Eagles

Doolin-dalton Bass Tab

DOOLIN-DALTON (Bassline)

As recorded by The Eagles
(From the 1973 Album DESPERADO)

Words and Music by Glenn Frey, John David Souther, Don Henley & Jackson Browne

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Randy Meisner - Bass'


 Intro
  Q=64
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx9
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||


 1st Verse
  Wx8
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


 2nd Verse
  H    H      H    Q.   e   H    H      Q.   e H
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
|-4---------|-------------|-4---------|-------------|
|------4----|------4----4-|------4----|-------------|
|-----------|-5-----------|-----------|-5----5-5----|


  H    H      Q.   E Q  +E  e   Q.   E Q  +E  e   Q.   Q.   Q
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------||
|-----------|-4----4----------|-----------------|---------------||
|-5---------|--------4--(4)-4-|-2----2----------|-5---------4---||
|------5----|-----------------|--------2--(2)-2-|------5--------||


 3rd Verse
  Q.   E Q  +E  e   H    Q  Q    Q.   E Q  +E  e   Q.   e H
|-----------------|------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-4----4----------|------------|-4----4----------|-------------|
|--------4--(4)-4-|-0----0--4--|--------4--(4)-4-|-------------|
|-----------------|------------|-----------------|-5----5-5----|


  Q.   E Q  +E  e   H    H      H    Q.   e   Q.   E Q  +E  e
|-----------------|-----------|-------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-4---------|-------------|------------------||
|-5----5----------|------4----|-2----5----5-|------------------||
|--------5--(5)-5-|-----------|-------------|-5----5-0--(0)-0--||


 Bridge
  H    H      H    H      Q  +E  e H      H    H
|-----------|-----------|---------------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|---------------|-----------|
|-4---------|-5----4----|-2--(2)-2-2----|-----------|
|------5----|-----------|---------------|-2----2----|


  H    Q  Q    H    H      Q  +E  e H      H    H
|------------|-----------|---------------|-----------||
|------------|-----------|---------------|-----------||
|-0-------0--|-5----4----|-2--(2)-2-2----|------4----||
|------0-----|-----------|---------------|-0---------||


 4th Verse
  Q.   E Q  +E  e   Q.   E Q  +E  e   H    H      H    H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|
|-4----4----------|-----------------|-4---------|-----------|
|--------4--(4)-4-|-0----0----------|------4----|-----------|
|-----------------|--------0--(0)-0-|-----------|-5----5----|


  Q.   E Q  +E  e   Q.   E Q  +E  e   Q.   e H      H    Q.   e
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-4----4----------|-------------|--------------||
|-5----5----------|--------4--(4)-4-|-2----2------|-0------------||
|--------5--(5)-5-|-----------------|--------0----|------0----0--||


 Outro
  Q.   e Q.   e   H    H      H    Q  Q    W          +W
|---------------|-----------|------------|----------|--------*|
|---------------|-----------|---------0--|----------|--------*|
|--------0----0-|-5----4----|-2----------|----------|--------*|
|-2----2--------|-----------|------0-----|-2--------|-(2)----*|


Duration Legend
---------------
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

/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 
  - 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