Fats Domino – Blue Monday (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Fats Domino (From the 1957 Album THIS IS FATS DOMINO) Words and Music by Dave Bartholomew & Antoine Domino Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Upright Bass'
 Intro         1st Verse
  Q=96(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx2           E E E E E E E E
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|------------||-----------------|
|------------||-1-1-1-1---------|
|------------||---------3-3-1-1-|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------3-3-0---|-1-1-------------|-----------------|
|-1-1-5-5-------1-|---------1-1---1-|-1-1-1-1---------|
|-----------------|-----3-3-----3---|---------3-3-1-1-|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0-0-3-3-0-3-|-----0-0-1-1-2-2-|-3-3-------------|
|-1-1-------------|-1-1-------------|-----0-0-3-3-0-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

                     2nd & 3rd Verses
  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-------------||o-----0-0-3-3-0-3-|-----0-0-3-3-0---|
|-----0-0-3-3-----||o-1-1-------------|-1-1-----------1-|
|-------------1-1-||------------------|-----------------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1-1-------------|-----------------|-----0-0-1-1-2-2-|
|---------1-1---1-|-1-1-1-1---------|-1-1-------------|
|-----3-3-----3---|---------3-3-1-1-|-----------------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3-3-------------|-----------------|-------------0-0-||
|-----0-0-3-3-0-3-|-1-1-1-1---------|-1-1-3-3-4-4-----||
|-----------------|---------3-3-1-1-|-----------------||

 Chorus
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1-1-------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|
|---------1-1---1-|---------1-1---1-|-1-1-1-1---------|
|-----3-3-----3---|-----3-3-----3---|---------3-3-1-1-|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0-0-3-3-0---|-1-1-------------|-2-2-------------|
|-1-1-----------1-|---------1-1---1-|---------1-1---1-|
|-----------------|-----3-3-----3---|-----3-3-----3---|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0-0-1-1-2-2-|-3-3-1-1-0-0-----|-----------------|
|-3-3-------------|-------------3-3-|-1-1-1-1---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-3-1-1-|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0-0-3-3-0-3-|-1-1-------------|-----0-0-3-3-0-3-|
|-1-1-------------|---------1-1---1-|-1-1-------------|
|-----------------|-----3-3-----3---|-----------------|

                   1.
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0-0-3-3---3-|-3-3-------------|-----0-0-3-3-0-3-|
|-1-1---------5---|-----0-0-3-3-0-3-|-1-1-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

                                        Outro
                     2.                              H.=H
  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E    E E Q  H      H    E Q.
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|-3-3-------------o||-3-3-------------||-------------|--------------*|
|-----0-0-3-3-0-3-o||-----0-0-1-1-3-3-||-------------|--------1-----*|
|------------------||-----------------||-1-----------|--------------*|
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