Wheels by String-a-longs
WHEELS (Bassline)
As recorded by The String-A-Longs
(From the 1961 Album WHEELS)
Music by Norman Petty, Richard Stephens & Jimmy Torres
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Aubrey de Cordova - Bass'
Q=124
4/4
Gtr I
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|------5-5----5-|------5-5----5-|
|------3-3----3-|------3-3----3-|-3-------------|-3-------------|
|-1-------------|-1-------------|---------------|---------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------5-5----||
|---------------|---------------|--------5-5----|-3----3--------||
|------3-3----3-|------3-3----3-|-3----3--------|------------3--||
|-1-------------|-1-------------|------------3--|---------------||
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|------5-5----5-|------5-5----5-|
|------3-3----3-|------3-3----3-|-3-------------|-3-------------|
|-1-------------|-1-------------|---------------|---------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E e e Q Q. E e e Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|--------5-5----|--------3-3----||
|------3-3----3-|------3-3----3-|-3----3--------|------3-----3--||
|-1-------------|-1-------------|------------3--|-1-------------||
Q. E e e Q Q. E e e Q Q. E e e Q Q. E e e Q
|--------5-5----|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|------5-----5--|--------3-3----|--------5-5----|--------3-3----|
|-3-------------|------3-----3--|-3----3--------|------3-----3--|
|---------------|-1-------------|------------3--|-1-------------|
E E Q e e Q Q. E e e Q Q. E Q. E E E Q e e Q
|---------------|--------5-5----|---------------|---------------||
|--------5-5-5--|-3----3--------|------5-5----5-|---------------||
|-3---3---------|------------3--|-3-------------|--------3-3-3--||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-1---1---------||
$
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
||o---------------|---------------|------7-7----7-|------7-7----7--|
||o------5-5----5-|------5-5----5-|-5-------------|-5--------------|
||--3-------------|-3-------------|---------------|----------------|
1.
To Coda
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E e e Q
|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------||
|---------------|---------------|------7-7----7--|--------5-5----o||
|------5-5----5-|------5-5----5-|-5--------------|------5-----5--o||
|-3-------------|-3-------------|----------------|-3--------------||
2.
Q. E e e Q Q. E e e Q Q. E Q. E Q. E e e Q
|---------------||--------7-7----|---------------|---------------|
|--------5-5----||------7--------|---------------|--------7-7----|
|------5-----5--||-5----------5--|------5-5----5-|-5----5--------|
|-3-------------||---------------|-3-------------|------------5--|
Q. E e e Q Q. E e e Q Q. E e e Q E E Q e e Q
|---------------|--------7-7----|---------------|---------------|
|--------5-5----|------7--------|--------5-5----|--------7-7-7--|
|------5--------|-5----------5--|------5--------|-5---5---------|
|-3----------3--|---------------|-3----------3--|---------------|
D.S. al Coda &
Q. E e e Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|--------7-7----||---------------|---------------|
|-5----5--------||---------------|------7-7----7-|
|------------5--||------5-5----5-|-5-------------|
|---------------||-3-------------|---------------|
Q. E e e Q Q. E e e Q W +W
|---------------|---------------|----------|--------*|
|--------5-5----|--------7-7----|----------|--------*|
|------5-----5--|-5----5--------|----------|--------*|
|-3-------------|------------5--|-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
----------------
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
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