DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD (Bassline)

As recorded by The Animals
(From the 1965 Album ANIMAL TRACKS)

Words and Music by Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus & Gloria Caldwell
Arranged by The Animals
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bryan "Chas" Chandler - Bass    '

   Intro
    Q=112
   4/4
    Gtr I
    Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
||----------------|----------------||
||o---------------|---------------o||
||o-2----2-2------|---------------o||
||--------------2-|-0----0-0----0--||


   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
||----------------|---------------|---------------|
||o---------------|---------------|-5----5-5------|
||o-2----2-2----2-|---------------|-------------5-|
||----------------|-5----5-5----5-|---------------|


                                                         To Coda
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-4----4-4------|---------------|---------------|-5----5-5-------|
|-------------4-|-2----2-2----2-|---------------|-------------5--|
|---------------|---------------|-5----5-5----5-|----------------|


                  Chorus
  Q.   E Q.   E    Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|---------------||---------------|---------------|
|---------------||---------------|---------------|
|---------------||-5----5-5------|-2----2-2------|
|-2----2-2----2-||-------------5-|-------------2-|


                       1.
                2/4    4/4
  E E E E H      W      Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|--------------|------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|------|-2----2-2------|---------------|
|-3-----3------|------|-------------2-|-0----0-0----0-|


                                                   Bridge
                                   2.
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E     Q.   E Q  Q     Q.   E +Q.   E
|---------------|----------------||--------------||-----------------|
|---------------|---------------o||--------------||-----------------|
|-2----2-2------|---------------o||-2----2-2--0--||-----------------|
|-------------2-|-0----0-0----0--||--------------||-3----5-(5)---5--|


  Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|--------------4-|-5--------------|
|-3----5-(5)---5-|-3----5-(5)-----|------2-(2)---2-|


  Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|----------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|-5----5-5------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------5-|
|-3----5-(5)---5-|-3----5-(5)---5-|---------------|


                                     Outro
    D.S. al Coda &
  Q.   E Q.   E     Q.   E Q.   E     Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|----------------||---------------||----------------|---------------|
|----------------||---------------||o---------------|---------------|
|----------------||---------------||o-5----5-5----5-|-2----2-2------|
|-2----2-2----2--||-2----2-2----2-||----------------|-------------2-|


                2/4    4/4
  E E E E H      W      Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E  3x
|--------------|------|---------------|----------------||
|--------------|------|-------------0-|---------------o||
|--------------|------|-2----2-2------|---------------o||
|-3-----3------|------|---------------|-0----0-0----0--||


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