Otis Redding – Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Sad Song (Bass Tab)

Versions (2)

Auto-scroll

FA-FA-FA-FA-FA (SAD SONG) (Bassline) As recorded by Otis Redding (From the 1966 Album COMPLETE & UNBELIEVABLE: THE OTIS REDDING DICTIONARY OF SOUL) Words and Music by Otis Redding & Steve Cropper Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'

 Intro
  Q=98
 4/4
  Gtr I
  E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   e e Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|-1-1----1-1----|-1-1----1-1----|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|-3-3----3-3----|-3-3----3-3----||

 Chorus
  Q.    E +E  E +E  E   Q.    E +E  E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3-(3)-0-|------/5-(5)-3-----|
|-1-------------------|-1-------------5-3-|
|---------------------|-------------------|

  Q.    E +E  E +E  E   E Q  E +E  S S E E
|---------------------|--------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3-(3)-0-|-1-1----------------|
|-1-------------------|------1-(1)-------0-|
|---------------------|------------1-1-3---|

  Q.    E +E  E E E   Q.    E +E  E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3-----|------/5-(5)-3-----|
|-1-------------5-3-|-1-------------5-3-|
|-------------------|-------------------|

  Q.    E +E  E E E   Q.   E +E  S S E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3---3-|-1------------------|
|-1-------------5---|------1-(1)---------|
|-------------------|------------1-1-3-5-|

  Q.    E +E  E E E   Q.    E +E  E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3-----|------/5-(5)-3-----|
|-1-------------5-3-|-1-------------5-3-|
|-------------------|-------------------|

  Q.    E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  S S E E
|-------------------|---------------------||
|------/5-(5)-3---3-|-1-1-----------------||
|-1-------------5---|-------1-(1)-------0-||
|-------------------|-------------1-1-3---||

 1st & 2nd Verses
  $
  Q.   E E E E E   Q.   Q  Q  E   Q.    E +E  E E E   Q.    E +E  E E E
|----------------|--------------|------/5-(5)-3-----|--------------------|
|------------0-2-|-3-------3--1-|-1-------------5-3-|------/5-(5)-3------|
|-1----1---1-----|------3-------|-------------------|-1-------------5-0--|
|--------1-------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|

  Q.    E +E  E E E   Q.    E +E  E E E
|-------------------|------/7-(7)-5-----|
|------/5-(5)-3-----|-3-------------7-3-|
|-1-------------5-3-|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|

  Q.    E +E  E E E   Q.    E +E  E E E
|------/5-(5)-3-----|--------------------||
|-1-------------5-3-|------/5-(5)-3------||
|-------------------|-1-------------5-3--||
|-------------------|--------------------||

 Chorus
  Q.    E +E  E E E   Q.    E +E  E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3-----|------/5-(5)-3-----|
|-1-------------5-3-|-1-------------5-0-|
|-------------------|-------------------|

             To Coda
  Q.    E +E  E E E    E E E E +E  S S E E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3---3--|-1-1------------------|
|-1-------------5----|-------1-(1)-------0--|
|--------------------|-------------1-1-3----|

  Q.    E +E  E E E   Q.    E +E  E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3-----|------/5-(5)-3-----|
|-1-------------5-3-|-1-------------5-0-|
|-------------------|-------------------|

                              D.S. al Coda
  Q.    E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  S S E E
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|------/5-(5)-3---3-|-1-1---1-(1)-1-1-------||
|-1-------------5---|-------------------0---||
|-------------------|-----------------3-----||

                        Bridge
  &
  E E E E +E  S S E E    Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|---------------------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-1-1-----------------||------0-3--3-3-|------0-1--1---|------0-3--3---|
|-------1-(1)-------0-||-1--1----------|-1--1--------3-|-1--1--------3-|
|-------------1-1-3---||---------------|---------------|---------------|

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

                  Interlude
  Q  E E Q  E E    Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  Q
|---------------||---------------|--------------|
|------0-1--1---||---------------|--------------|
|-1--1--------2-||-1----1------1-|-1----1-------|
|---------------||--------1--3---|--------1--2--|

  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E e e Q
|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-----------------||
|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3-3------||

   Outro
    Q.    E +E  E E E   Q.    E +E  E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o------/5-(5)-3-----|------/5-(5)-3-----|
||o-1-------------5-3-|-1-------------5-0-|
||--------------------|-------------------|

  Q.    E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  S S E E   3x
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|------/5-(5)-3---3-|-1-1------------------o||
|-1-------------5---|-------1-(1)-------0--o||
|-------------------|-------------1-1-3-----||

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