LET'S DANCE (Bassline)
As recorded by Chris Rea
(From the 1987 Album DANCING WITH STRANGERS)
Words and Music by Chris Rea
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (D A D G) - 'Eoghan O'Neill - Bass (Dropped D Tuning)'
Intro
Q=246
12/8
Gtr I
W W. +W.
|--------------|---------------|--------|
|--------------|---------------|--------|
|--------------|---------------|--------|
|--------------|-0-------------|-(0)----|
+W. +W. Q. Q. Q. Q E
|----------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------------|
|-(0)------------|-(0)------------|-0-----------------0-|
Q. Q. H. Q. Q E E E E Q E Q. Q. H.
|-------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|-0-----------------|-0-------0-0--------0-|-0---------------|
Q. Q. Q. Q E Q. Q. H. Q. Q E E E E Q E
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|-0-----------------0-|-0-----------------|-0-------0-0--------0-|
Q. Q. H. Q. Q. Q. Q E Q. Q. H.
|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-0-----------------|-0-----------------0-|-0---------------|
Q E Q. Q. Q E Q. Q E H. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-0--0--------------0-|-0-------0-7\------|-0---------0---------|
Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q E Q. Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-------0-0-------0-|-5---------5---------|-5-------5-5-------5-|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q E Q E Q E Q. Q. Q. Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0---------0---------|-0-------0-0--0----0-|-5---------5-------5-|
1st & 3rd Verses
Q E Q E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q E Q E Q E Q. Q E
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|---------------------||o---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------||o---------------------|---------------------|
|-5--5----5-5---------||--0---------0-------0-|-0--0----0-0-------0-|
Q. Q E Q. Q E Q E Q E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-5-------5-5-------5-|-5--5----5-5---------|-0---------0---------|
Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q E Q E Q. Q.
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-------0-0-------0-|-5---------5---------|-5--5----5-5---------|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q E Q E Q E Q E Q. Q. Q. Q.
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0---------0---------|-0--0----0-0--0----0-|-5---------5---------|
Q E Q E Q E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q E Q E Q. Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-5--5----5-5--5------|-0---------0---------|-0--0----0-0-------0-|
2nd & 4th Verses
Q. Q E Q. Q E Q E Q E Q. Q. H. +Q. Q.
|---------------------|---------------------||--------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------||--------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------||--------------------|
|-5-------5-5-------5-|-5--5----5-5---------||-0-------(0)---0----|
H. Q. Q. H. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-4-------4----4----|-5-------5----5----|-5----5----5----5----|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0----0----0----0----|-4----4----4----4----|-5----5----5----5----|
Q. Q. Q. Q. H. Q. Q. H. Q. Q.
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-0-------0----0----|-2-------2----2----|
|-5----5---------5----|-------------------|-------------------|
Chorus
H. Q. Q. H. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|-------------------|-------------------||---------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------||---------------------|
|-------------------|-0-------0----0----||---------------------|
|-5-------5----5----|-------------------||-0---------0---------|
Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q E Q E Q. Q.
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-------0-0-------0-|-5-------5-5-------5-|-5--5----5-5---------|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q. Q. Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0---------0---------|-0-------0-0-------0-|-5---------5-------5-|
Q E Q E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q E Q. Q. H.
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-5--5----5-5---------|-0-----------------0-|-0---------------|
Q E Q. Q. Q E Q. Q. H.
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-0--0--------------0-|-0-----------------|
Q E Q. Q. Q E Q. Q. H.
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-0--0--------------0-|-0---------------|
1. 2.
Q E Q. Q. Q E Q. Q. H. Q. Q. Q. Q E
|---------------------|--------------------||---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------o||---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------o||---------------------|
|-0--0--------------0-|-0------------------||-0-----------------0-|
Q E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q E Q. Q. Q. Q.
|----7-4----5----6----|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-0-----------------0-|-0---------7----9----|
Q. Q. Q. Q E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-----------------0-|-0---------7----9----|-0-----------------0-|
Guitar Solo
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q E Q. Q. Q. Q.
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|---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|
|-0---------7----9----|-0-----------------0-||-0---------7----9----|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
||----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
||--9----9----9----9----|-5----5----5----5----|-7----7----7----7-----|
Outro
Q. Q. Q. Q. 4x Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
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|---------------------o||---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------o||---------------------|---------------------|
|-7----7----7----7-----||-0--0----0-0--0----0-|-0--0----0-0--0----0-|
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q. H. Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-0--0----0----0----0-|-0--0-9b10---9b11------|-0--0----0----0----0-|
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E +Q E Q E Q E Q.
|---------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------7b8-|-(7)--5-----------------|
|-0--0----0-0--0----0-|-0--0----0-0--0--------|--------7--9-10--9-5S===|
Q E Q Q E E Q E Q E Q. Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|----------------3--4-|-5-------------------|
|-12--0----0--0-0----0-|-0--0---------0------|----0----0----0----0-|
Q E Q E Q +E +Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|----------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------|-0-------------------|---------------------|
|----0-2--0-2b3===(2)r(2)--0-|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------|----0----0----0----0-|-0--0----0-0----0--0-|
Q E Q E Q E Q e Q E e E E e E E e E E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|-------------------7-|------4-----5-----5-----|---------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----0---2-2---3-3---4-4-|---------------------|
|-0--0----0-0----0----|------------------------|-0--0----0-0--0----0-|
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0--0----0-0--0----0-|-5--5----5-5--5----5-|-5--5----5-5--5----5-|
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0--0----0-0--0----0-|-0--0----0-0--0----0-|-5--5----5-5--5----5-|
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-5--5----5-5--5----5-|-0--0----0-0--0----0-|-0--0----0-0--0----0-|
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------*|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------*|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------*|
|-5--5----5-5--5----5-|-5--5----5-5--5----5-|-0--0----0-0--0----0-*|
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
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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
