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Robert Cray - Right Next Door Bass

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Right Next Door Bass

(ver. 2)
Robert Cray
Key signature: Cm
Tuning: E A D G



Intro: 00:01 (play x2)   

G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|---------------6r------|---------------6-6-----||- x2
E|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8.--|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8---||-

Verse1: 00:10
                         
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|---6--6---------6--6---|-
E|-6-8--8------6-8--8----|-8------------8--------|-
I can hear the couple fighting right next door

            
G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|----------------------*||-
A|-6-8--8-------8---6----|----------------------*||-
E|-----------------------|-10r--8------6-8--8----||-
Their angry words sound clear thru these thin walls
   

Part2: 00:21
b                         
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|---6--6---------6--6---|-
E|-6-8--8------6-8--8----|-8------------8--------|-
Around midnight I hear him shout unfaithful woman

              
G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|----------------------*||-
A|-6-8--8-------8---6r---|----------------------*||-
E|-----------------------|-10r--8------6-8--8----||-
And I knew right there the axe was gonna fall
  

Pre-Chorus: 00:32
                       
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D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
E|--8---6r-----4-6--6r---|--6---8r-----x-8--8r---||-
It's because of me
It's because of me


Verse2: 00:38
                         
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D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|---6--6---------6--6---|-
E|-6-8--8------6-8--8----|-8------------8--------|-
I heard him shout who is he, she mumbled low

            
G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|----------------------*||-
A|-6-8--8-------8---6----|----------------------*||-
E|-----------------------|-10r--8------6-8--8----||-
He said baby don't you lie to me no more
   
Part2: 00:49
                         
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|---6--6---------6--6---|-
E|-6-8--8------6-8--8----|-8------------8--------|-
And I'm listening thru these thin walls silently

          
G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|----------------------*||-
A|-6-8--8-------8---6r---|----------------------*||-
E|-----------------------|-10r--8------6-8--8----||-
As he called out my name, I was right next door


Pre-Chorus: 01:00
                       
G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
E|--8---6r-----4-6--6r---|--6---8r-----x-8--8r---||-
It's because of me
It's because of me
                       
G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
E|--8---6r-----4-6--6r---|--6---8r-----x-8--8r---||-
It's because of me
It's because of me


Chorus1: 01:11                        
         
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-
She was right next door and I'm such a strong persuader


G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-
That she was just another notch on my guitar
 

 
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-
She's gonna lose the man that really loves her

  
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-
In the silence I can hear their breaking hearts

oh oooh ooh
        
                    
Bridge: 01:34
  
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D|--------|--------|-------------|--------|
A|-6~-----|-3~-----|-------------|--------|
E|--------|--------|-6~----4~----|-3~-----|


Instrumental(1): 01:44 (Play X2) 
         
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D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-

  
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-

then.... play 

                
G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|---------------6r------|---------------6-6-----||- x2
E|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8.--|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8---||-

  
Verse3: 02:17
                         
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|---6--6---------6--6---|-
E|-6-8--8------6-8--8----|-8------------8--------|-\
At daybreak I hear him back and say goodbye

           
G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|----------------------*||-
A|-6-8--8-------8---6----|----------------------*||-
E|-----------------------|-10r--8------6-8--8----||-
 I can hear him slam the door and walk away
   

Part2: 00:49
                        
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|---6--6---------6--6---|-
E|-6-8--8------6-8--8----|-8------------8--------|-
Right next door I hear that woman start to cry

            
G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|----------------------*||-
A|-6-8--8-------8---6r---|----------------------*||-
E|-----------------------|-10r--8------6-8--8----||-
I should go to her but what would I say


Pre-Chorus: 02:38
                       
G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
E|--8---6r-----4-6--6r---|--6---8r-----x-8--8r---||-
It's because of me
It's because of me

                       
G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
E|--8---6r-----4-6--6r---|--6---8r-----x-8--8r---||-
It's because of me
It's because of me


Chorus3: 02:50                        
          
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-
She was right next door and I'm such a strong persuader

 
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-
That she was just another notch on my guitar
 


G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-
She's gonna lose the man that really loves her

 
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-
In the silence I can hear their breaking hearts


Chorus4: 03:12                        
         
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-
oh, She was right next door and I'm such a strong persuader


G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-
That she was just another notch on my guitar
 

  
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-
She's gonna lose the man that really loves her

  
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-
In the silence I can hear their breaking hearts


Instrumental: 03:34 (Play X2) play chorus
          
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D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-

   
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-
  

Outro: 03:56 (repeat intro)

G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|---------------6r------|---------------6-6-----||- xxx till fade out
E|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8.--|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8.--||-

  
End: 04:20            
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