ONLY IN YOUR HEART (Bassline)

As recorded by America
(From the 1972 Album HOMECOMING)

Words and Music by Gerry Beckley
Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Joe Osborn - Bass'


             1st Verse
  Q=80
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W           W          W
|----------||----------|------|
|----------||----------|------|
|----------||----------|------|
|----------||----------|------|


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


  Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q  +E  E Q  +E  E
|------9-(9)-----|------7-(7)-----|-7--(7)-7-5--(5)-5-|
|-7-----------7--|-5-----------5--|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|


                    Chorus
  Q.   E Q  +E  E    Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q   E E   Q   Q  Q   E  E
|-7------5--(5)-5-||----7-----9-7-|----9-----11-9-|----11-----12-11-|
|------7----------||-5-----5------|-7-----7-------|-9------9--------|
|-----------------||--------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||--------------|---------------|-----------------|


                  2nd Verse
  Q  E E Q  E E    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q
|------9-7--9---||------7-(7)-----|------9-(9)-----|------7-(7)-----|
|-7--7----------||-5-----------5--|-7-----------7--|-5-----------5--|
|---------------||----------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------||----------------|----------------|----------------|


  Q.   E Q  +E  E   Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q
|-7------5--(5)-5-|------7-(7)-----|------9-(9)-----|------7-(7)-----|
|------7----------|-5-----------5--|-7-----------7--|-5-----------5--|
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


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


  Q  Q  Q   E E   Q   Q  Q   E  E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E
|----9-----11-9-|----11-----12-11-|------9-7--9---|----7-----9-7-|
|-7-----7-------|-9------9--------|-7--7----------|-5-----5------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|


                                     Bridge
  Q  Q  Q   E E   Q   Q  Q   E  E     W          W
|----9-----11-9-|----11-----12-11\-||----------|------|
|-7-----7-------|-9------9---------||-9--------|-7----|
|---------------|------------------||----------|------|
|---------------|------------------||----------|------|


  W          W          Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q   Q
|----------|----------|------7-(7)-----|----------------|
|-9--------|-7--------|-5--------------|-7--------------|
|----------|----------|----------------|------7-(7)--5--|
|----------|----------|----------------|----------------|


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


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


  +W           +W             Q  Q  Q  E E
|------------|------------||-----7-----9-7-|
|-(5)--------|-(5)--------||o-5-----5------|
|------------|------------||o--------------|
|------------|------------||---------------|


  Q  Q  Q   E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E  4x W
|----9-----11-9-|----7-----9-7-|------9-7--9----||------*|
|-7-----7-------|-5-----5------|-7--7----------o||-5----*|
|---------------|--------------|---------------o||------*|
|---------------|--------------|----------------||------*|


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