The Rolling Stones – What To Do (Bass Tab)

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WHAT TO DO (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' Chorus Q=120(8=s8) $ 4/4 Gtr I W Q Q Q E E Q. E +E Q E Q. E +E Q E

|----------|--------------||------------------|-----------------|
|----------|-3--3--3--3---||o-----------------|---------------0-|
|----------|------------0-||o-1----------1--0-|-3----------3----|
|----------|--------------||-------1-(1)------|------3-(3)------|

  Q.   E E Q  E   +E  Q  E +Q   E E   Q.   E +E  Q  E
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-3----0---0--3-|-(3)-3-------------|-----------------|
|--------3------|--------3-(3)--5-0-|-1----------1--0-|
|---------------|-------------------|------1-(1)------|

                    1st - 3rd Verses
  Q.   E +E  Q  E    Q  a Q  Q  Q    Q.   E +E  E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q
|-----------------||---------------|------------------|-------------|
|-----------------||---------3-----|------0-(0)-3-0-0-|----2--5--2--|
|-3----------3--5-||-1--3s5-----5--|-1----------------|-3-----------|
|------3-(3)------||---------------|------------------|-------------|

  E Q  E +Q   E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q.   E +E  E Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-----------------|-------2------|------------2----|----0--------|
|---2--5-(5)--2---|-0--3-----3-0-|-0----2-(2)---2--|-------3--0--|
|-3---------------|--------------|-----------------|-1-----------|
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|

                               1.
                      To Coda
  Q  Q  Q  Q    E E E E Q  Q    E Q  E +E  E Q
|-------------|---------------|------------------||
|----2--5--2--|-3---3------0--|-3-3-------------o||
|-3-----------|---------3-----|------3-(3)-5----o||
|-------------|---------------|------------------||

                   Bridge
  2.
  E Q  E +Q   Q     Q  Q  Q  Q    E Q  E +Q   E E   Q  Q  Q  Q
|----------------||-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-3-3------------||-3--3--------|-3-3-------------|-3--3--------|
|------3-(3)--5--||-------3--5--|------3-(3)--5-3-|-------3--5--|
|----------------||-------------|-----------------|-------------|

  E Q  E +Q   E E   E Q  E +Q   E E   E Q  E +E  Q  E   Q  Q  Q  Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|-3-3--------3----|----0--3--0--|
|------3-(3)--5-3-|------3-(3)--5-3-|------3-(3)----0-|-1-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|

                                      D.S. al Coda &
  Q  Q  Q  Q    E Q  E +Q   E E   E Q  E +Q   E E     E Q  E +Q   E E
|-------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------||
|----2--5--2--|-3-3-------------|-3-3--------------||-3-3-------------||
|-3-----------|------3-(3)--5-5-|------3-(3)--5-0--||------3-(3)--5-5-||
|-------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------||

   Outro
    Q  Q  Q  E E   E Q  E +Q   E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   E Q  E +Q   E E   4x
||---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------------||
||o-3--3---------|-3-3-------------|-3--3---------|-3-3--------------o||
||o-------3--5-5-|------3-(3)--5-5-|-------3--5-5-|------3-(3)--5-5--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