The Beach Boys – Little Deuce Coupe (Bass Tab)

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LITTLE DEUCE COUPE (Bassline) As recorded by Beach Boys (From the 1963 Album LITTLE DEUCE COUPE) Words and Music by Brian Wilson & Roger Christian Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Brian Wilson - Bass'

 Intro
  Q=132(8=s8)
 1/4
  Gtr I
  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   E E E E E E E E
|----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|----|-------------3---|-------------3---|-------------3---|-------------3----||
|----|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-----3-3-6-6---6--||
|----|-4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|-4-4--------------||

   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-------------3---|-------------3---|-------------3---|-------------3---|
||o-----3-3-6-6---6-|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-----3-3-6-6---6-|
||--4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|

  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
|-------------3---|-------------3---|-----------------|------------------||
|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-------------3---|-------------3----||
|-4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-----3-3-6-6---6--||
|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-------------|-4-4--------------||

 Chorus
                                                        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
|-------------5---|-------------5---|------------------|------------------||
|-----5-5-8-8---8-|-----5-5-8-8---8-|-------------3----|-------------3---o||
|-6-6-------------|-6-6-------------|-----3-3-6-6---6--|-----3-3-6-6---6-o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4--------------|-4-4--------------||

                      Bridge
  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
|-------------------||-------------3---|-------------3---|------------------|
|---3-3---------3---||-----3-3-6-6---6-|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-------------3----|
|-------6-(6)-6---6-||-4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|-----3-3-6-6---6--|
|-4-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-4-4--------------|

                                                                     |-3-|
  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 E
|-----------------|-------------3---|-------------3---|-------------10-7---|
|-------------3---|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8------8-|
|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|--------------------|
|-4-4-------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|

                                   Outro
D.S. al Coda  &
  E E Q  H       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---|-------------5----|
|-------------||-------------3---||-----5-5-8-8---8-|-----5-5-8-8---8--|
|-6-----------||-----3-3-6-6---6-||-6-6-------------|-6-6--------------|
|-------------||-4-4-------------||-----------------|------------------|

  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---|-------------5----*|
|-------------3---|-------------3---|-----5-5-8-8---8-|-----5-5-8-8---8--*|
|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-6-6-------------|-6-6--------------*|
|-4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|-----------------|------------------*|

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