Your Location:  Tabs / Bass / E / Eric Clapton / Tears In Heaven
MXTabs T-Shirts!
Bands:

Please visit our sponsors:

Tablature Data

Tears In Heaven by Eric Clapton

Bass tab submitted by: mischi
Views: 887

Performed by:Eric Clapton
Composers: Eric Clapton, Will Jennings

Community Rated:
Rate This Tab

1 Comment Below See 5 other versions of this bass tab

Related Tabs Available

Tears In Heaven Eric Clapton
Badge Eric Clapton
Sunshine Of Your ... Eric Clapton
Change The World Eric Clapton
Layla Eric Clapton
Sunshine Of Your ... Eric Clapton
Layla Eric Clapton

User Tag Associations

This song is published by ALFRED PUBLISHING CO., INC., Irving Music and displayed here with permission.
All rights reserved.

Mxtabs [http://www.mxtabs.net]
Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven

Tabbed by Mischi (mwicke@web.de)

Normal Tuning (E,A,D,G), > = let ring


Intro (no bass till 0:12)		     			    
G||------|------|------|------|------------------------|
D||------|------|------|------|------------------------|
A||------|------|------|------|--7--7---7--7--7----7h9-|
E||------|------|------|------|------------------------|


Verse 1
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--7>-------6----6-----|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------9--|-9--9---9--7--7----7--|--9--9---9--7--7----7-|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|--7>-------6----6-----|----------------------|
|--7--7---7--7--7---7h9|-------------------9>-|-----9---9--7--7----7-|                                                                    
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|--9--9---9--7--7---7>-|----7---7--7--7----7--|
|----------------------|----------------------|

Chorus                                                                        
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--9------9----9----6--|--8--8----8---8----8--|--7>---------7---7----|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

                                                                  
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|--9>------9---9-------|----------------------|
|--9--9----9----9------|-------------------7>-|----7--7----7-----7h9-|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

                                                                     
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--7>--------6----6----|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------9--|--9--9---9--7--7---7--|--9------9--7----7----|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

                                                                         
|----------------------|
|--7------7--7---------|
|----------------------|
|------------------0h2-|


Verse 2 (This is a variation of verse 1, so you can also play verse 1)                                                                       
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--0>------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------4----4-—2--|--2--2---2--0--0---0--|--2--2---2--0--0---0--|

                                                                    
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|--0>------------------|----------------------|
|--0>-----0>-------0h2-|-----------4----4--2>-|----2----2--0--0---0--|

                                                                       
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-2--2----2--0--0---0--|--0>----0----0----0---|


Chorus 2  (variation of chorus 1)                               
|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------4--|--3----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------4-----|-------------------|--------7--7-----7--|--9-----9-------1---|
|--2-----2>----------|--------1>------1--|--0-----------------|-----------4--------|

                                                                       
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------2>-|----2--2--------------|---------7--6---------|
|--2-----2----4h-5-----|----------------------|--0----------------9--|
|----------------------|-----------0------0h2-|----------------------|

                                                                       
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--9--9---9--7--7---7--|--9--9----9--7--------|----------------------|
|----------------------|------------------0---|--5---------5--5------|


Bridge                                                !1st time!                
||---------------------|----------------------|------!-------------------------||
||*--------------------|----------------------|------!------------------------*||
||*--3-------2------0>-|----------------------|------!------------------------*||
||---------------------|-----------3--2--2----|------!--0--0----0--2--2--3-----||


 !2nd time!                                                                  
!----------------------|
!----------------------|
!----------------------|
!--0------0--2----4----|



Verse 3 (variation of the verse matching to guitar solo,that is played during this verse)

|----------18h-16--14--|--14------13h14h13----9-----|------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------7--|--9--9----9--9--9----9--|
|-5>-------------------|----------------------------|------------------------|


                                                           
|-----------------------|-----9--18----16----16--14>-|-------13h14h13----14--14--|
|-------------------7h9-|--11------------------------|---------------------------|
|-7------7--7---7h9-----|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----0------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|


                                                                             
|---------------9--11--9--|----------------------|
|--------7--11------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|--7------7----7----7--|
|-------------------------|----------------------|


Chorus 3                                        
|-----------11h-11----------|-----------------------|---------9------------|
|-------11------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|--9----------------9----9--|--8--8----8----8----8--|--7-----------7----7--|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|


                                                                        

|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|------------------9-----|-----------------------|
|--9-------------------|---------------9-----7>-|----7-------7------7h9-|
|---------2--4----6----|--7------7--7-----------|-------0---------------|

                                                                     
|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------7--6---------|------------------------|-----------------------|
|--0----------------9--|--9--9----9--7--7----7--|--9--9----9--7---------|
|----------------------|------------------------|------------------0----|


                                                            
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|--5>---------------|


Verse 4
|--18--18--------18--16--14--|--14------13h14h13h---14--14>-|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|------0---------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|

                                                                        
|---------------9--11--9>-|------------------------|--6--------4------2--|
|--------7--11------------|--------------------7h9-|---------------------|
|-------------------------|----7----7>---7>--7-----|---------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|


                                                                       
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|--4------4--2--2----2--|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------7--7--7----7--|---------7>---7----7--|
|-----------------------|--0--------------------|--0-------------------|


Chorus 4                                                                          
|-----------11h-11----------|-----------------------|---------9------------|
|-------11------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|--9----------------9----9--|--8--8----8>---8----8--|--7-----------7----7--|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|


                                                                        
|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|------------------9-----|-----------------------|
|--9-------------------|---------------9-----7>-|----7-------7------7h9-|
|---------2--4----6----|--7------7--7-----------|-------0---------------|


                                                                       
|---------9------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--7---------6---------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------9>-|--------9--7-----------|-----------------9—-7>-|
|----------------------|---------------10---9--|--7--------7--7--------|


                                                                      
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|----0--0----0------0h2-|


Ending                                   
|-------------------|---------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------4--2--2--------|--4----4---2--------|------------------|
|--2----------------|---------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|---------4------2>-|---------------0--0--|----------------0---|--5-------5>------|


Finally my first tab! Pretty long song, but easy to play. Please, e-mail me if there’s something wrong with it.
-Mischi
Think you can do better? Submit your own tab for this song!

Rate This Tab  

  • You must log in before rating tabs.

Comments on this version of the 'Tears In Heaven' bass tab

modelsoundmodelsoundUnknown Date
Only one problem, this is played on a fretless bass and so cannot be tabbed accurately without knowledge of fretless ornamentations. its a class song n ur tab sounds alright on fretted

Leave a Comment on this bass tab

Please login or register to post comments.

Follow Us