• Song:

    Dance The Night Away

  • Artist:

    Cream

  • Album:

    Cream (disc 2)

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DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY (Bassline)

As recorded by Cream
(From the 1967 Album DISRAELI GEARS)

Words and Music by Jack Bruce & Pete Brown
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Jack Bruce - Bass'


   Intro
    Q=132            1.,2.,3.            4.
   4/4
    Gtr I
    Q  E E +E  E Q    E Q  E Q  S S E  4x E Q  E E E Q
||-------5-(5)---4--|---2----4--4p2----||---2----4---2--||
||o----2-------2----|-2----2--------5-o||-2----2---2----||
||o-0---------------|-----------------o||---------------||
||------------------|------------------||---------------||


   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    Q.   E +E  E E E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E +E  E E E   Q  E a E +Q   E E
||-------------------|----------------|------------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|----------------|------------------|------7s9-(9)--7---|
||o-5----7-(7)-5-----|-7----8-7-5-----|------------------|-----------------7-|
||---------------8-5-|------------8-7-|-5----5-(5)-0-3-4-|-5-----------------|


  Q.   E +E  E E E   Q.   E E E E E
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|-5----7-(7)-5-----|-7----8-7-5-----|
|--------------8-5-|------------8-7-|


  Q.   a E +E  E S S E   Q  E a E +E  E E E
|----------------------|---------------------|
|------7s9-(9)-7-------|------7s9-(9)-7------|
|----------------7p5---|----------------7----|
|-5------------------8-|-5----------------8--|


  Q.   E +E  E E E   Q.   E E E E E   Q  E a E +Q   E E   Q  E a E +E  E E E
|------------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|----------------|------7s9-(9)--7---|------7s9-(9)-9-7---|
|-5----7-(7)-5-----|-7----8-7-5-----|-----------------7-|------------------7-|
|--------------8-5-|------------8-7-|-5-----------------|-5------------------|


  E. S S E S E. S S E S   E. S S E S E. S S E S
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-8--8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-|-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|


                                         To Coda
  E. S S E S E. S S E S   E. S S E S E. S S E S
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-7--||
|-----------------------|------------------------||


 Guitar Solo 1
  1.
  E S S E E +E  E E E   Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E Q  E E
|---------------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|---7p5h7-5-(5)-------|-----------5--|-7--7-5--------|-----------5-6--|
|-0-------------7-5-4-|-0--0-0-7-----|--------7-5-4--|-0--0-0-7-------|


  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-7--7-5---------|-7--7-5---------|-7--7-5---------|-7--7-5---------||
|--------7-5-4-0-|--------7-5-4-0-|--------7-5-4-0-|--------7-5-4-0-||


 Chorus
  E. S S E S E. S S E S   E. S S E S E. S S E S
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|


  E. S S E S E. S S E S   q  q  q  q
|-----------------------|-------------||
|-----------------------|-------------||
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-2--2--2--2--||
|-----------------------|-------------||


 Interlude
  Q  E E +E  E Q    E Q  E Q  S S E   Q  E E +E  E Q    E Q  E Q  S S E
|------5-(5)---4--|---2----4--4p2---|------5-(5)---4--|---2----4--4p2----||
|----2-------2----|-2----2--------5-|----2-------2----|-2----2--------5-o||
|-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||


 Guitar Solo 2
  2.
  E S S E E +E  E E E   Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E Q  E E
|---------------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|---7p5h7-5-(5)-------|-----------5--|-7--7-5--------|-----------5-6--|
|-0-------------7-5-4-|-0--0-0-7-----|--------7-5-4--|-0--0-0-7-------|


  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-7--7-5---------|-7--7-5---------|-7--7-5---------|-7--7-5---------||
|--------7-5-4-0-|--------7-5-4-0-|--------7-5-4-0-|--------7-5-4-0-||


 Chorus
  E. S S E S E. S S E S   E. S S E S E. S S E S
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|


  E. S S E S E. S S E S   q  q  q  q
|-----------------------|-------------||
|-----------------------|-------------||
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-2--2--2--2--||
|-----------------------|-------------||


 Interlude
                                                            D.S. al Coda
  Q  E E +E  E Q    E Q  E Q  S S E   Q  E E +E  E Q    E Q  E Q  S S E
|------5-(5)---4--|---2----4--4p2---|------5-(5)---4--|---2----4--4p2-----||
|----2-------2----|-2----2--------5-|----2-------2----|-2----2--------5---||
|-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||


 Guitar Solo 3
  &
  E E E E +E  E E E   Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E Q  E E
|-------------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
|---5-7-5-(5)-------|-----------5--|-7--7-5--------|-----------5-6-|
|-0-----------7-5-4-|-0--0-0-7-----|--------7-5-4--|-0--0-0-7------|


  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E Q  E E
|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7--7-5---------|------------5--|-7--7-5--------|-----------5-6-|
|--------7-5-4-0-|-0--0-0-7-7----|--------7-5-4--|-0--0-0-7------|


  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-7--7-5---------|-7--7-5---------|-7--7-5---------|-7--7-5---------||
|--------7-5-4-0-|--------7-5-4-0-|--------7-5-4-0-|--------7-5-4-0-||


 Chorus
  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  q  q  q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2--2--2--2--||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||


   Outro
                                          H.=H
    Q  E E +E  E Q    E Q  E Q  S S E  3x Q  E E +E  E Q    E E Q  +H
||-------5-(5)---4--|---2----4--4p2----||------5-(5)---4--|-7-------------*|
||o----2-------2----|-2----2--------5-o||----2-------2----|---7-----------*|
||o-0---------------|-----------------o||-0---------------|-----9--(9)----*|
||------------------|------------------||-----------------|---------------*|


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
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