The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds (Bass Tab)

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PET SOUNDS (Bassline) As recorded by The Beach Boys (From the 1966 Album PET SOUNDS) Music by Brian Wilson Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Carol Kaye - Bass'

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  Gtr I
  W          H    E E E E   H.      E E   H    E E E E
|----------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|----------|--------3---0-|-------------|--------3---0-|
|----------|----------3---|-1---------1-|----------3---|
|----------|--------------|-------------|-4------------|

  H.      E E   H    E E E E     Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
|-------------|--------------||----------------|---------------|
|-------------|--------3---0-||o---------------|---------------|
|-1---------1-|----------3---||o-1-------------|-1-------------|
|-------------|-4------------||-------4-(4)----|------4-(4)----|

  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E +E  E E E   Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
|---------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------3---0-|---------------|---------------|
|------5-3------|--------------3---|-1-------------|-1-------------|
|-3-----------3-|-2----1-(1)-------|------4-(4)----|------4-(4)----|

  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E +E  E E E    Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|---------------|------------------||----0------0---|----------------|
|---------------|------------3---0-||---------------|------1-0--1-0--|
|------5-3------|--------------3---||------1------1-|----------------|
|-3-----------3-|-2----1-(1)-------||-3------3------|-1--1-----------|

  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|------2-0--0-2-|------2-0--0-2-|------2-0--0-2-|----------------|
|---------------|-0--3----------|----2----------|-4--4-0-4--4-0--|
|-3--3----------|---------------|-3-------------|----------------|

               |-3-|
  E. S +S  S E E E E E E   H.      E E    H     Q  E E   H.      E E
|------------------------|-------------|---------------|--------------|
|----1-(1)---1-----------|-------------|---------------|--------------|
|-3--------3---3-2-1-0---|-6-----------|--6----------3-|-----------3--|
|----------------------4-|-----------6-|-(6)-----------|-1------------|

                        |-3-|
  H    E E E E     H    Q Q Q   W          Q.   E E E E E
|---------------||------------|----------|----------------|
|--------3---0-o||------------|----------|--------0-------|
|----------3---o||-1----1-1-1-|-1--------|----------3-1-3-|
|-1-------------||------------|----------|-3----3---------|

  Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q.   E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------1-0---0-|--------0-------|--------1-0---0-|----------------|
|------------3---|----------3-1-3-|------------3---|-3----3-4----4--|
|-1----1---------|-3----3---------|-1----1---------|----------------|

                         |-3-|
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q Q Q   W          +H     E E E E
|---------------|--------------|----------|--------0-------||
|---------------|-3----3-------|----------|----------3-1-0-||
|-5----5-6----6-|--------1-1-1-|-1--------|-(1)------------||
|---------------|--------------|----------|----------------||

    Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E +E  E E E
||----------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|------------3---0-o||
||o-1-------------|-1-------------|------5-3------|--------------3---o||
||-------4-(4)----|------4-(4)----|-3-----------3-|-2----1-(1)--------||

    H.      E E   H    E E E E   H.      E E   H    E E E E
||--------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
||o-------------|--------3---0-|-------------|--------3---0-o||
||o-----------1-|----------3---|-----------1-|----------3---o||
||--1-----------|-4------------|-1-----------|-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