Backdoor Love Affair Bass Tabs

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Backdoor Love Affair Bass Tabs by Zz Top

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Backdoor Love Affair (ZZ Top)


This tab is my own version of this song and is not intended to be balls-on to the 
original recording or any live versions.

Although they may be inaccurate, the beat marks aided me in laying this tab out, 
so they may help you as well.
Listen to the song for correct timing and note durations.

Tuning: Standard

Intro (0:04)
(Play 4X)
G|--------------------------------|
D|------------5-----------5---7---|
A|--------5H7---------7-----------|
E|5---5---------------------------|
  ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -

Verse (0:13)
G|--------------------------------|------------5-----------7P5-----|
D|------------5-------------------|--------5H7-----------------7---|
A|--------5H7-------------0---3---|5---5---------------------------|
E|5---5---------------------------|--------------------------------|
  ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -    ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|------------5-------------------|------------5---------------7---|
A|--------5H7---------------------|--------5H7---------7-----------|
E|5---5-------------------8P5-5---|5---5-------------------5-------|
  ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -    ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -
G|--------------------------------|------------5-----------7P5-----|
D|------------5-------------------|--------5H7-----------------7---|
A|--------5H7-------------0---3---|5---5---------------------------|
E|5---5---------------------------|--------------------------------|
  ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -    ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|------------5---------------7---|------------5-------------------|
A|--------5H7---------7-----------|--------5H7-------------0---3---|
E|5---5-------------------5-------|5---5---------------------------|
  ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -    ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -

Chorus (0:32)
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|5---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|7---7---7---7---7---7---5---3---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -    ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|------------5---------------7---|------------5---------------7---|
A|--------5H7---------7-----------|--------5H7---------7-----------|
E|5---5-------------------5-------|5---5-------------------5-------|
  ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -    ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -

Verse (0:41)
G|--------------------------------|------------5-----------7P5-----|
D|------------5-------------------|--------5H7-----------------7---|
A|--------5H7-------------0---3---|5---5---------------------------|
E|5---5---------------------------|--------------------------------|
  ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -    ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|------------5---------------7---|------------5---------------7---|
A|--------5H7---------7-----------|--------5H7---------7-----------|
E|5---5-------------------5-------|5---5-------------------5-------|
  ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -    ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -
G|--------------------------------|------------5-----------7P5-----|
D|------------5-------------------|--------5H7-----------------7---|
A|--------5H7-------------0---3---|5---5---------------------------|
E|5---5---------------------------|--------------------------------|
  ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -    ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|------------5-------------------|------------5-------------------|
A|--------5H7---------------------|--------5H7-------------0---5---|
E|5---5-------------------8P5-5---|5---5---------------------------|
  ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -    ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -

Chorus (0:59)
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -    ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -

Guitar Solo (1:03)
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|---------------5H7/12-‘-‘-‘-12--|
E|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|5---5---5---5-------------------|
  ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -    ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -
G|--------7---------------7-------|--------7---------------7-------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|5---5-----------5---5-----------|5---5-----------5---5-----------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -    ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|---------------5H7/12-‘-‘-‘-12--|
E|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|5---5---5---5-------------------|
  ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -    ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -
G|--------7---------------7-------|--------7---------------7-------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|5---5-----------5---5-----------|5---5-----------5---5-----------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -    ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -
G|--------------------------------|19--19--------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|---------19-19-19--19-17--------|
A|7-------------------------------|------------------------19\-----|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -    ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -

Verse (1:26)
G|--------------------------------|------------5-----------7P5-----|
D|------------5-------------------|--------5H7-----------------7---|
A|--------5H7-------------0---3---|5---5---------------------------|
E|5---5---------------------------|--------------------------------|
  ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -    ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|------------5---------------7---|------------5---------------7---|
A|--------5H7---------7-----------|--------5H7---------7-----------|
E|5---5-------------------5-------|5---5-------------------5-------|
  ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -    ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -
G|--------------------------------|------------5-----------7P5-----|
D|------------5-------------------|--------5H7-----------------7---|
A|--------5H7-------------0---3---|5---5---------------------------|
E|5---5---------------------------|--------------------------------|
  ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -    ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|------------5---------------7---|------------5-------------------|
A|--------5H7---------7-----------|--------5H7-------------0---5---|
E|5---5-------------------5-------|5---5---------------------------|
  ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -    ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -

Chorus (1:44)
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -    ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -
G|--------------------------------|19------19----------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -    ^   -   ^   -   ^   -   ^   -

Outro (1:57)
G|--------------|-----------------------------------------|
D|7-7-7--7P5----|7P5--7-7--7P5--7-7--7P5--7-7--7P5-7-7-7--|
A|-----------7--|---0----0----0----0----0----0------------|
E|--------------|-----------------------------------------|

(Improvise and mix up how you want. Here are some riffs I use.)
(There may be more to it, but I’m lazy.)
G|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|7P5-------7P5-------|----5H7------5H7--|----7P5------7P5--|
A|-----0-0-------0-0--|0-0------0-0------|7-0------7-0------|
E|--------------------|------------------|------------------|

/  slide up
\  slide down
H  hammer-on
P  pull-off
‘  repeat note rapidly (just a space saver)
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