Status Quo – Pictures Of Matchstick Men (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by Status Quo
(From the 1968 Album PICTURESQUE MATCHSTICKABLE MESSAGES FROM THE STATUS QUO)
Words and Music by Francis Rossi
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Alan Lancaster - Bass'
Intro
Q=90
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E S S E E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
|---------------|--------0---0-0---|--------------|---------------||
|-0--0-2-3--3---|------2---3-----3-|-0--0--0--0---|-0--0--0--0----||
|-------------0-|-3--3-------------|------------0-|------------0--||
|---------------|------------------|--------------|---------------||
Verse
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E S S E E E
|---------------|--------0--0---|---------------|--------0---0-0----|
|-0--0-2-3--3---|------2------3-|-0--0-2-3--3---|------2---3-----3--|
|-------------0-|-3--3----------|-------------0-|-3--3--------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E S S E E E
|---------------|--------0--0---|---------------|--------0---0-0----|
|-0--0-2-3--3---|------2------3-|-0--0-2-3--3---|------2---3-----3--|
|-------------0-|-3--3----------|-------------0-|-3--3--------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E S S E E E
|---------------|--------0--0---|---------------|--------0---0-0----|
|-0--0-2-3--3---|------2------3-|-0--0-2-3--3---|------2---3-----3--|
|-------------0-|-3--3----------|-------------0-|-3--3--------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
Chorus
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
|-------------|-------------||-------------|--------------|
|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--||-------------|-0--0--0--0---|
|-------------|-------------||-------0--0--|------------2-|
|-------------|-------------||-3--3--------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q E E Q E E
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|-0--0--0--0---|-------------|-0--0-2-3--3---|
|-------0--0--|------------2-|-------0--0--|-------------0-|
|-3--3--------|--------------|-3--3--------|---------------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E S S E E E Q Q H
|--------0--0---|---------------|--------0---0-0---|------------|
|------2------3-|-0--0-2-3--3---|------2---3-----3-|-0--0-------|
|-3--3----------|-------------0-|-3--3-------------|------------|
|---------------|---------------|------------------|------------|
Interlude
Q Q H W W W
|------------||----------|----------|------|
|-0--0-------||----------|----------|------|
|------------||----------|----------|------|
|------------||----------|----------|------|
W Q E E Q E E Q E E S S E E E Q Q Q E E
|----------|---------------|--------0---0-0---|---------------|
|----------|-0--0-2-3--3---|------2---3-----3-|-0--0--0--0----|
|----------|-------------0-|-3--3-------------|------------3--|
|----------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
Bridge
Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------||-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-0--0--0--0---||-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|------------3-||-1-1-----1-1---1-|-------3---------|-3--3--3---1-1-|
|--------------||-------1---------|-1-1-----1-1---1-|---------3-----|
Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q H
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
|-3--3--3---3-3-|-1-1-----1-1---1-|-------3---------|-0--0-------|
|---------3-----|-------1---------|-1-1-----1-1---1-|------------|
Chorus
Q Q H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q
|------------||-------------|--------------|-------------|
|-0--0-------||-------------|-0--0--0--0---|-------------|
|------------||-------0--0--|------------0-|-------0--0--|
|------------||-3--3--------|--------------|-3--3--------|
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|--------------|-------------|---------------|--------0--0---|
|-0--0--0--0---|-------------|-0--0-2-3--3---|------2------3-|
|------------0-|-------0--0--|-------------0-|-3--3----------|
|--------------|-3--3--------|---------------|---------------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|--------0--0---|---------------|--------0--0---||
|-0--0-2-3--3---|------2------3-|-0--0-2-3--3---|------2------3-||
|-------------0-|-3--3----------|-------------0-|-3--3----------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
Interlude
Q Q H W W W
|------------|----------|----------|------||
|-0----------|----------|----------|------||
|------------|----------|----------|------||
|------------|----------|----------|------||
Outro
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E S S E E E
|---------------|--------0--0---|---------------|--------0---0-0----*|
|-0--0-2-3--3---|------2------3-|-0--0-2-3--3---|------2---3-----3--*|
|-------------0-|-3--3----------|-------------0-|-3--3--------------*|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------*|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