The Rolling Stones – Try A Little Harder (Bass Tab)

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TRY A LITTLE HARDER (Bassline) As recorded by The Rolling Stones (From the 1975 Album METAMORPHOSIS) Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Wyman - Bass'

   [Intro]
    Q=138(8=s8/shuffle feel)
    Gtr I
     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    4x
G||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
D||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
A||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
E||--3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3----||

  [1st Verse]
   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|

   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|

   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--3--|-5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--3--|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
E|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--||

  [2nd & 3rd Verses]
     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
D||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
A||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
E||--3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3---|

   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|

   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--3--|-5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--3--|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

  1.
   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
E|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3---||

  2.
   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
E|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--||

  [Outro]
   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|

   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--3--|
E|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-------------|-------------|

   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    W          +W
G|-------------|-------------|----------|--------*|
D|-------------|-------------|----------|--------*|
A|-5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--3--|----------|--------*|
E|-------------|-------------|-3--------|-(3)----*|

************************************ Duration Legend W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura; + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; 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. Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration). | (n) - note tied to previous *************************************