love the song, nearly finished it already
thanks heaps for doing it, but i was wondering could you give any insite as to what the base is doing?
we are looking to do this for a band, and just was wondering if you could help at all?

thanks again, keep the country comming ;p

Right on, glad you're enjoying the lesson.

As for the bass, it is primarily playing what is known as a "walking bass line", which doesn't just stay on the root note of each chord, but moves through a series of notes to give the feeling of movement.

For example, under one meausre of the A chord, the bass will play on the beat with quarter notes, and play the notes: A, C#, E, and F#. Simply transpose this pattern down one string set and you'll find the notes to play under the E chord (E, F#, A, and B).

That should get you in the ballpark for a big chunk of the song. There are a few spots where the acoustic guitar plays a walk up or walk down, and the bass would simply play the same as the guitar in those spots.

Hope this gives you something to go on!

Keep rockin',
Mike

Great song and even better licks! This song has really peaked my interest into other Dwight Yoakam songs. Thank you!

My pleasure! Enjoy!

Mike

Thank you for your excellent lesson.I love the way Dwight Yoakam
bridges so many musical styles into his brand of country music.
Having fun learning Pete Anderson's tasteful guitar licks from this
song.Hope you do more of Dwight's songs.

Excellent! So glad so many of you are digging into this tune and learning some great licks from one of the greats ... Pete Anderson!!

Mike