Bob Dylan – Positively 4Th Street (Bass Tab)

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POSITIVELY 4TH STREET (Bassline) As recorded by Bob Dylan (From the 1965 Album BOB DYLAN'S GREATEST HITS) Words and Music by Bob Dylan Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Russ Savakus - Bass'

 Intro
  Q=109
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E +E  E E E   Q.   E +E  E E E
|---------------|------------------|------------------|
|-4----4-4--2---|------4-(4)-4-----|-4----4-(4)-4-----|
|-------------4-|----------------4-|----------------4-|
|---------------|-2----------------|------------------|

                      1st - 3rd Verses
  Q.   E +E  E E E     Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q.   E
|------------------||-----------------|---------------|
|-4----4-(4)-4-----||o------4-4-4-4---|-6----6-6------|
|----------------4-||o----------------|-------------1-|
|------------------||--2--------------|---------------|

  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E E E E E   Q  E E E Q  E   Q  E E E Q  E
|--------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-4----4-4-4-----|-4--4-4--------|--------1-1----|
|-2----2-2--4--|--------------4-|--------4-4--2-|-2--2-2------4-|
|--------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|

                                           4th - 6th Verses
  Q.   E E Q  E   Q  a Q  a Q  a Q   3x     Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E
|----------6----|----4h6--4h6--4h6---||-||----------------|---------------|
|-------------6-|-6-----------------o||-||o-4----4-4--4-3-|-6----6-6--6-6-|
|-4----4-4------|-4-----------------o||-||o---------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------------------||-||----------------|---------------|

  Q  Q  E E E E   Q.   E E Q  E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|-4--4--4-6-6---|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------4-|-4----4-4-4----|-4--4-4--------|--------1--1-1-|
|---------------|-------------4-|--------4--4-2-|-2--2-2--------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

                                       7th - 9th Verses
  Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E E Q  E  3x     Q.   E E Q  E   Q.   E e e e e
|---------------|----------------||-||----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------o||-||o-4----4-4-4--4-|-6----6-6-6-4----|
|-4----4-4--2---|-4----4-4-4--4-o||-||o---------------|--------------6--|
|-------------4-|----------------||-||----------------|-----------------|

  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E E E E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|--------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-4----4-4-4-----|-4--4-4--------|---------------|
|-2----2-2--4--|--------------4-|--------4--4-4-|-2--2-2-6--6---|
|--------------|----------------|---------------|-------------4-|

  1.,2.                            3.
  Q.   E E Q  E   Q.   E E Q  E  3x  Q   Q  E  Q   E    Q   a  Q   a  Q   Q
|---------------|----------------||-11--10--8--------|-----------------------||
|---------------|-------------3-o||-----------11--11-|-11--11h13--11h13--11--||
|-4----4-4-4--4-|-4----4-4-4----o||------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------|----------------||------------------|-----------------------||

   8th - 10 th Verses
    Q.   E H      Q.   E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q.   E E Q  E
||--------------|----------------|-4--4-4-4-6-6---|----------------|
||o-4----4-4----|-6----6-6-6-6-6-|--------------4-|-4----4-4-4-----|
||o-------------|----------------|----------------|-------------4--|
||--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q.   E E Q  E   Q.   E E Q  E  3x
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|-4--4-4--------|--------1--1---|---------------|---------------o||
|--------4--4-2-|-2--2-2------4-|-4----4-4-4----|-4------4-4--4-o||
|---------------|---------------|-------------4-|------4---------||

 Outro
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q
|-------------3-|---------------|--------------|
|-4----4-4------|-6----6-6----4-|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|-2----2-2--4--|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|

  Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q.   E
|----------------|----------------*|
|-4----4-4-4-1-3-|-4----4---------*|
|----------------|--------4----4--*|
|----------------|----------------*|

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