JUST A SONG BEFORE I GO (Bassline)

As recorded by Crosby, Stills & Nash
(From the 1977 Album CSN)

Words and Music by Graham Nash
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Tim Drummond - Bass      '

 Intro
  Q=110
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  +E  E
|---------------|--------6------|--------7------|-----------------|
|--------4----4-|------6--------|------7--------|--------9--(9)---|
|------4--------|-4-------------|-5-------------|------9----------|
|-2-------------|-------------5-|-----------5-6-|-7-------------0-|


  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   H.      E E
|---------------|--------6------|--------7--6---|--------------||
|--------4------|------6--------|------7------7-|-9------------||
|------4------5-|-4-------------|-5-------------|--------------||
|-2-------------|-------------5-|---------------|-----------0--||


   1st & 2nd Verses
    Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  +E  E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
||----------------|--------6--(6)---|--------7------|---------------|
||o--------4------|------6----------|------7--------|--------9------|
||o------4------5-|-4---------------|-5-------------|------9--------|
||--2-------------|---------------5-|-----------5-6-|-7-----------0-|


  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|---------------|--------6------|------6-7--6---|----------------|
|--------4------|------6--------|-------------7-|-9--------------|
|------4------5-|-4-------------|-5-------------|------9---------|
|-2-------------|-------------5-|---------------|--------7----7--|


  Q  E E Q  E E   E Q  E Q  +E  E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-2----2-2----2-|-4----4-4---4-2--|
|-5----5-5----0-|-3-3--3-3--(3)-3-|---------------|-----------------|


                 1.
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  +E  E   W          +Q.   E Q  E E
|---------------|-----------------|----------|------------------||
|---------------|-----------------|----------|-----------------o||
|-0----0-0----0-|-----------------|-2--------|-(2)-------------o||
|---------------|-3----3-3--(3)-3-|----------|--------------0---||


  2.
  Q  E E Q.   E   W          +Q.   E Q  E E
|---------------|----------|----------------||
|---------------|----------|----------------||
|---------------|-2--------|-(2)------------||
|-3----3-3----3-|----------|--------------0-||


 Guitar Solo
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q.   E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E
|---------------|--------6------|--------7------|-----------------|
|--------4------|------6--------|------7--------|--------9-9------|
|------4------5-|-4-------------|-5-------------|------9----------|
|-2-------------|-------------5-|-----------5-6-|-7------------0--|


  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E S S   H.      E E
|---------------|--------6------|--------7--------|-------------||
|--------4------|------6--------|------7----------|-------------||
|------4------5-|-4-------------|-5---------------|-------------||
|-2-------------|-------------5-|-------------5---|-7---------0-||


 Outro-Verse
  H.      E E   H.      E E   H    +Q   E E   H    +Q.   E
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|-5---------5-|-5----(5)----0-|-2----(2)------|
|-2---------5-|-------------|---------------|---------------|


                                   H.=H
  W          W          W          W          +W
|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------*|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------*|
|----------|-4--------|-5--------|----------|--------*|
|-2--------|----------|----------|-2--------|-(2)----*|


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