B.B. King – Woke Up This Morning (Bass Tab)

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WOKE UP THIS MORNING (Bassline) As recorded by B.B. King (From the 1965 Album LIVE AT THE REGAL) Words and Music by B.B. King & Jules Bihari Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Leo Lauchie - Bass'
 Intro
  Q=174
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          Q.   Q.   E E   Q.   Q.   E E   Q.   Q.   E E
|----------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------|-----------5---|-----------5---|-----------5----|
|----------|-3----7--------|-3----7--------|-3----7---------|
|----------|---------------|---------------|----------------|

  Q.   Q.   E E   Q.   Q.   E E   Q.   Q.   E E   Q.   Q.   E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----------5---|---------------|---------------|-----------5---|
|-3----7--------|-----------3---|-----------3---|-3----7--------|
|---------------|-1----5--------|-1----5--------|---------------|

  Q.   Q.   E E   Q.   E +E  E E E
|---------------|------------------|
|-----------5---|------------------|
|-3----7--------|------------5-7-5-|
|---------------|-3----7-(7)-------|

  Q.   E +E  E E E   Q.   E +E  E E E   q  Q  H
|------------------|------------------|------------||
|------------------|------------5-7-5-|------------||
|------------3-5-3-|-3----7-(7)-------|-3----------||
|-1----5-(5)-------|------------------|------------||

   1st & 2nd Verses
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  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q
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|-3----7-------|-3----7-------|--------5--7--|--------5--7--|
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                                              1.             2.
  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q    q  Q  H        q  Q  H
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|-5----9-------|-3----7-------|--------5--7--|------------o||------------||
|--------------|--------------|-3----7-------|-3----------o||-3----------||
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    Q=174(8=s8)
    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
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||o-------5--7--|----7--5-----|-------5--7--|----7--5------|
||o-3--7--------|----------7--|-3--7--------|----------7---|
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  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-5-----------|
|-------------|-3-----------|-------5--7--|----7--5-----|
|----0--3--5--|----5--3--0--|-3--7--------|----------7--|
|-1-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

                             1.
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  H
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|----------2--|-------------|-------5--7--|------------o||
|----2--5-----|----0--3--5--|-3--7--------|-3----------o||
|-3-----------|-1-----------|-------------|-------------||

                             5th Verse
  2.
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  H       Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
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|-------5--7--|------------||-------5--7--|----7--5-----|
|-3--7--------|-3----------||-3--7--------|----------7--|
|-------------|------------||-------------|-------------|

  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-5-----------|-------------|-------------|
|-------5--7--|----7--5-----|-------------|-3-----------|
|-3--7--------|----------7--|----0--3--5--|----5--3--0--|
|-------------|-------------|-1-----------|-------------|

  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-5-----------|-------------|
|-------5--7--|----7--5-----|----------2--|
|-3--7--------|----------7--|----2--5-----|
|-------------|-------------|-3-----------|

  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  H
|-------------|-------------|------------*|
|-------------|-------5--7--|------------*|
|----0--3--5--|-3--7--------|-3----------*|
|-1-----------|-------------|------------*|
Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths