Crystal Blue Persuasion Bass Tab
Tommy James
Live

Thanks to Tommy James chord writer, I have decided to tab the songs so others that only read tab would learn more Tommy James and the 
Shondells.

Intro:
Congas for first 2 bars.

Verse:

G----------------------------------------------------------------------Repeat a lot. 
D-----------------2-----2---4-----------------4-----2---------------
A-0-------4----4--------------2------2----2-----------4-----2-----
E---------------------------------------------------------------------

At the end of each verse, play this D to A.  Don’t play the second half of the verse riff.

G-----------------
D-----------------
A-5---5-----0----
E------------------

First instrumental break: guitarist plays a riff and bass goes over these notes

G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------5-------------------------------5--------------------------22-22-22-22-2-2-
A--------------------5-------------------------------22-22-22-22-2-2----------------------
E----5---------------------5---------5--------------------------------------------------------

Back to Verse

Bass solo as the key switches and goes up a semitone.

G---3-3-3-33-33---1---3-3-3-33-33---1---
D---------------3------------------3-----
A-----------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------




Now the verse is played this way

G--------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------3-----3---5-----------5----3-----------
A---1------5----5-----------------3-----3----------5----3--
E--------------------------------------------------------------

Ending of third verse. 
“There be peace and good     brotherhood

G-------------------------------
D-----------------1------5-----
A---1--------------------------
E-------------------------------
 
Forth verse Double time

G-----------------3-------------------Repeat
D-----------3---5—5---3------------
A---1—5-------------------5---3----
E--------------------------------------

Outro: Said slowly winding down. “Crystal Blue Persuasion ah-ah”

G--------------------------
D-------------------------
A----5-1--------3--------
E-------------------------