----------------|
(Dm) Dm
|-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
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
|-------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---10-8-10-8-7-8-7-5-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-----3-3-4-4-|
|-------------------------|-----------------|-----5-5---------|
Verse 2
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
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-3-3-4-4-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
F Dm
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-----3-3-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----5-5---------|-----------------|-----------------|
Chorus 2
F Dm G Dm
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
|-----------------|---------7-7-----||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----7-7-----7-7-||-5-5-6-6-7-7-----|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-------------||-------------8-8-|-5-5-5-5---------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------||-----------------|---------5-5-4-4-|
G Dm G F
|-3-|
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 Q
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5---5-3---|-----------------|-------------3---|
|-3-3-7-7-8-8-----|-----------5-----5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-3-3-5-5-----|
Interlude
Dm (Dm) Dm
|-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|----------------||-------------------------|----------------|
|----------------||-7-----------------------|----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||---10-8-10-8-7-8-7-5-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|----------------||-------------------------|----------------|
(Dm) Dm
|-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
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
|-------------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-7-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|---10-8-10-8-7-8-7-5-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
|-------------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/u/uriah_heep/easy_livin_btab_ver_2.html ]
Bridge
Am F Am F
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-|
Am G Am
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 Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-6--|
Bm G Bm G
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 Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/--|
Am G
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-12----12----12----12----|-10----10----10----10----|
|----12----12----12----12-|----10----10----10----10-|
F
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8---||
|---8---8---8---8-|---8---8---8---8-||
Pre-Verse
Dm
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----7-7-5-5-----|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------7-7-|-5-5-7-7-5-5-----||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-----3-3-4-4-|-5-5-------------|-------------8-8-||
|-----------------|-----5-5---------|-----------------|-----------------||
Verse 3
F Dm
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----7-7-5-5--------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------7-5----|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7--|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-------------8--|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
F Dm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7--|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-3-3-4-4-5-5-||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Chorus 3
G Dm G Dm
|-3-| |-3-|
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 E E
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
||o---------3-3-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3---|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5---5-3----|
||--3-3-3-3---------|-----------------5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------5-----5--|
1.
G F Dm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------o||
|-----------------|-------------3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-3-3-5-5-----|----------------|-----------------||
2.
(Dm) Dm (Dm)
|-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|
|-7-----------------------|----------------|-7-----------------------|
|---10-8-10-8-7-8-7-5-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|---10-8-10-8-7-8-7-5-3-4-|
|-------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|
Outro
Dm Am G F
E E E E E E E E W W W
|-----------------||----------|----------|------|
|-----------------||----------|----------|------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||----------|----------|------|
|-----------------||-5--------|-3--------|-1----|
E Am Dm
W +H. Q Q Q H
|----------|-------------|------------*|
|----------|-------------|------------*|
|----------|-------------|-5----------*|
|-0--------|-(0)------5--|------------*|
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Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
