The Ventures – Ghost Riders In The Sky (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by The Ventures
(From the 1961 Album ANOTHER SMASH!!!)
Music by Stan Jones
Arranged by The Ventures
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Nokie Edwards - Bass'
Moderately Q=120
4/4
Gtr I
Wx12 H Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------||------------|-------------|
|-------------||------7-----|-7-----7-----|
|-------------||---------7--|----7-----7--|
|-------------||------------|-------------|
2/4 4/4
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-7-----|-7-----7-----|-5-----5-----|-5-----5-----|
|----7--|----7-----7--|----5-----5--|----5-----5--|
|-------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|
|----7-----7--|----7-----7--|----7-----7--|----7-----7--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-7-----7-----|----10-----10--|----10-----10--|----10----------|
|----7-----7--|-8------8------|-8------8------|-8------12------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|------------12--|
$
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------||--------------|---------------|-------------|
|-7-----7-----||-7------------|---------------|-7-----7-----|
|----7-----7--||----7-----10--|----10-----10--|----7-----7--|
|-------------||-------8------|-8------8------|-------------|
To Coda
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------||
|-7-----7-----|----10-----10--|----10-----10--|-7-----7-----||
|----7-----7--|-8------8------|-8------8------|----7-----7--||
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------||
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|-5-----5-----|-5-----5-----|
|----7-----7--|----7-----7--|----5-----5--|----5-----5--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|
|----7-----7--|----7-----7--|----7-----7--|----7-----7--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|---------------|---------------|--------------||
|-7-----7-----|----10-----10--|----10-----10--|----10--7-----||
|----7-----7--|-8------8------|-8------8------|-8---------7--||
|-------------|---------------|---------------|--------------||
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-7-----7-----|-8-----8-----|-9-----9-----|-10------10------|
|----7-----7--|----8-----8--|----9-----9--|-----10------10--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------||-------------|-------------|------------------|
|-10------10------||-8-----8-----|-8-----8-----|-10------10-------|
|-----10------10--||----8-----8--|----8-----8--|-----10------10---|
|-----------------||-------------|-------------|------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-10------10------|-10------10------|-10------10------|-10------10-------|
|-----10------10--|-----10------10--|-----10------10--|-----10------10---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----13------13--|-----13------13--|-----13--10------|-10------9------|
|-11------11------|-11------11------|-11----------10--|-----10-----9---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D.S. al Coda &
2/4 4/4
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------|-------------||--------------|---------------||
|-9-----8-----|-8-----|-7-----7-----||o-7-----7-----|-7-----7------o||
|----9-----8--|----8--|----7-----7--||o----7-----7--|----7-----7---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
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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