The Rolling Stones – Take It Or Leave It (Bass Tab)

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TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT (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 1st - 3rd Verses Q=106 $ 4/4 Gtr I W W Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q

|----------|----------||----------10------|-----------------|
|----------|----------||o------10-----10--|---------10------|
|-8--------|-8--------||o-8---------------|------10-----10--|
|----------|----------||------------------|-8---------------|

  Q.   E  Q  E E   Q.    E  Q   Q    Q.    E  Q   Q    Q.    E  Q   Q
|------6-10--6-8-|-----------------|---------10------|-----------------|
|-8--------------|---------10------|------10-----10--|---------10------|
|----------------|------10-----10--|-8---------------|------10-----10--|
|----------------|-8---------------|-----------------|-8---------------|

                                     Chorus
  Q.   E  Q  E E   Q.    E  Q   Q     H    Q.   E   H     Q.   E
|------6-10--6-8-|-----------------||------7------|--------------|
|-8--------------|---------10------||-8-----------|------10------|
|----------------|------10-----10--||-----------8-|-8----------8-|
|----------------|-8---------------||-------------|--------------|

  H     E  Q  E   H     H      H    Q.   E   H     Q.   E
|---------------|------------|------7------|--------------|
|------10-------|------10----|-8-----------|------10------|
|---------10----|-8----------|-----------8-|-8----------8-|
|-8-----------8-|------------|-------------|--------------|

                                  1.           2.
                         To Coda
  H     E  Q  E   Q.   E Q.   E    W            W
|---------------|------6------6--|-----------||------||
|------10-------|-8------8-------|----------o||------||
|---------10----|----------------|-8--------o||-8----||
|-8-----------8-|----------------|-----------||------||

 Bridge
  W          H     Q.   E   H    Q.   E   H     Q.   E
|----------|--------------|------7------|--------------|
|-8--------|------10------|-8-----------|------10------|
|----------|-8----------8-|-----------8-|-8----------8-|
|----------|--------------|-------------|--------------|

                                              D.S. al Coda
  H    Q.   E   H     Q.   E   H    Q.   E   H     Q.   E
|------7------|--------------|------7------|---------------||
|-8-----------|------10------|-8-----------|------10-------||
|-----------8-|-8----------8-|-----------8-|-8----------8--||
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||

              Outro
  &
  W            Q.    E Q.   E   Q.    E  Q.   E
|----------||-------10-7------|------10---------|
|----------||o-8--------------|---------10------|
|-8--------||o--------------8-|-8-------------8-|
|----------||-----------------|-----------------|

  Q.    E Q.   E   Q.    E  Q.   E  3x
|------10-7------|------10----------||
|-8--------------|---------10------o||
|--------------8-|-8-------------8-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