• Song:

    Love In Vain Live

  • Artist:

    Rolling Stones

LOVE IN VAIN (Bassline) (Live)

As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1970 Album GET YER YA-YA'S OUT! THE ROLLING STONES IN CONCERT)

Words and Music by Robert Johnson
Arranged by The Rolling Stones
Transcribed by Slowhand


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


 Intro             1st Verse
  Q=84
 12/8
  Gtr I
  Wx4               H.      H.        H.      H.
|----------------||-----------------|---------------|
|----------------||-----------------|---------------|
|----------------||-----------------|---------------|
|----------------||-3-------3-------|-3-------3-----|


  H.      H.        H.      Q.   E E E   H    +E  E H.
|-----------------|--------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-5-------5----5-----|------------------|
|-3-------3-------|----------------6-7-|-8----(8)-7-8-----|


  H.      H.        H.      +H     +E  E   H.      H.
|-----------------|----------------------|---------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|---------------|
|-5---------------|----------------------|---------------|
|---------2-------|-3-------(3)----(3)-2-|-3-------3-----|


  H.      H.        H.      H.        H.      +Q.   E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-5-------5-------|---------3-------|----------------------|
|-----------------|-0---------------|-3-------(3)---3---3--|


                       2nd & 3rd Verses
                     $
  H.      H    +E  E    H.      H.        H.      H.
|--------------------||-----------------|---------------|
|--------------------||-----------------|---------------|
|-5-------5----(5)---||-----------------|---------------|
|------------------2-||-3-------3-------|-3-------3-----|


  Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.     E E E E E E E E E E E E   H    +E  E H.
|---------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|------------------|
|-3----3----3----3----|---------------------6-7-|-8----(8)-7-8-----|


  H.      H.        H.      H    +E  E   H.      H.
|-----------------|--------------------|---------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|---------------|
|-5---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|---------2-------|-3-------3----(3)-2-|-3-------3-----|


  H.      H.        H.      H.        H.      +Q.   E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-5-------5-------|---------3-------|----------------------|
|-----------------|-0---------------|-3-------(3)---3---3--|


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


  E E E E E E E E E E E E   H.      Q.   Q.     H.      H.
|-------------------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|--------------5----|---------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------|-3-------3-----|
|-------------------------|-3-------3---------|---------------|


  H.      H.        H.      H.        H.      H.
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------5-----|
|-5---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------2-------|-3-------2-------|-3-------------|


                        To Coda
  H.      H.        H.      H.        W.
|-----------------|-----------------|-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------|
|-5-------5-------|---------3-------|-------|
|-----------------|-0---------------|-3-----|


                    Outro
                                       H.=H
 D.S. al Coda     &
  H.      H.         H.      H.        H.      H.        +W.
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|--------*|
|-----------------||---------5-------|-----------------|--------*|
|-5-------5-------||-----------------|-5---------------|--------*|
|-----------------||-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
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