Elvis Presley – Tryin To Get To You (Bass Tab)

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TRYIN' TO GET TO YOU (Bassline) As recorded by Elvis Presley (From the 1956 Album ELVIS PRESLEY) Words and Music by Rose Marie McCoy & Charles Singleton Arranged by Elvis Presley Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Black - Double Bass'
 1st Verse
  Q=106(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q
|----------|--------------|--------------|
|----------|-2------------|-2-2----------|
|----------|--------2--4--|-----4--2-----|
|----------|---0-4--------|-----------4--|

  E E Q  Q  Q    q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q
|--------------|------------|-2------------|-4-4-----------|
|-2------------|-2----------|--------2--4--|-----6--4------|
|--------2--4--|------------|---0-4--------|-----------6---|
|---0-4--------|------------|--------------|---------------|

                                2nd & 4th Verses
                              $
  E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q     E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q
|--------------|--------------||--------------|---------------|
|-2------------|-2-2----------||-2------------|-2-2-----------|
|--------2--4--|-----4--2-----||--------2--4--|-----4--2------|
|---0-4--------|-----------4--||---0-4--------|-----------4---|

  E E Q  Q  Q    q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q
|--------------|------------|-2------------|-4-4-----------|
|-2------------|-2----------|--------2--4--|-----6--4------|
|--------2--4--|------------|---0-4--------|-----------6---|
|---0-4--------|------------|--------------|---------------|

                 Bridge
  E E Q  Q  Q     E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q
|--------------||-----------1--|-2------------|-2-2-----------|
|-2------------||-2-2-2--4-----|--------2--4--|-----------1---|
|--------2--4--||--------------|---0-4--------|-----2--4------|
|---0-4--------||--------------|--------------|---------------|

  E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q
|--------------|-----------1--|-2------------|-2-2----0--2---|
|-2------------|-2-2-2--4-----|--------2--4--|-----4---------|
|--------2--4--|--------------|---0-4--------|---------------|
|---0-4--------|--------------|--------------|---------------|

               3rd & 5th Verses
  q  Q  H       H    Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q
|-4----------||------------|--------------|---------------|
|------------||---------1--|-2------------|-2-2-----------|
|------------||------------|--------2--4--|-----4--2------|
|------------||------------|---0-4--------|-----------4---|

                                   To Coda
  E E Q  Q  Q    q  Q  H      E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q
|--------------|------------|-2------------|-4-4-----------||
|-2------------|-2----------|--------2--4--|-----6--4------||
|--------2--4--|------------|---0-4--------|-----------6---||
|---0-4--------|------------|--------------|---------------||

 Guitar Solo
  E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q
|--------------|-----------1--|-2------------|-2-2-----------|
|-2------------|-2-2-2--4-----|--------2--4--|-----------1---|
|--------2--4--|--------------|---0-4--------|-----2--4------|
|---0-4--------|--------------|--------------|---------------|

  E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  Q  Q
|--------------|-----------1--|-2------------|-2-2----0--2---|
|-2------------|-2-2-2--4-----|--------2--4--|-----4---------|
|--------2--4--|--------------|---0-4--------|---------------|
|---0-4--------|--------------|--------------|---------------|

                              Outro
             D.S. al Coda   &
  E E Q  Q  Q    q  Q  H       q  Q  H
|-4---------1--|-4----------||------------|
|-----1--4-----|------------||-2----------|
|---2----------|------------||------------|
|--------------|------------||------------|

  E E Q  Q  Q    E E E E +H       +W
|-4-4----------|----------------|--------*|
|-----6--4-----|-2-----2-(2)----|-(2)----*|
|-----------6--|---4-2----------|--------*|
|--------------|----------------|--------*|
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