The Shadows – Bossa Roo (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by The Shadows (From the 1965 Album THE SOUND OF THE SHADOWS) Music by John Rostill & Bruce Welch Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John Rostill - Electric Bass'

  Q=166
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  Gtr I
  E E E E E E +Q     E E E E +E  E Q    E E E E E E +Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)--|------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)--|
|------------------|-3-----3-(3)------|------------------|

  E E E E +E  E Q    Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------5-(5)-5-----|------5-(5)-5-----|
|------------------|-3----------------|-4----------------|
|-3-----3-(3)------|--------------3-3-|--------------3-3-|

                                      $
  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E     Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|------------------|------------------||---------------|--------------|
|------5-(5)-5-----|------5-(5)-5-----||o--------------|--------------|
|-3----------------|-4----------------||o-3----3-3-----|-4----4-4-----|
|--------------3-3-|--------------3-3-||---------------|--------------|

  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|-5----5-5-----|--------------|
|--------------|-5----5-5-----|--------------|--------------|
|-5----5-5-----|--------------|--------------|-7----7-7-----|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|

  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-3----3-3-----|
|--------------|-3----3-3-----|--------------|--------------|
|-5----5-5-----|--------------|-1----1-1-----|--------------|

                                                            To Coda
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    E E E E E E +Q     E E E E +E  E Q
|--------------|--------------|------------------|------------------|
|--------------|--------------|------------------|------------------|
|-3----3-3-----|--------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)--|------------------|
|--------------|-5----5-5-----|------------------|-3-----3-(3)------|

  1.                                     2.
  E E E E E E +Q     E E E E +E  E Q      E E E E E E +Q
|------------------|-------------------||------------------|
|------------------|------------------o||------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)--|------------------o||-6-6-6-6-6-6-(6)--|
|------------------|-3-----3-(3)-------||------------------|

  E E E E +E  E Q    E E E E E E +Q     E E E E +E  E Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)--|------------------|
|-4-----4-(4)------|------------------|-3-----3-(3)------|

  Q  Q  Q  Q    E Q  E Q  E E    H    Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q
|----5--5-----|-5----5----5---||-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------2-||-----------6-|--------------|
|-3--------3--|---3----3------||-5-----------|------5-5-----|
|-------------|---------------||------5------|-3---------3--|

  H    Q.   E   Q  E E Q  Q    Q.   E Q.   E   H    Q  Q
|-------------|--------------|---------------|------------|
|-------------|------5-5-----|---------------|------------|
|-3---------5-|-4---------4--|-5----5-5----5-|------5-----|
|------3------|--------------|---------------|-3-------3--|

  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q     Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q
|---------------|--------------||------3-3------|------8-8-----|
|------5-5------|------5-5-----||-1-----------5-|-6---------6--|
|-3-----------3-|-3---------3--||---------------|--------------|
|---------------|--------------||---------------|--------------|

  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q
|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|------6-6------|------6-6-----|------8-8----7-|--------------|
|-4-----------4-|-5---------5--|-6-------------|------6-6-----|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|-4---------4--|

  H    Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E    E E Q  H      W
|-------------|---------------||-------------|------|
|------7----6-|---------------||-------------|------|
|-5-----------|-------------2-||-3-----------|------|
|-------------|-3----3-3------||-------------|------|

  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q
|---------------|--------6-----|---------------|--------------|
|------5-5------|--------------|------7-7----6-|--------------|
|-3-----------5-|-4----4----4--|-5-------------|------5-5-----|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|-3---------3--|

  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|------5-5----3-|---------------|------2-2------|
|-3-------------|---------------|-0-----------4-|
|---------------|-0----0-0----0-|---------------|

  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|---------------|--------------|------5-5------|---------------|
|--------5------|--------------|-3-------------|------5-5------|
|-3----3------3-|------3-3-----|-------------4-|-3-------------|
|---------------|-1---------1--|---------------|-------------4-|

  Q.   E Q.   E   E E E E E E +Q     E E E E +E  E Q    E E E E E E +Q
|---------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)--|------------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-(6)--|
|-5----5-5----5-|------------------|-3-----3-(3)------|------------------|

  E E E E +E  E Q    E E E E E E +Q     E E E E +E  E Q    Q  Q  H
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------|
|------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)--|------------------|-3----------|
|-4-----4-(4)------|------------------|-3-----3-(3)------|------------|

  W           H.      Q    H.      Q    H.      Q
|----------||------------|------------|------------|
|----------||------------|------------|------------|
|----------||-5----------|------------|-3----------|
|----------||------------|-3----------|------------|

  H.      Q    H.      Q    H.      Q    H.      Q
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|-4----------|-5----------|------------|-3----------|
|------------|------------|-3----------|------------|

  H.      Q     H.      Q    H.      Q    H.      Q
|------------||------------|------------|------------|
|------------||------------|------------|------------|
|-3----------||-6----------|------------|-4----------|
|------------||------------|-4----------|------------|

  H.      Q    H.      Q    H.      Q     H.      Q
|------------|------------|------------||------------|
|------------|------------|-6----------||------------|
|-5----------|-6----------|------------||-5----------|
|------------|------------|------------||------------|

                                                            D.S. al Coda
  Q.   E Q  E E    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|---------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|---------------||-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------------||
|---------------||-3--3--------|-3--3--------|-3--3--------|-3--3--------||
|-3-----------3-||-------------|-------------|-------------|-------1-----||

  &
  E E E E E E +Q     E E E E +E  E Q
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-(6)--|------------------|
|------------------|-4-----4-(4)------|

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

  Q  E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E Q  H      +W
|------------------|----------------|-------------|--------*|
|------5-(5)-5-----|-----5-5---5-5--|-------------|--------*|
|-4----------------|-3--------------|-3------3----|-(3)----*|
|--------------3-3-|----------------|-------------|--------*|

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