Otis Redding – Johnnys Heartbreak (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Otis Redding (From the 1970 Album TELL THE TRUTH) Words and Music by Otis Redding & Arthur Alexander Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'
 [Intro]
 Q=109
 4/4
 Gtr I
   q  E q  E E E   q  E q  E E E   q  E q  E E E   q  E q  E E E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
A|---------5-5-5-|---------5-5-5-|---------5-5-5-|---------5-5-5-||
E|-3--3-3--------|-3--3-3--------|-3--3-3--------|-3--3-3--------||

 [Verses 1 & 2]
     q  E q  E E E   q  E q  E E E   q  E q  E E E   q  E q  S S E E
G||----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
D||o---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
A||o---------5-5-5-|---------5-5-5-|---------5-5-5-|---------5-5-5-5-|
E||--3--3-3--------|-3--3-3--------|-3--3-3--------|-3--3-3----------|

   q  E E E S S E E   q  E E E S S E E   q  E E E S S E E   q  E E E S E S E
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|-3--3-3---3-3-----|-3--3-3---3-3-----|-3--3-3---3-3-----|-3------3-3-2-2-1-|
E|--------------3-5-|--------------3-5-|--------------3-5-|------3-----------|

   Q.   E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   q  E q  E E E   q  E q  E E E
G|----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------||
D|----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------o||
A|-0------0-0---0-|-5-5-----5-5---5-|---------5-5-5-|---------5-5-5-o||
E|------0---------|-------5---------|-3--3-3--------|-3--3-3---------||

 [Bridge]
   Q  E E E S S E E   Q  E E E S S E E   Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E E E S S E E
G|------------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
A|-3--3-3---3-3-----|-3--3-3---3-3-3-5-|---------5-5-5-|----------5-5---2--|
E|--------------3-5-|------------------|-3--3-3--------|-3--3-3-------3----|

   Q  E E E S S E E   Q  E E E S S E E   Q  E E E S S S S S S   Q  E Q  E E E
G|------------------|------------------|----------------------|----------------||
D|------------------|------------------|----------7-5-7-5-----|----------------||
A|-3--3-3---3-3-----|-3--3-3---3-3-3-5-|------------------7-6-|-5--5-5--5-5-5--||
E|--------------3-5-|------------------|-5--5-5---------------|----------------||

 [Verse 3]
   q  E q  E E E   q  E q  E E E   q  E q  E E E   q  E E E S S E E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
A|---------5-5-5-|---------5-5-5-|---------5-5-5-|----------5-5-5-5-|
E|-3--3-3--------|-3--3-3--------|-3--3-3--------|-3--3-3-----------|

   Q  E E E S S E E   Q  E E E S S E E   Q  E E E S S E E   Q  E E E S E S E
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|-3--3-3---3-3-----|-3--3-3---3-3-----|-3--3-3---3-3-----|-3------3-3-2-2-1-|
E|--------------3-5-|--------------3-5-|--------------3-5-|------3-----------|

                                     [Outro]
   Q.   E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E
G|----------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------|
D|----------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------|
A|-0------0-0---0-|-5-5-----5-5-7-5-||---------5-5-5-|---------5-5-5-|
E|------0---------|-------5---------||-3--3----------|-3--3----------|

   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   q  E E E S S S S S S   q  E q  E E E
G|---------------|---------------|----------------------|----------------|
D|---------------|---------------|------------5-7-5-----|----------------|
A|---------5-5-5-|---------5-5-5-|----------7-------7-6-|-5--5-5--5-5-5--|
E|-3--3----------|-3--3----------|-5--5-5---------------|----------------|

     Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   q  E E E S S S S S S   q  E q  E E E  4x
G||----------------|---------------|----------------------|----------------||
D||o---------------|---------------|------------5-7-5-----|---------------o||
A||o---------5-5-5-|---------5-5---|----------7-------7-6-|-5--5-5--5-5-5-o||
E||--3--3----------|-3--3--------3-|-5--5-5---------------|----------------||
*************************************** 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 | | - bar | || - double bar | ||o - repeat start | o|| - repeat end ************************************