UNDER MY THUMB (Bassline)

As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1966 Album AFTERMATH)

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
  W            E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E
|----------||-----------------|-----------------|
|----------||o-4-2---4---4----|-----------------|
|----------||o-----4----------|-7-5---7---7-----|
|----------||-----------------|-----7---------5-|


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


   1st - 4th Verses
    $
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E Q  E E
||------------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
||o-4-2---4---4-----|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
||o-----4---------5-|-7-5---7---7-----|-5--3---5-3---5-|-(5)-5-3---5--5-5-|
||------------------|-----7---------5-|------5-----5---|---------5--------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E +E  E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|-4-2---4---4-----|-----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|-----4---------5-|-7-5---7---7-----|-5--3---5-3---5-|-(5)-5-3---5-5-(5)-5--||
|-----------------|-----7---------5-|------5-----5---|---------5------------||


 Chorus
  Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E E E +E  E
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|
|----7---5---4---|-----7---5---4---|---------------|----------------2--|
|--------------7-|---------------7-|-5--3---5--5---|-2--2-2-2-2-(2)----|
|-5----5---5-----|-5-5---5---5-----|------5------5-|-------------------|


                                                To Coda
  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--2---4-4-(4)---|------------------|----7---5---4----|----7---5---4---|
|------4---------5-|-7--7-5-5-5-(5)-5-|--------------7--|--------------7-|
|------------------|------------------|-5----5---5------|-5----5---5-----|


                  1.,2.              3.
  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E  3x Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------||----------------||
|----7---5---4---|----7---5---4---o||----7---5---4---||
|--------------7-|--------------7-o||--------------7-||
|-5----5---5-----|-5----5---5------||-5----5---5-----||


 Guitar Solo
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E Q  E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-4-2---4---4-----|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-----4---------5-|-7-5---7---7-----|-5--3---5-3---5-|-(5)-5-3---5--5-5--|
|-----------------|-----7---------5-|------5-----5---|---------5---------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E +E  E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|-4-2---4---4-----|-----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|-----4---------5-|-7-5---7---7-----|-5--3---5-3---5-|-(5)-5-3---5-5-(5)-5--||
|-----------------|-----7---------5-|------5-----5---|---------5------------||


 Chorus
  Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E E E +E  E
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|
|----7---5---4---|-----7---5---4---|---------------|----------------2--|
|--------------7-|---------------7-|-5--3---5--5---|-2--2-2-2-2-(2)----|
|-5----5---5-----|-5-5---5---5-----|------5------5-|-------------------|


  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--2---4-4-(4)---|------------------|----7---5---4---|----7---5---4----|
|------4---------5-|-7--7-5-5-5-(5)-5-|--------------7-|--------------7--|
|------------------|------------------|-5----5---5-----|-5----5---5------|


                      D.S. al Coda &
  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
|----------------|-----------------||----------------|----------------|
|----7---5---4---|----7---5---4----||----7---5---4---|----7---5---4---|
|--------------7-|--------------7--||--------------7-|--------------7-|
|-5----5---5-----|-5----5---5------||-5----5---5-----|-5----5---5-----|


                    Outro
  Q  E E E E E E     Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E  4x
|----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
|----7---5---4---||o----7---5---4---|----7---5---4---o||
|--------------7-||o--------------7-|--------------7-o||
|-5----5---5-----||--5----5---5-----|-5----5---5------||


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