Lindsey Buckingham- Holiday Road!!!

[jpark369]

ok dont make fun of me, and yes, this is the theme song of national lampoon's vacation with chevy chase!

i can find the chords for this song, but i cant seem to figure out this great walking pattern that lindsey (an extremely talented bass player) is playing!!

its a walking line for the verse that goes C-G/B-C throughout the song. give it a listen and help me figure this out!!

holiday road, fun song, great bassline. really.
thanks for any info!!

[jpark369]

c'mon, i know some of you have seen lampoon's vacation...
check this song, its a walking bass jam session!! no joke

[skb5string]

I'll admit it, I do dig that song! I remember being about 12 years old going, "cool tune" when that movie came out. (yes I did see it that young!)

[Marcus Johnson]

Originally Posted by jpark369

ok dont make fun of me, !

I wouldn't, that's a great tune! I love that wacky fingerstyle guitar thing of Lindsey's.

[jpark369]

anybody? all the tabs say the song is in C but it sounds like F to me. help!

[Obe]

Originally Posted by jpark369

anybody? all the tabs say the song is in C but it sounds like F to me. help!

Hey JPark, that song is on our to do list, so hopefully I will be learning it soon and can give you some help. I don't remember which key offhand.

[Marcus Johnson]

Just YouTubed it, it's in F.

[jpark369]

i knew it was F!! i think i have the verse riff..
Obe, cant wait to see the reults, thanks!

[fleetwoodmac]

Don't have a tab for this, but I love Lindsey.

[coolsc]

I love the bassline in this song. I was looking up the bassist for the song. I did not know that Lindsey plays bass. He is indeed a talented/gifted musician.

The bassline actually sounds similar to some old basslines I have heard in some black baptist/pentecostal style churches. Especially when he walks it up and does a two/three step downward move. However, I think that the line for Holiday Road is all Lindsey. What can I say? Lindsey is the man.

Yippee!!!!!!!! I love Lindsey and those wonderful fingers of his.

[Vanceman]

Ok, i'm in The Grizwalds, ha ha, so here's what i play. Not sure if it's 100% correct, but since it's tab, what do you expect? :-}

It is fun to play, we have five vocals in my band, and they really do the song justice. Don't forget to swing it a little bit.

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-----0--3--0-----0--3------------- and repeat..
--1-----------1-------------------

---------------------0--2--------------------------------------------------------
-----0--3--0-----2-----------------0--2--3--2--0----------0--3--0--------------
--1-----------3--------------0--3-----------------3----1------------3--1--0-----
------------------------------------------------------------------------------3--

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------------------------0---------
-----0--3--0-----0--3------------- and repeat again.
--1-----------1-------------------

[Vanceman]

Hey, my first tab!

[jpark369]

nice!!! thanks

[coolsc]

sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!