WOMAN TONIGHT (Bassline)

As recorded by America
(From the 1975 Album HEARTS)

Words and Music by Dan Peek
Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'David Dickey - Bass'


 Intro
  Q=122
 4/4        2/4     4/4
  Gtr I
  W          Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q
|----------|-------|--------------|
|----------|-------|-7------------|
|----------|-5-----|---5-7--------|
|----------|-------|--------7--5--|


                               1st - 3rd Verses
                            $
  Q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  Q      Q  Q  H
|------------|--------------||-------------|
|------------|-7------------||o------------|
|----5-------|---5-7--------||o----5-------|
|-7----------|--------7--5--||--7----------|


  E E Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  Q
|--------------|------------|--------------|
|-7------------|------------|-7------------|
|---5-7--------|----5-------|---5-7--------|
|--------7--5--|-7----------|--------7--5--|


  Q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  H
|------------|--------------|------------|
|------------|-7------------|------------|
|----5-------|---5-7--------|----5-------|
|-7----------|--------7--5--|-7----------|


                   Pre-Chorus
  E E Q  E E E E    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q.   E +E. S Q    Q  +E  E +E  E E E
|----------------||----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-7--------------||----------------|-9---------------|-5--(5)-5-(5)---5-4--|
|---5-7--7-----5-||-7----7-(7)--7--|-----------------|---------------------|
|----------7-7---||----------------|------7-(7)-5-7--|---------------------|


                     Chorus
           To Coda
  E E E E E E E E     Q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  Q
|------------------||------------|--------------|
|------------------||------------|-7------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||----5-------|---5-7--------|
|------------------||------------|--------7--5--|


                                               Guitar/Bass Solo
              1.               2.
  Q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  Q      E E Q  Q  Q     E E E E E E E S S
|------------|---------------||--------------||-------------------|
|------------|-7------------o||--------------||---------7-9---9-7-|
|----5-------|---5-7--------o||-5------5-----||-------9-----------|
|-7----------|--------7--5---||---5-7-----5--||-7-7---------------|


  S S E +S  S S S S S E S E S   W          W
|-----------------------------|----------|------|
|-----------------------------|----------|------|
|-9-7-5-(5)-7-5-7-5-----------|----------|------|
|-------------------7-5---7-7-|----------|------|


          |-3-|       |-3-|     |-3-|
  E E E E S S S +E  E S S S   E S S S E E H      W
|---------------------------|------------------|------|
|---------------------------|------------------|------|
|-7-----7-5---8-(8)-5-7-5---|-5-7-5---5-8-7----|------|
|---8-7-----8-------------7-|-------7----------|------|


             Chorus
                                                       D.S. al Coda
  W           Q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  Q
|----------||------------|--------------|------------|----------------||
|----------||------------|-7------------|------------|-7--------------||
|----------||----5-------|---5-7--------|----5-------|---5-7----------||
|----------||-7----------|--------7--5--|-7----------|--------7--5----||


    &
    Q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  Q
||-------------|--------------|------------|---------------||
||o------------|-7------------|------------|-7------------o||
||o----5-------|---5-7--------|----5-------|---5-7--------o||
||--7----------|--------7--5--|-7----------|--------7--5---||


 2/4    4/4
  W      H    Q  E E   Q  Q  H
|------|-------------|------------*|
|------|-------------|------------*|
|------|-----------5-|-5----------*|
|------|---------5---|------------*|


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