Free Bass Transcriptions Archive
This page features over 200 free bass transcriptions in standard notation. Whether you need to learn songs for your next gig at short notice or you want to practice reading sheet music without the distraction of bass tab there’s something for every bass player here, from classic rock to jazz and beyond. It doesn’t matter if you’re a beginner or an experienced pro, there’s plenty of free bass sheet music here to test your reading and playing skills.
There is no bass TAB on this site, just dots.
If you want help with learning to sight read standard notation, then visit the shop to see my rhythm reading books or take a look at my round-up of the best sight reading books for bass players.
If you’re still determined to avoid notation and just want TAB, then try clicking HERE.
These free bass transcriptions are provided for educational use only (click on the transcription title to view and download the pdf).
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These bass transcriptions have all been done for gigs, personal research, or requests from private students. Most are note-for-note transcriptions of bass parts, some are chord charts and others are a combination of the two.
Transcriptions are filed alphabetically by first name.
A
- ABBA – Chiquitita
- ABBA – Dancing Queen
- ABBA – Does Your Mother Know
- ABBA – Fernando
- ABBA – Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
- ABBA – Honey Honey
- ABBA – Knowing Me, Knowing You
- ABBA – Lay All Your Love On Me
- ABBA – Mamma Mia
- ABBA – Money Money Money
- ABBA – SOS
- ABBA – Thank You For The Music
- ABBA – The Winner Takes It All
- ABBA – Voulez Vous
- ABBA – Waterloo
- AC/DC – You Shook Me All Night Long
- Al Green – Let’s Stay Together
- Amy Winehouse – Rehab
- Andy Williams – Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
- Arctic Monkeys – Fluorescent Adolescent
- Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
- Arctic Monkeys – Teddy Picker
- Aretha Franklin – I Say A Little Prayer
B
- The Beatles – Help
- The Beatles – I Saw Her Standing There
- Ben E King – Stand By Me
- Beyoncé – Deja Vu
- Big Mountain – Baby, I Love Your Way
- Blink 182 – All The Small Things
- Blink 182 – First Date
- Bob Marley & The Wailers – Is This Love
- Bombay Bicycle Club – Always Like This
- Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer
- Bon Jovi – You Give Love a Bad Name
- Bruno Mars – 24K Magic
- Bruno Mars – Just The Way You Are (Live)
- Bruno Mars – Locked Out Of Heaven
- Bruno Mars – Runaway Baby
C
- Candi Staton – Young Hearts Run Free
- The Cardigans – My Favourite Game
- Cee Lo Green – Forget You
- Chic – Le Freak
- Chaka Khan – Our Love’s In Danger
- Chaka Khan – So Naughty
- The Clash – I Fought The Law
- Clean Bandit – Rather Be
- Coldplay – Adventure of a Lifetime
- Coldplay – In My Place
- Coldplay – Yellow
- Commodores – Easy
- Corinne Bailey Rae – Put Your Records On
- Crowded House – Weather With You
D
- D’Angelo – Send It On (live)
- David Bowie – Absolute Beginners
- David Bowie – China Girl
- David Bowie – Let’s Dance
- David Gray – Babylon
- Diana Ross – I’m Coming Out
- Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing
- Dolly Parton – 9 to 5
- Dolly Parton – Jolene
- Donny Hathaway – Love Love Love
- Donny Hathaway – What’s Going On
- Dua Lipa – Don’t Start Now
- Dua Lipa – Levitating
- Duffy – Warwick Avenue
E
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F
- Fall Out Boy – Dance, Dance
- Fall Out Boy – Sugar, We’re Goin Down
- Fall Out Boy – This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race
- The Fearless Flyers – Ace of Aces
- The Feeling – Never be Lonely
- Fleetwood Mac – Don’t Stop
- Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
- Fontella Bass – Rescue Me
- Foo Fighters – Best Of You
- Foo Fighters – Learn To Fly
- Foo Fighters – No Way Back
- Foo Fighters – Times Like These
- Frankie Valli – December 1963 (Oh What A Night!)
- Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
- Fratellis – Chelsea Dagger
- The Fray – How to Save a Life
G
- Gary Numan – Music for Chameleons
- Green Day – 21 Guns
- Green Day – Basket Case
- Green Day – Longview
- Green Day – Minority
- Green Day – Warning
H
J
- Jackson 5 – I’ll Be There
- The Jam – Start!
- James Bay – Hold Back The River
- James Taylor – You’ve Got a Friend
- Jamiroquai – Runaway
- Jet – Are You Gonna Be My Girl
- Justin Timberlake – Can’t Stop The Feeling!
K
- Kaiser Chiefs – I Predict a Riot
- Kenny Loggins – Footloose
- Killers – All These Things That I Have Done
- Killers – Mr Brightside
- Killers – Somebody Told Me
- Kings Of Leon – Manhattan
- Kings Of Leon – Revelry
- Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire
- Kings of Leon – Use Somebody
- Kirk Franklin – Brighter Day
- The Kooks – Naive
- Kool & The Gang – Celebration
L
- LaBelle – Lady Marmalade
- Led Zeppelin – Good Times, Bad Times
- Lenny Kravitz – Stop Draggin’ Around
- Limp Bizkit – My Way
- Lionel Richie – All Night Long
- Lionel Richie – Dancing On The Ceiling
- Little Beaver – I Can Dig It Baby
- Luther Vandross – She’s A Super Lady
- Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
M
- McFadden & Whitehead – Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now
- Madness – Baggy Trousers
- Madness – My Girl
- Madonna – Like A Prayer
- Maroon 5 – Harder To Breathe
- Maroon 5 – This Love
- Martha Reeves – Dancing In The Street
- The Mars Volta – The Widow
- The Meters – Funkify Your Life
- Me’shell Ndegeocello – I’m Diggin’ You (Like An Old Soul Record)
- Me’shell Ndegeocello – Shoot n Up And Gett n High
- Me’shell Ndegeocello – The Way
- Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
- Michael Jackson – Burn This Disco Out
- Michael Jackson – Get On The Floor
- Michael Jackson – Thriller
- Michael McDonald – I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near)Youtube Playalong
- Monkees – Daydream Believer
- Mumford and Sons – The Cave
- Muse – Muscle Museum
- Muse – Supermassive Black Hole
- Muse – Time Is Running Out
- Mystery Jets – Hideaway
- Mystery Jets – Young Love
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N
O
P
- Paramore – Ain’t It Fun
- Paramore – Fences
- Paramore – That’s What You Get
- Pat Metheny – Bright Size Life
- Paul Simon – Graceland
- Paul Young – I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
- Philip Bailey – Easy Lover
- Police – Message In a Bottle
- Police – Roxanne
Q
- Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
- Queen – Crazy Little Thing Called Love
- Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now Youtube Playalong
- Queen – I Want to Break Free
- Queen – Killer Queen
- Queen – We Are The Champions
R
- The Raconteurs – Steady As She Goes
- Radiohead – Paranoid Android
- Rage Against The Machine – Calm Like A Bomb
- Rage Against The Machine – People Of The Sun
- Rascal Flatts – Bless The Broken Road
- Razorlight – America
- Razorlight – Golden Touch
- Razorlight – In The Morning
- The Real Thing – You To Me Are Everything
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Around the World
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Can’t Stop
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Dani California
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Snow (Hey Oh)
- Rihanna – Umbrella
- Robbie Williams – Angels
- Rod Stewart – Maggie May
- Roy Orbison – Oh, Pretty Woman
S
- Sade – Smooth Operator
- Shawn Mendes – Stitches
- Sixpence None the Richer – Kiss Me
- Simon & Garfunkel – The Only Living Boy in New York
- The Smiths – Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now
- Stereophonics – Dakota
- Sting – It’s Probably Me
- The Strokes – Juicebox
- The Strokes – Reptilia
T
- Teena Marie – Square Biz
- The Temptations – My Girl
- Tina Turner – Proud Mary
- Tom Misch – South of the River
- Tool – Vicarious
- Toto – Africa
V
W
Christmas Specials
- Brenda Lee – Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
- Donny Hathaway – This Christmas
- Jackson 5 – Santa Claus is Coming to Town
- Jackson 5 – Up On The House Top
- Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas is You
- Shakin’ Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone
- Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody
- Vulfpeck – Christmas in L.A.