Otis Redding – Demonstration (Bass Tab)
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Speed:
1.0x
As recorded by Otis Redding
(1967 recording from the 1970 Album TELL THE TRUTH)
Words and Music by Otis Redding & Don Covay
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'
[Intro]
Q=136
4/4
Gtr I
W W W W
G|----------|----------|----------|------||
D|----------|----------|----------|------||
A|----------|----------|----------|------||
E|----------|----------|----------|------||
[Verse 1]
Q Q. E E E +Q. E E E E E Q Q. E E E +Q. E E E E E
G|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
D|---------------|-----------4-----|---------------|-----------4-----|
A|-4--4----4---2-|-(2)---1-2---2-1-|-4--4----4---2-|-(2)---1-2---2-1-|
E|-----------4---|-----------------|-----------4---|-----------------|
Q Q. E E E +Q. E E E E E Q Q. E E E +Q. E E E E E
G|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------||
D|---------------|-----------4-----|---------------|-----------4-----||
A|-4--4----4---2-|-(2)---1-2---2-1-|-4--4----4---2-|-(2)---1-2---2-0-||
E|-----------4---|-----------------|-----------4---|-----------------||
[Chorus]
Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|--------2-2--2-|--------2-2--2-|--------2-2--2-|--------2-2--2-|
A|-0----0--------|-0----0--------|-0----0--------|-0----0--------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|--------4-4--4-|--------4-4--4-|--------4-4--4-|--------4-4--4-|
A|-2----2--------|-2----2--------|-2----2--------|-2----2--------|
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 Q Q
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2------||
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------6\--||
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
[Verse 2]
Q Q. E E E +Q. E E E E E Q Q. E E E +Q. E E E E E
G|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
D|---------------|-----------4-----|---------------|-----------4-----|
A|-4--4----4---2-|-(2)---1-2---2-1-|-4--4----4---2-|-(2)---1-2---2-1-|
E|-----------4---|-----------------|-----------4---|-----------------|
Q Q. E E E +Q. E E E E E Q Q. E E E +Q. E E E E E
G|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------||
D|---------------|-----------4-----|---------------|-----------4-----||
A|-4--4----4---2-|-(2)---1-2---2-1-|-4--4----4---2-|-(2)---1-2---2-0-||
E|-----------4---|-----------------|-----------4---|-----------------||
[Chorus]
Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|--------2-2--2-|--------2-2--2-|--------2-2--2-|--------2------|
A|-0----0--------|-0----0--------|-0----0--------|-0----0---0--1-|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
D|--------4-4--4-|--------4-4--4-|--------4-4--4-|--------4------||
A|-2----2--------|-2----2--------|-2----2--------|-2----2---2--1-||
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
[Bridge]
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
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|---------------4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
A|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-----------------||
[Verse 3]
Q Q. E E E +Q. E E E E E Q Q. E E E +Q. E E E E E
G|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
D|---------------|-----------4-----|---------------|-----------4-----|
A|-4--4----4---2-|-(2)---1-2---2-1-|-4--4----4---2-|-(2)---1-2---2-1-|
E|-----------4---|-----------------|-----------4---|-----------------|
Q Q. E E E +Q. E E E E E Q Q. E E E +Q. E E E E E
G|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------||
D|---------------|-----------4-----|---------------|-----------4-----||
A|-4--4----4---2-|-(2)---1-2---2-1-|-4--4----4---2-|-(2)---1-2---2-0-||
E|-----------4---|-----------------|-----------4---|-----------------||
[Chorus]
Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|--------2-2--2-|--------2-2--2-|--------2-2--2-|--------2------|
A|-0----0--------|-0----0--------|-0----0--------|-0----0---0--1-|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|--------4-4--4-|--------4-4--4-|--------4-4--4-|--------4-4--4-|
A|-2----2--------|-2----2--------|-2----2--------|-2----2--------|
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
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[Outro]
E E E E E E E E Q Q. E E E +Q. E E E E E 6x
G|-----------------||----------------|------------------||
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||o---------------|-----------4-----o||
A|-----------------||o-4--4----4---2-|-(2)---1-2---2-1-o||
E|-----------------||------------4---|------------------||*************************************
Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
| +() - note tied to previous
| \ - slide out of (to "nowhere")
| | - bar
| || - double bar
| ||o - repeat start
| o|| - repeat end
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