Robben Ford & The Blue Line – Misdirected Blues

Article by Maarten Tromp | Published 4 September 2021.

This is the bass tab for Misdirected Blues by Robben Ford, from the album Mystic Mile (1993), played by Charles Roscoe Beck.

Music

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Bass tab

These are the main themes but a lot of improvisation is going on.

Verse

    C
                                                       _________________  ________________
                                                      | 1.              || 2.
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- ||----------------|
D  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------*||----------------|
A  |3-----------0---|3---0-------0---|3-----------0---|1---0--------12-*||1---0-----------|
E  |----0---3-------|--------3-------|----0---3-------|--------3--x3--- ||--------3---0---|

    F                Em               C
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D  |------------3---|1---------------|----------------|----------------|
A  |----0---3-------|--------1---2---|3-----------0---|3---1---0-------|
E  |1---------------|----3-----------|----0---3-------|------------4---|

    G                                                  C                G
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D  |----2---0---2---|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
A  |----------------|----------------|----0---1---2---|3---1---0-------|----------------||
E  |3---------------|3---0---1---2---|3---------------|------------4---|3---1---0---3---||

Solo

    C
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A  |3-----------0---|3---0-------0---|3-----------0---|1---0-------30--|
E  |----0---3-------|--------3-------|----0---3-------|--------3-----0-|

    F                Em               C
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D  |------------3---|1---------------|----------------|----------------|
A  |----0---3-------|--------1---2---|3-----------0---|3-------1---3---|
E  |1---------------|----3-----------|----0---3-------|----3-----------|

    G                F                C                G
G  |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D  |----0-----------|----1---0-------|----------------|----------------||
A  |--------2-------|------------4---|3---------------|----0---1---2---||
E  |3-----------3---|1---------------|----0---1---2---|3---------------||