Owner Of A Lonely Heart Bass Tab

		
		Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 Ver 4 
	

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OWNER OF A LONELY HEART (Bassline)
As recorded by Yes
(From the 2002 Album IN A WORD: YES (1969 - ) )


 Words and Music by Trevor Horn, Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Chris Squire

 

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'


 Intro
  Moderately Q=125
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx4          H    Q   Q     W
|------------|--------------|------|
|------------|--------------|------|
|------------|--------------|------|
|------------|---------17--|------|


  H    Q   Q     Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E Q
|--------------|----------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------|---------------|
|--------------|------2-3---5-5-|---------------|
|---------17--|-5--------------|------3-3------|


                                    ~
                        |----6----|
  Q  E E E E E E   H    S S S S S S Q    Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|----------5h7p5------|----------------|
|----------------|------5h7-------7p5--|----------------|
|------2-3---5-5-|---------------------|------2-3---5-5-|
|-5--------------|---------------------|-5--------------|


                   Verse
  Q  E E E E Q      Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E Q   8x
|---------------||-----------------|----------------||
|---------------||o----------------|---------------o||
|---------------||o------2-3---5-5-|---------------o||
|------3-3------||--5--------------|------3-3-------||


   Chorus
    Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E Q   3x Q  E E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------||----------------|
||o----------------|---------------o||----------------|
||o------2-3---5-5-|---------------o||------2-3---5-5-|
||--5--------------|------3-3-------||-5--------------|


                            Verse
  +W           +W            Q  E E E E E E
|------------|------------||----------------|
|------------|------------||----------------|
|-(5)--------|-(5)--------||------2-3---5-5-|
|------------|------------||-5--------------|


                                                           ~~
                                           |-----6------|
  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E  S  S S  S S  S  Q
|---------------|----------------|--------------9h12p9--------|
|---------------|----------------|--------10h12--------12p10--|
|---------------|------2-3---5-5-|----------------------------|
|------3-3------|-5--------------|------3---------------------|


  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|------2-3---5-5-|---------------|------2-3---5-5-|
|-5--------------|------3-3------|-5--------------|


  Q    Q     Q   Q    Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E Q
|-------------------|----------------|---------------|
|----/17--/17-----|----------------|---------------|
|-------------------|------2-3---5-5-|---------------|
|-------------------|-5--------------|------3-3------|


                            ~~
  Q  E E E E E E   Q    Q   Q   S  S  E     Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|----/14--12-----------||------------------|
|----------------|-------------14p12----||o-----------------|
|------2-3---5-5-|-------------------15-||o------2-3---5-5--|
|-5--------------|----------------------||--5---------------|


                       Chorus
  Q  E E E E Q          Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E Q    3x
|----------------||-||-----------------|-----------------||
|---------------o||-||o----------------|----------------o||
|---------------o||-||o------2-3---5-5-|----------------o||
|------3-3-------||-||--5--------------|------3-3--------||


                    Bridge
  Q  E E E E E E     +E   E E  E E E E E   +E   E E E +E   E E  E
|----------------||---------9------------|------------------------|
|--------------7-||o-(7)S11---11---9---7-|-(7)------7-(7)---------|
|------2-3---5---||o---------------------|-----10-7-------10-7-10-|
|-5--------------||----------------------|------------------------|


  E  E E  E E E E E   +E   E E E +E   E E E  3x +W
|------9------------|------------------------||--------|
|-7S11---11---9---7-|-(7)------7-(7)------7-o||-(7)----|
|-------------------|-----10-7-------10-7---o||--------|
|-------------------|------------------------||--------|


                             Guitar Solo
  +W            Wx4           Q  E E E E E E
|------------||------------||----------------|
|-(7)--------||------------||----------------|
|------------||------------||------2-3---5-5-|
|------------||------------||-5--------------|


  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E Q
|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------|------2-3---5-5-|---------------|
|------3-3------|-5--------------|------3-3------|


  Q  E E E E E E   W          Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|----------|----------------|
|----------------|----------|----------------|
|------2-3---5-5-|----------|------2-3---5-5-|
|-5--------------|----------|-5--------------|


  H    E E E E     Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E Q   3x
|--------------||-----------------|----------------||
|------5-4-5---||o----------------|---------------o||
|--------------||o------2-3---5-5-|---------------o||
|--------------||--5--------------|------3-3-------||


                                    Interlude
  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E    Wx2
|----------------|----------------||--------|
|----------------|----------------||--------|
|------2-3---5-5-|--------------5-||--------|
|-5--------------|------3-3-------||--------|


              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  H    Q   E  E    +Q.   +Q   E  +E   E    +W
|---------12S19-|-(19)--(19)-17-(17)S14-|-(14)----|
|---------------|-----------------------|---------|
|---------------|-----------------------|---------|
|---------------|-----------------------|---------|


