Am I the only one looking for country?

Nope, you are not alone. I mostly stick to those vocal/piano/guitar song books to give me the chord roots and then work from there or just use my ear. "Gunpowder and Lead" is very simple, just G - F - C. "Cowboy Casanova" is slightly more complicated in Dm. If you want tabs try:

http://www.countrytabs.com/

http://www.allcountrytabs.com/

http://www.cowboylyrics.com/

http://country-tabs.net/

 

I hear you! That's about as rare as seeing a photo of a bassplayer in Rolling Stone magazine. Thanks for the links to the previous member!!! I love country but tend to favor old-school like George Jones, Willie & Waylon, Hank, etc...But if anyone has sheet music to Montgomery Gentry bass stuff, I'd gladly buy it from you???

 

For Country basics, get a copy of Keith Rosier's, The Lost Art of Country Bass w/ CD.

For tabs or practice, get a CD version of Guitar Pro, and visit 911 Tabs for many, many, all-free Guitar Pro downloads, or other sites like Ultimate Guitar for Guitar Pro downloads.

(Of course, regular tabs are available on those sites, too!)

 

It's just the root and the fifth

 

Yeaahhh...........right??? Are you from the Chris Squire/Geddy Lee/Jaco worship group?

 

Ok People Are Crazy, in F. It has a 6m in it. That's all you need to know to play that song on bass.

Assuming you know the Number System and know that a 6m in a six minor. In F that would be a Dm.

 

Often enough, if I'm playing country, I make up a bassline based off of the rhythm guitarist.

 

+1

There is a pattern to a lot of it but that can be said of a many types of musical genre. Online tab is scarce it seems IME.

Check out the latest Bass Player's latest mag 'Play Bass!'...in stores now. Sorry, I can't find a month or issue number.

It contains a great article for country cord cues etc. by Ed Friedland. This may help with walkups that are outside of the I V.

 

To anyone looking for country bass tabs, I joined a country band earlier this year and have been tabing the songs as I go to share with other bass players. I too have been searching for good country bass tab and never find any. I may post up a list of what I have done later.
Let me know what your lookin for!

 

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f66/jeepin_jer1s-country-tab-collection-734157/

 

jeepin_jer1,

You are awesome! I've found this and other tabs you've produced incredibly helpful.

Country is a genre with which I'm generally not familiar; but, I just got into my first band (at the tender age of 45 years) and your efforts really saved me a lot of time in learning the songs.

 

Yeah learn the number system. It doesn't take long. Then, if you ever need a chart, come back and ask. Odds are I have most country smash hits from the 90s up charted already. But even if I don't, I could chart most songs pretty quick. You can probably find a bunch of charts online as well.

There is NO NEED to learn country bass lines note for note. I have been to dozens of country concerts. THEY don't even play it exactly like the record live. So why should you?

 

The original line to "loves gonna live here" by Buck Owens. As simple as it sounds it keeps throwing me off. Just seems the walks are in a strange timing. It may be the song that really got me to play bass and I still can't play it correctly. Argg! lol

Aparently Doyle Holly (bass player) is something of a Nashville legend ...

 

For all of us looking for more country tabs, let me suggest this... go over to Country Tabs and request Bass tabs. The more people that request them, the more likely they will post them. Who "they" are, I'm not really sure, but it couldn't hurt. Here's the link:

http://www.countrytabs.com/requests/

I have one for "Kiss My Country Ass". I watch this list frequently and would be happy to add my name to any song you want to request. If we all return the favor, maybe we'll get some of the songs we'd like.

 

I've been on a country kick lately, 80's and 90's stuff like Vince Gill, Randy Travis ect. The bass lines are pretty simple to figure out without tabs or chords.

I have no clue about modern day redneck pop country, so it may be a different animal