The Rolling Stones – I Am Waiting (Bass Tab)

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I AM WAITING (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=92
 4/4                              3/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||

   1st - 4th Verses
    $
    $$
   4/4          3/4       4/4           3/4
    H.      Q    H.        Q  Q  Q  Q    +H.
||-------------|---------|-3-----------|--------|
||o---------5--|---------|----3--------|--------|
||o-3----------|-3-------|-------1--3--|-(3)----|
||-------------|---------|-------------|--------|

 4/4          3/4       4/4           3/4
  H.      Q    H.        Q  Q  Q  Q    +H.
|------------|---------|-------------|--------|
|---------5--|---------|----3--------|--------|
|-3----------|-3-------|-1-----1--3--|-(3)----|
|------------|---------|-------------|--------|

                                        1.
                          To Dbl. Coda
 4/4
  Q.   E Q  Q    W          H    Q  Q    W
|--------------|----------|------------|-------||
|-5----5----5--|----------|-5-------5--|------o||
|--------5-----|-3--------|------5-----|-3----o||
|--------------|----------|------------|-------||

             Bridge
  2.,D.S.
  W           Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q.   E
|----------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------||---------------|-5----5----5---|---------------|
|-3--------||-5----5----5-5-|--------5----2-|-3----3-2----2-|
|----------||--------5------|---------------|---------------|

                                         To Coda
  Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E    H.      Q
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-------------|
|-----------2---|---------------|-5----5----5----|---------5---|
|--------3----3-|-5----5----5-5-|--------5----2--|-3-----------|
|-5----5--------|--------5------|----------------|-------------|

D.S. al Coda &      D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
  H.      Q     H.      Q    H.      Q
|------------||------------|------------||
|---------5--||---------5--|---------5--||
|-3----------||-3----------|-3----------||
|------------||------------|------------||

              Outro
  &&
  W            H.      Q    H.      Q   4x
|----------||-------------|-------------||
|----------||o---------5--|---------5--o||
|-3--------||o-3----------|-3----------o||
|----------||-------------|-------------||
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