HEY YOU (Bassline)
As recorded by Bachman Turner Overdrive
(From the 1975 Album FOUR WHEEL DRIVE)
Words and Music by Randy Bachman
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'C. F. Turner - Bass'
Intro & Interlude
Q=116
$
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4 Q E Q +E Q Q E Q +E Q Q +E Q +E Q
|------------|------6--(6)-6--|-4--------------|------------------|
|------------|-7--------------|----------------|------------------|
|------------|----------------|------5--(5)-5--|-4--(4)-4--(4)-4--|
|------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
1st & 2nd Verses
To Coda
Q E Q +E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------||-----------0--|-------------|----------0---|
|-------------0--||o-------------|-0--------0--|--------------|
|-2--------------||o-0-----------|-------------|-0------------|
|------0--(0)----||--------------|-------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|----------0--|-------------|----------0---|
|-0--------0--|-------------|-0--------0--|--------------|
|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|-0------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
Chorus
&
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-------------||-----------------|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-4-2-|-----------------|
|-----4-4-2-2-----||-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|-------------------|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|
|-------------0-0-||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-4-2-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-4-2-|------------------|
|-------------------|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|-------------------|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2--|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-4-2-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-4-2-|------------------|
|-------------------|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|-------------------|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2--|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-4-2-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-4-2-|------------------|
|-------------------|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|-------------------|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2--|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
Interlude
D.S. al Coda
E S S E S S E E Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2---0--o||-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-4-2-|
|--------------------o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------|
|---------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-4-2-|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-4-2-|-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-||
|-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------||
Outro
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-4-2-|
||o-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|-------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S 4x
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-4-2-o||
|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|-------------------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
