Work Song by Bobby Darin Bass Cover Tab

Someone recently asked for this tab and I was surprised to see that I had not already posted it here long ago. This is Bobby Darin doing a live-for-television haunting version of "Work Song" that features only his vocal over electric bass & drums. This is so much better than his studio version from years earlier.





OK, that's the song and now here is my video of playing bass along to it:



I have to make my usual disclaimer that in this video I did not play the exact same notes as in the song. As is usually the case, I take many of the ideas used in songs and then I add some things here and there. If I were to play the entire song I would have played it note for note. But since I only did a small portion I wanted to show what could be done with it.

This song modulates up a couple of times but I only tabbed out the part I played in its initial key of D minor. So you can play the same part when the song modulates by just moving up the right number of frets as necessary. Here it is:

G  :------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
D  :------------------|---5---5-6-7--------|------------5---5-6|
A  :-------5----5-8---|-8-----------7----5-|---5-8----8--------|
E  :--5-8-------------|---------------5----|-------------------|

G  :-----------------------|---------------5-7---|--------------------|
D  :7-----7----------------|---5---5-6-7-7-------|----------5-6-7----7|
A  :--7-----7---5----5-8---|-8-----------------5-|---5-8--8-----------|
E  :----5-----5------------|---------------------|--------------------|

G  :6-9-6---7----7-----|-----------7--------|--------------------|
D  :------7--------7--5|-------5-7---7-6--5-|---5-----3---5------|
A  :-------------------|--5-----------------|-----5-5---5---0-2-0|
E  :-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

G  :------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
D  :-------------7---7|7-6-5----5----5-6-7-|7-5--------------|
A  :3-0-4-0-5---------|------------5-------|-----8--4--5-----|
E  :------------------|--------------------|--------------5--|

G  :----------------|
D  :----------------|
A  :3--4--5---------|
E  :----------------|


So there you have it. To you who asked for it, I hope you find it useful.