Bob Dylan - Positively 4th street
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POSITIVELY 4TH STREET (Bassline)
As recorded by Bob Dylan
(From the 1965 Album BOB DYLAN'S GREATEST HITS)
Words and Music by Bob Dylan
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Russ Savakus - Bass'
Intro
Q=109
4/4
Gtr I
Q. E Q E E Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|---------------|------------------|------------------|
|-4----4-4--2---|------4-(4)-4-----|-4----4-(4)-4-----|
|-------------4-|----------------4-|----------------4-|
|---------------|-2----------------|------------------|
1st - 3rd Verses
Q. E +E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E
|------------------||-----------------|---------------|
|-4----4-(4)-4-----||o------4-4-4-4---|-6----6-6------|
|----------------4-||o----------------|-------------1-|
|------------------||--2--------------|---------------|
Q. E Q Q Q. E E E E E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E
|--------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-4----4-4-4-----|-4--4-4--------|--------1-1----|
|-2----2-2--4--|--------------4-|--------4-4--2-|-2--2-2------4-|
|--------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
4th - 6th Verses
Q. E E Q E Q a Q a Q a Q 3x Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E
|----------6----|----4h6--4h6--4h6---||-||----------------|---------------|
|-------------6-|-6-----------------o||-||o-4----4-4--4-3-|-6----6-6--6-6-|
|-4----4-4------|-4-----------------o||-||o---------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------------------||-||----------------|---------------|
Q Q E E E E Q. E E Q E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|-4--4--4-6-6---|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------4-|-4----4-4-4----|-4--4-4--------|--------1--1-1-|
|---------------|-------------4-|--------4--4-2-|-2--2-2--------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
7th - 9th Verses
Q. E Q E E Q. E E Q E 3x Q. E E Q E Q. E e e e e
|---------------|----------------||-||----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------o||-||o-4----4-4-4--4-|-6----6-6-6-4----|
|-4----4-4--2---|-4----4-4-4--4-o||-||o---------------|--------------6--|
|-------------4-|----------------||-||----------------|-----------------|
Q. E Q Q Q. E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|--------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-4----4-4-4-----|-4--4-4--------|---------------|
|-2----2-2--4--|--------------4-|--------4--4-4-|-2--2-2-6--6---|
|--------------|----------------|---------------|-------------4-|
1.,2. 3.
Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E 3x Q Q E Q E Q a Q a Q Q
|---------------|----------------||-11--10--8--------|-----------------------||
|---------------|-------------3-o||-----------11--11-|-11--11h13--11h13--11--||
|-4----4-4-4--4-|-4----4-4-4----o||------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------|----------------||------------------|-----------------------||
8th - 10 th Verses
Q. E H Q. E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q. E E Q E
||--------------|----------------|-4--4-4-4-6-6---|----------------|
||o-4----4-4----|-6----6-6-6-6-6-|--------------4-|-4----4-4-4-----|
||o-------------|----------------|----------------|-------------4--|
||--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q. E E Q E Q. E E Q E 3x
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|-4--4-4--------|--------1--1---|---------------|---------------o||
|--------4--4-2-|-2--2-2------4-|-4----4-4-4----|-4------4-4--4-o||
|---------------|---------------|-------------4-|------4---------||
Outro
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q
|-------------3-|---------------|--------------|
|-4----4-4------|-6----6-6----4-|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|-2----2-2--4--|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|
Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E
|----------------|----------------*|
|-4----4-4-4-1-3-|-4----4---------*|
|----------------|--------4----4--*|
|----------------|----------------*|
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