BITCH (Bassline)

As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1971 Album STICKY FINGERS)

Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Wyman - Bass'


 Intro
  Q=138
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    Q  E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  H    E E
|-------------|-----------------|-7--5--------|
|-----------5-|-7-7-5-7-7-5-7-5-|-----------5-|
|---------7---|-----------------|---------7---|
|-------------|-----------------|-------------|


  E E E E +E  Q.     E E E E +Q   E E
|-------7-(7)-5----|--------------------|
|-7-7-7------------|-7-5------------5---|
|------------------|-----7--------7-----|
|------------------|-------5-(5)--------|


  E E E E E E E E   Q  H    E E   E E E E +E  Q.     E E E E +Q   E E
|-----------------|-7--5--------|-------7-(7)-5----|------------------||
|-7-7-5-7-7-5-7-5-|-----------5-|-7-7-7------------|-7-5------------5-||
|-----------------|---------7---|------------------|-----7--------7---||
|-----------------|-------------|------------------|-------5-(5)------||


   1st & 2nd Verses
    E E E E E E E E   Q  H    E E   E E E E +E  Q.     E E E E +Q   E E
||------------------|-7--5--------|-------7-(7)-5----|-------------------|
||o-7-7-5-7-7-5-7-5-|-----------5-|-7-7-7------------|-7-5------------5--|
||o-----------------|---------7---|------------------|-----7--------7----|
||------------------|-------------|------------------|-------5-(5)-------|


  E E E E E E E E   Q  H    E E   E E E E +E  Q.
|-----------------|-7--5--------|-------7-(7)-5----|
|-7-7-5-7-7-5-7-5-|-----------5-|-7-7-7------------|
|-----------------|---------7---|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------|------------------|


 1.                   2.
  E E E E +Q   E E     E E E E E E E E
|-------------------||-----------------||
|-7-5------------5-o||-7-5-------------||
|-----7--------7---o||-----7-------7---||
|-------5-(5)-------||-------5---5---8-||


 Bridge
  Q  Q  Q  Q    E Q  E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-7------7---7---|-5--5--5--5---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|
|-5--5--5--5--|---5--5---5---5-|------------5-|-------------7-6-|
|-------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    E Q  E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    E Q  E +E  E E E
|-------------|----------------|-------------|------------------||
|-------------|-7------7---7---|-------------|----------------5-||
|-5--5--5--5--|---5--5---5---5-|-------------|---7--7-(7)-7-7---||
|-------------|----------------|-7--7--7--7--|------------------||


 Interlude
  E E E E E E E E   Q  H    E E   E E E E +E  Q.     E E E E +Q   E E
|-----------------|-7--5--------|-------7-(7)-5----|------------------||
|-7-7-5-7-7-5-7-5-|-----------5-|-7-7-7------------|-7-5------------5-||
|-----------------|---------7---|------------------|-----7--------7---||
|-----------------|-------------|------------------|-------5-(5)------||


   3rd & 4th Verses
    E E E E E E E E   Q  H    E E   E E E E +E  Q.     E E E E +Q   E E
||------------------|-7--5--------|-------7-(7)-5----|-------------------|
||o-7-7-5-7-7-5-7-5-|-----------5-|-7-7-7------------|-7-5------------5--|
||o-----------------|---------7---|------------------|-----7--------7----|
||------------------|-------------|------------------|-------5-(5)-------|


  E E E E E E E E   Q  H    E E   E E E E +E  Q.     E E E E +Q   E E
|-----------------|-7--5--------|-------7-(7)-5----|------------------||
|-7-7-5-7-7-5-7-5-|-----------5-|-7-7-7------------|-7-5------------5-||
|-----------------|---------7---|------------------|-----7--------7---||
|-----------------|-------------|------------------|-------5-(5)------||


 Interlude
  1.
  E E E E E E E E   Q  H    E E   E E E E +E  Q.     E E E E +Q   E E
|-----------------|-7--5--------|-------7-(7)-5----|------------------|
|-7-7-5-7-7-5-7-5-|-----------5-|-7-7-7------------|-7-5------------5-|
|-----------------|---------7---|------------------|-----7--------7---|
|-----------------|-------------|------------------|-------5-(5)------|


  E E E E E E E E   Q  H    E E   E E E E +E  Q.     E E E E +Q   E E
|-----------------|-7--5--------|-------7-(7)-5----|-------------------||
|-7-7-5-7-7-5-7-5-|-----------5-|-7-7-7------------|-7-5------------5-o||
|-----------------|---------7---|------------------|-----7--------7---o||
|-----------------|-------------|------------------|-------5-(5)-------||


  2.
  E E E E E E E E   Q  H    E E   E E E E +E  Q.     E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-7--5--------|-------7-(7)-5----|-----------------||
|-7-7-5-7-7-5-7-5-|-----------5-|-7-7-7------------|-7-5-------------||
|-----------------|---------7---|------------------|-----7-----------||
|-----------------|-------------|------------------|-------5---5-8-5-||


 Bridge
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------7-5-7-6-|-5--5--5-5-5---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|-------------5-|-------------7-6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E Q  E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-7------7-------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---5--5---5-5---|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-||
|-----------------|--------------8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------||


   Outro
    E E E E E E E E   Q  H    E E   E E E E +E  Q.     E E E E +Q   E E  11x
||------------------|-7--5--------|-------7-(7)-5----|--------------------||
||o-7-7-5-7-7-5-7-5-|-----------5-|-7-7-7------------|-7-5------------5--o||
||o-----------------|---------7---|------------------|-----7--------7----o||
||------------------|-------------|------------------|-------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