Doors - Indian Summer Bass

Indian Summer - The Doors


The bass on this song is played by Ray Manzarek on a Fender Rhodes Piano Bass,
not a bass guitar. Play it with your fingers and listen to the recording to pick
up on the exact timbre of the notes. You can transpose the strings however you
like, as the bassline is not originally written for the bass guitar. This is just
the way I prefer to play it and think sounds best. This is the whole song from
beginning to end, at least 99% accurate.

Tuning: EADG

0:04 (repeat at 0:15, 0:27, 0:39, 0:51)
G|------7------7-|------7------7-|------7------7-|------7------7-|------7------7-|
D|-4--7----4-7---|-4--7----4-7---|----7----4-7---|-4--7----4-7---|----7----4-7---|
A|---------------|---------------|-5-------------|---------------|-5-------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

1:03
G|------7-----7--|-----9----9-9-|-----9----9-9-|-------7----7-|----7---7----7-|
D|-4--7---4-7----|-7-----7------|-7-----7------|-----7----7---|------7----7---|
A|---------------|--------------|--------------|-5------------|-5-------------|
E|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|

1:15
G|-----9----9-9-|-----9----9-9-|-----7----7---|------------|-----7------7-|
D|-7-----7------|-7-----7------|-------7----7-|-(7)--------|-------4--7---|
A|--------------|--------------|-5------------|--5---------|-5------------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|------------|--------------|

1:26
G|-----7------7-|-----7------7-|----7------7---|-----7------7-|----6-7------7-|
D|-------4--7---|-------4--7---|------4-7----7-|-------4--7---|--------4--7---|
A|-5------------|-5------------|-5-------------|-5------------|-5-------------|
E|--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|

1:38
G|----7------7---|----7------7--|-----9----9-9-|-----9----9-9-|--------------|
D|------4-7----7-|------4-7-----|-7-----7------|-7-----7------|-----7----7-7-|
A|-5-------------|-5------------|--------------|--------------|-5-----5------|
E|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|

1:49
G|--------------|-----9----9-9-|-----9----9-9-|-------------|------------|
D|-----7----7-7-|-7-----7------|-7-----7------|-----7-----7-|-(7)--------|
A|-5-----5------|--------------|--------------|-5-----5-----|--5---------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|------------|

2:01
G|------7------7-|------7------7-|------7------7-|------7------7-|------7------7-|
D|-4--7----4-7---|-4--7----4-7---|-4--7----4-7---|----7----4-7---|-4--7----4-7---|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|-5-------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

2:12
G|------7------7-|------7------7-|------7------7-|------7------7-|------7------7-|
D|-4--7----4-7---|----7----4-7---|-4--7----4-7---|-4--7----4-7---|----7----4-7---|
A|---------------|-5-------------|---------------|---------------|-5-------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

2:24
G|------7------7-|-(7)-|-(7)-|
D|-4--7----4-7---|-----|-----|
A|---------------|--5--|-(5)-|
E|---------------|-----|-----|