   Q.    E  +Q.   E   +H.      +E  E   +Q.   E +H
|-14----12-(12)---9-|-(9)------(9)-7-|-(7)---5-(5)----||
|-------------------|----------------|----------------||
|-------------------|----------------|----------------||
|-------------------|----------------|----------------||


   Chorus
    Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E Q   3x Q  E E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------||----------------|
||o----------------|---------------o||----------------|
||o------2-3---5-5-|---------------o||------2-3---5-5-|
||--5--------------|------3-3-------||-5--------------|


  Q  E E E E Q      Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E Q   3x
|---------------||-----------------|----------------||
|---------------||o----------------|---------------o||
|----5---5------||o------2-3---5-5-|---------------o||
|------3--------||--5--------------|------3-3-------||


                    Bridge
  Q  E E E E E E     +E   E E  E E E E E   +E   E E E +E   E E  E
|----------------||---------9------------|------------------------|
|--------------7-||o-(7)S11---11---9---7-|-(7)------7-(7)---------|
|------2-3---5---||o---------------------|-----10-7-------10-7-10-|
|-5--------------||----------------------|------------------------|


  E  E E  E E E E E   +E   E E E +E   E E E     E  E E  E E E E E
|------9------------|------------------------||------9------------|
|-7S11---11---9---7-|-(7)------7-(7)------7-o||-7S11---11---9---7-|
|-------------------|-----10-7-------10-7---o||-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------||-------------------|


  +E   E E E +E   E E  E   E  E E  E E E E E   +Q.   E +E  Q  E
|------------------------|------9------------|------------------|
|-(7)------7-(7)---------|-7S11---11---9---5-|-(5)---4-(4)------|
|-----10-7-------10-7-10-|-------------------|-------------7--8-|
|------------------------|-------------------|------------------|


  +E   E  E E E  E E  E    +E  E  E  E  +E  E  E E   E  E  E E E  E E  E
|--------------------10-|-(10)-8----10-(10)-8----8-|------------------10-|
|-----/7-10-7-----------|--------10-----------10---|---/7-10-7-----------|
|-(8)-----------10------|--------------------------|-8-----------10------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|


   +E  E  E E  E E  E E   E  E  E E E  E E  E    +E  E  E  E  +E  E  E E
|-(10)-8------10-8------|------------------10-|-(10)-8----10-(10)-8----8-|
|--------10--------10---|---/7-10-7-----------|--------10-----------10---|
|-----------------------|-8-----------10------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|


  E  E  E E E  E E  E    +E  E  E E  E E  E E
|------------------10-|-(10)-8------10-8------*|
|---/7-10-7-----------|--------10--------10---*|
|-8-----------10------|-----------------------*|
|---------------------|-----------------------*|




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Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
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.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: BassMasta.net
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Mehran Average	#1 by Mehran Farooque at Mar 25, 1972 at 7:03 AM EST
	This is a great song, very thought out and with several layers of meaning. Certainly something to behold given it was made in the 80's, when songs tended to have mostly the same theme, same music and were generally quite uninspired and corny to speak the truth. It is also one of those rare gems where the video actually adds to the song and doesn't just create a method of playing the song on tv (and thus generating more money) the video is very well put together and actually holds one's attention with a storyline, as opposed to just watching the band play or watching the rapper with his bling strut in front of half naked women crooning about how he fucked this one and is going to fuck that one. Great song.

No Picture Ger Wanna Be	#2 by Ger Hart at Jan 22, 1991 at 5:06 AM EST
	Dreamer Deceiver you've managed to get the opposite meaning of the song. The song is addressing the owner of a lonely heart and saying that the reason for it is that he's too afraid to get his heart broken: "Say, you don't want to chance it, you've been hurt so before". But it's actually saying you SHOULD chance it and there's no reason to be lonely: "in the end, you've go to go.... it will excite, it will delight". It's actually a real simple message but a nice set of lyrics.

No Picture josh Wanna Be	#3 by josh g at May 28, 1997 at 11:50 AM EST
	The song meaning is clarified by the video. The video script/screenplay is an adaption of the Franz Kafka novel "The Trial". The script remains faithful to the novel till the very last scene, where in typical Yes fashion we have a happy ending. This is not a betrayal of the novel as Kafka postulates the alternative ending anyway and Yes have simply taken him up on it. The Kafka novel starts with an ordinary guy with an ordinary job leading an ordinary life being arrested. He is told that he is on trial and , to cut a long story short, his sentence is death. In other words, this guy "goes with the flow" and does not question the world around him. The first couple of verses have Yes admonishing this bloke and urging him to make up his own mind about things and take control of his life. Following verses do much the same thing. "Give your free will a chance etc." It's difficult for me to keep explaing the meaning of the song as it is so directly tied to the clip and the novel...I would give away the punchline(s) of the book and ruin it for those who would read it. Sufficient to say that the song is a great piece of music and the lyrics open up worlds to those who care to follow it through. See the clip, read the book and the lyrics will have another level of meaning.