Bob Dylan – Lay Lady Lay (Bass Tab)
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LAY LADY LAY (Bassline)
As recorded by Bob Dylan
(From the 1969 Album NASHVILLE SKYLINE)
Words and Music by Bob Dylan
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Charlie Daniels - Bass'
Intro
Q=82
4/4
Gtr I
H H H H H H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-5---------|-----------|
|------4----|------2----|------4----|
|-5---------|-----------|-5---------|
1st - 3rd Verses
$
H Q. E H H H H
|-------------||------------|-----------|
|-5---------2s||o=7----6----|-5----4----|
|------2------||o-----------|-----------|
|-------------||------------|-----------|
H H H H H H H H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-5---------|-----------|-5---------|
|------4----|------2----|------4----|------2----|
|-5---------|-----------|-5---------|-----------|
H H H Q. E Q. E Q. E Q.. S E. S E E
|-----------|-------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-----------|-5-----------|-2----2-4----2-|-------------------|
|------4----|------2----2-|---------------|----------------4--|
|-5---------|-------------|---------------|-5-----0-5--0-5----|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q S S E H H
|---------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-2----2-4----2-|-------------2-2s|=7----6----|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------|
|---------------|-5----0-5--------|-----------|
1.
H H H H H Q. E
|-----------|-----------|---------------||
|-5----4----|-----------|-5---------2/-o||
|-----------|------4----|------2-------o||
|-----------|-5---------|---------------||
Bridge
2.,D.S.
To Coda
H Q. E Q E. S Q Q E E +E E +E E E E
|--------------||---------------|----------------------|
|-5------------||---------------|-2-4-(4)------------2-|
|------2----2--||-4--4--4-4--4--|---------0-(0)-0-/4---|
|--------------||---------------|----------------------|
Q E. S E. S +E E Q E. S S E S S S E Q. E Q Q
|--------------------|---------------------|--------------|
|--------------------|-----------2-2-2---2-|--------------|
|-4--4--x-4--2-(2)-2-|-0--0--2-4-------4---|-4------4--4--|
|--------------------|---------------------|------4-------|
D.S. al Coda
E E +E E +H Q E. S Q E E Q E. S Q Q
|------------------|----------------|---------------||
|-2-4-(4)----------|-------6----6---|---------------||
|---------0-(0)----|-4--4----4----4-|-2--2--2-2-----||
|------------------|----------------|---------------||
Outro
&
H H H H W
|-----------|-----------|------*|
|-----------|-----------|------*|
|-0----2----|-4----5----|-0----*|
|-----------|-----------|------*|Duration Legend
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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
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| - 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