Conway Twitty – Its Only Make Believe (Bass Tab)
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IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE (Bassline)
As recorded by Conway Twitty
(From the 1958 Album CONWAY TWITTY SINGS)
Words and Music by Conway Twitty & Jack Nance
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Upright Bass'
Intro
freely Q=74
5/4 4/4
Gtr I
W +Q W
|---------------|------|
|---------------|------|
|-2--------(2)--|------|
|---------------|-4----|
6/4 5/4
W +Q Q W +Q
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|-0--------(0)--1--|-2--------(2)--|
in time Q=124
12/8
H E E H E E H E E H E E
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-2----2---2----2-2-|-4----4-4------4---||
|--------2----------|----------2------2-||
1st - 3rd Verses
H E E H E E H E E H E E Q. E E H. E
||--------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|----------2-------2--|
||o-2----2---2----2-2-|-------------------|--------2------------|
||---------2----------|-4----4-4-4----4-2-|-0----0--------------|
H E E H E E H E E H E E H E E H E E
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-4----4------------|-2----2-2------2-3-|-4----4--------4-4---|
|--------4----------|----------2--------|--------4------------|
|----------2----2-2-|-------------------|----------2----------|
H E E H E E H E E H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------1-|-2----2---2----2-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
|-2----2---2----4---|--------2----------|---------------------------|
|--------2----------|-------------------|---------------------------|
1.,2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E H E E H E E H E E H E E 3x
|-------------------------|-------------------|----------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-|--------1-2----1---|---------------------o||
|-------------------------|-2----4----------4-|-2----1--------4-----o||
|-------------------------|-------------------|--------4-2------2----||
3. H.=H
H E E H E E H E E H. W. +W.
|-------------------|------------------|---------------|--------*|
|--------1-2----1---|--------1-2-------|---------------|--------*|
|-2----4----------4-|-2----4-----------|-2-------------|-(2)----*|
|-------------------|------------------|---------------|--------*|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
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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