Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down on the corner
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DOWN ON THE CORNER (Bassline)
As recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival
(From the 1969 Album WILLY AND THE POOR BOYS)
Words and Music by John Fogerty
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Stu Cook - Bass'
Intro
Q=103
4/4
Gtr I
Wx2 E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E
|------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------|-3----------3--3-(3)---|----------2-3--3-(3)---|
|------------|----5-(5)-3----------5-|-3--3-(3)--------------|
E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-3----------3--3-(3)---|----------2-3--3-(3)---|
|----5-(5)-3----------5-|-3--3-(3)--------------|
E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-3----------3--3-(3)---|----------2-5--5-(5)---|
|----5-(5)-3----------5-|-3--3-(3)--------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
$
E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-3----------3--3-(3)---|----------2-3--3-(3)---|
|----5-(5)-3----------5-|-3--3-(3)--------------|
1st - 3rd Verses
E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o-3----------3--3-(3)---|----------2-3--3-(3)---|
||-----5-(5)-3----------5-|-3--3-(3)--------------|
E. S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E E. S +E E S E S +E E
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|-3----------3---3-(3)---|
|-3----------3---3-(3)---|-----------2-3---3-(3)---|----5-(5)-3-----------5-|
|----5-(5)-3-----------5-|-3---3-(3)---------------|------------------------|
S E S +E E S E S +E E E. S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E
|-------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------2-5---5-(5)---|------------------------|--------------------------||
|-3---3-(3)---------------|-3----------3---3-(3)---|-----------2-3---3-(3)----||
|-------------------------|----5-(5)-3-----------5-|-3---3-(3)----------------||
Chorus
Q Q S S S S E E Q Q S S S S E E Q Q S S S S E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------3-3---3-3---|-------3-3---3-3---|-------3-3---3-3---|
|-1--1--------------|-3--3--------------|-1--1--------------|
Interlude
To Coda
Q Q S S S S E E E. S +E E S E S +E E
|---------------------||------------------------|
|--------------------o||------------------------|
|-------3-3---3-3----o||-3----------3---3-(3)---|
|-1--1----------------||----5-(5)-3-----------5-|
S E S +E E S E S +E E E. S +E E S E S +E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------2-3---3-(3)---|-3----------3---3-(3)-----|
|-3---3-(3)---------------|----5-(5)-3-----------5---|
S E S +E E S E S +E E E. S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E
|-------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-3----------3---3-(3)---|-----------2-5---5-(5)----|
|-----------2-3---3-(3)---|----5-(5)-3-----------5-|-3---3-(3)----------------|
|-3---3-(3)---------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
Chorus
E. S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E Q Q S S S S E E
|------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|
|-3----------3---3-(3)---|-----------2-3---3-(3)---||-------3-3---3-3----|
|----5-(5)-3-----------5-|-3---3-(3)---------------||-1--1---------------|
Q Q S S S S E E Q Q S S S S E E Q Q S S S S E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------3-3---3-3---|-------3-3---3-3---|-------3-3---3-3---||
|-3--3--------------|-1--1--------------|-3--3--------------||
Interlude
E. S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E E. S +E E S E S +E E
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-3----------3---3-(3)---|-----------2-3---3-(3)---|-3----------3---3-(3)---|
|----5-(5)-3-----------5-|-3---3-(3)---------------|----5-(5)-3-----------5-|
Out-Chorus
D.S. al Coda &
S E S +E E S E S +E E Q Q S S S S E E Q Q S S S S E E
|--------------------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------||o-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------2-3---3-(3)----||o-------3-3---3-3---|-------3-3---3-3---|
|-3---3-(3)----------------||--1--1--------------|-3--3--------------|
Q Q S S S S E E Q Q S S S S E E
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------3-3---3-3---|-------3-3---3-3---o||
|-1--1--------------|-3--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
----------------
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