The Turtles – Shed Rather Be With Me (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by The Turtles
(From the 1967 Album HAPPY TOGETHER)
Words and Music by Gary Bonner & Alan Gordon
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Chip Douglas - Bass'
Intro
Q=128
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|-----------------|-4-----4------||
|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|---4-6--------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E +E E +Q Q Q Q
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|-2-----2-1---------|----------------|
||o-2-----2-(2)-----2-|-4-----4-(4)-----4-|---2-4-----4-(4)-2-|-(2)--1---------|
||----2-4-------2-4---|---4-6-------4-6---|-------------------|---------4--2---|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E +E E +Q Q Q Q
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-2-----2-1---------|---------------||
|-2-----2-(2)-----2-|-4-----4-(4)-----4-|---2-4-----4-(4)-2-|-(2)--1--------||
|---2-4-------2-4---|---4-6-------4-6---|-------------------|---------4--2--||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0----------||
|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|---------4-4-4-4-o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Interlude
Q Q S E S Q E E Q S E S E E Q Q S E S Q E E Q S E S E E
|----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-2--2--2-2-2-2--|-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2--2-2-2-2--|-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--|
Q Q S E S E E E E Q S E S Q Q Q E E E E Q Q E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------||
|-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--|-3--3--3-3-3-3-|-3--3--3-3-3--||
3rd Verse
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E +E E +Q Q Q Q
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-3-----3-5-3-(3)---|---------------|
|-3---0-3-(3)---0-3-|-5-----5-(5)-----5-|---3-5-----------3-|-(3)--2--0-----|
|---3---------3-----|---5-7-------5-7---|-------------------|------------3--|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-3-----3-2-0-(0)--|-3-----3-2-0-(0)--|
|-3---0-3-(3)---0-3-|-5-----5-(5)-----5-|---3-5------------|---3-5------------|
|---3---------3-----|---5-7-------5-7---|------------------|------------------|
E E E E E E +E E +Q Q Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E +Q
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-3-----3-2-0-(0)---|---------------|-------------------|-3-----3-2-0-(0)--|
|---3-5-----------3-|-(3)--2--0-----|-5-----5-(5)-----5-|---3-5------------|
|-------------------|------------3--|---5-7-------5-7---|------------------|
Outro
q Q H E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|------------||o-------------------|-------------------|
|-3----------||o-3---0-3-(3)---0-3-|-5-----5-(5)-----5-|
|------------||----3---------3-----|---5-7-------5-7---|
E E E E E E +E E +Q Q Q Q 4x
|-------------------|----------------||
|-3-----3-2-0-(0)---|---------------o||
|---3-5-----------3-|-(3)--2--0-----o||
|-------------------|------------3---||Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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