The Rolling Stones – Good Times Bad Times (Bass Tab)

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GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES (Bassline) As recorded by The Rolling Stones (From the 1964 Album 12 X 5) Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Wyman - Bass'
 Intro
  Q=106
 12/8
  Gtr I
  W              Q.   +Q   E H.
|--------------|---------------------|
|--------------|---------------------|
|--------------|-3----(3)--2---------|
|--------------|-------------3-------|

  Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-1----1----1----1----|-3----1----1----1-----|

                         1st Verse
  Q.   +E  E E H.         H.      Q.   E E E   H.      Q.   Q.
|----------------------||--------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------||--------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------||-3-------3----3-----|--------------------|
|-3----(3)-1-2-3-------||----------------1-2-|-3-------3----3-----|

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

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

 2nd Verse
  H.      Q.   E E E   H.      Q.   E E E   Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.
|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|-3-------3----3-----|----------------1-2-|-3----3----3----3-----|
|----------------1-2-|-3-------3----3-----|----------------------|

  H.      Q.   E E E   Q.   Q.   Q.   E E E   Q.   Q.   Q.   E E E
|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------1-2-|-3----3----3----3-----|------------------1-2--|
|-1-------1----1-----|------------------1-2-|-3----3----3----3------|

                                               Harmonica Solo
  Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.   Q.   E E E    Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.
|---------------------|----------------------||----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------||----------------------|
|-3----3--------------|-3----3-----------1-2-||----------------------|
|-----------1----1----|-----------3----3-----||-3----3----3----3-----|

  Q.   Q.   Q.   E E E   Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.   Q.   E E E
|----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------1-2-|-3----3----3----3----|------------------1-2--|
|-3----3----3----3-----|---------------------|-1----1----1----1------|

  Q.   Q.   Q.   E E E   Q.   Q.   Q.   E E E   Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-3----3----3----3-----|------------------1-2-|-3----3---------------|
|------------------1-2-|-3----3----3----3-----|-----------1----1-----|

                           3rd Verse
  Q.   +E  E E Q.   Q.      H.      Q.   E E E   Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.
|------------------------||--------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------||--------------------|----------------------|
|-3----(3)---------------||-3-------3----3-----|----------------------|
|----------1-2-3----3----||----------------1-2-|-3----3----3----3-----|

  Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.   Q.   E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-3----3----3----3----|---------------------|-3----3----3----3------|
|---------------------|-1----1----1----1----|------------------1-2--|

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

 Outro
  H.      Q.   E E E   H.      Q.   E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-3-------3----3-----|----------------1-2-|
|----------------1-2-|-3-------3----3-----|

  Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.   Q.   E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-3----3----3----3----|------------------1-2----|
|---------------------|-1----1----1----1--------|

  Q.   Q.   Q.   E E E   Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|-3----3----3----3-----|---------------------|
|------------------1-2-|-3----3----3----3----|

  Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.     Q.   +E  E E Q.   Q.
|---------------------|-------------------------*|
|---------------------|-------------------------*|
|-3----3--------------|-3----(3)----------------*|
|-----------1----1----|----------1-2-3----3-----*|
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