Otis Redding – Mr Pitiful (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Otis Redding (From the 1965 Album THE GREAT OTIS REDDING SINGS SOUL BALLADS) Words and Music by Otis Redding & Steve Cropper Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'

 Intro
  Q=132
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    Q  E E   +Q   +E. S E E E E   Q  +E. S E E E E
|-------------|--------------------|------------------|
|-------------|--------------------|------------------|
|-----------3-|-(3)--(3)-----------|-3--(3)-----------|
|-------------|----------5-3-5-3-5-|--------5-3-5-3-5-|

                                    1st - 3rd Verses
                                 $
  Q  +E. S E E E E   e E Q  H        Q  +E. S E E E E
|------------------|-------------||-------------------|
|------------------|-------------||o------------------|
|-3--(3)-----------|-3-----------||o-3--(3)-----------|
|--------5-3-5-3-5-|-------------||---------5-3-5-3-5-|

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

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

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

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

                     1.
            To Coda
  Q  +E. S E E E E    Q  +E. S E E E E   e E Q  H
|-------------------|------------------|--------------||
|-5--(5)-----3---3--|------------------|-------------o||
|--------5-5---5----|-3--(3)-----------|-3-----------o||
|-------------------|--------5-3-5-3-5-|--------------||

                                   Interlude
  2.
  Q  +E. S E E E E   e E Q  H       Q  +E. S E E E E
|------------------|-------------||------------------|
|------------------|-------------||------------------|
|-3--(3)-----------|-3-----------||-3--(3)-----------|
|--------5-3-5-3-5-|-------------||--------5-3-5-3-5-|

  Q  +E. S E E E E   Q  +E. S E E E E   Q  +Q   E S S S S E
|------------------|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|------------------|---------------------||
|-3--(3)-----------|-3--(3)-----------|-3--(3)--3-3-2---2-0-||
|--------5-3-5-3-5-|--------5-3-5-3-5-|---------------------||

 Bridge
  Q  E E E E E E   Q.   E E S S S S E   Q  +E. S Q.   E
|----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-5------5-5-----|-5--------5---------|-----------------|
|------5-------5-|--------5---0---0-2-|-3--(3)----------|
|----------------|--------------------|--------5-3----5-|

  Q.   E E S S S S E   Q  E E E E E E   Q.   E E. S +E  E
|--------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-5------5-5-----|------5------------|
|-3------3-3-2---2-0-|------5-------5-|-----------------2-|
|--------------------|----------------|-3------3--3-(3)---|

                 D.S. al Coda   &
  Q  +E. S Q.   E   e E Q  H       Q  +E. S E E E E
|-----------------|-------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-------------||------------------|
|-3--(3)----------|-3-----------||-3--(3)-----------|
|--------5-3----5-|-------------||--------5-3-5-3-5-|

                 Outro
  e E Q  H        Q  +E. S E E E E
|-------------||-------------------|
|-------------||o------------------|
|-3-----------||o-3--(3)-----------|
|-------------||---------5-3-5-3-5-|

  Q  +E. S E E E E   Q  +E. S E E E E   Q  +E. S E E E E  4x
|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------o||
|-3--(3)-----------|-3--(3)-----------|-3--(3)-----------o||
|--------5-3-5-3-5-|--------5-3-5-3-5-|--------5-3-5-3-5--||

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