BABY DRIVER (Bassline)
As recorded by Simon & Garfunkel
(From the 1970 Album BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER)
Words and Music by Paul Simon
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Joe Osborn - Bass 1'
Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Joe Osborn - Bass 2'
Intro
Q=158(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
W +H +E E E E +W +H E E Q
|----------|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|----------|-----------------13-|-(13)--------|-(13)---------------|
|-6--------|-(6)----(6)-6S13----|-------------|---------13-11-13\--|
|----------|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|
W +H +E E E E +W +H. Q
|----------|--------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------13-|-(13)--------|-(13)------------|
|-6--------|-(6)----(6)-6S13----|-------------|-----------13\---|
|----------|--------------------|-------------|-----------------|
W a Q Q a Q Q W a Q Q a Q Q
|----------|-----------------|----------|------------------||
|----------|-----------------|----------|------------------||
|-6--------|-5s6--6--5s6--6--|-6--------|-5s6--6--5s6--6---||
|----------|-----------------|----------|------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W H Q Q W H Q Q
|----------|-----------------|----------|------------------||
|----------|-----------------|----------|------------------||
|----------|--------------6--|-6--------|--------------6---||
|----------|-----------------|----------|------------------||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||o----5--6--8--|----5--6--8--|----5--6--8--|----5--6--8--|
||o-6-----------|-6-----------|-6-----------|-6-----------|
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|
| Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||o-6-----------|-6-----------|-6-----------|-6-----------|
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
|-------------|-------------|----5--6--8--|----5--6--8----|
|----5--6--8--|----5--6--8--|-6-----------|------------8--|
|-6-----------|-6-----------|-------------|-6-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|
| Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|-6-----------|-6-------------|
|-6-----------|-6-----------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
Chorus
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------|-----------------||----5--6--8--|----5--6--8---|
|----5--6---8---|-----5---6---8-6-||-6-----------|-6------------|
|-6-------------|-6---------------||-------------|--------------|
|---------------|-----------------||-------------|--------------|
|
| H E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------|-----------------||----5--6--8--|----5--6--8---|
|---------------|-----------------||-6-----------|-6------------|
|-------6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||-------------|--------------|
|---------------|-----------------||-------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E Q.
|----5--6--8--|----5--6--8--|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6-----------|-6-----------|-----5---6---8---|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-6-------------6-|---5---4---3-----|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|----5--6--8--|----5--6--8--|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6-----------|-6-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|---5---4---3-----|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
To Coda
H.. E H. Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E Q.
|-------------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-3-----------|-3-----------|------5--6--8---|-----------------|
|-----------3-|---------3/--|-6------------6-|---5---4---3-----|
|-------------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|
|
| H.. E W H.. E E E E E E Q.
|-------------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-3-----------|-3-----------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------3-|-------------|-6------------6-|---5---4---3-----|
|-------------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|
Interlude
1.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|
|-3-----------|-----5---6---8---|-----5---6---8---||-----5---6---8----|
|-------1-----|-6---------------|-6---------------||-6----------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q 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-----------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|
|-------1-----|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----5--6--8---|
|-----5---6---8---|-----5---6---8---|-----5---6---8---|-6------------|
|-6---------------|-6---------------|-6---------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----5--6--8---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-6------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
|----5--6--8--|-----------------|------------------||
|-6-----------|-----5---6---8---|-----5---6---8---o||
|-------------|-6---------------|-6-------------6-o||
|-------------|-----------------|------------------||
|
| Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----5--6--8--|-----------------|------------------||
|-6-----------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-o||
|-------------|-----------------|------------------||
Interlude
2.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-3-----1-----||-----5---6---8---|-----5---6---8---|-----5---6---8----|
|-------------||-6---------------|-6---------------|-6----------------|
|-------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q 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-----1-----||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|----5--6--8--|----5--6--8---|------------------|
|-----5---6-6-8---|-6-----------|-6----------8-|-----5---6---8----|
|-6---------------|-------------|--------------|-6----------------|
|-----------------|-------------|--------------|------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----5--6--8--|----5--6--8---|------------------|
|-----------------|-6-----------|-6------------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-------------|--------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-----------------|-------------|--------------|------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|----5--6--8--|----5--6--8--|----5--6--7---|
|-----5---6---8---|-6-----------|-6-----------|-6------------|
|-6---------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|----5--6--8--|----5--6--8--|----5--6--8---|
|-----------------|-6-----------|-6-----------|-6------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
E Q E Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E Q. H.. E
|-8-13---10---------|-----------------|----------------|--------------|
|-----------13--10--|-----5---6---8---|----------------|-3------------|
|-------------------|-6-------------6-|---5---4---3----|-----------3--|
|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. W
|------5-----6---8--|-----------------|----------------|--------------|
|-6-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-3------------|
|-------------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|---5---4---3----|--------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------|
W Q Q Q E E E E E E E Q E Q Q Q Q
|--------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|--3-----------|------5--6--8---|----------------|-3------------|
|--------------|-6------------6-|---5---4---3--3-|-------3------|
|--------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|
| +H. Q H.. E E E E E E Q E Q Q Q Q
|--------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|-(3)----------|----------------|----------------|-3------------|
|----------3/--|-6------------6-|---5---4---3--3-|-------3------|
|--------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
Interlude
D.S. al Coda &
Q Q Q Q E E Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------||-------------||------------------|
|-----5---6---8---|-----5---6-6-8---||-3-----------||-----5---6---8----|
|-6---------------|-6-6-------------||-------1-----||-6----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-------------||------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||-------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-3-----------||------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||-------1-----||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-----------------|-----------------||-------------||------------------|
E E Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----5---6---8---|-----5---6-6-8---|-----5---6-6-8---|-----5---6-6-8----|
|-6-6-------------|-6---------------|-6---------------|-6----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----5---6-6-8---|-----5---6-6-8---|-----5---6-6-8---||
|-6---------------|-6---------------|-6---------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Outro
Faster Q=174(8=s8)
Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
||----------------|---------------------|
||o----6--7-7-9---|-------6----7--7-9---|
||o-7-------------|--7--7---------------|
||----------------|---------------------|
|
| Q Q E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
||----------------|---------------------|
||o---------------|---------------------|
||o-7--7--7-7-7-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|
||----------------|---------------------|
Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q 4x
|---------------|----------------------||
|----6--7-7-9---|-------6----7--7-9---o||
|-7-------------|--7--7---------------o||
|---------------|----------------------||
|
| Q Q E E E E +E E E E +E E E E 4x
|---------------|----------------------||
|---------------|---------------------o||
|-7--7--7-7-7-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-o||
|---------------|----------------------||
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
----------------
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
