HARD TO HANDLE (Bassline)

As recorded by Otis Redding
(From the 1968 Album THE IMMORTAL OTIS REDDING)

Words and Music by Otis Redding, Alvertis Isbell & Allen Jones
Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'


 Intro
  Q=98
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    E S S S E S   +H     E S S S E S
|------------------|--------------------|
|----------------3-|-(3)------3---------|
|------------5-6---|------------4-6-4---|
|--------6-6-------|------------------6-|


  +H     E S S S E S   +H     E S S S E S
|--------------------|----------------------||
|------------------3-|-(3)------3-----------||
|--------------5-6---|------------4-6-4-----||
|-(6)------6-6-------|----------------------||


   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    E E E S S S E. E E   E E E S S S S E E E
||------------3--------|-----------3---------|
||o---------3----------|---------3---3-------|
||o-1---1------------0-|-1---1-------------0-|
||--------------1--3---|---------------1-3---|


  E E E S S S E. E E   E E E S S S S E E E
|-----------3--------|-----------3----------|
|---------3----------|---------3---3--------|
|-1---1------------0-|-1---1-------------0--|
|-------------1--3---|---------------1-3----|


  E E E S S S E. E E   E E E S S S S E E E
|-----------3--------|-----------3---------|
|---------3----------|---------3---3-------|
|-1---1------------0-|-1---1-------------0-|
|-------------1--3---|---------------1-3---|


  E E E S S S E. E E   E E E S S S S E E E
|-----------3--------|-----------3---------|
|---------3----------|---------3---3-------|
|-1---1------------0-|-1---1-------------1-|
|-------------1--3---|---------------1-3---|


                                                       To Coda
  E E E S S S E S E E   E E E S S S E S E E   e E Q  H      W
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------|-------|
|-3---3-----3---------|-3---3-----3---------|-3-----------|-------|
|---------3---0-0-1-3-|---------3---0-0-1-3-|-------------|-------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------|-------|


  1.
  Q  Q  Q  Q    E S S +S  S E +E  E E E
|-------------|--------------------------||
|-------------|-6-6---------------------o||
|-6--6--8--8--|-----6-(6)-6-------------o||
|-------------|-------------6-(6)---1-3--||


 2.
  E S S +S  S E +Q.   E   E S S +S  S E +Q.   E
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-6-6-------------------|-6-6-------------------||
|-----6-(6)-6-----------|-----6-(6)-6-----------||
|-------------6-(6)-----|-------------6-(6)-----||


                                      D.S. al Coda &
  E S S +S  S E +Q.   E   E S S +S  S E +E  E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------||
|-6-6-------------------|-6-6----------------------||
|-----6-(6)-6-----------|-----6-(6)-6--------------||
|-------------6-(6)-----|-------------6-(6)---1-3--||


  E S S +S  S E +Q.   E   E S S +S  S E +Q.   E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-6-6-------------------|-6-6---------------------|
|-----6-(6)-6-----------|-----6-(6)-6-------------|
|-------------6-(6)-----|-------------6-(6)-------|


  E S S +S  S E +Q.   E   E S S +S  S E +E  E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-6-6-------------------|-6-6---------------------||
|-----6-(6)-6-----------|-----6-(6)-6-------------||
|-------------6-(6)-----|-------------6-(6)---1-3-||


 Outro
  E E E S S S S E E E   E E E S S S S E E E
|-----------3---------|-----------3---------|
|---------3---3-------|---------3---3-------|
|-1---1-------------0-|-1---1-------------0-|
|---------------1-3---|---------------1-3---|


  E E E S S S S E E E   E E E S S S S E E E   E E E S S S S E E E
|-----------3---------|-----------3---------|-----------3----------*|
|---------3---3-------|---------3---3-------|---------3---3--------*|
|-1---1-------------0-|-1---1-------------0-|-1---1-------------0--*|
|---------------1-3---|---------------1-3---|---------------1-3----*|


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