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RUBY TUESDAY (Bassline)
As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1967 Album BETWEEN THE BUTTONS)
Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Wyman - Bass'
Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Bill Wyman - Contrabass'
1st - 3rd Verses
Q=104
$
4/4
Gtr II
H H H. Q W +H. Q
||------------|------------|----------|-------------|
||o-7----5----|-3----------|----------|-------------|
||o-----------|------------|-3--------|-(3)---------|
||------------|------------|----------|-------------|
H H H. Q W +H. Q
|-----------|------------|----------|-------------|
|-7----5----|-3----------|-5--------|-(5)---------|
|-----------|------------|----------|-------------|
|-----------|------------|----------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q E e q Q Q Q Q Q Q E e q Q
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|-7-----------|-5----5-5-----|-------------|-5----5-5-----|
|-------5-----|--------------|-------5-----|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|-5-----------|--------------|
W +H. Q W Q Q Q Q
|----------|-------------|----------|----[4]-------[4]--||
|----------|-------------|-5--------|-5-------[5]-------||
|-3--------|-(3)---------|----------|-------------------||
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------------||
Chorus
Gtr I
E Q E E Q E E Q E +E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E +E E E E
|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|-3-3--0------0-|-3-3--3-(3)-3---0-|-3-3--0------0-|-3-3--3-(3)-3---0-|
|--------3-3----|--------------3---|--------3-3----|--------------3---|
1. 2.
To Coda D.S. al Coda
E Q E E Q E E Q E Q E E E Q E E Q E W W
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------||-------||
|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------o||-------||
|-3-3--0--------|-1-1-----------|------0-3-3--0--|----------o||-------||
|--------3-3--0-|------1-1--1-0-|-3-3------------|-3---------||-3-----||
Chorus
&
Q Q Q E E E Q E E Q E E Q E +E E E E E Q E E Q E
|--------------||---------------|------------------|---------------|
|--------------||---------------|------------------|---------------|
|------------0-||-3-3--0------0-|-3-3--3-(3)-3---0-|-3-3--0------0-|
|-3--3--3--3---||--------3-3----|--------------3---|--------3-3----|
E Q E +E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E
|------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3-3--3-(3)-3---0-|-3-3--0--------|-1-1-----------|------0-3-3--0-|
|--------------3---|--------3-3--3-|------3-1-1--1-|-3-3-----------|
Outro
Gtr II
W H H H. Q
|----------||-----------|------------|
|----------||-7----5----|-3----------|
|----------||-----------|------------|
|-3--------||-----------|------------|
H.=H
W +W +W
|----------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|--------*|
|-3--------|-(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
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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