The Band – Christmas Must Be Tonight (v1)★

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CHRISTMAS MUST BE TONIGHT (Bassline)
As recorded by The Band
(From the 1977 Album ISLANDS)

Words and Music by Robbie Robertson

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Rick Danko - Bass'

[Intro]
Q=67
4/4
Gtr I
   E. S E S S +E. S E E   E. S E S S +E. S E E
G|----------------------|----------------------|
D|--------0-----------0-|--------0-------------|
A|------2-----------2---|------2-----------2-2-|
E|-3--3-----0-(0)-0-----|-3--3-----0-(0)-0-----|

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

[Verses 1 - 3]
     Q  E E H      Q  E E Q  S S E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
G||--------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------|
D||o-------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------|
A||o-------------|-------------2-3-|-5--5--5--3--|-----------3--|
E||--3----3-3----|-5----5-5--------|-------------|-3----3-3-----|

   Q  E E H      Q  E E Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E
G|-------------|---------------|--------------|----------------||
D|-------------|---------------|--------------|----------------||
A|-------------|-----------2-3-|-5--5--5--3-3-|--------------5-||
E|-3----3-3----|-5----5-5------|--------------|-3----3-3-5-7---||

[Chorus]
                                                     2/4
   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   E E S S E Q  E E   E E Q
G|---------------|---------------|------------------|--------|
D|---------------|---------------|------------------|--------|
A|-7--7-5--------|-5----5----3-2-|-------2---3--3-2-|-----5--|
E|--------5--5-7-|--------3------|-5-5--------------|-5-5----|

                       1.,2.                  3.
4/4
   Q  E S S +E  E E E   Q  E S S +E  E E E  3x Q  E S S +Q   E E
G|--------------------|---------------------||-------------------||
D|--------------------|--------------------o||-------------------||
A|----2-----------7-5-|----2-----------7-5-o||----2----------3-2-||
E|-3----3-0-(0)-0-----|-3----3-0-(0)-0------||-3----3-0-(0)------||

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

   Q  E S S +E  E E E   Q  E S S +E  E E E
G|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|
A|----2---------------|----2---------------|
E|-3----3-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-3----3-0-(0)-0-0-0-|

[Outro]
     Q  E S S +E  E E E   Q  E S S +E  E E E  5x
G||---------------------|---------------------||
D||o--------------------|--------------------o||
A||o----2---------5-5-5-|----2---------------o||
E||--3----3-0-(0)-------|-3----3-0-(0)-0-0-0--||

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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).

|  +()   -  note tied to previous
|    |   -  bar
|   ||   -  double bar
|  ||o   -  repeat start
|  o||   -  repeat end
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