Black Moon Bass Tabs by Emerson Lake And Palmer

Emerson Lake and Palmer - "Black Moon"
from "Black Moon" Album
tabbed by jjhand
standard bass tuning

Some of the riffs are kinda like a baritone guitar here, but the song sounds kinda cool 
the keyboards.

Slap E string with thumb each time during main riff-
Intro bar:
G|-------------|
D|-----5---7-5-|
A|-5-7---7-----|
E|-------------|

Intro Riff (play 2x)
G|----------------|------------------------|
D|----------------|---------------5---7-5--|
A|----------------|-----------5-7---7------|
E|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0--------------------|

G|-----------------|---------------14----------------------|
D|-----------------|---------12-14----14----------14-------|
A|-----------------|---------------------12-14-------12-14-|
E|-0-0------0-0----|-0-0-----------------------15----------|


Verse Riff
G|----------------|------------------------|----------------|------------------------|
D|----------------|---------------5---7-5~-|----------------|------------------------|
A|----------------|-----------5-7---7------|----------------|---------------5-7------|
E|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0--------------------|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0-------5-7-----7-5-3|

G|----------------|------------------------|----------------|
D|----------------|---------------5---7-5~-|----------------|
A|----------------|-----------5-7---7------|----------------|
E|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0--------------------|-0-hold---------|


Chorus 1
G|----------------|------------------------|----------------|
D|----------------|---------------5---7-5~-|----------------|
A|----------------|-----------5-7---7------|----------------|
E|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0--------------------|-0-0-----0-0----|

G|-------14-12----------------------------------|
D|-12-14-------14-14~--12----12-12--------------|
A|------------------------14-------14~---12-14~-|
E|----------------------------------------------|

Play Verse again


Chorus 2
G|----------------|------------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------|---------------5---7-5~-|----------------|-----------------------|
A|----------------|-----------5-7---7------|----------------|---------7p5---5---5---|
E|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0--------------------|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0---------7---7-----|

G|--------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------14-12------------|
D|--------------|---------------5---7-5~-|---------------|---------12-14-------14-12-14\--|
A|--------------|-----------5-7---7------|---------------|--------------------------------|
E|-0-0---0-0----|-0-0--------------------|-0-0----0-0----|-0-0----------------------------|


New Riff (after Chorus 2)
  play 2x                  play 3x
G|----------------|      |---------------------|---------------------|
D|----------------|      |-----------------5-7-|-------------5-------|
A|----------------|      |-------------5-7-----|---------------7-5---|
E|-2-2-----2-2----| then |-0-0-----0-0---------|-0-0-----0-0-------7-|


Interlude (keyboards)
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
A|-3---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-19\-------|slide off slowly

   play 4x
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|-0-0-----0-0----|

Final Verse
G|----------------|-------------------------|----------------|------------------------|
D|----------------|---------------5---7-5~--|----------------|-------------5b---------|
A|----------------|-----------5-7---7-------|----------------|---------5-7------7-5---|
E|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0---------------------|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0------------------7-|

G|----------------|------------------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------7-5-----------|----------------|
A|----------------|--------------7-5-------|----------------|
E|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0--------------7-5-3-|-0-hold---------|


Last Chorus
G|----------------|------------------------|----------------|---------------------|
D|----------------|---------------5---7-5~-|----------------|---------------------|
A|----------------|-----------5-7---7------|----------------|---------------------|
E|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0--------------------|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0-----2b3-2b3-2b3-|

G|----------------|----------------------------|----------------|------------------|
D|----------------|----------------------------|----------------|------------------|
A|----------------|--------------0-------0-0---|----------------|------------------|
E|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0----0-3-0---3-0-0-----3-|-0-0-----0-0----|-0-0-2-2-0-0------|

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