Let Me Take You Home Tonight Bass Tab

LET ME TAKE YOU HOME TONIGHT (Bassline)
As recorded by Boston
(From the 1976 Album BOSTON)

Words and Music by Brad Delp
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Fran Sheehan - Bass'

    [Intro]
    Q=79
    4/4
     Gtr I
     S S S S e E +E  E S S E   S S E   S  S  E  +E  Q.
G||----------7---------------|-------/12-13-14-(14)-------||
D||o-------7-----------------|---------------------------o||
A||o-5-5-------3-(3)-2-2-0---|----------------------0----o||
E||------------------------3-|-3-3------------------------||

 [1st Verse]
   H    H      W          W          H    Q  E E
G|-----------|----------|----------|---------------|
D|-----------|----------|----------|---------------|
A|-5---------|----------|----------|-----------2S==|
E|-----------|----------|----------|---------------|

   Q  E E  Q.   E   E S S +S  E S Q.   E   Q  Q  Q  Q
G|----------------|----------------------|-------------|
D|----------------|-----------7---5------|-------------|
A|-7----5S12------|-5-5-5-(5)---7------0-|-5--4--2--5--|
E|----------------|----------------------|-------------|

                                   [Chorus]
   E S S +S  S E +E  S S S S S S    E S S E E +E  S S Q
G|-------------------------------||----------------------|
D|-------------------------------||----------------------|
A|-------------5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5---||----------------------|
E|-3-3-5-(5)-5-----------------0-||-3-3-3---5-(5)-5-7-5--|

   E S S +S  E S H      E S S E E +E  S S Q
G|--------------------|----------------------|
D|--------------------|----------------------|
A|---------------5----|----------------------|
E|-3-3-3-(3)-5--------|-3-3-3---5-(5)-5-7-5--|

                    [Interlude]
  2/4               4/4
   E S S +S  E S     S S S S e E +E  E S S E
G|---------------||----------7---------------|
D|---------------||o-------7-----------------|
A|---------------||o-5-5-------3-(3)-2-2-0---|
E|-3-3-3-(3)-5---||------------------------3-|

                                [2nd Verse]
   S S E   S  S  E  +E  Q.       H    H
G|-------/12-13-14-(14)-------||-----------|
D|---------------------------o||------7----|
A|----------------------0----o||-5---------|
E|-3-3------------------------||-----------|

   H    Q.   E   Q  E E  S  S  S  S  +E   E    Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  E E  Q.   E
G|-------------|-----------------11-(11)-----|--------------|-----------------|
D|-------------|--------------12---------12\-|--------------|-----------------|
A|-7-----------|-----------12----------------|------------2S|=7----5S12-------|
E|------5------|-3--5---10-------------------|-7--5--3------|-----------------|

   E S S S E S Q  S S E   Q  Q  E. S Q    E S S +S  S E +E  S S S S S S
G|----------------------|---------------|-------------------------------||
D|---------7-5-5--5-5-7-|---------------|-------------------------------||
A|-5-5-5-5--------------|-5--4--2--2-5--|-------------5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5---||
E|----------------------|---------------|-3-3-5-(5)-5-----------------0-||

  [Chorus]
   E S S E E +E  S S Q    E S S +S  E S H      E S S E E +E  S S Q
G|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
A|----------------------|---------------5----|-----------------------|
E|-3-3-3---5-(5)-5-7-5--|-3-3-3-(3)-5--------|-3-3-3---5-(5)-5-7-5---|

                   [Interlude]                     [Bridge]
  2/4              4/4
   E S S +S  E S    H.      S S e   H.      S E.    H    Q.   E
G|---------------||---------------|-7------------||-------------|
D|---------------||---------7-5-7-|--------------||-------------|
A|---------------||-5-------------|---------0-2--||-3-----------|
E|-3-3-3-(3)-5---||---------------|--------------||------3------|

                                                              [Guitar Solo]
  4/4
   Q  Q  Q  Q    H    Q.   E   S S S S Q  S S S S +S  S S S    Q.   S S Q.   E
G|-------------|-------------|------------------------------||-----------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-7-7-5---7--------5-(5)---5---||------5-6-7------|
A|-3--2--0-----|-------------|-------7----5-6-7-------7---7-||-5-------------0-|
E|----------3--|-1----3------|------------------------------||-----------------|

   S E S +S  S E +E  E S E.   Q  E E   S  S  S  S  +S  S  E
G|--------------------------|------------------11-(11)-9-----|
D|-----5-(5)---7-(7)-7-5-7--|---------------12-----------12\-|
A|-7------------------------|------------12------------------|
E|--------------------------|-3--5---/10---------------------|

