NEIGHBOURS (Bassline)
As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1981 Album TATTOO YOU)
Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Wyman - Bass'
Intro 1st Verse
Q=164
4/4
Gtr I
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|----------|----------||-----------------|------------------|
|----------|----------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|----------|----------||-----------------|------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|-7-7--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----7-7-7-7-6-6--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-----4-4-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-----------------|---------7-7-----|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-7-7-------------|-----------------|-----5-5---------||
|-----7-7-7-7-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-----9-9-8-8-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
2nd Verse
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|-7-7-------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----7-7-7-7-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-----4-4--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------7-7------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|-7-7-------------|-----------------|-----5-5----------||
|-----------------|-----7-7-7-7-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-----9-9-8-8--||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Pre-Chorus
$
Q. E H +E Q E Q Q Q. E Q Q +E Q E Q Q
|--------6----|-(6)-6--6----6--|--------------|-----------------|
|-------------|----------6-----|-9----9-------|----------9------|
|-4----4------|----------------|--------9--6--|-(6)-6--6----9---|
|-------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
Q. E E Q E Q. E E E Q Q. E +Q Q +Q E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-------------------||
|---------------|--------9-9-8--|-7--------------|-------------------||
|-7----7---7----|-7----7--------|------7-(7)-----|------4-4-4-4-6-6--||
|--------7----7-|---------------|-------------5--|-(5)---------------||
Chorus
Q. E E E Q +E Q E E E Q Q. E Q Q +E Q E Q Q
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|----------9--9---|
|-7----7-----7--|-(7)-7--7-----7--|-9------------|-----------------|
|--------7-9----|----------7-9----|------7-7--7--|-(7)-7--7--------|
To Coda
Q. E Q Q +E Q E E E Q Q. E E E Q +E Q E E E Q
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------||
|-7----7-7--7--|-(7)-7--7-7------|---------------|------------------||
|--------------|------------7----|-7----7-----7--|-(7)-7--7-----7---||
|--------------|--------------5--|--------7-7----|----------7-9-----||
Guitar 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
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||o-----------------|-----------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|-7-7-------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----7-7-7-7-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1. 2.
D.S. al Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------||------------------||
|-----------------o||-----5-5----------||
|-7-7-7-7-----4-4-o||-7-7-----9-9-8-8--||
|---------7-7------||------------------||
Interlude Saxophone Solo
&
E E E E E E E E q Q H W E E E E E E E E
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|-----------------|------------|----------||o------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7----------|----------||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-----------------|------------|----------||-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|-7-7-------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----7-7-7-7-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E 3x q Q H W
|------------------||------------|------||
|-----------------o||------------|------||
|-7-7-7-7-----4-4-o||-7----------|------||
|---------7-7------||------------|------||
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
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||o-----------------|-----------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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 4x
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|-7-7-------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-----7-7-7-7-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-----4-4--o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------7-7-------||
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--*|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|------------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------*|
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
