The Rolling Stones – High And Dry (Bass Tab)

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HIGH AND DRY (Bassline) As recorded by The Rolling Stones (From the 1966 Album AFTERMATH) Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Wyman - Bass'
 Intro
  Q=116
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
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|----------|-----3-------3---|-3---3---3---3---|-----3-------3---|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-1-------1-------|-----------------|-1-------1-------|

                                       1st - 5th Verses
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  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
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|-3---3---3---3---|-3-------3---5---||o-3-------3-------|---------3---3---|
|-----------------|-----3-----------||o-----3-------3---|-----1-----------|
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  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---3---|-3---3---3---5---|-----------------|
|-------------3---|-----3-----------|-----------------|---------3---0---|
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  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
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|-3---0---3---0---|-3---0-------3---|-----------------|-1---1---1---0---|
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                                                          Harmonica Solo
           To Coda (2nd time on D.S.)
  E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  3x E E E E E E E E
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|------------------|-3---3---3---5---|-3-------3---5---o||-3---5---3-------|
|---------3---0----|-----------------|-----3-----------o||-------------3---|
|-3---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
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|---------3---3---|-3---3---3-------|-3-------3---3---|-3-------3-------|
|-1---0-----------|-------------3---|-----3-5---------|-----3-------3-0-|
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  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
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----3---3---5---|
|-1---1---3---0---|-3---0---3---0---|-3---0---3---0---|-3-------------3-|
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                                                            D.S. al 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
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|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3---5----||
|-1---1---1---1---|-----0---3---0-3-|-----3-------3---|-----3------------||
|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|------------------||

 Outro
  &
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
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|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-3-------3---5---|
|-----3-------3---|---------3---0-3-|-----3-----------|
|-----------------|-3---3-----------|-----------------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    +W
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|-----------------|-3-3---------3--|-(3)----*|
|---------3---3-5-|-----0-1-3-3----|--------*|
|-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