OUT OF TIME (Bassline)
As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1975 Album METAMORPHOSIS)
Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Wyman - Bass'
Intro
Q=126
4/4
Gtr I
Q. E H Q. E H Q. E H
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|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|-10----10-10----|-10----10-10----|-9----9-9----|
|----------------|----------------|-------------|
Q. E Q Q Q. E H Q. E Q Q
|---------------|-------------|--------------|
|---------------|-------------|--------------|
|-9----9-9------|-------------|--------------|
|-----------10--|-8----8-8----|-8----8-8--9--|
1st Verse
|-3-|
Q. E H Q. E Q Q Q Q. E H Q. E H
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|----------------|-----------------||----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-------------7-9-||-10----10-10----|-10----10-10----|
|-10----10-10----|-10----10-10-----||----------------|----------------|
Q. E H Q. E Q Q Q. E H Q. E Q Q
|-------------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
|-9----9-9----|-9----9-9------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-----------10--|-8----8-8----|-8----8-8--9--|
Bridge
$
Q. E H Q. E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|---------------------||----------------------|
|----------------|---------------------||----------------------|
|-10----10-10----|-10----10----------9-||-10----10-12-10-------|
|----------------|----------10-10-12---||----------------12-10-|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|-10----10-12-10-------|
|-8----8-8-7-8-9-|-10----10-10-12-14-10-|----------------12-10-|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|-10----10-12-10-------|
|-8----8-8-7-8-9-|-10----10-10-12-14-10-|----------------12-10-|
Chorus
$$
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
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|-----------------------||----------------------|----------------------|
|-10--------------------||-10----10-12-10-------|-10----10-12-10-------|
|-----10-10-12-12-14-14-||----------------12-10-|----------------12-10-|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------------7-|------------4-7-|----------------|
|----------------9---|-5----5-5-5-----|-7----7-7-7-7---|
|-10----10-10-10-----|----------------|--------------7-|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7----7-7-7-7---|------------7-10-|-----------------|
|--------------7-|-8----8-8-8------|-8----8-8-8-10-8-|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|-10----10-10-10-------|-10----10-10-10-------|------------7-10-|
|----------------12-10-|----------------12-10-|-8----8-8-8------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|-10----10-10-10-------|
|-8----8-8-8-10-8-|----------------12-10-|
To Coda
To Coda
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------|--------------------||
|----------------9-12-|-10----10-10-10-------|-10--------7-7-9-9--||
|-10----10-10-10------|----------------12-10-|-----10-10----------||
2nd Verse
Q. E H Q. E H Q. E H Q. E Q Q
|----------------|----------------|-------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------|---------------|
|-10----10-10----|-10----10-10----|-9----9-9----|-9----9-9------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------|-----------10--|
D.S. al Coda
Q. E H Q. E Q Q Q. E H Q. E E E E E
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|-------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------------||
|-------------|--------------|-10----10-10----|-10----10--------------||
|-8----8-8----|-8----8-8--9--|----------------|----------10-10-12-14--||
Interlude
&
Q. E H Q. E H Q. E H Q. E H
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|----------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
|-10----10-10----|-10-----------|-9----9-9----|-9-----------|
|----------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
Q. E H Q. E Q Q Q. E H Q. E Q E E
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|-------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------||
|-------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------||
|-8----8-8----|-8----8-8--9--|-10----10-10----|-10------10--12-14--||
Out-Chorus
&&
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|------------------7-|
|-10----10-12-10-------|-10----10-12-10-------|----------------9---|
|----------------12-10-|----------------12-10-|-10----10-10-10-----|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|------------4-7-|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-5----5-5-5-----|-7----7-7-7-7---|-7----7-7-7-7---|------------7-10-|
|----------------|--------------7-|--------------7-|-8----8-8-8------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------|----------------------*|
|-----------------|----------------------|----------------------*|
|-----------------|-10----10-10-10-------|-10----10-10-10-------*|
|-8----8-8-8-10-8-|----------------12-10-|----------------12-10-*|
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
