'A Kind Of Magic' bass guide

Words and music by Roger Taylor

four-string;standart-tuning;
At first some often repeated figures:
fig1.:            fig.2             fig.3             fig.4
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
----------------| ----------------| ----------------| ----------------|
----------------|-----------------| ----------------| ----------------|
----------------| 2---2---2-------| 5---5---5-------| 5-5-----5-5-----|
5---5---5-0-2-0-| ----------4-2-4-| ----------7-5-7-| ----7-5-----7-5-|
.   .             .   .             .   .             .       .

fig.5
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
----------------|
----------------|
0-0-----0-0-----|
----2-0-----2-0-|-----------------------------------------------
.       .

o.K:Let´s start

fig.1:two times...1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ...fig.2:two times..fig.3:two times..
                  ----------------|
                  ----------------|
                  --------------0-|
                  5---5---5-0-2---|--------------------------------------
                  .   .
fig.1:four times...fig.2:two times..Fig.3:two times..fig.1:one time...

...1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
   ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
   --7-4-2---------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
   ----------4---2-|----------------|----------------|5-------5-------|
   5---------------|2-----2-2-----22|2-----222-------|------5-------5-|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|4---------------|----------------|
5-----5-5-4-2-0-|--------------4-|------4-------5-|s77-7-7-7-7-7---|
----------------|2-----2-2-------|--------2-------|--------------7-|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ..fig.4:two times,fig.5:two times,fig.4:two times,fig.5:2 times
----------------|
----------------|
----------7-7-7-|
0-0-0-0-0-------|-------------------------------------------------------------

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  fig.4:two times....
----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|
0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-s7|-----------------------------

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ..fig.1:two times...fig.2:two times..
----------------|----------------|
----------------|--------4-2-----|
------4-------4-|------4-----4---|
0-0-0---0-0-0---|0-0-0---------0-|------------------------------------------

..fig.3:two times..fig.1:four times..fig.2:two times..fig.3:one times..

..1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ...1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ...........1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
  ----------------|  ----------------|          ----------------|----------------
  ----------------|  ----------------|          ----------------|----------------
  5---5--55-------|  ----------------|two times 5---5---5-------|5---5--55-------
  ----------0-2-3-|  5---5--55-0-2-0-|          ----------7-5-7-|----------5-7-5-
  .   .   .          .   .                      .   .            .   .

...fig.5:one time..fig.3:two times..fig.5:one time..1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
                                                    ----------------|
                                                    ----------------|
                                                    0-0-------0-----|
 -------------------------------------------------------2-2-5---2-0-|
                                                    .       .
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +..fig.1:one time..1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ..fig3:one time
----------------|----------------|                ----------------|
----------------|----------------|--              ----------------|
5---5--55-------|5---5---5-------|----            ----------------|
----------5-7-5-|-------5--5-7-5-| -    -         5---5--55-0-7-5-|
.   .            .   .                            .   .

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
5---5---5-------|----------------|----------------|----------2-4-2-|
-------5--5-7-5-|5---5--55-0-2-0-|5---5--55-0-2-0-|0---0---0-------|
.   .            .   .            .   .            .   .

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
------------2-3-|5---5--55-------|5---5---5-----5-|----------------|
3---3---3-3-----|----------5-7-5-|-------5--5-7---|0---0---0---0---|
.   .            .   .            .   .            .   .   .   .

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ...fig.4:two times..fig.5:two times..fig.4:two times.fig.5:2 time
----------------|
--4---2---------|
----------4-2-4-|
0---------------|-------------------------------------

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|5---5--55-------|5---5---5-------|
0---0---0---0---|3---3--03---3-3-|----------7-5-7-|-------5--7-5---|
.   .   .   .    .   .            .   .            .   .

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ..fig.4:two times.fig.5:two times.fig4:two times
----------------|----------------|...fig.5:two times..break.....
----------------|----------------|
7---7---7---1014|----------------|
----------------|0---------------|
                 .
Fig4:two times..fig5:two times..continue this till end...
Author: Philipp (PraxisNothaft@t-online.de)
Last update: 03/21/2007