Garry's Corner, The tribute page to Garry W. Tallent

Song: Because the Night
Artist: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
Album: LIve 1975/85.
Bassist: Garry W. Tallent
Info: .

Transcribed by: Edgar Aguilera (forced_to_confess@yahoo.com) for Garry's Corner.

FIG.1 BRIDGE 0:40

F . G . . C . G .
G||-----------------|----------------|
D||-----------------|----10----------|
A||8-----10---------|--------10------|
E||--------------10-|8---------------|
Come on now... un-ders-tand

Am . F . . . . G . C . F . . . . G .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|7---------------|----7-----------|----------------|----7---------5-|
|------8---------|8-------10------|------8---------|8-------10------|
|--------------8-|----------------|8-------------10|----------------|
way I feel ...hands Take... descends

Bb . . . Am . . . E . . . . . . .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|8-------------5-|7---------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-5-5---------||
|------6-6-------|------5-5-----5-|----------------|--------3-3-7-7-||
can’t... cant’... can’t...

FIG.2 CHORUS (F major key)

Am . F . . . G . . Am . F . . . G Am . x2
G||----------------|----------------------|----------------|---------------------||
D||7-7-------------|----------------------|7-7-------------|---------------------||
A||------8-8-------|8---10---10--10-7-10--|------8-8-------|8---10---12--12------||
E||--------------10|----------------------|--------------10|-----------------12/8||
Because... ... to lovers Because... to us

FIG.3 VERSE

Am . F . . G . Am . .
||-----------------|------------------||
||*7---------------|-----------------*||
||*------8-------7-|10----12---------*||
||-----------------|------------12/8--||

Repeat FIG.1 (Bridge) and Fig.2 (Chorus)

FIG.4 SAX SOLO 2:06

Am . F . . . G . . Am . F . . . G . .
||----------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
||----------------|------------------|7---------------|----------------|
||------8-8-------|8---10---10-------|------8-8-------|8---10--10------|
||8-------------8-|------------------|--------------8-|----------------|

Am . F . . . G . . Am . . . C . . .
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|7-----10?---14?-|----------------||
|------8-8-------|8--10--10-------|----------------|----------------||
|8-------------8-|----------------|----------------|8---???????-----||

FIG.5 INTERLUDE. 2:21

C . G . . C . G . .
||-------------------|--------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|
||------10-10-----10-|------10-10----7-10-|
||8------------------|8-----------10------|
love is here and now ...vicious

Am . G . . C . G . . Am . G . . C . G . .
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|7------------------|--------------------|7------------------|-------------------|
|------10-10-----10-|------10-10----7-10-|------10-10-----10-|------10-10-7------|
|-------------------|8-----------10------|-------------------|8-------------10-8-|
turns.. burns without Though.. live forgive me now. time ...

F . C . . F . . . . Am . . .
|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------------|7---r-7-------7-|
|8-------------8-|8-----7h8-8h10-10-|----------------|
|------8-8-------|------------------|----------------|
take.. moment and .. hurt...

G . . . F . . . E . . . . . . .
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
|10--r-10-------10|8---r-8---8-8-8-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------||
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
..hurt ... now

Here the Key changes (from F major Key to G major Key?)

FIG.6 CHORUS (G major Key) 2:45, sometimes play an octave higher

Bm . G . . . A . . Bm . G . . . A Bm . x2
G||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
A||2-2-------------|----------------|2-2-------------|--------2-5-2---||
E||------3-3-----0-|3---5---5-5-2-5-|------3-3-----0-|3---5---------5-||
Because... ... to lovers Because... to us

Guitar solo, repeat Fig.6 about 12 times with variations, for example Fig.7

FIG.7 TWO VARIATIONS FOR GTR SOLO

Bm . G . . . A . . Bm . G . . . A Bm .
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
||2-5-2-----------|----------------|2-5-2-----------|--------2-5-2---||
||------5-3-3-3-0-|3-3-5-5-5-5-2-5-|------5-3-3-3-0-|3---5---------5-||

Bm . G . . . A . . Bm . G . . . A Bm .
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
||2-2---2-----2-5-|----------------|2-2-------------|--------2-5-2---||
||----2---3-3-----|3---5---5-5-2-5-|------3-3-----0-|3---5---------5-||

FIG.8 END OF GTR SOLO 4:29

Bm . G . . A . F# . . . . . . . . .
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||----------------|----------------|--------------2/|4-4-4-4-4-4-4/2-|
||2-2-------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||------3-3-----5-|5-----2-2-------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|----------------|

. . . . . . . .
|----------------|----------------||
|--------------2/|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
|----------------|----------------||
|2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|----------------||

repeat FIG.6 CHORUS (G key) many times

FIG.9 END (strong beats) 6:01

Bm . G . . . . . . .
||----------------|----------------||-----
||----------------|----------------||-----
||2-2-------------|------2-2-------||2vvvv
||------3-3-----5-|5---------------||-----