The Rolling Stones – Think (Bass Tab)
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THINK (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=130
4/4
Gtr I
W Q E E E Q E +E Q E +E E E E
|----------|---------------|--------------------|
|----------|----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9-|
|----------|-7----7------7-|-(7)----------------|
|----------|---------------|--------7-(7)---7---|
E E E E E Q E +E Q E +E E E E
|----------------|--------------------|
|-----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9-|
|-7-7---7------7-|-(7)----------------|
|----------------|--------7-(7)---7---|
1st - 4th Verses
$
E E E E E Q E +E Q E +E E E E Q. E Q. E E Q E +E Q E
|----------------|--------------------||----------------|------------------|
|-----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9-||o---------------|------------------|
|-7-7---7------7-|-(7)----------------||o-5----5-5----5-|-7-5--5-(5)-5--5--|
|----------------|--------7-(7)---7---||----------------|------------------|
E Q E +H E Q E +E Q E E Q E +H E Q E +H
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---7--7-(7)----|---7--7-(7)----|
|---------------|-----------------|-7-------------|-7-------------|
|-7-7--7-(7)----|-7-7--7-(7)-7--7-|---------------|---------------|
Pre-Chorus
E Q E +H E Q E +E E Q E E E E E Q E +E Q E +E E E E
|---------------|-----------------||----------------|---------------------|
|-6-------------|-6---------------||-----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9--|
|---9--9-(9)----|---9--9-(9)-9-9--||-7-7---7------7-|-(7)-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------||----------------|--------7-(7)---7----|
Chorus
1.,2.,D.S.
E E E E E Q E +E Q E +E E E E Q E E E Q E +E Q E +E E E E
|----------------|--------------------||----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9--|
|-----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9-||-7----7------7-|-(7)-----------------|
|-7-7---7------7-|-(7)----------------||---------------|--------7-(7)---7----|
|----------------|--------7-(7)---7---||---------------|---------------------|
E E E E E Q E +E Q E +E E E E E E E E E Q E +E Q E +E E E E
|-----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9-|-----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9--|
|-7-7---7------7-|-(7)----------------|-7-7---7------7-|-(7)-----------------|
|----------------|--------7-(7)---7---|----------------|--------7-(7)---7----|
|----------------|--------------------|----------------|---------------------|
To Coda
E E E E Q E E +E Q. +H E E E E Q E E +E Q. +H 3x
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|-----7----(7)----|----------------|-----7----(7)-----o||
|-7-7---7-7--7-5-|-(5)-------------|-7-7---7-7--7-5-|-(5)--------------o||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||
Guitar Solo
3.
Q E E E Q E +E Q E +E E E E Q E E E Q E +E Q E +E E E E
|----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9-|----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9--|
|-7----7------7-|-(7)----------------|-7----7------7-|-(7)-----------------|
|---------------|--------7-(7)---7---|---------------|--------7-(7)---7----|
|---------------|--------------------|---------------|---------------------|
Q E E E Q E +E Q E +E E E E E Q E E E E E
|----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9-|----------------|
|-7----7------7-|-(7)----------------|----------------|
|---------------|--------7-(7)---7---|-7-7--7-7-7-7-5-|
|---------------|--------------------|----------------|
D.S. al Coda
+E Q. +H E Q E E E E E +E Q. +H
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-----7----(7)----|----------------|-----7----(7)----||
|-(5)-------------|-7-7--7-7-7-7-5-|-(5)-------------||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
Outro
&
E E E E E Q E +E Q E +E E E E
||-----------------|--------------------|
||o-----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9-|
||o-7-7---7------7-|-(7)----------------|
||-----------------|--------7-(7)---7---|
E E E E E Q E +E Q E +E E E E
|----------------|---------------------||
|-----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9-o||
|-7-7---7------7-|-(7)----------------o||
|----------------|--------7-(7)---7----||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