Artist:   Fischer—Z 
Title:    So long
Album:    Going deaf for a living
Year:     1980
Duration: 5:02

Bass tabs — easier way to play to avoid the big stretch 

Music:  John Watts
Lyrics: John Watts
Bass:   David Graham 

Main bass line
G |—————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|
D |—————————————————|—————————12—10—9—|—————————————————|—————————————————|
A |———————10——8—7—0—|10—10—10————————0|8—8—8—8—8——————0—|—————————————0———|
E |—8—8—8———————————|—————————————————|——————————10—8———|—1—1—1—1—1—3———7—|

Verse bass line
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D |—————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|
A |—1010101010101010|—1010101010101010|—8—8—8—8—8—8—8—8—|—8—8—8—8—8—10—8—8|
E |—————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|

Chorus bass line
G |—————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|
D |—————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|
A |—————————————————|—————————————————|—8—8—8—8—8—8—8—8—|—8—8—8—8—10101010|
E |—8—8—8—8—8—8—8—8—|—8—8—8—8—8—8—8—8—|—————————————————|—————————————————|

Outro bass line
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D |—————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|
A |—————————————————|—————————————————|—8—8—8—8—8—8—8—8—|—0—0—0—0—10101010|
E |—8—8—8—8—8—8—8—8—|—8—8—8—8—8—8—8—8—|—————————————————|—————————————————|

Song structure

Intro (drums only)
— 2 bars rest
— 3x Main bass line (Guitar kicks in at second Main bass line)

1st Verse "When I read your letter, I couldn't´t believe..."
— 2x Main bass line
— 2x Verse bass line

Instrumental with keyboard part
— 2x Main bass line

2nd Verse "I hired a detective to try and find out where you are..."
— 2x Main bass line
— 2x Verse bass line

1st Chorus "Why didn't you tell me..:" 
— 4x Chorus bass line

3rd Verse "I tried to forget you but I found myself..."
— 2x Main bass line
— 4x Verse bass line

2nd Chorus "Why didn't you tell me..:" 
— 4x Chorus bass line

Interlude "For so long — I never realized just exactly who..."
— 4x Verse bass line

3rd Chorus "Why didn't you tell me..:" 
— 4x Chorus bass line

Outro
— 4x 2nd Chorus "Why didn't you tell me..:" 
— 4x Chorus bass line

... fade out ...