BLUE ON BLACK (Bassline) As recorded by Kenny Wayne Shepherd (From the 1997 Album TROUBLE IS) Words and Music by Tia Sillers, Mark Shelby and Kenny Wayne Shepherd Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard' Intro Moderately Slow Q=78 4/4 Gtr I Q Q S S S S E S S Q e e +Q E. S Q Q S S S S E S S |---------------------|------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|------------------|---------------------| |-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3--3-2-(2)-------|-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2-| |---------------------|-------------3--5-|---------------------| Verse E. S E E +Q E. S Q Q S S S S E S S E. S S S E +S S E E. S |--------------------||----------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------||o---------------------|--------------------------| |-3----3-2-(2)-------||o-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3--0-3-0-2-(2)-0-2-------| |----5----------3--5-||----------------------|--------------------3--5--| Q Q S S S S E S S E. S S S E +S S E E. S Q Q S S S S E S S |---------------------|-------------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------|----------------------| |-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3--0-3-0-2-(2)-0-2------|-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2--| |---------------------|--------------------3--5-|----------------------| E. S S S E +S S E E. S Q Q S S S S E S S E. S S S E +S S S S E. S |-------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------| |-3--0-3-0-2-(2)-0-2------|-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3--3-3s5-2-(2)-0-2p0-------| |--------------------3--5-|---------------------|----------------------3--5--| Q Q S S S S E S S E. S S S E +S S S S E. S Q Q S S S S E S S |---------------------|---------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------------|---------------------| |-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3--3-3s5-2-(2)-0-2p0------|-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2-| |---------------------|----------------------3--5-|---------------------| E. S S S E +S S S S E. S Q Q S S S S E S S E. S S S E +S S S S E. S |---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------| |-3--3-3s5-2-(2)-0-2p0------|-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3--3-3s5-2-(2)-0-2p0------| |----------------------3--5-|---------------------|----------------------3--5-| Chorus Q Q S S S S E S S E. S S S E +S S S S E. S E. S E S S S S S S E S S |---------------------|---------------------------||---------------------------| |---------------------|---------------------------||---------------------------| |-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3--3-3s5-2-(2)-0-2p0------||-5----5-----3h5-5-3-5-0h2--| |---------------------|----------------------3--5-||----5---3h5----------------| E. S S S E +S S E E. S |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-3--0-3-0-2-(2)-0-2------| |--------------------3--5-| E. S E S S S S S S E S S E. S e E +S S S S E. S |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |-5----5-----3h5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3--0-3-2-(2)-0-2p0-------| |----5---3h5---------------|--------------------3--5--| E E E S S S S S S E S S E. S e E +S S E Q Q E E +S S E E E |-------------------------|---------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------|----7-----------7---| |-5-5-5-5---3-5-5-3-5-0-2-|-3--0-3-2-(2)-0-2----|--------------------| |---------5---------------|------------------3--|-5----5-(5)-5-5---5-| 1. E. S +E E +H Q Q S S S S E S S E S S S S E +Q Q |-------------------|---------------------|----------------------| |----5-(5)----------|---------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3-3-3-3s5-2-(2)------| |-3--------3-(3)----|---------------------|------------------3---| 2. Q E S S S S S S S S S S Q S S E +Q Q Q Q S S S S S S S S |----------7-----------7---|-5--5s7-4-(4)------||------------------------| |------5h7---7---7-5h7---7-|---------------5--o||-------------5-5h7-7-7--| |-5--5---------5-----------|------------------o||-5--5--5-5-5------------| |--------------------------|-------------------||------------------------| Q S S E +Q Q Q Q S S S S S S S S Q S S E +Q Q |-5--5-7-4-(4)-----|-----------------------|-5--5-7-4-(4)-----|| |---------------5--|-------------5-5h7-7-7-|---------------5--|| |------------------|-5--5--5-5-5-----------|------------------|| |------------------|-----------------------|------------------|| Guitar Solo Q Q S S S S E S S E. S S S E +S S E E. S 6x Q E. S S S E +S S S S ||----------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------| ||o---------------------|-------------------------o||-3--3----3-0-3-(3)---3---| ||o-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3--0-3-0-2-(2)-0-2------o||-------3-----------3---3-| ||----------------------|--------------------3--5--||-------------------------| Q E. S S S E +S S E E. S E. S S S E +S S S S E. S E E +H |-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------|| |-5--5----5---5-(5)---5-|-3--3-3----3---3-(3)---3---|-5--5-5-5-(5)----|| |-------5---5-------5---|---------3---0-------3---3-|-----------------|| |-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------|| Chorus E. S E S S S S S S E S S E. S S S E +S S E E. S |--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------| |-5----5-----3h5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3--0-3-0-2-(2)-0-2------| |----5---3h5---------------|--------------------3--5-| E. S E S S S S S S E S S |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |-5----5-----3h5-5-3-5-0h2--| |----5---3h5----------------| E. S e E +S S S S E. S E E E S S S S S S E S S E. S e E +S S E Q |-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------| |-3--0-3-2-(2)-0-2p0------|-5-5-5-5---3-5-5-3-5-0-2-|-3--0-3-2-(2)-0-2----| |--------------------3--5-|---------5---------------|------------------3--| Q E E +S S E E E E. S +E E +H Q E E E S S S S S S |--------------------|-------------------|--------------------4-| |----7-----------7---|----5-(5)----------|--------------5h7-7---| |--------------------|-------------------|-5--5-5-5-5-5---------| |-5----5-(5)-5-5---5-|-3--------3-(3)----|----------------------| E. S S S E +E. S Q E. S E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E +E. S Q |-5--5-5s7-4-(4)------|------------------------|---7-5---7-5-4-(4)------|| |----------------7-5--|----------------5h7-7-7-|-7-----7-----------7-5--|| |---------------------|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---------|------------------------|| |---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|| Chorus E. S E S S S S S S E S S E. S S S E +S S E E. S |--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------| |-5----5-----3h5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3--0-3-0-2-(2)-0-2------| |----5---3h5---------------|--------------------3--5-| E. S E S S S S S S E S S |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |-5----5-----3h5-5-3-5-0h2--| |----5---3h5----------------| E. S e E +S S S S E. S E E E S S S S S S E S S E. S e E +S S E Q |-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------| |-3--0-3-2-(2)-0-2p0------|-5-5-5-5---3-5-5-3-5-0-2-|-3--0-3-2-(2)-0-2----| |--------------------3--5-|---------5---------------|------------------3--| Q E E +S S E E E E. S +E E +H Q E S S S S S S S S S S |--------------------|-------------------||-----------7-----------7---| |----7-----------7---|----5-(5)----------||o------5h7---7---7-5h7---7-| |--------------------|-------------------||o-5--5---------5-----------| |-5----5-(5)-5-5---5-|-3--------3-(3)----||---------------------------| Q S S E +Q Q 3x Q E S S S S S S S S S S Q S S E +H |-5--5s7-4-(4)------||----------7-----------7---|-5--5s7-4-(4)----*| |---------------5--o||------5h7---7---7-5h7---7-|-----------------*| |------------------o||-5--5---------5-----------|-----------------*| |-------------------||--------------------------|-----------------*| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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