Pink Floyd – Cymbaline (Bass Tab)
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CYMBALINE (Bassline)
As recorded by Pink Floyd
(From the 1969 Album MORE (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK))
Words and Music by Roger Waters
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Roger Waters - Bass'
Intro
Q=77(16=s16)
4/4
Gtr I
Q.. S S S E +Q Q.. S S S E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-7-----7-7---7-(7)--|-7-----7-7---7-(7)--|
|--------------------|--------------------|
Q.. S S S E +Q Q.. S S S E +Q
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|-7-----7-7---7-(7)--|-7-----7-7---7-(7)---||
|--------------------|---------------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
Q.. S S S E +Q Q.. S S S E +Q
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||--5-----5-5---5-(5)--|-7-----7-7---7-(7)--|
Q.. S S S E +Q Q.. S S S E +Q
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-5-----5-5---5-(5)--|-7-----7-7---7-(7)---|
Q.. S S S E +Q Q.. S S S E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5-----5-5---5-(5)--|-7-----7-7---7-(7)--|
Q.. S S S E +Q Q.. S S S E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|-5-----5-5---5-(5)--|-7-----7-7---7-(7)--||
Chorus
H H H H H H H H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-3----3----||
|-3----3----|-----------|-3----3----|-----------||
|-----------|-1----1----|-----------|-----------||
Interlude 3rd Verse
Q.. S S S E +Q Q.. S S S E +Q Q.. S S S E +Q
|--------------------|---------------------||--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------o||--------------------|
|-7-----7-7---7-(7)--|-7-----7-7---7-(7)--o||--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------||-5-----5-5---5-(5)--|
Q.. S S S E +Q Q.. S S S E +Q Q.. S S S E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-7-----7-7---7-(7)--|-5-----5-5---5-(5)--|-7-----7-7---7-(7)--|
Q.. S S S E +Q Q.. S S S E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5-----5-5---5-(5)--|-7-----7-7---7-(7)--|
Q.. S S S E +Q Q.. S S S E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5-----5-5---5-(5)--|-7-----7-7---7-(7)--|
H H H H H H H H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-3----3----||
|-3----3----|-----------|-3----3----|-----------||
|-----------|-1----1----|-----------|-----------||
Interlude
Q.. S S S E +Q Q.. S S S E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|-7-----7-7---7-(7)--|-7-----7-7---7-(7)--||
|--------------------|--------------------||
Scat Solo
Q.. S S S E +Q Q.. S S S E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5-----5-5---5-(5)--|-7-----7-7---7-(7)--|
Q.. S S S E +Q Q.. S S S E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5-----5-5---5-(5)--|-7-----7-7---7-(7)--|
Q.. S S S E +Q Q.. S S S E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5-----5-5---5-(5)--|-7-----7-7---7-(7)--|
Chorus
Q.. S S S E +Q Q.. S S S E +Q H H H H
|--------------------|--------------------||-----------|-----------|
|--------------------|--------------------||-----------|-----------|
|--------------------|--------------------||-3----3----|-----------|
|-5-----5-5---5-(5)--|-7-----7-7---7-(7)--||-----------|-1----1----|
Interlude
H H H H Q.. S S S E +Q Q.. S S S E +Q
|-----------|-----------||--------------------|----------------------||
|-----------|-3----3----||--------------------|----------------------||
|-3----3----|-----------||-7-----7-7---7-(7)--|-7-----7-7---7-(7)----||
|-----------|-----------||--------------------|----------------------||
Outro
Q.. S S S E +Q Q.. S S S E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5-----5-5---5-(5)--|-7-----7-7---7-(7)--|
Q.. S S S E +Q Q.. S S S E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5-----5-5---5-(5)--|-7-----7-7---7-(7)--|
Q.. S S S E +Q Q.. S S S E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5-----5-5---5-(5)--|-7-----7-7---7-(7)--|
Q.. S S S E +Q Q.. S S S E +Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5-----5-5---5-(5)--|-7-----7-7---7-(7)--|
H H H H H H H H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-3----3----|-----------|-3----3----|-----------|
|-----------|-1----1----|-----------|-1----1----|
H Q. E H H H Q Q H Q Q
|-------------|-----------|------------|------------|
|-------------|-----------|------------|------------|
|-----------5-|-----------|------------|---------5--|
|-0----0------|-0----0----|-0----0--5--|-0----0-----|
H Q Q H Q Q H H H H
|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|
|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|
|---------5--|---------5--|-----------|-----------|
|-0----0-----|-0----0-----|-0----0----|-0----0----|
H H H H H H H H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-5----5----|-7----7----|-5----5----|-7----7----|
Q Q +H Q Q +H Q Q H Q Q H
|--------------|--------------|------------|------------|
|--------------|--------------|------------|------------|
|-5------------|--------------|-5-----5----|-------7----|
|----5--(5)----|-0--7--(7)----|----5-------|-0--5-------|
Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H
|------------|------------|------------|------------*|
|------------|------------|------------|------------*|
|-5-----5----|-------7----|-5-----5----|-------7----*|
|----5-------|-0--5-------|----5-------|-0--5-------*|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