The Rolling Stones – Im Free (Bass Tab)

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I'M FREE (Bassline) As recorded by The Rolling Stones (From the 1965 Album DECEMBER'S CHILDREN (AND EVERYBODY'S)) Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Wyman - Bass'
 Intro
  Q=120
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E
|----------|----------------|----------------|
|----------|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|
|----------|-3--------------|-3--------------|
|----------|----------------|----------------|

  Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E
|----------------|------------------||
|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5---||
|-3--------------|-3----------------||
|----------------|------------------||

   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5--|
||o-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3---------------|
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|

  Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-||
|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||

 Chorus
  Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +Q   S S E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|------5-(5)----|---------------|------5-(5)----|--------------------|
|-3-------------|------3-(3)----|-3-------------|-1-------------0-2--|
|---------------|-1-------------|---------------|------1-(1)---------|

                                                     1.
                           To Coda
  Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E    Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5--|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5--o||
|-3--------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|-3---------------o||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||

                   Guitar Solo
  2.
  Q.   E +Q.   E    Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E
|----------------||----------------|----------------|
|------5-(5)---5-||------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|
|-3--------------||-3--------------|-3--------------|
|----------------||----------------|----------------|

  Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|
|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|

  Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E
|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-||
|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------||

 Chorus
  Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +Q   S S E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|------5-(5)----|---------------|------5-(5)----|--------------------|
|-3-------------|------3-(3)----|-3-------------|-1-------------0-2--|
|---------------|-1-------------|---------------|------1-(1)---------|

                                                        D.S. al Coda
  Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5---||
|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||

 Outro
  &
  Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E   W          +W
|----------------|----------------|----------|--------*|
|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|----------|--------*|
|-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