The Wasteland bass

The Wasteland

Elton John Band - 'The Wasteland' from the Songs from the West Coast Album.
I really like this song - has a really strong, driving bass line and good
bluesy roots. Excellent bit of drumming from Nigel on this track too :)
Each bar works on the basis of - 'quaver-crotchet', 'quaver-crotchet',
'quaver-crotchet', 'quaver-crotchet', with the accent leaning heavily on the
crotchet. Here I have either written all four pairs of notes as the 4 roots,
or just one note to be carried through the bar. ENJOY!!!   

Ps....I can't tell you what to shout before the track starts....only 
something along the lines of...
A moment? We might just begin? Right about..
ONE!
ONE!!
TWO!
TWO!!
ONE TWO A Hundred and...
OH MY GOD!!!!



INTRO (WITH PIANO ONLY):
G|-0-5-3-0|-(0)---|-(0)---|-0-5-3-0-|-(0)---|-(0)---|-0-5-3-0|-0-----|------|
D|--------|-------|-------|---------|-------|-------|--------|-------|-1----|
A|--------|-------|-------|---------|-------|-------|--------|-------|------|
E|--------|-------|-------|---------|-------|-------|--------|-------|------|


G|-5------|-------|-0-----|-------|5-5-7-7|-0-----|-0------|0-5-3-0|
D|--------|2-0-4-0|-------|-1-----|-------|-------|--------|-------|
A|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------|-------|
E|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------|-------|


VERSE:   (could it be...rattling chains...)
G|-0------|-------|-5-----|-------|-0-----|-------|5-5-7-7-|-0-----|
D|--------|-1-----|-------|3-3-4-4|-------|-1-----|--------|-------|
A|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------|-------|
E|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------|-------|


CHORUS:
G|--2-3-7-|--2-3-3|-------|-------|5-8-0-0|1-1-3-3|5-5-7-7-|-------|0------|
D|3-------|3------|1-1-0-0|-------|-------|-------|--------|1-2-3-4|--3-1-0|
A|--------|-------|-------|4-4-0-0|-------|-------|--------|-------|-------|
E|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------|-------|-------|


G|-0------|-0-5-3-0|
D|--------|--------|
A|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|


OUTTRO:
G|-0------|0-0-5-5|0-0-5-5|0-0-5-5|0-0-5-5|0-0-5-5|0-0-5-5|0-0-5-5|0-0-5-5|
D|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
A|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
E|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|


G|000000--------|-------------|---------|---------|
D|------333333--|111111-000000|---------|---------|
A|--------------|-------------|---------|---------|
E|--------------|-------------|---------|------3--|


INTRO x1
VERSE x1
CHORUS x1
VERSE x1 
CHORUS x1
JAM AROUND ON G|---0-3-5-| UNTIL LYRICS AGAIN
CHORUS X2
OUTTRO X1

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