SHOTGUN (Bassline)
As recorded by Jr. Walker And The All Stars
(From the 1965 Album SHOTGUN)
Words and Music by Autry DeWalt
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'James Jamerson - Bass'
Intro
Q=120
4/4
Gtr I
W S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E e E E E E E E E e E E E E E
|----------|-6-----6-----6-----6---------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-------------------------4-5-|-6---6---4-4-----|---------4-4---4-|
|----------|---4-----4-----4-----4-------|-------6-----6-6-|-------6-----6---|
|----------|-----------------------------|-----------------|-4---4-----------|
E E e E E E E E E E e E E E E E E E e E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6---6---4-4---4-|---------4-4---4-|---------4-4---4-|
|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|
|-----------------|-4---4-----------|-4---4-----------|
E E e E E E E E E E e E E E E E E E e E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------4-4---4-|---------4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-||
|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---||
|-4---4-----------|-4---4-----------|-----------------||
Chorus
$
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|
|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-||
|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
1st & 2nd 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|
|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
To Coda
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4---|
|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-||
|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Chorus
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|
|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-||
|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Sax Solo
D.S. al Coda
E E e E E E E E E E e E E E E E 6x E E e E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||------------------||
||o---------4-4---4-|---------4-4---4-o||---------4-4---4--||
||o-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---o||-------6-----6----||
||--4---4-----------|-4---4------------||-4---4------------||
Chorus
&
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|
|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-||
|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Outro
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-|
|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Outro - Sax Solo
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 5x
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------||
|-6---6---4-4---4-|-6---6---4-4---4-||o---------4-4---4-|---------4-4---4-o||
|-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---||o-------6-----6---|-------6-----6---o||
|-----------------|-----------------||--4---4-----------|-4---4------------||
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
