10cc – Dreadlock Holiday

author Maarten Tromp, published 15 March 2022.

This is the bass tab for Dreadlock Holiday by 10cc, from the album Bloody Tourists (1978), played by Graham Gouldman.

Music

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Bass tab

Intro

    Gm               Cm7              Gm               Cm7
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D  |----------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------|
A  |------------5---|3---------------|------------5---|3---------------|
E  |3---------------|----------------|----------------|--------------1-|

    Gm               Cm7
G  |----------------|----------------||
D  |----------------|----------------||
A  |--------------1-|3-3--3--3-------||
E  |3---------------|--------------1-||

Verse

    Gm               Cm7
G  |----------------|----------------||
D  |----------------|----------------||
A  |--------------1-|3---------------||
E  |3---------------|--------------1-||

Pre-chorus

      Gm               Cm7
G  --|----------------|----------------|
D  --|5--5----5-------|----------------|
A  5-|------5-----5---|3--3----3---5---|
E  --|----------------|------3---------|

    Gm               Cm7              Gm               Cm7
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------5-------||
D  |5---------------|----------------|5---------------|------5---------||
A  |------------5---|3-----------5---|------------5---|3--6------------||
E  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||

Chorus

    Gm               E♭               Cm7              E♭
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- ||
D  |5--5----5---3---|----------------|----------------|------------3---*||
A  |------5---------|6--6----6-6-5---|3--3----3---5---|6--6----6-6-----*||
E  |----------------|------6---------|------3---------|------6--------- ||

    B♭                                                         Am7 Dm7
G  |3--3--3---------|----------------|3--3--3---------|----------------||
D  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
A  |----------------|1--1--1---------|----------------|1--1--1-0---5---||
E  |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------1-||

2nd pre-chorus

    Gm               E♭
G  |----------------|----------------|
D  |5--5----5---3---|------------3---|
A  |------5---------|6--6----6-6-----|
E  |----------------|------6---------|

    Gm               Cm7              Gm               Cm7
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------5-------||
D  |5---------------|----------------|----------------|------5---------||
A  |------------5---|3-----------5---|------------5---|3--6------------||
E  |----------------|----------------|3---------------|----------------||

Verse (modulated)

    G♯m              C♯m7
G  |----------------|----------------||
D  |----------------|----------------||
A  |--------------2-|4---------------||
E  |4---------------|--------------2-||

Pre-chorus (modulated)

    G♯m              E
G  |----------------|----------------|
D  |6--6----6---4---|------------4---|
A  |------6---------|7--7----7-7-----|
E  |----------------|------7---------|

    G♯m              C♯m7             G♯m              C♯m7
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------6-------||
D  |6---------------|----------------|----------------|------6---------||
A  |------------6---|4-----------6---|------------6---|4--7------------||
E  |----------------|----------------|4---------------|----------------||

Chorus (modulated)

    G♯m              E                C♯m7             E
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- ||
D  |6--6----6-6-4---|----------------|----------------|------------4---*||
A  |------6---------|7--7----7-7-6---|4--4----4-4-6---|7--7----7-7-----*||
E  |----------------|------7---------|------4---------|------7--------- ||

    B                                                          A#m7 D#m7
G  |4--4--4---------|----------------|4--4--4---------|----------------||
D  |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------1---||
A  |----------------|2--2--2---------|----------------|2--2--2-1-------||
E  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||

Outtro (modulated)

    Gm               Cm7
G  |----------------|----------------||
D  |----------------|----------------||
A  |--------------2-|4-4--4--4-------||
E  |4---------------|--------------2-||