The guitar magazines -- Guitar, Guitar Player et al. -- have published guitar tablature for numerous Fleetwood Mac songs. Check out the back issues, especially issues published around THE DANCE (1997-98).

There's a musician's bass magazine, too. I think it's called BASS PLAYER. It might run bass tablature from time to time.

There are also about three folios of music published of FM songs with guitar tablature, & one of them (that I know about) has tablature & staff notation for every song on RUMOURS. It was published in 1992 or 1993. It's probably out of print now, but I bet you can find it on eBay. I own a copy of it & while I don't read tablature, the staff notation for the various keyboards is very accurate.

In fact, I just found some info from one of the Nicks Fix pages:
http://www.nicksfix.com/songbook.htm

Rumours - Fleetwood Mac, Off the Record (1992)

International Music Publications Limited
Southbend Road, Woodford Green, Essex IG8 8HN, England
order reference number - 18282

Thanks. I'll have to look into that. :cool:

No snobbery intended, becasue my bass playing is very amateurish.
But I think tabs are a last resort on bass,
first you should always just try to follow a song by listening, and playing EXACTLY what is on a record isnt always necessary anyway; all the pro players- they never do quite the same thign twice. Not even John McVie possibly the most no-nonsense guy I've ever seen on a stage.

Is it possible to figure out the bass part of a song by looking at piano sheet music (of the same song)?

I usually just look at the chord progression and play something that fits. I use guitar chords but I suppose you could use the piano part as well.

I don't know how well that works will bass, but I tried it out anyway with SOTM. Here's a very bare bones intro....

G
D
A
E 5555555555-0-111111111111-0-55555555555-0-11111111111

The chorus is kind of hard for me because there's sliding and little high notes everywhere.

I've figured out the rest of SOTM and now Walk a Thin Line, but I'll probably put those up here tomorrow as they're driving me nuts now. :laugh:

I just try to get a feel for key and chord progression that way. I'm not saying that it is the end-all-be-all to bass playing. I usually just try to imitate what I hear but still make it my own. I know I'm not John McVie so why should I have to play every note to perfection? If it works then it works. I don't know...that's just the way I look at it (which may sound totally ridiculous).

Here's Walk a Thin Line.

I've seen so many things that made me wonder
A --------------3---3--------
E --3---3-3---3-------1---1--

But sometimes it's hard to tell
A --------------3---3-------
E --3---3-3---3-------1-----

I said, "Take your time,"
A ----------------3---3-------------------3---3---
E --1-3---3-3---3-------1---1-3---3-3---3-------1-

But no one was listening
A ----------------3--------
E --1-3---3-3---3----------

I walk a thin line
A --3-------------------3---3----
E ----1---1-3---3-3---3-------1--

They told me that I never would recover
A ----------------3---3--------
E --1-3---3-3---3------1---1---

Still some say they knew me well
A --------------3---3-------
E --3---3-3---3-------1-----

I said, "Stay by my side,"
A ----------------3---3-------------------3---3---
E --1-3---3-3---3-------1---1-3---3-3---3-------1-

But no one said nothing
A ----------------3--------
E --1-3---3-3---3----------

I walk a thin line
A --3----------------------
E ----1---1-3---3-3---3----

(Instrumental)
A --3---3-3---3---------------5---5-5---5-----------------
E --------------3---3-3---3-----------------3---3-3---3---

A --5---5-5---5--------------5---5-5---5-----------------
E --------------3---3-3---3------------------------------

A ----------------5---5-5---
E --3---3-3---3-------------

And I said, "Please turn the tide,"
A -5-------------3---3-------------------3---3---
E ---3---3-3---3-------1---1-3---3-3---3-------1-

But no one said nothing
A ----------------3--------
E --1-3---3-3---3----------

I walk a thin line
A --3-------------------3---3-3---3--
E ----1---1-3---3-3---3--------------

(Instrumental)

And I said, "Fate takes time,"
A -5-------------3---3-------------------3---3---
E ---3---3-3---3-------1---1-3---3-3---3-------1-

But no one was listening
A ----------------3--------
E --1-3---3-3---3----------

I walk a thin line
A --3-------------------3------------
E ----1---1-3---3-3---3--------------

Isn't it more common for bassists to listen to the source recording (in a headset, for example) & then just copy it?

Thats what I usually do :shrug:

Here's how I play That's Enough For Me...

Intro

G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------11111111----------33333333--------------------|
A|1111111111111111----------11111111-----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse

G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------11111111----------33333333--------------------|
A|1111111111111111----------11111111----------11111111-----------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------| x2

Chorus ("Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh..)

G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------11111111----------33333333--------------------|
A|1111111111111111----------11111111----------11111111-----------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------| x5

Verse

G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------11111111-----------33333333-------------------|
A|1111111111111111----------11111111-----------11111111----------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Outro

G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|33333333----------33333333-------------------------------------|
A|---------11111111----------11111111----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|