GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES (Bassline)
As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1964 Album 12 X 5)
Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Wyman - Bass'
Intro
Q=106
12/8
Gtr I
W Q. +Q E H.
|--------------|---------------------|
|--------------|---------------------|
|--------------|-3----(3)--2---------|
|--------------|-------------3-------|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-1----1----1----1----|-3----1----1----1-----|
1st Verse
Q. +E E E H. H. Q. E E E H. Q. Q.
|----------------------||--------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------||--------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------||-3-------3----3-----|--------------------|
|-3----(3)-1-2-3-------||----------------1-2-|-3-------3----3-----|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. E E E Q. Q. Q. +E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-3----3----3----3----|------------------1-2-|-3----3----3----(3)------|
|---------------------|-1----1----1----1-----|--------------------1-2--|
Q. Q. Q. E E E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. +E E E Q. Q.
|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------1-2-|-3----3--------------|-3----(3)----------------||
|-3----3----3----3-----|-----------1----1----|----------1-2-3----3-----||
2nd Verse
H. Q. E E E H. Q. E E E Q. Q. Q. Q.
|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|-3-------3----3-----|----------------1-2-|-3----3----3----3-----|
|----------------1-2-|-3-------3----3-----|----------------------|
H. Q. E E E Q. Q. Q. E E E Q. Q. Q. E E E
|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------1-2-|-3----3----3----3-----|------------------1-2--|
|-1-------1----1-----|------------------1-2-|-3----3----3----3------|
Harmonica Solo
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. E E E Q. Q. Q. Q.
|---------------------|----------------------||----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------||----------------------|
|-3----3--------------|-3----3-----------1-2-||----------------------|
|-----------1----1----|-----------3----3-----||-3----3----3----3-----|
Q. Q. Q. E E E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. E E E
|----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------1-2-|-3----3----3----3----|------------------1-2--|
|-3----3----3----3-----|---------------------|-1----1----1----1------|
Q. Q. Q. E E E Q. Q. Q. E E E Q. Q. Q. Q.
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-3----3----3----3-----|------------------1-2-|-3----3---------------|
|------------------1-2-|-3----3----3----3-----|-----------1----1-----|
3rd Verse
Q. +E E E Q. Q. H. Q. E E E Q. Q. Q. Q.
|------------------------||--------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------||--------------------|----------------------|
|-3----(3)---------------||-3-------3----3-----|----------------------|
|----------1-2-3----3----||----------------1-2-|-3----3----3----3-----|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-3----3----3----3----|---------------------|-3----3----3----3------|
|---------------------|-1----1----1----1----|------------------1-2--|
Q. Q. Q. E E E Q. E E E Q. E E E Q. +E E E Q. Q.
|----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|----------------------|--------1-3-3----3-1---|-------------------------||
|------------------1-2-|-3----3--------------3-|-3----(3)----------------||
|-3----3----3----3-----|-----------------------|----------1-2-3----3-----||
Outro
H. Q. E E E H. Q. E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-3-------3----3-----|----------------1-2-|
|----------------1-2-|-3-------3----3-----|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-3----3----3----3----|------------------1-2----|
|---------------------|-1----1----1----1--------|
Q. Q. Q. E E E Q. Q. Q. Q.
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|-3----3----3----3-----|---------------------|
|------------------1-2-|-3----3----3----3----|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. +E E E Q. Q.
|---------------------|-------------------------*|
|---------------------|-------------------------*|
|-3----3--------------|-3----(3)----------------*|
|-----------1----1----|----------1-2-3----3-----*|
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
