California Blue
This track by Roy orbison is taken from his 1989 album Mystery Girl.
Songwriters: Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne.
Bass performance Jeff Lynne. Tab by bass50611. Straight forward, nice
and easy song. Any comments its bass254@btinternet.com
Intro: Verse 1:
G|---------------|------------------------------------------------|
D|-SINGLE GUITAR-|------------------------------------------------|
A|----CHORD------|-5-55-55-55--------------------------5-55-55-55-|
E|---------------|-------------3-33-33-33---5-55-55-55------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-55-55-55----------------------------5-55-55----BREAK-|
E|-------------3-33-33-33-2-0-00---5-55-------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------0-00-00-00234-5-55-55-55-----|
A|-------------5-55-55-55---0-00-00-00--------------------------------|
E|-3-33-33-33---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-5-55-55-55---0-00-00-00---5-55-55-55-|
E|--------------------------------------|
Bridge: . .
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------5-55---7-77-------------------7---------------|
A|-0-00-00-00---5-55-55-55-------------5-55-55-55---0-4-7--0-2-3-5-55-55-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2:
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-55-55-55--------------------------5-55-55-55---5-55-55-55-|
E|------------3-33-33-33---5-55-55-55--------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------4-5-55-55-55----------------------|
A|--------------------------5-55-55-5578-------------5-55-55-55---0-00-00-|
E|-3-33-33-33-2-0-00---5-55-----------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------4-5-55-55-55--------------------------------------|
A|-00---5-55-55-55-7-------------5-55-55-55---0-00-00-00---5-55-55-55-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge 2: .
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------5-55---7-77-------------------7-----------------|
A|-0-00-00-00---5-55-55-55-------------5-55-55-55---0-4-7-0-2-3-5-55-55-55-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro:
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------7-77-77-7---------|
A|-------------5-55-55-55-------------5-55-55-55-567-77----------5-55---5-|
E|-0-00---5-55------------0-00---5-55---------------------------------5---|
| Bass Tabs |
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| Title |
California Blue |
| Artist |
Roy Orbison |
| Tablature Type |
ASCII Tab |
| YouTube ID |
AB0ogv_DM9g |
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G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|---------3-------|
E|---1-1---1---3---|
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