Tuning:

TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT (Bassline) As recorded by The Rolling Stones (From the 1966 Album AFTERMATH) Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Wyman - Bass' Intro 1st - 3rd Verses Q=106 $ 4/4 Gtr I W W Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q |----------|----------||----------10------|-----------------| |----------|----------||o------10-----10--|---------10------| |-8--------|-8--------||o-8---------------|------10-----10--| |----------|----------||------------------|-8---------------| Q. E Q E E Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q |------6-10--6-8-|-----------------|---------10------|-----------------| |-8--------------|---------10------|------10-----10--|---------10------| |----------------|------10-----10--|-8---------------|------10-----10--| |----------------|-8---------------|-----------------|-8---------------| Chorus Q. E Q E E Q. E Q Q H Q. E H Q. E |------6-10--6-8-|-----------------||------7------|--------------| |-8--------------|---------10------||-8-----------|------10------| |----------------|------10-----10--||-----------8-|-8----------8-| |----------------|-8---------------||-------------|--------------| H E Q E H H H Q. E H Q. E |---------------|------------|------7------|--------------| |------10-------|------10----|-8-----------|------10------| |---------10----|-8----------|-----------8-|-8----------8-| |-8-----------8-|------------|-------------|--------------| 1. 2. To Coda H E Q E Q. E Q. E W W |---------------|------6------6--|-----------||------|| |------10-------|-8------8-------|----------o||------|| |---------10----|----------------|-8--------o||-8----|| |-8-----------8-|----------------|-----------||------|| Bridge W H Q. E H Q. E H Q. E |----------|--------------|------7------|--------------| |-8--------|------10------|-8-----------|------10------| |----------|-8----------8-|-----------8-|-8----------8-| |----------|--------------|-------------|--------------| D.S. al Coda H Q. E H Q. E H Q. E H Q. E |------7------|--------------|------7------|---------------|| |-8-----------|------10------|-8-----------|------10-------|| |-----------8-|-8----------8-|-----------8-|-8----------8--|| |-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|| Outro & W Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E |----------||-------10-7------|------10---------| |----------||o-8--------------|---------10------| |-8--------||o--------------8-|-8-------------8-| |----------||-----------------|-----------------| Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E 3x |------10-7------|------10----------|| |-8--------------|---------10------o|| |--------------8-|-8-------------8-o|| |----------------|------------------|| Duration Legend --------------- 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

The Rolling Stones - Take it or leave it