SUNNY AFTERNOON (Bassline)
As recorded by The Kinks
(From the 1966 Album FACE TO FACE)
Words and Music by Ray Davies
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=122(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-7--7--5--5--|-4--4--3--3--|-2--2--0--0--|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-3--3--2--2--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-7--7--5--5--|-4--4--3--3--|-2--2--0--0--|-------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-3--3--2--2--||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
H H H H H H H H
||--7---------|-5---------|------5----|-5----0----|
||o------7----|-----------|-3---------|-----------|
||o-----------|------5----|-----------|-----------|
||------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H H H H
|-2--2--0--0--|-------------|-7---------|-5---------|
|-------------|-3--3--2--2--|------7----|-----------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|------5----|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
H H H H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------5----|-5----0----|-2--2--0--0--|-------------|
|-3---------|-----------|-------------|-3--3--2--2--|
|-----------|-----------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------|-----------|-------------|-------------|
Chorus
$
H H Q Q Q Q H H H Q Q
|-7---------|-7-----4--6--||-7---------|-7-------7--|
|------7----|----7--------||------7----|------7-----|
|-----------|-------------||-----------|------------|
|-----------|-------------||-----------|------------|
H H Q Q Q Q H H H Q Q
|-0----0----|-0-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|----3--2--0--|------5----|------0--2--|
|-----------|-------------|-3---------|-3----------|
|-----------|-------------|-----------|------------|
H Q Q Q Q Q Q H Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------|-2--0--------|------2--2--|-0--7--7--0--|
|-3-------3--|-------3--2--|-0----------|-------------|
|------3-----|-------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
To Coda
H Q Q Q Q H Q Q Q Q H Q Q
|-7----------|-------5----|-------5-----|------6--6--||
|------7--7--|-5--5-------|-3--3-----3--|-7----------||
|------------|------------|-------------|------------||
|------------|------------|-------------|------------||
Bridge
1.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-7--7--5--5--|-4--4--3--3--|-2--2--0--0--|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-3--3--2--2--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-7--7--5--5--|-4--4--3--3--|-2--2--0--0--|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-3--3--2--2--o||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
2.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-7--7--5--5--|-4--4--3--3--|-2--2--0--0--|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-3--3--2--2--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D.S. al Coda
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-7--7--5--5--|-4--4--3--3--|-2--2--0--0--|-------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-3--3--2--2--||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
&
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-7--7--5--5--|-4--4--3--3--|-2--2--0--0--|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-3--3--2--2--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Outro
1.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--7--7--5--5--|-4--4--3--3--|-2--2--0--0--|---------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-3--3--2--2---o||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
2.
Q Q Q Q Q Q H W W
|-------------|------------|----------|------*|
|-3--3--2--2--|------------|----------|------*|
|-------------|-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
