GIVE IT UP (Bassline) As recorded by ZZ Top (From the 1990 Album RECYCLER) Words and Music by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill & Frank Beard Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Dusty Hill - Bass' Intro Q=124 4/4 Gtr I E E Q Q Q W E E Q Q Q W |--------------|----------|--------------|------|| |--------------|----------|--------------|------|| |---3-3--3-----|----------|---3-3--3-----|------|| |--------------|----------|--------------|------|| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|---------3---1--|-----------------|---------3---1---|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---3----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---3-----|| |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| 1st - 3rd Verses $ E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| ||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-1-3-----------1-| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------1-(1)-1-1---| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|------|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------|| Chorus E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|---------3---1--|-----------------|------------------|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---3----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1--|| |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|| 1. To Coda E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q H. +H +E E E E |-----------------|----------------|------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|---------3---1--|------------|-------------------|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---3----|-3--3-------|-(3)----(3)-1-1-1--|| |-----------------|----------------|------------|-------------------|| Interlude E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|---------3---1---|-----------------|---------3---1----o|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---3---1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---3---1--o|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| Guitar Solo 2. H +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------||------------------|-----------------| |------------------||o-----------------|-----------------| |-(3)----(3)-1-1-1-||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |------------------||------------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|--------------------|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---o|| |-----------------|-------------------o|| |-----------------|--------------------|| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| D.S. al Coda E E E E S S E a E E E E E E S S E E E W H Q E E |---5-3-3-----3-------|-------------------|----------|---------------|| |---------4h5---5s3-1-|-------------------|----------|---------------|| |---------------------|---3-1-1-----1-----|----------|-----------1---|| |---------------------|---------2h3---1---|----------|---------------|| & E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------3---1---| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---3-----| |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3---1---| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---3-----| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| Outro Solo Q H. +H +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------| |------------|------------------||-----------------|-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3--| |-3--3-------|-(3)----(3)-1-1-1-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|------------------| |------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------| E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E |-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-1--1----------|-----------------|-1----3-3-3-3-3--| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|------1-1----1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------| |-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|----------------||------------------|------------------| |-----------------|-1--------------||o-----------------|-1-1-1-3-3-3-3----| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|------1-1-1-1-1-||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------1--| |-----------------|----------------||------------------|------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------*| |-----------------|-1-1-1-----------o||-----------------|-1-1-1-3-3-3-3----*| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------1-1-1-1-1-o||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------1--*| |-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------*| 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

Zz Top - Give it up