George Michael — Amazing
This is not what is actually played during the song, but rather my personal rendition.
Couldn't figure what is played by Deon Estus?. Anyway, it fits the song. Play it funky ;—)
A=10th fret
Intro; 8 bars rest
Pre—Verse1 (tadada, tadada);
G|————————————————|————————————————|————————————————|————————————————|
D|—————8————8—————!————————8—8—————|—————4————4—————!————————————————|
A|—————————————8——|——————————————8—|—————————————4——|—————4——————————|
E|6———————6———————|6———————————————|2———————2———————|2———————2——4—5——| 2x
Verse1 (I was mixed up when you came to me);
G|————————————————|————————————————|————————————————|————————————————|
D|—————8————8—————!————————8/A\8———|—————4————4—————!————————————————|
A|—————————————8——|——————————————8—|—————————————4——|—————4——————————|
E|6———————6———————|6———————————————|2———————2———————|2———————2——4—5——| 2x
Verse2 (I was stitched up by the hands of fate);
G|————————————————|————————————————|————————————————|————————————————|
D|—————8————8—————!————————8/A\8———|—————4————4—————!————————————————|
A|—————————————8——|——————————————8—|—————————————4——|—————4——————————|
E|6———————6———————|6———————————————|2———————2———————|2———————2——4—5——|
G|————————————————|————————————————|————————————————|————————————————|
D|—————8————8—————!————————8/A\8———|—————4————4—————!————————————————|
A|—————————————8——|——————————————8—|—————————————4——|—————4—————4—5——|
E|6———————6———————|6———————————————|2———————2———————|2———————2———————|
Pre—Chorus1 (I was going down for the third time);
G|—————8————8—————!————————8———6h8—|————————————————|————————————————|
D|—————————————8——|——————————8—————|—————8———8——————!—————6———6——————!
A|6———————6———————|6———————————————|————————————————|————————————4—5—|
E|————————————————|————————————————|6——————6————6—5—|4——————4————————|
G|—————8————8—————!————————8———6h8—|————————————————|————————————————|
D|—————————————8——|——————————8—————|—————4————4—————!————————————————!
A|6———————6———————|6———————————————|————————————————|————————————————|
E|————————————————|————————————————|2——————2————2—3—|4———————————————|
Chorus1 (Tell me, I guess that cupid....);
play next 8 bars 2x
G|————————————————|————————————————|————————————————|————————————————|
D|—————8————8—————!————————8———6h8—|—————4————4—————!————————4———————|
A|—————————————8——|——————————8—————|—————————————4——|——————————4—————|
E|6———————6———————|6———————————————|2———————2———————|2———————————3—2—|
G|————————————————|————————————————|————8———8———6h8—|————A———A———8hA—|
D|—————3————3—————!————————3———1h3—|——————————8—————!——————————A—————|
A|—————————————3——|——————————3—————|6—————6—————————|8—————8—————————|
E|1———————1———————|1———————————————|————————————————|————————————————|
Pre—Verse3;
– play as Pre—Verse1
Verse3 (You tried to save me from myself)
– play as Verse1
Verse4 (We're like victims of the same disease)
– play as Verse2
Pre—Chorus2 (I was going down for the third time);
– play as Pre—Chorus1
Chorus2 (Tell me, I guess that cupid....)
– play as Chorus1
Outro (Celebrate the love of the one you're with);
– play as Chorus1 2x fading out
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You're absolutely right. The song is mixed very well, so that I also sometimes can't tell whether guitar or bass is playing a note. My second thought is that GM played the bass on two tracks, one basic (bass) and one with accents and a flanger as effect.
I will spend much time with your tab, although I can tell you right now, that I think it's not E standard tuning but Eb standard as the lowest note being played is an Eb. Just check the first part of the chorus. It goes like:
Bb - Ab - F# - F - Eb - Ab - Bb.
Anyway thank you very much one more time for taking your time.
Cheers!
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Tuning: Eb standard, Difficulty: Hard
The beginning (tadada tadada…) I play like this:
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|7---7-----5--7--|-----7--5-------|3---3-----2-3-3-|2-3-3---5------0|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|7---7----5---7-7|7-------5------0|3---3-----2-3-3-|3---3---5-------|
Sorry, I never tabbed before, so the ASCII might be wrong in timing, but those are basically the notes from the beginning as I can hear them. The open Eb is audible sometimes when GM emphasizes a vocal that's short and sitting in the middle:
for example “AND your mom” where Eb is played shortly under the AND.
Like I said, IMHO this is one of the best Pop song bass lines ever played. Just listen how GM uses the bass to emphasizes the syllables. You won't find this precision in many songs once you start listening for it explicitly. GM wrote this for his boyfriend and you can clearly FEEL the love that he put into it, especially when playing the bass. In the end he only says “Celebrate the love of the one you're with”. Who wouldn't wish for that?!
I might be completely wrong of course, but I hope that you enjoy rethinking and replaying the song like this.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUBWvMiSQow.
Well, he's playing a 5-string, so easy to play the low Eb without de-tuning
Cheers
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I hope that I didn't offend you with my post, as I wrote, I am really happy that you gave the song your attention. I saw the clip by Rino, as we both know it's not the real thing. In a documentary about GM I saw that he plays an early version of the song with a 4 string which seems to be tuned to Eb as well.
You might want to check it out, as I think it will clarify some questions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV9JTXyD-sg&t=4300
Yes, I am trying to tab it, yet I am sure that I play too many notes wrongly, that's why I didn't start tabbing it. But I'd be glad to contribute to the first true bass line. Time, the healer, will bring its rewards.
Cheers.
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