WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son Bass | Ver. 1
Tuning (D A D G) - 'Dropped D'
I've been playing this song live for 2 years now and just sat down to listen
to the recording. This is a slight correction on John Speas's
chorus is actually an open D and not a 5th fret on the A-String. Give it a
listen and hear for yourself.
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Intro x5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------0|
|-----------------|-----------------0|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
Verses 1,2,3 (x2)
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------0-1-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Chorus
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Chorus (Sometimes)
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------2-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Guitar Solo
x2 x2
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
|-------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------0|--------------|--------------0|
|-------------|-------------0|--------------|--------------0|
|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5---|-5--5--5-5-5--|-5--5--5-5-5---|
