The Rolling Stones – I Want To Be Loved (Bass Tab)

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I WANT TO BE LOVED (Bassline) As recorded by The Rolling Stones (From the 1963 Triple Album SINGLES COLLECTION: THE LONDON YEARS) Words and Music by Willie Dixon Arranged by The Rolling Stones Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Wyman - Bass'

 Intro                                                   1st & 2nd Verses
  Q=146(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    Q  E E     Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E +Q   E E  3x     Q  E E Q  E E
|-------------||----------------|------------------||-||----------------|
|-----------2-||o--------2------|-3--4-5-(5)----2-o||-||o--------2------|
|-------------||o-3----3------3-|-----------------o||-||o-3----3------3-|
|-------------||----------------|------------------||-||----------------|

  Q  E E +Q   E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E +Q   E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-3--4-5-(5)----2-|--------2------|-3--4-5-(5)----2-|--------2------|
|-----------------|-3----3------3-|-----------------|-3----3------3-|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|

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

 Bridge
  $
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E +Q   Q
|----2--5--2--|----2--5--7--|-------------|-------------2--|
|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3--5--6--5--|-3----3-(3)-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|

  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    E E Q  H      H    Q  E E
|----2--5--7--|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-3-----------|-3--5--6--5--|-5-----------|-----------2-||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||

 3rd & 4th Verses
  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------|-3--4-5-(5)----2-|--------2------|-3--4-5-(5)----2-|
|-3----3------3-|-----------------|-3----3------3-|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|

                                      To Coda
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E +Q   E E   E E Q  H      W
|---------------|-----------------|-------------|------||
|--------2------|-3--4-5-(5)----2-|-------------|------||
|-3----3------3-|-----------------|-3-----------|------||
|---------------|-----------------|-------------|------||

 Harmonica Solo
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|----------2--|-5--2--------|----2--3--2--|-0-----------|
|----2--5-----|-------5--2--|-------------|----2-----2--|
|-3-----------|-------------|-3-----------|-------3-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|----2--3--2--|-------------|
|----3--1--0--|-------------|-------------|-5-----5--6--|
|-------------|-------------|-3-----------|----7--------|
|-1-----------|-1--3--4--3--|-------------|-------------|

  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5-----5--6--|-5-----------|-------------|
|----7--------|-------------|-3--5--6--7--|
|-------------|----5--6--5--|-------------|

                    Outro
     D.S. al Coda &
                            TP      TP
  E E E E +Q   Q     E E Q  H      +H.      q
|-----------------||--------5----|-(5)------5--*|
|---3-4-5-(5)-----||-------------|-------------*|
|-5---------------||---3-5-------|-------------*|
|-----------------||-------------|-------------*|

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