BALLAD OF EASY RIDER (Bassline)

As recorded by The Byrds
(From the 1969 Album BALLAD OF EASY RIDER)

Words and Music by Roger McGuinn
Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John York - Bass'


 Intro
  Q=190
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx9
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   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q
||---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
||o-5----5-5-----|-5----5-5-----|-4----4-4-----|-4----4-4-----|
||---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|


  E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
|-2----2-2-----|--------------|--------------|---------------||
|--------------|-3----3-2-----|-0----0-0-----|-5----5-5------||


 Chorus
  E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-5----5-5-----|--------------|-5----5-5-----|---------------|
|--------------|-3----3-3-----|--------------|-3----3-3------|


  E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-5----5-5-----|--------------|-5----5-5-----|-5----5-5------|
|--------------|-3----3-3-----|--------------|---------------|


  E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-7----7-7-----|-7----7-7-----|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|-5----5-5-----|-5----5-5------|


                                              1.
                      To Coda
  E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------o||
|-5----5-5-----|--------------|-5----5-5-----|---------------o||
|--------------|-3----3-3-----|--------------|-3----3-3-------||


                 Bridge
  2.
  E Q  E q  Q     E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q
|--------------||--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------||--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------||-5----5-5-----|--------------|-5----5-5------|
|-3----3-3-----||--------------|-3----3-3-----|---------------|


  E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|-5----5-5-----|--------------|-5----5-5------|
|-3----3-3-----|--------------|-3----3-3-----|---------------|


  E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|-7----7-7-----|-7----7-7-----|---------------|
|-3----3-3-----|--------------|--------------|-5----5-5------|


  E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|-5----5-5-----|--------------|
|-5----5-5-----|--------------|-3----3-3-----|


                                Outro
                 D.S. al Coda &
  E Q  E q  Q    E Q  E q  Q     W          +W
|--------------|--------------||----------|--------*|
|--------------|--------------||----------|--------*|
|-5----5-5-----|--------------||-5--------|-(5)----*|
|--------------|-3----3-3-----||----------|--------*|


Duration Legend
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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
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 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
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 |  - 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