Deep Purple – Might Just Take Your Life (Bass Tab)
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MIGHT JUST TAKE YOUR LIFE (Bassline)
As recorded by Deep Purple
(From the 1974 Album BURN)
Words and Music by Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Ian Paice & David Coverdale
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Glenn Hughes - Bass'
Intro
Q=114
4/4
Gtr I
Wx8 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E
|------------|-----------------|-----------2-2-0---|
|------------|-----------------|-----------------2-|
|------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---------|
|------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------0-3-3-0-3--|
1st & 2nd Verses
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +W +H +E E E E W
|-----------------|-----------------||-------------|------------------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------||o------------|------------------|------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-||o-(0)--------|-(0)----(0)---3---|-0----|
|-----------------|-----------3-4---||-------------|------------0---3-|------|
+H +E E E E +W +H +E E E E W
|------------------|------------|------------------|------|
|------------------|------------|------------------|------|
|-(0)----(0)-----0-|-(0)--------|-(0)----(0)---3---|-0----|
|------------3-4---|------------|------------0---3-|------|
Pre-Chorus
Q H. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|----3-------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|------------||-----------------|---0-2-2-3-3-4-4-|------------------|
E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---0-2---3-3-3-4-4-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E +Q. E +E E E E Q E E +H
|-2-2-----------2-1-|-0-0-0-0-------0-|-(0)---0-(0)-0-0---|---------------|
|-----4-4-2-2-2-----|-----------0-2---|-------------------|-3----2-(2)----|
|-------------------|---------2-------|-------------------|----3----------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|
Chorus
Q. E +Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E
|----------------||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-0--------------||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|------3-(3)-----||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|--------------3-||-----------------|-----------------0-|-----------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------4-(4)-2-----|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-0-0---------4-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----2-2-0-0-2-0-|------------------|
3rd Verse
1. 2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +W +H +E E E E
|------------------||-----------------||------------|-------------------|
|-----------------o||-----------------||------------|--------------0----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-2-||-(2)--------|-(2)----(2)-----0--|
|-----------3-4----||-----------------||------------|------------2------|
W +H +E E E E +W +H +E E E E
|----------|------------------|------------|------------------|
|----------|------------------|------------|--------------0---|
|-2--------|-(2)----(2)-0-1-2-|-(2)--------|-(2)----(2)-----0-|
|----------|------------------|------------|------------2-----|
Pre-Chorus
W Q H. Q Q E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|----------|------------||---------------|------------------|
|----------|----0-------||-------------2-|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2---|
|-2--------|------------||---------2-4---|----------------2-|
|----------|------------||-0-----4-------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S E.
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------4------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------4-6--|
|-----------------|-------------0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2--------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-4-4-4-4-----|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------2-4-2-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-----------0-|-(0)-0-4-------4---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------2-0-2---|-----------------0-|
Chorus
E E E E +H Q E E +H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E
|----------------|---------------||-----------------|-------------4-2----|
|-----0----------|-2----0-(0)----||-----------------|-----------------4--|
|---2------------|---------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|
|-3-----2-(2)----|---------------||-----------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E S E. S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E
|-----------------|--------------------|-----4-4-----4-4-|-----4-4-4-4-4-2---|
|-----------------|---------2-4--2-4-2-|-----------------|-----------------4-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2------------|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2---------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----4-4-----4-4-|-----2-----------||
|-----------------|-------4-4-4-4-4-||
|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
Outro Organ Solo
E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E S S S S
|-----------------|-----4-4---2-2-----------|
|-----------------|---------4-----4-4-0-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-----------------4---|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E S S S S E
|-----4-4-----2-2---|-----4---------2-2---|
|-----------------4-|---------4-4-4-----4-|
|-2-2-----2-2-------|-2-2-----------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-----------------|-------------------|
E E S E. +E E +S E. +E E S S E S S E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----4-6--(6)-6-(6)-6--|-(6)-4-0-----0-2-4-0---|
|-2-2-------------------|---------4-2---------0-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E S E S S S E
|-----2-2-----2-2---|-----4-4---4-4-4-2---|
|---------4-4-----4-|-------------------4-|
|-2-2---------------|-2-2-----------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----2-2-----2---|-------------------|-----4-4-----4-4-|-----4-4-----4-4--|
|---------4-4---4-|---------0-0-2-2---|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-------------|-2-2-4-4-----------|-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-2------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
E. S E E E E E E S E S S E. S E. E E S E S E E E E E E E E E E S E. Q
|-4----4---4---4---|-4-4---4-4-----------|-------4-4-----4---|-----------------|
|------------------|------------4-6--4-0-|-----------------4-|---------4-6--4--|
|----2---2---2---2-|-----2---------------|-2-2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-2-2---------|
|------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E +S E. Q E E E S S
|---------------4-|-(4)-4--4--4-4-4-2---|
|-----------------|-------------------4-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
E S S E E E S S E E E S S E S S S E S E S S
|-------4-4-------4-4-|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------4-6-6-4-4-4-|
|-2-2-2-----2-2-2-----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
S S E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|------8-11-11-11-13----|-----4-4-------4-4-|
|-------------------4\-|----9---------------x\-|-------------------|
|----------------------|-11--------------------|-2-2-----2-2-2-----|
|----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q Q
|-----4-4-------4-4-|-----4-4-4-4-4---|-----8-11-(11)-------*|
|-------------------|---------------6-|-9-9------------x\---*|
|-2-2-----2-2-2-----|-2-2-------------|---------------------*|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------*|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