• Song:

    Heart Of Stone

  • Artist:

    Rolling Stones

  • Album:

    Metamorphosis

HEART OF STONE (Bassline)

As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1965 Album OUT OF OUR HEADS)

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

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

 Intro
  Q=96
 12/8
    Gtr I
  W              Q.   Q  E Q.   Q  E   Q.   Q  E Q.   Q  E
|--------------|---------------------|---------------------||
|--------------|---------------------|---------------------||
|--------------|-3-------3-3----5--5-|-3-------3-3----5--5-||
|--------------|---------------------|---------------------||


   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    Q.   Q  E Q.   Q.     Q.   E E E Q.   Q.     Q.   Q  E Q.   Q.
||----------------------|------2-0-------------|---------------------|
||o------2--5-----------|-3----------3----2----|------4--7------4----|
||o-3---------3---------|----------3-----------|-5---------5---------|
||----------------------|----------------------|---------------------|


  Q.   Q  E Q.   E E E   H.      +H     E E   H.      +H     E E
|------4--7------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|-5---------5----5-5-6-|-7-------(7)----5-6-|-7-------(7)----5-6--|
|----------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|---------------------|


  H.      +H     E E   H.      +H     E E   H.      +Q.   Q  E
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|-7-------(7)----5-6-|-7-------(7)----7-5-|-3-------(3)---3--4--|
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|


                                              1.
               To Coda
  H    +E  E e E E Q.     H.      +H     E E   H.      q  E Q.
|----------5------------|------------------4-|-5-------------------||
|-5----(5)---5----------|-7-------(7)----7---|---------5----------o||
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------------|--------------------|---------------------||


  2.
      D.S. al Coda  &
  H.      q  E Q.      H.      +H     E E   H.      Q.   Q.
|-5-----------------||------------------4-|-5------------------||
|---------5---------||-7-------(7)----7---|---------5----------||
|-------------------||--------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------||--------------------|--------------------||


 Outro
  H.      +H     E E   H.      Q.   Q.
|------------------4-|-5-----------------|
|-7-------(7)----7---|---------5---------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|


    H.      +H     E E   H.      Q.   Q.
||-------------------4-|-5-------------------||
||o-7-------(7)----7---|---------5----------o||
||o--------------------|--------------------o||
||---------------------|---------------------||


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
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