LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER (Bassline)
As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1967 Album FLOWERS)
Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Wyman - Bass'
Intro
Q=136
4/4
Gtr I
E Q E Q Q E Q S S Q Q E Q S S Q Q
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|--------------|----------------|----------------|
|-5-5--5-5--5--|-5-5--5-5-5--5--|-5-5--5-5-5--5--|
|--------------|----------------|----------------|
E Q S S Q Q E Q S S Q Q E Q S S Q Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-5-5--5-5-5--5--|-5-5--5-5-5--5--|-5-5--5-5-5--5--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E Q E E E Q E Q E E E E E E Q S S Q E E E Q S S Q E E
|----------------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|----------------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-/10-10--10-10-10-10--|-9-9--9-9-9-9-0-|-5-5--5-5-5--5-0-|-5-5--5-5-5--5-0---||
|----------------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E
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||o-----------------------|-9-9--9-9-9-9---|
||o-/10-10--10-10-10-10-0-|-9-9--9-9-9-9-0-|
||------------------------|----------------|
E Q S S Q E E E Q S S Q E E
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5--5-5-5--5-0-|-5-5--5-5-5--5-0--|
|-----------------|------------------|
E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q S S Q E E E Q S S Q E E
|-----------------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-9-9--9-9-9-9---|-----------------|-------------------|
|-/10-10--10-10-10-10-0-|-9-9--9-9-9-9-0-|-5-5--5-5-5--5-0-|-5-5--5-5-5--5-0---|
|-----------------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E Q
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-------------------|------------------|
E Q E E E E E E E E E Q E E
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-/10-10--10-10-10-10-0-|-5-5-5-5-5--5-0---|
|-----------------------|------------------|
E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-3-3--3-3-3-0-2-|-3-3--3-3-3-0-1-|-2-2--2-2-2-0-1-|-2-2--2-2-2-0-2-||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
Chorus
E Q S S E E E E E Q S S E E E E E Q S S E E E E E Q S S E E E E
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|-/5-5--5-5-5-5-5-0-|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-0-|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-0-|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-0-|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
1.
To Coda
E Q S S E E E E E Q S S E E E E
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|-------------------|------------------|
|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-0--|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-0-|
|-------------------|------------------|
E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-9-9--9-9-9-9----|
|-/10-10--10-10-10-10-0-|-9-9--9-9-9-9-0--|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
Bridge
2.
E Q S S E E E E E Q S S E E E E E Q S S E E E E W
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|------------------|------------------o||------------------||------|
|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-0-|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-0-o||-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-0-||-3----|
|------------------|-------------------||------------------||------|
+W W +W W
|------------|----------|------------|------|
|------------|-5--------|-(5)--------|------|
|-(3)--------|----------|------------|-3----|
|------------|----------|------------|------|
+W W +W Q Q E E E E
|------------|----------|------------|---------------------|
|------------|-5--------|-(5)--------|-10--10--10-10-10----|
|-(3)--------|----------|------------|------------------10-|
|------------|----------|------------|---------------------|
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|--------------------|---------------|---------------|-----7---------7---|
|-10--10--10-10-10-0-|-5--5--5-5-5-0-|-5--5--5-5-5---|-0-0---------------|
|--------------------|---------------|-------------0-|-------5-5-5-5---0-|
|--------------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|-7---7---------7---|-7---7---------7---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|---5---5-5-5-5---5-|---5---5-5-5-5---0-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E a E E E E a E E E E
|-7---7---7---7---|-5s7-7-7-7-5s7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|---5---5---5---0-|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
a E E E E a E E E E E Q E E E Q
|-5s7-7-7-7-5s7-7-7-7-|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-10-10--10-10-10-10--|
|---------------------|---------------------|
E Q E E E E E E Q S S E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|-9-9--9-9-9-9-0-|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-0--|
|----------------|-------------------|
D.S. al Coda &
E Q S S E E E E E Q S S E E E E
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|-------------------||------------------|
|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-0--||-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-0-|
|-------------------||------------------|
E Q E E E Q E Q E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-9-9--9-9-9-9----|
|-10-10--10-10-10-10--|-9-9--9-9-9-9-0--|
|---------------------|-----------------|
E Q S S E E E E E Q S S E E E E
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|------------------|------------------||
|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-0-|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-0-||
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Outro
E Q E E E Q E Q E E E E E
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|---------------------|-9-9--9-9-9-9-----|
|-10-10--10-10-10-10--|-9-9--9-9-9-9-0---|
|---------------------|------------------|
E Q S S E E E E E Q S S E E E E E Q E E E Q
|------------------|------------------||-----------------------|
|------------------|------------------||o----------------------|
|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-0-|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-0-||o-10-10--10-10-10-10---|
|------------------|------------------||-----------------------|
E Q E E E E E E Q S S E E E E E Q S S E E E E 3x
|----------------|------------------|--------------------||
|-9-9--9-9-9-9---|------------------|-------------------o||
|-9-9--9-9-9-9-0-|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-0-|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-0--o||
|----------------|------------------|--------------------||
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
