HEARTACHE TONIGHT (Bassline)
As recorded by Eagles
From the 1979 Album THE LONG RUN)
Words and Music by Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Bob Seger & John David Souther
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Timothy B. Schmit - Bass'
Intro
Q=112(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
E Q. E Q E W +W +W
|---------------|----------|------------|--------|
|---------------|----------|------------|--------|
|-1--------3----|----------|------------|--------|
|---1----1----2-|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
1st & 3rd Verses
$
+W Wx7
|------------||--------|
|------------||--------|
|------------||--------|
|-(3)--------||--------|
H Q E E W H. E E W
|-------------|----------|-2-----------|------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|------|
|-----------2-|-3--------|-----------2-|-3----|
To Coda
H. E E W H. E E H. E E
|-2-----------|----------|-2-----------|--------------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|-----------0--|
|-------------|----------|-------------|--------------|
|-----------2-|-3--------|-----------2-|-3------------|
Chorus
+H H Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-(0)----0----|-0--0--0--0--||-----2-2-5-5-2-2-|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------||-3-3-------------|-3-3-3-----------|
|-------------|-------------||-----------------|-------3-3-3-1-2-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----0-0-1-1-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
2nd Verse
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4-|-5-5-3-3-2-2-0---||-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------2-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|---------------4-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-2---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------4-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----2-2-5-5-2-2-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3---||-3-3-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-----------|-----------------|-----0-0-1-1-2-2-|
|-------0-0-0-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-0-0-2-2-4-4-4-4-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Bridge
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-----------------|-------------0-----|
|-----------------||-----------------|---------------2-0-|
|-5-5-3-3-2-2-0---||-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------2-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-5---|-----2-2-3-3-4-4-|
|-----------------|---------------5-|-3-3-------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-5-5-3-3-2-2-0---|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------------2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
Guitar Solo
E Q. E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-1--------3----|-----------------|-1--------3----|
|---1----1----2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|---1----1----2-|
E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-1--------3----|-----------------|-1--------3----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|---1----1----2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|---1----1----2-|
D.S. al Coda
W +W +W W
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|----------|------------|------------|-------||
|----------|------------|------------|-------||
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-------||
Chorus
&
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|--------------||-----------------|
|-------------|--------------||-----2-2-5-5-2-2-|
|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5-3-||-3-3-------------|
|-------------|--------------||-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-----------|-----------------|-----0-0-1-1-2-2-|
|-------0-0-1-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Bridge
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-----------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3---|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------5-|
|-----------------||-----------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-5---|-----2-2-3-3-4-4-|
|-----------------|---------------5-|-3-3-------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-3-3-2-2-0---|---------2-2-3-3-|---3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|---------------2-|-3-3-3-3---------|---------------2-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----2-2-3-3-4-4-|-5-5-3-3-2-2-0---|-----------------|
|-3-3-------------|---------------2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Outro
E E E E Q Q E Q. E Q E
|----------------||---------------|
|----------------||---------------|
|------------x\--||-1--------3----|
|-3-3-3-3-3------||---1----1----2-|
E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-1--------3----|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|---1----1----2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
H.=H
E Q. E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. W
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------*|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------*|
|-1--------3----|-----------------|-1--------3----|------*|
|---1----1----2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|---1----1------|-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
