Kris Kristofferson – Help Me Make It Through The Night (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by Kris Kristofferson
(From the 1970 Album KRISTOFFERSON)
Words and Music by Kris Kristofferson
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Norbert Putnam - Bass'
Intro 1st Verse
Q=158(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
Wx3 Q Q Q Q Q. E Q. E Q Q Q Q
|------------|-------------||---------------|--------------|
|------------|-------------||---------------|--------------|
|------------|-------0--2--||-3-------------|-3------------|
|------------|----3--------||--------3------|-------3------|
Q Q Q. E Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E H
|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3------------|-3----3-5--7--|-8-----------|-8----8-7----|
|-------3------|--------------|-------8-----|-------------|
Q. E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q. E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|-5------------|-5-----------|
|-5------------|-5--------5--|--------5-----|-------5-----|
|--------5-----|-------5-----|--------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q
|-------------|-------------|---------------|--------------|
|-5-----------|-5-----------|---------------|--------------|
|-------5-----|-------7--5--|-3-------------|-3---------0--|
|-------------|-------------|--------3------|--------3-----|
2nd & 3rd Verses
$
W +Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------|---------------||-------------|-------------|
|----------|---------------||-------------|-------------|
|-3--------|-(3)-----0--2--||-3-----------|-3-----------|
|----------|------3--------||-------3-----|-------3-----|
Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q. E Q E E H
|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|-------------|--------------|-3------------|-3----3-2----|
|-3-----------|-3----3-3--5--|-------3------|-------------|
|-------3-----|--------------|--------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-5-----------|-5-----------|
|-5-----------|-5--------5--|-------5-----|-------5-----|
|-------5-----|-------5-----|-------------|-------------|
To Coda
Q. E Q. E E E Q Q Q Q. E Q Q Q Q Q. E
|---------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|-5-------------|-5------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------5------|--------0--2--|-3------------|-3--------------|
|---------------|-----3--------|--------3-----|-------3--------|
Bridge
Q Q Q. E Q E E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------|--------------||--------------|-------------|
|--------------|--------------||-3------------|-3-----------|
|-3------------|-3----3-5--7--||--------3-----|-------3-----|
|-------3------|--------------||--------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q. E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q. E Q. E
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|-3-----------|-3---------3--|-------------|---------------|
|-------3-----|--------3-----|-3-----------|-3-------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------3-----|--------3------|
Q. E Q. E Q E E Q Q Q. E Q. E Q Q Q Q
|---------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
|-3-------------|-3----3----4--|-5-------------|-5-----------|
|--------3------|--------3-----|--------5------|-------5-----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q. E Q. E Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-5------3------|-------------|
|-5-----------|-5--------5--|---------------|-5-----------|
|-------5-----|-------5-----|---------------|-------7--5--|
D.S. al Coda &
W +Q Q Q Q Q Q H Q Q Q Q
|----------|---------------||------------|-------------|
|----------|---------------||------------|-------------|
|----------|---------0--2--||-3----------|-------0--2--|
|-3--------|-(3)--3--------||------------|----3--------|
Outro
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q +S E S Q Q
||--------------|--------------|--------------|------------------|
||o-------------|--------------|--------------|------------0--2--|
||o-3-----------|-3------------|-3------------|-3--(3)---3-------|
||--------3-----|-------3------|-------3------|------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q. E Q. E Q Q Q Q
|-------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
|-3-----------|-3----3-2--0--|---------------|-------------|
|-------3-----|--------------|-5-------------|-5--------5--|
|-------------|--------------|--------5------|-------5-----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q. E Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|-5-----------|-5------------|-5-----------|-5----5----5--|
|-------5-----|-------5------|-------5-----|--------5-----|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
Q Q Q. E Q Q Q Q W +Q Q Q Q
|--------------|-------------|----------|----------------||
|--------------|-------------|----------|---------------o||
|-3------------|-3-----------|-3--------|-(3)-----0--2--o||
|-------3------|-------3-----|----------|------3---------||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