I'M FREE (Bassline)

As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1965 Album DECEMBER'S CHILDREN (AND EVERYBODY'S))

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


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


 Intro
  Q=120
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E
|----------|----------------|----------------|
|----------|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|
|----------|-3--------------|-3--------------|
|----------|----------------|----------------|


  Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E
|----------------|------------------||
|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5---||
|-3--------------|-3----------------||
|----------------|------------------||


   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5--|
||o-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3---------------|
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|


  Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-||
|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||


 Chorus
  Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +Q   S S E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|------5-(5)----|---------------|------5-(5)----|--------------------|
|-3-------------|------3-(3)----|-3-------------|-1-------------0-2--|
|---------------|-1-------------|---------------|------1-(1)---------|


                                                     1.
                           To Coda
  Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E    Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5--|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5--o||
|-3--------------|-3---------------|-3--------------|-3---------------o||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||


                   Guitar Solo
  2.
  Q.   E +Q.   E    Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E
|----------------||----------------|----------------|
|------5-(5)---5-||------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|
|-3--------------||-3--------------|-3--------------|
|----------------||----------------|----------------|


  Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|
|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|


  Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E
|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-||
|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------||


 Chorus
  Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +Q   S S E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|------5-(5)----|---------------|------5-(5)----|--------------------|
|-3-------------|------3-(3)----|-3-------------|-1-------------0-2--|
|---------------|-1-------------|---------------|------1-(1)---------|


                                                        D.S. al Coda
  Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5---||
|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||


 Outro
  &
  Q.   E +Q.   E   Q.   E +Q.   E   W          +W
|----------------|----------------|----------|--------*|
|------5-(5)---5-|------5-(5)---5-|----------|--------*|
|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------|-(3)----*|
|----------------|----------------|----------|--------*|


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