WASTED WORDS (Bassline)
As recorded by The Allman Brothers Band
(From the 1973 Album BROTHERS AND SISTERS)
Words and Music by Gregg Allman
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Berry Oakley - Bass'
Intro
Q=128
4/4
Gtr I
H E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|--------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------0-3-4-|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|
1st - 3rd Verses
$
E E E E +E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|--------------||--------------------|
|-------------------|-----7--------||o-------------------|
|-------------------|--------8--7--||o-------------------|
|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|-5-5----------||--5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|
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 Q Q Q
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----7---------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------8--7---||
|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|-5-5-----------||
Pre-Chorus
Q Q E Q E +Q E E Q Q E E E E +E E E E
|--------------|----------------|-------------------|
|--------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-5--5-------5-|-(5)--5---5--5--|-------------------|
|-------5-7----|--------5-------|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|
E E E E +Q Q Q Q E Q E +Q E E Q Q
|-----------------|--------------|----------------|
|-------7-(7)-----|--------------|----------------|
|--------------8--|-5--5-------5-|-(5)--5---5--5--|
|-5-5-5-----------|-------5-7----|--------5-------|
Chorus
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------3-5-6-||-7-7---7-(7)---5-6-|
|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|-5-5-0-5-(5)-------||-----7-------7-----|
1.
To Coda
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------|
|-7-7---7-(7)---7-6-|-5-5---5-(5)---5----|-------7-----|
|-----7-------7-----|-----5-------5---6--|-7--7--------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------7-(7)-7-----|
|-------------------|---------------8-7-|
|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|-5-5-5-------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4---||
2.
Q Q Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------|-------------------|-------7-(7)-7-----||
|-------7-----|-------------------|---------------8-7-||
|----7--------|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|-5-5-5-------------||
Interlude
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|-5-5-0-5-(5)-5-7-8-|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|-5-5-0-5-(5)-5-7-8--||
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----7-7---------|
|-5-5-5-----0-3-4-|-5-5-2-2-0-0-----|---------8-8-7---|
|-------0-1-------|-------------1-1-|-5-5-----------8-|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------4-4-|-------------4-4-|
|-------------------|-----3-3-7-7-----|-----3-3-7-7-----|
|---------------8-7-|-5-5-------------|-5-5-------------|
|-5-5-8-5-(5)-5-----|-----------------|-----------------|
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)---5-6-|
|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|-----7-------7-----|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-7-7---7-(7)---5-6-|-5-5---5-(5)---5---|-------7--7--|
|-----7-------7-----|-----5-------5---6-|-7--7--------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------5-7-8-|
|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|-5-5-0-5-(5)-------|
D.S. al Coda
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------7-(7)-7------||
|-------------------|---------------8-7--||
|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|-5-5-5--------------||
&
Q Q Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------7-----|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7-----------|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|
W Q Q H E E E E +E E E E
|----------|------------|-------------------|
|----------|------------|-------------------|
|-5--------|-------7----|-------------------|
|----------|-7--7-------|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|
E E E E +E E E E W Q Q Q Q
|-------------------|----------|-------------|
|-------------------|----------|-------------|
|-------------------|-5--------|-------7-----|
|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|----------|-7-----------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|-5-5-0-5-(5)-0-3-4-|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-5-5---5-(5)---3-4-|-5-5---5-(5)---5----|
|-----5-------5-----|-----5-------5---6--|
Outro
E E E E +E E E E H H E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E 9x
|-------------------|-----------||--------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|-----------||o-------------------|--------------------o||
|-----7-------7-----|-7---------||o-5-5---5-(5)---3-4-|-5-5---5-(5)---3-4--o||
|-7-7---7-(7)---5-6-|-----------||------5-------5-----|-----5-------5-------||
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 3x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o---------------7-|---------------7-|---------------7-|---------------7-o||
||o-----------7-8---|-----------7-8---|-----------7-8---|-----------7-8---o||
||--5-5-8-5-8-------|-5-5-8-5-8-------|-5-5-8-5-8-------|-5-5-8-5-8--------||
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
-----------
| - 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
