ZZ Top – Give It Up (Bass Tab)

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GIVE IT UP (Bassline) As recorded by ZZ Top (From the 1990 Album RECYCLER) Words and Music by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill & Frank Beard Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Dusty Hill - Bass'
 Intro
    Q=124
 4/4
  Gtr I
  E E Q  Q  Q    W          E E Q  Q  Q    W
|--------------|----------|--------------|------||
|--------------|----------|--------------|------||
|---3-3--3-----|----------|---3-3--3-----|------||
|--------------|----------|--------------|------||

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

   1st - 3rd 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   E E E E +E  E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-1-3-----------1-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------1-(1)-1-1---|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------||

 Chorus
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|---------3---1--|-----------------|------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---3----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1--||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||

                                                 1.
                           To Coda
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    Q  H.        +H     +E  E E E
|-----------------|----------------|------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|---------3---1--|------------|-------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---3----|-3--3-------|-(3)----(3)-1-1-1--||
|-----------------|----------------|------------|-------------------||

 Interlude
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|---------3---1---|-----------------|---------3---1----o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---3---1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---3---1--o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||

                      Guitar Solo
  2.
   H     +E  E E E     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------------------||------------------|-----------------|
|------------------||o-----------------|-----------------|
|-(3)----(3)-1-1-1-||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|------------------||------------------|-----------------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---o||
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|--------------------||

  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

                                                       D.S. al Coda
  E E E E S S E a E E   E E E E S S E E E   W          H    Q  E E
|---5-3-3-----3-------|-------------------|----------|---------------||
|---------4h5---5s3-1-|-------------------|----------|---------------||
|---------------------|---3-1-1-----1-----|----------|-----------1---||
|---------------------|---------2h3---1---|----------|---------------||

  &
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------3---1---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---3-----|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  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 Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3---1---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---3-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

                                  Outro Solo
  Q  H.        +H     +E  E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------|
|------------|------------------||-----------------|-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-3--3-------|-(3)----(3)-1-1-1-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|------------------|
|------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------|

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

  E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------||------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-1--------------||o-----------------|-1-1-1-3-3-3-3----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|------1-1-1-1-1-||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------1--|
|-----------------|----------------||------------------|------------------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  3x E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------*|
|-----------------|-1-1-1-----------o||-----------------|-1-1-1-3-3-3-3----*|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------1-1-1-1-1-o||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------1--*|
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------*|
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