SPINNING WHEEL (Bassline)
As recorded by Blood, Sweat & Tears
(From the 1969 Album BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS)
Words and Music by David Clayton-Thomas
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Jim Fielder - Bass'
Intro 1st Verse
Q=96
4/4
Gtr I
W W Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|----------|----------||---------------|---------------|
|----------|----------||-2--2----------|-0--0--------0-|
|----------|----------||--------0--0-3-|-----------2---|
|----------|----------||------3--------|------1-3------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-2--2----------|-0--0--------0-|-2--2----------|-0--0----------|
|--------0--0-3-|-----------2---|--------0--0-3-|-----------0-2-|
|------3--------|------1-3------|------3--------|------1-3------|
2nd Verse
Q Q H E E +Q +H Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------|
|-0----------|---0-(0)--(0)----||-2--2----------|-0--0--------0-|
|------------|-----------------||--------0--0-3-|-----------2---|
|------------|-----------------||------3--------|------1-3------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-2--2----------|-0--0--------0-|-2--2----------|-0--0--------0-|
|--------0--0-3-|-----------2---|--------0--0-3-|-----------2---|
|------3--------|------1-3------|------3--------|------1-3------|
Q Q H E E +Q +H
|------------|-----------------||
|-0----------|---0-(0)--(0)----||
|------------|-----------------||
|------------|-----------------||
Bridge
E. S E. S E. S S S E E. S E. S E. S S S E
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1--1-1--1-1-1-1---|
|----------------------|------------------------|
E. S E. S E. S S S E E. S E. S E. S S S E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-4-4-|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|
E. S E. S E. S S S E E. S E. S E. S S S E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1--1-1--1-1-1-1-|
|----------------------|----------------------|
E. S E. S E. S S S E W W E S S E. S +S E S E E
|----------------------|----------|----------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-5--------|-5--------|---6-7-8-----------------|
|----------------------|----------|----------|----------8-(8)---8------|
|-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-4-4-|----------|----------|-6--------------6---6-6--|
E S S E. S +S E S E E E S S E. S +S E S E E
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---8-9-10-------------------|----10-11-12---------------------|
|-----------10-(10)---10-----|--------------12-(12)----12----0-|
|-8-----------------8----8-8-|-10-------------------10----10---|
E E E S S +S S E E E
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|----0----0------------0----0--|
|-10---10---10-(10)-10---10----|
E E E S S +S S E E E
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|----0----0------------0----0-|
|-10---10---10-(10)-10---10---|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E S S +S S E E E e e e e e e e e e e
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|----0----0------------0----0-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-10---10---10-(10)-10---10---|----------------------|
3rd Verse
s s s s E s s s E. E E W Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|------------------------|----------||---------------|----------------|
|------------------------|----------||-2-------------|-------------0--|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8---|----------||-----------3-4-|-5---------2----|
|------------------------|----------||----3-4-5------|----1-2-3-------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E E E Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-2-------------|---------------|-2--2----------|---------------|
|-----------3-4-|-5-------------|--------0--3-4-|-5---------0-2-|
|----3-4-5------|----1-2-3------|------3--------|----1-2-3------|
Interlude
Q Q H E E +H. S E S +S E S +S S S S S S S S
|------------|--------------||----------------------------------|
|-0----------|---0-(0)------||-2--------------------------------|
|------------|--------------||----------------------------------|
|------------|--------------||---0-3-(3)-4-5-(5)-5-7-7-8-8-9-9--|
S E S +S E S +S S S S S S S S S E S +S E S +S S S S S S S S
|----0-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------0-0-1-1-|-2-------------------------------|
|----------------------2-2---------|---------------------------------|
|-10---1-(1)-2-3-(3)-3-------------|---0-3-(3)-4-5-(5)-5-7-7-8-8-9-9-|
Trumpet Solo
Q=192(8=s8)
S E S +S E S +S S S S S S S S Q Q E. S Q Q Q Q Q
|----0-----------------------------||-------9-------|--------------|
|--------------------------0-0-1-1-||----9-----9-8--|-7------------|
|----------------------2-2---------||-7-------------|-------7--6---|
|-10---1-(1)-2-3-(3)-3-------------||---------------|----5---------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E. S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|------9--------|----9--------|
|----7-----7--|-5--7--8--9--|----9----9--8--|-7-----7-----|
|-5-----5-----|-------------|-7-------------|----------6--|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E. S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|------9--------|----9--------|
|----7-----7--|-5--7--8--9--|----9----9--8--|-7-----7-----|
|-5-----5-----|-------------|-7-------------|----------6--|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E. S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|------9--------|----9--------|
|----7-----7--|-5--7--8--9--|----9----9--8--|-7-----7-----|
|-5-----5-----|-------------|-7-------------|----------6--|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|----7-----7--|-5--7--8--9--|-------------|----5--6--7--|
|-5-----5-----|-------------|-7-----5--6--|-7-----------|
|-------------|-------------|----7--------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-9--7--6--5--|-4--2--0-----|-1--1--------|-------------|
|-------------|----------3--|-------1--0--|----------4--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-4--5--6-----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E +H +W
|-------------|---------------|------------------|---------|
|-------------|---------------|------------------|---------|
|-6--5--6--7--|-9--10--9------|------------------|---------|
|-------------|-----------11--|-10----10-(10)----|-(10)----|
4th Verse
Q=96
+H H Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|--------------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------||-2-------------|-------------0-|-2-------------|
|--------------||-----------3-4-|-5---------2---|-----------3-4-|
|-(10)---------||----3-4-5------|----1-2-3------|----3-4-5------|
Q E E E E Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------|
|---------------|-2--2----------|---------------|-0----------|
|-5-------------|--------0--3-4-|-5---------0-2-|------------|
|----1-2-3------|------3--------|----1-2-3------|------------|
Outro
3/4 9/8 6/8 9/8 6/8
W q. q. Q. q. q. q. q. Q. q. q.
|--------||----------------|-----------|----------------|-----------|
|--------||-2---------1----|-0---------|-2---------1----|-0---------|
|--------||------0---------|-----------|------0---------|-----------|
|--------||----------------|------3----|----------------|------3----|
9/8 6/8
W W q. q. Q. Q E Q E W
|--------|--------|----------------|-----------|------|
|--------|--------|-2---------1----|-0---------|------|
|--------|--------|------0---------|-----------|------|
|--------|--------|----------------|------3----|------|
9/8 6/8
W Q E Q E Q. q. q. q. q. Q. q.
|--------|----------------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|--------|-2---------1----|-0---------|-2---------|-1----0-----|
|--------|------0---------|-----------|------0----|------------|
|--------|----------------|------3----|-----------|------------|
q. q. Q. q. q. q. Q. q. 5x
||------------|-----------|-----------|-------------||
||o-2---------|-1----0----|-2---------|-1----0-----o||
||o------0----|-----------|------0----|------------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
