Status Quo – Paper Plane (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by Status Quo
(From the 1972 Album PILEDRIVER)
Words and Music by Francis Rossi & Bob Young
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Alan Lancaster - Bass'
Intro
Boogie Rock Q=160
4/4
Gtr I
W Q H. +H +E E E E q H. +H +E E E E
|----------|------------|------------------|------------|-------------------|
|----------|------------|------------------|------------|-------------------|
|----------|------------|------------6-5---|------------|------------6-5----|
|----------|----6-------|-(6)----(6)-----8-|-6--6-------|-(6)----(6)-----8--|
q H. +H +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|------------|------------6-5---|-----------------|-----------6-5----||
|-6--6-------|-(6)----(6)-----8-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-----8--||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------6-5---|
||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-----8-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------5--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-8----|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-5----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------8--|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------5-6--||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-8------||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q Q H W
|-----------------|-----------------|------------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------|------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-6----------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------|------|
1.
To Coda
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
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------6-5---||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|-6-6-6-6-6-----8-||
Interlude
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------6-5----o||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-----8---||
Guitar Solo
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 E E E
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-6---------------||-6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h==|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h==|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5--|
|-6-6-6-5h6-6-8---|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-5h6-5---|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------8-|-6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h==|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q W E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|----------|-------------8-8--|
|-----------------|----------------|----------|------------------|
|-------------5-6-|-8-8-8-8-8------|----------|-6-6-6-6-6--------|
|-6-6-6-5h6-8-----|----------------|----------|------------------|
E E E E +Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-8-8-7-6-(6)-----|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5--|
Outro
D.S. al Coda &
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
|------------------||-----------------||------------------|------------------|
|------------------||-----------------||o-----------------|------------------|
|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||o-----------------|------------------|
|-6----------------||-6---------------||--6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h=|
1. 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
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------o||---------------5h|
|-6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h=||=6-6-6-5h6-6-8---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------*|
|-----------------|-------------------*|
|-6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5---*|
|-----------------|-------------------*|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