CAN'T YOU SEE (Bassline)
As recorded by Marshall Tucker Band
(From the 2001 Album MILLENNIUM COLLECTION)
Words and Music by Tony Caldwell
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'
Intro
Moderately Slow Q=84
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4 Wx3
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|------------|--------|
|------------|--------|
|------------|--------|
H Q S S E E S S E S S E S S S S S S
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|----------------|---------------------------|
|-----------0-2/-|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-0-5-0-|
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E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
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|-------------------------|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x---|
|-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-3-|-----------------------3-|
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E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
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|-------------------------||o-------------------------|
|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-||o-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-|
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E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
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|-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-3-|-----------------------3-|
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1st Verse
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S
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|-------------------------o||-||o----------------------------|
|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-o||-||o-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-0-5-0--|
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E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x---|
|-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-3-|-----------------------3-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Chorus
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S
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|-------------------------o||-||o----------------------------|
|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-o||-||o-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-0-5-0--|
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E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
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|-------------------------|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x---|
|-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-3-|-----------------------3-|
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1. 2.
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
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|-------------------------o||-------------------------||
|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-0-o||-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-||
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2nd Verse
E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
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||o---------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-0-5-0-|-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-3-|
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1.
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
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|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x---|-------------------------o||
|-----------------------3-|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-0-o||
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Chorus
2.
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S
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|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-||o-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-0-5-0-|
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E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
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|-------------------------|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x---|
|-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-3-|-----------------------3-|
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1. 2.
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S +E S S S S S S S S S S
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|-------------------------o||--------------------------------||
|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-0-3-o||-5-------------------------3-4--||
|--------------------------||---0-2-(2)-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5------||
Guitar Solo
E. S E S S E. S S S E E. S E S S E. S S S E
||-------------7--7-------|------------7--7-------|
||o--------5-7------5-6-7-|--------5-7------5-6-7-|
||o-5--5-5----------------|-3--3-3----------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
1.
E. S S S E +E S S S S S S E S S +E S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-5--------5-(5)-----5-------|--------------------------------o||
|----0-3h5-------3h5---0-3-4-|-5-------------------------3-4--o||
|----------------------------|---0-2-(2)-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-------||
3rd Verse
2.
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a E S S E S S E S S S S S S
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|-------------------------------||o-----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-||o-3h5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-0-5-0-|
|-------------------------------||------------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x---|
|-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-3-|-----------------------3-|
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1. 2.
E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S
|----------------------------||----------------------------||
|---------------------------o||----------------------------||
|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5---------3---o||-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-0-5-0--||
|-----------------0-3-5---5--||----------------------------||
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x---|
|-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-3-|-----------------------3-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5---------3---|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-||
|-----------------0-3-5---5-|-------------------------||
Chorus
E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
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||o---------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-0-5-0-|-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-3-|
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1.
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
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|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x---|-------------------------o||
|-----------------------3-|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-0-3-o||
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Guitar Solo
2.
E S S +E S S S S S S S S S S E. S E S S E. S S S E
|-------------------------------||------------7--7-------|
|-------------------------------||--------5-7------5-6-7-|
|-5-------------------------3-4-||-5--5-5----------------|
|---0-2-(2)-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-----||-----------------------|
E. S E S S E. S S S E E. S S S E +E S S S S S S
|------------7--7-------|----------------------------|
|--------5-7------5-6-7-|-5--------5-(5)-----5-------|
|-3--3-3----------------|----0-3h5-------3h5---0-3-4-|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
E S S +E S S S S S S S S S S E. S E S S E. S S S E
|-------------------------------|------------7--7-------|
|-------------------------------|--------5-7------5-6-7-|
|-5-------------------------3-4-|-5--5-5----------------|
|---0-2-(2)-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-----|-----------------------|
E. S E S S E. S S S E E. S S S E +E S S S S S S
|------------7--7-------|----------------------------|
|--------5-7------5-6-7-|-5--------5-(5)-----5-------|
|-3--3-3----------------|----0-3h5-------3h5---0-3-4-|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
Chorus
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a H. +E. S
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|-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-||-3h5-------(5)-0-|
|-------------------------------||-----------------|
H.. E H.. E W
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|-------------|-5-----------|------|
|-3-----------|-------------|-5----|
|-------------|-------------|------|
W W H.. E
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|----------|----------|-5-----------|
|-5--------|-3--------|-------------|
|----------|----------|-------------|
Chorus
H. +E. S E S S E S S E S S S S S S
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|-5-------(5)-3-||-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-0-5-0-|
|---------------||---------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
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|-------------------------|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x---|
|-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-3-|-----------------------3-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S
|-------------------------||----------------------------|
|-------------------------||o---------------------------|
|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-||o-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-0-5-0-|
|-------------------------||----------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
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|-------------------------|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x---|
|-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-3-|-----------------------3-|
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1.,2. 3.
E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S
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|---------------------------o||-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5--------|
|-5-x-5-5-x-5-5---------3---o||---------------------0-3-4--|
|-----------------0-3-5---5--||----------------------------|
Guitar Solo
E S S E S S +S S S S +S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S E
|---------------------------------||--------7-----7--7-------|
|---------------------------------||----------5-7------5-6-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-0-5-(5)-----------0-3-4-||-5--5-5------------------|
|-----------------0-2-3-(3)-------||-------------------------|
E. S E S S Q S S E E. S S S E +E S S S S S S
|------------7--------|----------------------------|
|--------5-7----5-6-7-|----------5-(5)-----5-------|
|-3--3-3--------------|----0-3h5-------3h5---0-3-4-|
|---------------------|-3--------------------------|
E. S E S S +S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S E
|------------------------------|--------------7--7-------|
|------------------------------|----------5-7------5-6-7-|
|-5------------------------3-4-|-5--5-5-5----------------|
|----0-2-2-3-(3)-4-4-4-5-5-----|-------------------------|
E. S S S S S a E. S E S S E. S S S E E S S S S S S
|--------------7s9--9-9-----|--------------------------|
|--------7-5-7---------------|----------5-5-----5-------|
|-3--3-3-----------------3-5-|----0-3h5-----3h5---0-3-4-|
|----------------------------|-3------------------------|
Outro
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a H. E. S
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|-------------------------------||----------------|
|-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-||-3h5----------0-|
|-------------------------------||----------------|
H. Q H. Q
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|------------|-5----------|
|-3----------|------------|
|------------|------------|
TP
W E E H.
|----------|-----------*|
|-7--------|-7-7-7-----*|
|-5--------|-5-5-5-----*|
|----------|-----------*|
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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
