Somebody To Love bass

Somebody To Love

artist: queen 
song: somebody to love 
written by: freddie mercury 
album: a day at the races 
released: 1977 

intro 
g---------------------------------- 
d-----------5-----------5---6------ 
a---6---8-------6---8-------------- 
e---------------------------------- 

verse (this is the root of the verse part of the song, everything is 
       based on this, so you can use this as a base for the whole 
       thing) 
g--------------/---------8-/------------/---------------/ 
d---6---5------/-6---8-----/--6---5-----/--8------------/ 
a-----------8--/-----------/----------8-/---------5---6-/ 
e--------------/-----------/------------/-----------6---/ 

g-----------/---------------------------/-------------------/ 
d-----------/---------------------------/-------------------/ 
a---------6-/--6--5--3--4---------------/-------------4---6-/ 
e-4---6-----/--------------444444444444-/--4--4-3-3-1-------/ 

chorus (starts when freddie yells, somebody to love) 

g------------------------------------/ 
d------------------------------------/ 
a----------------------444434-666666-/ 
e-444444-333333-111111---------------/ 

2nd verse (this contains some riffs. deacon does alotta improv in the 
          song...so much that its not worth tabbing all of it. i ve 
          included the riffs in this verse only but he still follows 
          the same root.) 

g-------------/------------8-/-----8---------------/----------/ 
d---6-----5---/--6---8---8---/---8---8---6---5-----/----------/ 
a-----------8-/--------8-----/---------6---------8-/------8---/ 
e-------------/--------------/---------------------/----------/ 

g-8--10,10-8---------------------8---/8---7---5---6-/ 
d------------11,10,8-----------8---8-/--------------/ 
a----------------------------6-------/--------------/ 
e--------------------4---6-----------/--------------/ 

g--------------/---------6---8---/ 
d-666666666666-/-6-6-5-3-------6-/ 
a--------------/-----------------/ 
e--------------/-----------------/ 

bride 

g------------3-4-5-/-----------------/-----------/-----------------/ 
d-6666666666-------/6-5-3------------/-----------/-----------------/ 
a------------------/------6-4-3------/-6-8-6-8-4-/--444/15--444/15-/ 
e------------------/------------4444-/-----------/-----------------/ 

g------------/-----------------/--------------2-----------2-/ 
d------------/---4/8-------4/8-/----------2-4---4-2---2-4---/ 
a-4444444444-/-----------------/--------4-----------4-------/ 
e------------/-2------222------/-2222-5---------------------/ 

g------------6-7-/------6-7---------------/------- 
d-8888888888-----/-8888-----8-7-5---8-7---/------- 
a----------------/----------------8-----6-/-66666- 
e----------------/------------------------/------- 

intro 
verse 
chorus 
verse 
chorus 
bridge 
guitar solo (same as verse) 
chorus 
verse 
vocal solo (no bass) 
chorus (over and over) 

thats it. play moderately slow. good luck 
tabbed by jose

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