The Rolling Stones – Mothers Little Helper (Bass Tab)
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MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPER (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=200
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E a Q Q
|--------------|-------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-------------|--------8s10--9--|
|------7s9-----|-7--7-----6--|-7----7----------|
|-----------7--|-------7-----|-----------------|
Q Q Q Q Q E E a Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E a Q Q
|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------------||
|-------------|--------8s10--9--|-------------|--------8s10--9----||
|-7-----------|-7----7----------|-7-----------|-7----7------------||
|-------7-----|-----------------|-------7-----|-------------------||
1st - 4th Verses
$
$$
Q Q Q Q Q E E a Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E a Q Q
||--------------|-----------------|-------------|------------------|
||o-------------|--------8s10--9--|-------------|--------8s10--9---|
||o-7-----------|-7----7----------|-7-----------|-7----7-----------|
||--------7-----|-----------------|-------7-----|------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q E E a Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|------------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|--------8s10--9\--|-3-----3-----|-4-----4-----|
|-7-----------|-7----7-----------|-------------|-------------|
|-------7-----|------------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5-----5-----|-5-----5-----|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-3-----2-----|-0-----0-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
W +W W +Q. E Q Q
|----------|------------|----------|----------------|
|----------|------------|----------|-------7s10--9--|
|----------|------------|-5--------|-(5)------------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|----------|----------------|
Interlude
Q Q Q Q Q E E a Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E a Q Q
|-------------|-----------------|-------------||-------------------|
|-------------|--------8s10--9--|-------------||--------8s10--9----|
|-7-----------|-7----7----------|-7-----------||-7----7------------|
|-------7-----|-----------------|-------7-----||-------------------|
1.
To Coda
To Coda
Q Q Q Q Q E E a Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E a Q Q
|-------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------------||
|-------------|--------8s10--9--|-------------|--------8s10--9----o||
|-7-----------|-7----7----------|-7-----------|-7----7------------o||
|-------7-----|-----------------|-------7-----|--------------------||
Bridge
2.
&
Q E E a Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|
|--------8s10--9\--||-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-7----7-----------||-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-5-----5-----|
|------------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-5-----5-----|-5-----5-----|-------------|
|-5-----5-----|-------------|-------------|-3-----3-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3-----3-----|-5-----5-----|-5-----5-----|-7-----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------7-----|
D.S. al Coda
D.S. al Coda
Q E E a Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E a Q Q
|-----------------|-------------|------------------||
|--------8s10--9--|-------------|--------8s10--9---||
|-7----7----------|-7-----------|-7----7-----------||
|-----------------|-------7-----|------------------||
Outro
&&
Q Q Q Q Q Q E Q. Q Q H +W
|-------------|--------------|------------|--------*|
|-5-----------|-5-----4-5----|-5-----5----|-(5)----*|
|-------5-----|--------------|------------|--------*|
|-------------|--------------|------------|--------*|Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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