BasS Tablature Template @ tTabs: Guitar, Bass, and Drum tabs
Artist: Sade
Album: Diamond life 
Song: Smooth operator 
Tabbed by: Musicman999
Tuning: EADG 


Varying standards of this on the Tabs sites,so I thought I'd have a bash at it.This one's 
not far off.Really cool and smooth bass line.

Intro      :  Sax and spoken word :  to verse
G|--54----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----53--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------53------5-54--3---32-----------5-54--3--3234-------------------------------|
E|------------------5---5---3--------------5---5-----------------------------------|

Verse                                           xxxx        or           xxxxx
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------2------------------------------|
A|-5-5------0-35-5------0-05-5----0-3--5-5------0-3----alt later in song -0-30----|
E|----5-53-3------5-53-3------53-3--------5-53-3-------------------------3--------|

Chorus                                    
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---5---------5-54-43-3-----5---------5-555555-------------5-03-55---------------|
E|-3--3-35-05-5---------5-53--3-35-05-5---------3--3-35-05-5----------------------|

Bass solo
G|---9-10-12-14-15-14-12-10-9-10-12----15-14-12-14-15-14-12-14-15-19-17-15-17-14--|
D|-12-------------------------------12--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bass solo cont'd
G|-19-17-15-17-15-14-15-14-12-17-15-14-15-14-12-14--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  

As ever check out the song for the structure (and feel for this one-esp the solo).
Enjoy !


LEGEND AND NOTES:
h: Hammer-on            p: Pull-off         b: Bend string up
r: Unbend string        /: Slide up         \: Slide down
: Harmonics       x: Muted string     v: Vibrato
t: Tap