The Rolling Stones – Torn And Frayed (Bass Tab)

Drop D (D-A-D-G)

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TORN AND FRAYED (Bassline) As recorded by The Rolling Stones (From the 1972 Album EXILE ON MAIN ST.) Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (D A D G) - 'Bill Wyman - Bass (Dropped D Tuning)'

 Intro                  Pre-Verse
  Q=90
 4/4
  Gtr I (Dropped D: DADG)
  W          W           Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  E E E E
|----------|----------||--------------|---------------||
|----------|----------||--------------|---------------||
|----------|----------||-0--0---------|---------------||
|----------|----------||-------5--5---|-0--0--0-0-0---||

   1st - 4th Verses
    $
    Q  E S S Q  E S S   Q  E S S E E E E   Q  E S S E S S S E.
||--------------------|------------------|----------------------|
||o-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
||o-------------------|------------------|----------0-----------|
||--0--0---0-7--7---7-|-2--2---2-0-4-5-6-|-5--5---2---2h3-0-2---|

  E E S S E +Q   E E   Q  E S S Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E   S S E E E E. S E E
|--------------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------2-|----------------|--------------------|
|---------5-(5)------|----------0------|----------------|--------------------|
|-0-0-5h7--------7-7-|-0--0-0h2----4---|-2--2---0-4-5-6-|-5h7---5---5--5-2-5-|

                        Chorus
  E E S S E S S E E E    Q  E S S E E E S S   E E E S S e e E E
|---------------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|---------5---------5-||--------------------|-----------5-5-----|
|-0-0-5h7---7h9-7-9---||-7--7-7h9-5-5-5-5h7-|-0-0-0-4-7-----4-5-|

  E E E S S E E E S S   E E S S S S e e S S S S   Q.   +S  S E S S S E S
|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------5-5---5-5---|-0----(0)h2-0-2h4-5h7s9--|
|-7-7-7-7h9-5-5-5-5h7-|-0-0-0---4-7-----7-------|-------------------------|

                                              1.,D.C.
                                     To Coda
  +S  S E S E S S S E S S E   Q  Q  Q    Q     W
|---------------------------|----------------|-------||
|---------------------------|-------0--<12>--|------o||
|-(9)-7-5-------------0-----|-0--------------|-0----o||
|---------7-5-4-4-2-4---4-2-|----7-----------|-------||

  2.
  H    H      H    E. S S S E   S E S +Q   H
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0---------|-0----5--7-9p7-5-|-5h7-0-(0)-------|
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|

                  D.S. al Coda
  Q  Q  Q.   S S   H.      Q
|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------||
|-0-----5----5h7-|----------------||
|----7-----------|-7-------7\-----||

  &
  W          H    Q.   S S   H    E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q
|----------|---------------|--------------|-------------||
|----------|---------------|------------2-|-------------||
|-0--------|-0----5----5h7-|-0----0-2-4---|-------------||
|----------|---------------|--------------|-0--0--0--0--||

 Chorus
  Q  Q  E E E S S   E E E S S S S E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-0--0------------|-----------------5-7-|
|-------5-5-5-5-7-|-0-0-0-0-4-0-4-7-----|

  E E E S S E E E S S   Q  S E S +S  S E E E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|--------5-(5)-2-0-2-5--|
|-7-7-7-7-9-5-5-5-5-7-|-0--4-7----------------|

  Q  E S S E e e S S   E E S S E E E E E   E E E S S E E E S S
|--------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------0-2-|---------------------|
|-0----0-2-----------|-----------0-2-----|---------------------|
|----------5-5-5-5-7-|-0-0-0h4-7---------|-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-|

  E E E E E S S Q    E E S S S S S S E E S S   S S E E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|-2-2-2---2-4-----2-4-4-5-|--------------------|
|-0-0---0-0-0---0--|-------------5-----------|-0---0---0-0-0-0-0--|

                                                      Outro
  E E S S S S S S E E S S   E E +E  S S E E +E  S S    E E S S S S S S E E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------0-----4-4h5-|-------------------------||-----------------2-3-4-5-|
|-7-7-7---7-9-----7-------|-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-||-7-7-7---7-9-5-----------|

  S S E Q  S S E S S S S   E E S S E E E S S S S
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|-5-----5--5---------0h2-|-----4-5-7-----2-3-4-4-|
|---0-0------0-0-2h4-----|-5-5-------5-5---------|

  S E S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|
|-----------------0-2s4-2-0-----|
|-5---------0h2-------------2---|
|---7-0-2h4---------------------|

  E E S S E E E S E.   E E S S S S S S E E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-0-4-5-7----------|-----------5-7-5-4-2---|
|-----------5-5-2-5--|-0-0-5-6-7-----------4-|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------*|
|-----------------|-------------------*|
|-0-0-0-0---------|-------------------*|
|---------5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---*|

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