The Ventures – Slaughter On Tenth Avenue (Bass Tab)

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SLAUGHTER ON TENTH AVENUE (Bassline) As recorded by The Ventures (From the 1965 Album KNOCK ME OUT!) Music by Richard Rodgers Arranged by The Ventures Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bob Bogle - Bass'
  Q=150
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  Gtr I
  Wx6          Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q
|------------|------2-(2)-----|------2-(2)-----|------2-(2)-----|
|------------|-0--------------|-0--------------|-0--------------|
|------------|-------------0--|-------------0--|-------------0--|
|------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

  Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q
|------2-(2)-----|------2-(2)-----|------2-(2)-----|-----------------|
|-0--------------|-0--------------|-0--------------|-4---------------|
|-------------0--|-------------0--|-------------0--|------4-(4)------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------2---|

  Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E Q  E E   H    H
|----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------|
|-4-----------4--|-5-----------5--|-7----7----4-5-|-7----9----|
|------4-(4)-----|------5-(5)-----|--------7------|-----------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------|

  E E Q  H      Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q
|-------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-7-----------|------7-(7)-----|------7-(7)-----|-4---------------|
|-------------|-5-----------0--|-5-----------0--|------4-(4)------|
|-------------|----------------|----------------|-------------2---|

  Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E Q  E E   H    H
|----------------|----------------|---------------|------4----|
|-4-----------4--|-5-----------5--|-7----7----4-5-|-7---------|
|------4-(4)-----|------5-(5)-----|--------7------|-----------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------|

  H    Q  Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q
|-2----4--6--|-4-----------4--|-3-----------3--|-----------------|
|------------|------4-(4)-----|------3-(3)-----|------4-(4)--7---|
|------------|----------------|----------------|-5---------------|
|------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|

  Q.   E H      Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q
|-------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|------7-(7)-----|------7-(7)-----|-4---------------|
|-------------|-5--------------|-5--------------|------4-(4)------|
|-6----5------|-------------5--|-------------5--|-------------2---|

  Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E Q  E E   H    H
|----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------|
|-4-----------4--|-5-----------5--|-7----7----4-5-|-7----9----|
|------4-(4)-----|------5-(5)-----|--------7------|-----------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------|

  H    Q   Q    Q.   E +Q    Q    Q.   E +Q    Q    Q.   E +Q   Q
|-------------|------7-(7)--11--|------7-(7)--10--|-------------2---|
|-7----9--11--|-9---------------|-8---------------|------4-(4)------|
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5---------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  E E Q  H      E E E E Q  E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  E E
|-------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-----------|-5-----5----5---|---5---5-5-5-5-5-|-6-----6----6----|
|-------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  E E E E E E E E    Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E
|-----------------||----------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------0-||-1----1-----1-0-|--------------0-|-1----1-----1-0-|
|---6---6-6-------||--------1-1-----|-3----3---1-3---|--------1-1-----|
|-----------6-8---||----------------|--------3-------|----------------|

  Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|--------------0-|-1----1-----3-5-|-6----6-----6---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-3----3---1-3---|--------1-1-----|--------6-6---6-|------------------|
|--------3-------|----------------|----------------|------------------|

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

  Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E Q  E E   H    H
|----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------|
|-2-----------2--|-3-----------3--|-5----5--------|-5----7----|
|------2-(2)-----|------3-(3)-----|--------5--7-8-|-----------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------|

  H    Q  Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q
|------------|------5-(5)--9--|----------------|----------------|
|-9----7--5--|-7--------------|-6-----------6--|-------------5--|
|------------|----------------|------6-(6)-----|------7-(7)-----|
|------------|----------------|----------------|-8--------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
  Q Q Q Q Q Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q
|-------------||----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------------||------6-(6)-----|------6-(6)-----|-3--------------|
|-------3-4-6-||-4--------------|-4--------------|------3-(3)-----|
|---4-6-------||-------------4--|-------------4--|-------------1--|

  Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E Q  E E   H    H
|----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------|
|-3-----------3--|-4-----------4--|-6----6----3-4-|-6----8----|
|------3-(3)-----|------4-(4)-----|--------6------|-----------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------|

   H    Q  Q    Q.   E +Q    Q    Q.   E +Q   Q
|-------------|------6-(6)--10--|----------------|
|-10----8--6--|-8---------------|-7-----------7--|
|-------------|-----------------|------7-(7)-----|
|-------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q Q Q Q Q Q  5x
||-----------------|-----4-6-4----||
||o------3-(3)--6--|---7-------7-o||
||o-4--------------|-------------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