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LITTLE SAINT NICK (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beach Boys
(From the 1964 Album THE BEACH BOYS CHRISTMAS' ALBUM)
Words and Music by Brian Wilson
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Brian Wilson - Bass'
Q=130(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-4--4--4--4--|-4--4--4--4--|-6-----6-----|-6-----6------|
|-------------|-------------|----6-----6--|----6-----6---|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-4--4--4--4--|-4--4--4--4--|-6-----6-----|----6-----6--||
|-------------|-------------|----6-----6--|-4-----4-----||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
||o-6-----6-----|-6-----6-----|-4-----4-----|-4-----4------|
||o----6-----6--|----6-----6--|----4-----4--|----4-----4---|
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-6-----6-----|-6-----6-----|-4-----4-----|-4-----4-----||
|----6-----6--|----6-----6--|----4-----4--|----4-----4--||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
Chorus
1.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|----4-----4--|----4-----4--|-6-----6-----|----6-----6--o||
|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|----6-----6--|-4-----4-----o||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
Bridge
2.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|
|----6-----6--||-------------|-------------|----9-----9--|
|-4-----4-----||----9-----9--|----9-----9--|-7-----7-----|
|-------------||-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----9-----9--|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-7-----7-----|----9-----9--|----9-----9--|-----6-6-----6-6-|
|-------------|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|-4-4-----4-4-----|
3rd Verse
q Q H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------||-6-----6-----|-6-----6-----|-4-----4-----|
|------------||----6-----6--|----6-----6--|----4-----4--|
|-4----------||-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-4-----4-----|-6-----6-----|-6-----6-----|-4-----4-----|
|----4-----4--|----6-----6--|----6-----6--|----4-----4--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Chorus
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-4-----4-----||----4-----4--|----4-----4--|-4-----4-----|
|----4-----4--||-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|----4-----4--|
|-------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|
Outro
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 3x
|-------------||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
|-------------||o-6-----6-----|----6-----6--|-4--4--3--3--|-1--1---------o||
|-6-----6-----||o----6-----6--|-4-----4-----|-------------|-------4--4---o||
|----6-----6--||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
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