   Q  Q  Q  S S E   Q  E E  Q.   E
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|--------------2S|=7----5S12------|
E|-7--5--3--3-----|----------------|

   E S S +S  S E +E  E S E.   Q  Q  Q  Q    E S S +S  S E +E  E E S S
G|--------------------------|-------------|---------------------------||
D|-----7-(7)---5-(5)--------|-------------|---------------------------||
A|-5-5-------7--------------|-5--4--2--5--|-------------5-(5)-5-5-5-5-||
E|-------------------3-3-5--|-------------|-3-3-5-(5)-5---------------||

  [Chorus]
   E S S E E +E  S S Q    E S S +S  E S H      E S S E E +E  S S Q
G|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
A|----------------------|---------------5----|-----------------------|
E|-3-3-3---5-(5)-5-7-5--|-3-3-3-(3)-5--------|-3-3-3---5-(5)-5-7-5---|

                   [Interlude]                     [Bridge]
  2/4              4/4
   E S S +S  E S    H.      S S e   H.      S E.    Q.   S S Q.   S S
G|---------------||---------------|-7------------||-------------------|
D|---------------||---------7-5-7-|--------------||-------------------|
A|---------------||-5-------------|---------0-2--||-3----5-3------5-4-|
E|-3-3-3-(3)-5---||---------------|--------------||----------3--------|

   Q  Q  Q  Q    H    Q.   E   S S S S Q  S S S S +S  S e
G|-------------|-------------|----------------------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-7-7-5---7--------5-(5)---5-|
A|-3--2--0-----|-------------|-------7----5-6-7-------7---|
E|----------3--|-1----3------|----------------------------|

                                  [3rd Verse]
   S S S S Q  S S S S +S  S S S    Q.   S S Q  E E   H    Q.   E
G|------------------------------||-----------------|-------------|
D|-7-7-5---7--------5-(5)---5---||------5-6-7--7---|-------------|
A|-------7----5-6-7-------7---7-||-5-------------0-|-7-----------|
E|------------------------------||-----------------|------5------|

   Q  E E Q.   E   Q  Q  Q  E E    Q.   E Q.   E
G|---------------|--------------|----------------|
D|---------------|--------------|----------------|
A|--------5------|------------5S|=12------7------|
E|-3--5----------|-7--5--3------|----------------|

   E S S +S  E S E. S S S E   Q  Q  E. S Q    E S S +S  S E +E  S S S S S S
G|--------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------||
D|-----------7---5--5-5-7-7-|---------------|-------------------------------||
A|-5-5-5-(5)---7------------|-5--4--2--2-5--|-------------5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
E|--------------------------|---------------|-3-3-5-(5)-5-------------------||

  [Chorus]
   E S S E E +E  S S Q    E S S +S  E S e S S S S e   E S S E E +E  S S Q
G|----------------------|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-|----------------------|
D|----------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
A|----------------------|---------------5-----------|----------------------|
E|-3-3-3---5-(5)-5-7-5--|-3-3-3-(3)-5---------------|-3-3-3---5-(5)-5s7-5--|

                              [Interlude]
                   Faster  Q=160
  2/4             4/4
   E S S +S  E S   W           W          H    Q   Q
G|---------------|----------||----------|---------------|
D|---------------|----------||----------|---------------|
A|-------------5-|-5--------||----------|---------------|
E|-3-3-3-(3)-5---|----------||----------|---------12\---|

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

  [Outro]
   E E E E E E E E   E E Q  E E E E   E E Q  E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E E
G|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
A|-7---7-----5-----|----------------|----------5-6-7-|-(7)-7-7--7-7-5----|
E|---------------5-|-5-5-5--5-5---3-|-5-5-5--5-------|----------------7--|

   E E E E E 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 E
G|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
D|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-5----|-------------------|-----------5-6-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-5------|
E|--------------5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-------|---------------7-5--|

   E E E E E 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 E
G|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
D|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-5----|-------------------|-----------5-6-7-|-(7)-7-5-5-4-4------|
E|--------------5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-------|---------------7-4--|

   E E E E E 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 E
G|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
D|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
A|-7-7-7-7-7-5----|-------------------|-----------5-6-7-|-(7)-7-5-5-4-4------||
E|--------------5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-------|---------------7-4--||

   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
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-9-9-7-7-6-------|-------------------|
A|-9-9-7-7-6-6-----|-----6-6-7-7-6---|-----------9-6-9-|-(9)-9-7-7-6-------|
E|-------------9-9-|-7-7-----------7-|-----------------|-------------9-7-6-|

