The Shadows – Its Been A Blue Day (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by The Shadows (From the 1963 Album THE EP COLLECTION VOLUME 3) Music by Brian Bennett Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Jet Harris - Bass'

  Q=110
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|----------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|----------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|----------|-0------2------|-4------2------|-0------2------|-4------2------||
|----------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||

    Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
||----------------|---------------|
||o---------------|---------------|
||o-0------2------|-4------2------|
||----------------|---------------|

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

  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q.   E   Q  E E E E E E   Q.   E Q  Q
|--------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|-3---------3--|---------------|------------1---|--------0--4---|
|--------5-----|-0------0------|-3----3-3-3---3-|-2-------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|

  1.
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|-3------2------|---------------|---------------o||
|---------------|-0------2------|-4----4-2-4-2--o||
|---------------|---------------|----------------||

  2.
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q    H.      Q
|---------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|
|-3------2------|---------------|--------------|-0-------0---|
|---------------|-0------2------|-0------0--0--|-------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|

  H.      Q    H.      Q    H.      Q    H.      Q
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|-2-------2--|-0-------0--|-2-------2--|-0-------0---|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|

  H.      Q    H.      Q    H    H       Q.   E Q.   E
|------------|------------|-----------||---------------|
|-4-------4--|-2----------|-2---------||-0------2------|
|------------|------------|------0----||---------------|
|------------|------------|-----------||---------------|

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

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

  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q.   E   H    E E E E   Q.   E Q  Q
|-3---------3--|---------------|----------1---|--------0--4---|
|--------5-----|---------------|-3----3-3---3-|-2-------------|
|--------------|-5------5------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|

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

                H.=H
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   H    H      W
|---------------|---------------|-----------|------*|
|-4------2------|-0------2------|-4----2----|-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