The Platters – The Great Pretender (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by The Platters
(From the 1955 Album THE PLATTERS)
Words and Music by Buck Ram
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro 1st & 2nd Verses
Q=80
4/4
Gtr I
H Q. E E E E. S +H Q.. S Q Q Q.. S Q Q
|-------------|-----------------||----------------|---------------|
|-------------|-----------------||o------------2--|-5-------------|
|------3----3-|-5---4--5-(5)----||o-------2-3-----|---------2--5--|
|-3-----------|-----------------||--3-------------|-------3-------|
Q.. S Q Q Q.. S Q Q H Q Q H Q Q
|---------------|---------------|------------|------------|
|---------2--5--|------------0--|------------|-5-------2--|
|-3-----3-------|---------2-----|-3----5--5--|------3-----|
|---------------|-3-----3-------|------------|------------|
Bridge
1. 2.
$
Q.. S Q Q H Q Q H Q E. S Q.. S Q Q Q.. S Q Q
|---------------|-------------||------------7-||---------------|---------------|
|-5-----5-------|-5----------o||-5----5--5----||---------2--5--|-5----------0--|
|---------5--5--|------5--5--o||--------------||-3-----3-------|---------2-----|
|---------------|-------------||--------------||---------------|-------3-------|3rd & 4th Verses
2/4 4/4
|-3-| |-3-|
Q.. S Q Q H Q Q E E E E E E Q.. S Q Q
|---------------|------|-------------------||----------------|
|-------2-5--2--|------|-------------------||------------2---|
|-3-------------|------|-5--5--5-7-5-3-2-0-||-------2-3------|
|---------------|-3----|-------------------||-3--------------|
Q.. S Q Q Q.. S Q Q Q.. S Q Q H Q Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------|
|-5-------------|---------2--5--|---------------|------------|
|---------2--5--|-3-----3-------|---------2--5--|-3----5--5--|
|-------3-------|---------------|-3-----3-------|------------|
To Coda
H Q Q Q.. S Q Q Q.. S Q Q H Q Q
|------------|---------------|---------------|------------|
|-5-------2--|-5-----5-------|---------1--4--|-5----------|
|------3-----|---------5--5--|-2-----2-------|------5--5--|
|------------|---------------|---------------|------------|
Outro
H.=H
D.S. al Coda &
H Q E. S W W
|------------7--||----------|------|
|-5----5--5-----||----------|------|
|---------------||-2--------|------|
|---------------||----------|------|
H H +H H
|-----------|-------------*|
|-----------|-------------*|
|------3----|-(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
----------------
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