   E E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-------6-6-7-6-----|
E|-2-2-4-4-5-5-6-7-|-(7)-7---------7-6-|

   S S E E E E E E E   +S  S E E E E E E E
G|-------------------|---------------------|
D|-9-9-9-7-6---------|---------------------|
A|-----------9-6---9-|-(9)-x-7-6-6---------|
E|---------------7---|-------------9-7-6-4-|

     E E E. S S S E E E   +E  E E S S E E E E
G||---------------------|---------------------|
D||o--------------------|---------------------|
A||o--------------------|-------6---6-7-6-----|
E||--2-2-4--x-5-5-5-6-7-|-(7)-7-----------7-6-|

   S S E E E E E E E   +S  S E E E E E E E
G|-------------------|------------------------||
D|-9-9-9-7-7-6-------|-----------------------o||
A|-------------9-6-9-|-(9)-x-7-6-6-----------o||
E|-------------------|-------------9-7-6-0----||

   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
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-9-9-7-7-6-------|------------------|
A|-9-9-7-7-6-6-----|-----6-6-7-7-8-9-|-----------9-6-7-|-9-9-7-7-6-6------|
E|-------------9-9-|-7-7-------------|-----------------|-------------9-7\-|

   E E E. S S S E E E   +E  E E S S E E E E
G|--------------------|---------------------|
D|--------------------|---------------------|
A|--------------------|-------6---6-7-6-----|
E|-2-2-4--x-5-5-5-6-7-|-(7)-7-----------7-6-|

   S S E E E E E E E   +S  S E E E E E E E
G|-------------------|---------------------*|
D|-9-9-9-7-7-6-------|---------------------*|
A|-------------9-6-9-|-(9)-x-7-6-6---------*|
E|-------------------|-------------9-7-6-0-*|

[Lyrics]
Now I'm not like this, I'm really kind of shy
But I get this feeling whenever you walk by
I don't wanna down you, I wanna make you high
If you could see your way to me, come on and let me try

Let me take you home tonight
Mamma now it's alright
Let me take you home tonight
I'll show you sweet delight

You must understand this, I've watched you for so long
That I feel I've known you, I know it can't be wrong
If we just get together, I want to make you see
I'm dreaming of your sweet love tonight, so mamma let it be

Let me take you home tonight
Mamma now it's alright
Let me take you home tonight
I'll show you sweet delight

I don't wanna make excuses, I don't wanna lie
I just got to get loose
With you tonight

Let me take you home tonight
Mamma now it's alright
Let me take you home tonight
I'll show you sweet delight

I don't wanna make excuses, I don't wanna lie
I just got to get loose
With you tonight

I don't wanna down you, I wanna make you high
And I get this feeling whenever you walk by
If we just get together, I wanna make you see
I'm dreaming of your sweet love tonight, so mamma let it be

Let me take you home tonight
Mamma now it's alright
Let me take you home tonight
I'll show you sweet delight
I wanna show you sweet delight, show ya sweet delight
Pretty mamma wanna show ya sweet delight

Let me take you home tonight
You know I wanna take you home
Let me take you home tonight
I don't wanna be alone
Let me take you home tonight
Let me take you home tonight
Let me take you home tonight

************************************
Duration Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

|  (n)  -  note tied to previous
|   s   -  legato slide
|   /\  -  slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
|   x   -  muted
************************************

Bass Tabs
Title	Let Me Take You Home Tonight
Artist	Boston
Tablature Type	ASCII Tab
YouTube ID	m6inZCMnpVo

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1. Understanding the Basics

a. Strings:

Bass tab consists of horizontal lines representing the strings of the bass guitar. The lowest-pitched string (usually the E string) is at the bottom, and the highest-pitched string (usually the G string) is at the top.

b. Numbers:

Numbers on the lines indicate which fret to play on a specific string. For example, if you see "3" on the E string, it means you should press down the third fret on the lowest string.

2. Reading Bass Tab Example

In this tab:

Play the note on the 1st fret of the E string.
Play the open E string.
Play the 3rd fret on the A string.
Play the 1st fret on the A string.

        G|-----------------|
        D|-----------------|
        A|---------3-------|
        E|---1-1---1---3---|

3. Playing Techniques

a. Hammer-ons and Pull-offs:

Hammer-ons are represented by an "h" (e.g., 5h7 means play the 5th fret and hammer onto the 7th fret). Pull-offs are represented by a "p" (e.g., 7p5 means play the 7th fret and pull off to the 5th fret).

b. Slides:

Slides are often indicated by an "/" or "\\" between two numbers (e.g., 5/7 means slide from the 5th fret to the 7th fret).

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