Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen (Bass Cover with Tabs)

Bass cover of Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen
E Standard Tuning
Brightness of the Sun: Not so little

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▶Tone Settings
Volume - Full
Tone - 1/2
Strings - quite old

level - 3/4
blend - full
treble - 2/3
bass - 2/3
drive - none

Ratio - 4
Release - 3/4
Attack - 3/4
Output - 2/3
Input - 2/3

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Year: 1980
Album: The Game
Bassist: John Deacon
Genre: Rockabilly, Rock And Roll

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Also the bassist in the Freddie Mercury tribute concert (2009)
Released in 1979, but on the 1980 album "The Game"
fingers, with p-bass

So this song is one of my all time favorite queen songs. It's just a lot of fun, not overplayed, and has good energy. It's a fairly simple bass line, but it's fun. We would play this in my college marching band all the time and it was always a favorite because it's fun to play. The first time each year that we'd play it, we'd always watch the music video for the song to help us as a band get into the "Swing" of things xD

Some of the live fingerings work well, but there are a couple extra notes in the studio version that make the positioning weird if I follow the live version (example is the 5-7-7 in the solo, but shifting down isn't too bad). I'm taking a little liberty with the positionings based on what makes sense in context, vs what I saw live. Note, Deacon doesn't play the 7's in the solo live. If you watch the below videos, he does quarter notes there

2:41 - bar 38/62
2:45 - bar 76, shows last quarter as 2 on D
2:49 - some live stuff, but some bar
3:06 - hear 53-55
3:14- shoes bar 59 with 2 on D and open A. no dead/ghost notes

0:57 - you can see his hand slide (fret 14) and do the hammer on that is consistent throughout the song
1:46 - hand is clearly near fret 3, not fret 8
2:00 - bar 67 starts 7 on A

2:03 - bar 33-36 are low on neck, not middle of it, shows thru 39 (7 on A)

0:33 - fingers - bar 27-28/51-52 strings
0:52 - slide and then bridge finger positions
2:35 - shows 8-10-12 in outro chorus

0:29 - general riff is visible as camera zooms in, shows the hammer/grace
1:16 - bar 39 is middle of the neck, not low, so it has to be 7 on A
1:39 - confirms low hand position in solo

Thanks for watching! Enjoy :)

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[jeremiaaaaas]

Thank you for putting my comment and also for putting the Tabs seriously, thank you very much. Now thanks to you I will be able to learn this Queen song.

[BassGuitar]

Dude. Thanks for the bass lesson. Nice smile. Great bass playing. Great tune.

[Egonzal]

Bro you have so much happiness for this song, I love it. Phat sound too

[ThunderBassistJay]

Super old school walking bass line, ready to be copied by any bassist, due to your continuous commitment. 👍

[sbaker]

I’ve been playing for a year now, and you’ve really helped me out. Thank you very much mate.

[TheGeordieBassist]

Nice cover samboat always loved playing along to this song 👍

[hanheerockon]

It was so good to listen to it live today. Nice Queen shirt👕✨ and 13, 000👏
More Queen please like Killer Queen or The Show Must Go On 😊

[seizaisalone]

Great cover as always man! Loving that smile always! Never gets old 🤣

[SonicVolcanoify]

Great cover! John is an amazing bassist.

[exosjlover]

Great! I love this song. The rhythm section is so fun in this one, I love playing it on drums and maybe I'll try also on a bass someday. 😀

[TotiVal]

Good job. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Congratulations also for your beautiful bass, I love it 😍

[MrTopolicia]

nice cover. keep smiling dude, you are shining!

[drewrush]

Awesome tune.. great job bud sounds awesome.. can’t wait to work on it.. I have been but I get side tracked very easily… Lol.. have a great day..

[corinechambert]

Merci ! Fan de QUEEN et de Freddie Mercury, j'adore 😀👍👑

[markbass]

very nice Sam
can you do some Thin Lizy Boys are back in Town
God bless my friend

[OfficialJakeyD]

Love your videos. Should do one on two lane blacktop by zombie

[marselluswallace]

Great tab! Do you take requests? Im looking for eyes of a stranger by the payolas.

[craigwhaley]

Great song! Another noob question. Would this bass line be considered R&B?

[loborojo]

Hi, is the tab small 7 before the 9...play 7 and slide to 9?thanks

[annamarieeusebio]

pls play king of the road by j.miller