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Tuning:
CRUEL TO BE KIND (Bassline)
As recorded by Nick Lowe
(From the 1979 Album LABOUR OF LUST)
Words and Music by Nick Lowe & Ian Gomm
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Nick Lowe - Bass'
Intro
Q=134 1.
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
||o-3--3--3--3--|-2--2--2--2--|-0--0--0--0--|------------2-o||
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-3--3--3--3----||
1st - 3rd Verses
2.
$
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------|-----------------||--------------|-------------|
|----------------|-----------------||o-------------|-2--2--2--2--|
|----------------|-------------0-2-||o-3--3--3--3--|-------------|
|-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----||--------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q E E Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3--3--3--3--|-5-5-5--5-5-5--|-------------|-2--2--2--2--|
|-------------|---------------|-3--3--3--3--|-------------|
|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|-3--3--2--2--|-0--0--0--0-2-|-3--3--3-3-3--|-2--2--2--2--|
|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
Chorus
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q
|---------------|---------------||-------------|-------2-2-2--|
|-3-3-3--3-3-3--|-5-5-5--5-5-5--||-3--3--5--5--|-2--2---------|
|---------------|---------------||-------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------||-------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
|-------------|-------2--2--|-------------|-------2--2-0-|
|-3--3--5--5--|-2--2--------|-3--3--5--5--|-2--2---------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
1.
To Coda
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 Q Q Q
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||--------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-5-5-5-5-5-------||--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------0-2-||-3--3--3--3---|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------3-----||--------------|
2.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|---------------||-----------------||
|-------------|-------------|--------------o||-5-5-5-5-5-------||
|-2--2--2--2--|-0--0--0--0--|------------2-o||-------------0-2-||
|-------------|-------------|-3--3--3--3----||-----------3-----||
Q Q Q E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E Q E E E E E E E E
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------2-0-----||
|--------------|---------------|--------------|-------2-----3-2-||
|-3--3--3--3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3--3--|-0--0--0-0-0--|-4-0-4-----------||
|--------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------||
Interlude
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 3x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------|-------2--2---||-----------------|------------------|
||o-3--3--5--5--|-2--2--------o||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
||o-------------|-------------o||-----------------|------------------|
||--------------|--------------||-----------------|------------------|
Out-Chorus
D.S. al Coda &
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------||-----------------||--------------|-------2--2---|
|-5-5-5-5-5--------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||o-3--3--5--5--|-2--2---------|
|-------------0-2--||-----------------||o-------------|--------------|
|-----------3------||-----------------||--------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------2--2--|--------------|-------2--2--|
|-3--3--5--5--|-2--2--------|-3--3-3-5--5--|-2--2--------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
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