RUBY TUESDAY (Bassline)

As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1967 Album BETWEEN THE BUTTONS)

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


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


   1st - 3rd Verses
    Q=104
    $
   4/4
    Gtr II
    H    H      H.      Q    W          +H.      Q
||------------|------------|----------|-------------|
||o-7----5----|-3----------|----------|-------------|
||o-----------|------------|-3--------|-(3)---------|
||------------|------------|----------|-------------|


  H    H      H.      Q    W          +H.      Q
|-----------|------------|----------|-------------|
|-7----5----|-3----------|-5--------|-(5)---------|
|-----------|------------|----------|-------------|
|-----------|------------|----------|-------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E e q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E e q  Q
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|-7-----------|-5----5-5-----|-------------|-5----5-5-----|
|-------5-----|--------------|-------5-----|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|-5-----------|--------------|


  W          +H.      Q    W          Q   Q    Q    Q
|----------|-------------|----------|----[4]-------[4]--||
|----------|-------------|-5--------|-5-------[5]-------||
|-3--------|-(3)---------|----------|-------------------||
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------------||


 Chorus
  Gtr I
  E Q  E E Q  E   E Q  E +E  E E E   E Q  E E Q  E   E Q  E +E  E E E
|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|-3-3--0------0-|-3-3--3-(3)-3---0-|-3-3--0------0-|-3-3--3-(3)-3---0-|
|--------3-3----|--------------3---|--------3-3----|--------------3---|


                                                  1.           2.
                                         To Coda      D.S. al Coda
  E Q  E E Q  E   E Q  E Q  E E   E Q  E E Q  E    W            W
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------||-------||
|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------o||-------||
|-3-3--0--------|-1-1-----------|------0-3-3--0--|----------o||-------||
|--------3-3--0-|------1-1--1-0-|-3-3------------|-3---------||-3-----||


                 Chorus
  &
  Q  Q  Q  E E    E Q  E E Q  E   E Q  E +E  E E E   E Q  E E Q  E
|--------------||---------------|------------------|---------------|
|--------------||---------------|------------------|---------------|
|------------0-||-3-3--0------0-|-3-3--3-(3)-3---0-|-3-3--0------0-|
|-3--3--3--3---||--------3-3----|--------------3---|--------3-3----|


  E Q  E +E  E E E   E Q  E E Q  E   E Q  E E Q  E   E Q  E E Q  E
|------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3-3--3-(3)-3---0-|-3-3--0--------|-1-1-----------|------0-3-3--0-|
|--------------3---|--------3-3--3-|------3-1-1--1-|-3-3-----------|


             Outro
           Gtr II
  W           H    H      H.      Q
|----------||-----------|------------|
|----------||-7----5----|-3----------|
|----------||-----------|------------|
|-3--------||-----------|------------|


  H.=H
  W          +W           +W
|----------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|--------*|
|-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