LENNY (Bassline)
As recorded by Stevie Ray Vaughan
(From the 1980 Album TEXAS FLOOD)
Transcribed by Cal Williamson
Words and Music by Stevie Ray Vaughan
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Tune Down 1/2 Step'
Freely
4/4 2/4 4/4
Gtr I
W H Wx5
|----------|------|--------||
|----------|------|--------||
|----------|------|--------||
|----------|------|--------||
E E Q +E S S E. T T E E Q a E S S S S E E E Q +E S S E. T T
|-----------------9-------|-----9--9s11-9-11-9------|-----------------9-------|
|-----9--(9)-9s11----11-9-|-7------------------11-9-|-----9--(9)-9s11----11-9-|
|-------------------------|---0---------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0---------------------|-------------------------|-0-0---------------------|
E E Q a E S S E S S E. S E. S S S E S S S S E. S Q E E +S S S S
|-----9--9s11-9------10---||------11------------------|------------------------|
|-7-------------11-8----8-||-9--9-----9---------------|------7-----------------|
|---0---------------------||--------------9---------0-|-5--5----5-5-(5)--------|
|-------------------------||----------------7-7-6-7---|-----------------0-5-0--|
E E E. S Q S S S S Q E. S Q Q Q Q +E a E E. T T
|---------------------|---------------|----------------9-------|
|----------5--5-------|----8----------|----9--(9)-9s11----11-9-|
|--------5------3-----|---------------|------------------------|
|-3-3-3-----------3-0-|-6-----6-5--5--|-0----------------------|
E E Q a E S S S S E Q Q +E a E E. T T E E Q E E +S S S S
|-----9--9s11-9----9-------|----------------9-------|----------------------||
|-7-------------11---11-9-|----9--(9)-9s11----11-9-|-7---7--7-7-(7)-6-7---||
|---0----------------------|------------------------|---0----------------9-||
|--------------------------|-0----------------------|----------------------||
E E Q +E E E. S Q E. S E E +S S E Q Q +S S a E S S S S
|-------------------|---------------------|------------------9---------|
|-------------------|----7----------------|----9--(9)-x-9s11---11-9-x--|
|-7---7--(7)--------|-------7-------------|----------------------------|
|---0--------0-4--0-|-5-------5-5-(5)-3-5-|-0--------------------------|
S S E E. S a E S S S S E
|-------9----9s11-9----9-------|
|-7--------7--------11---11-9-|
|---0-0------------------------|
|------------------------------|
Q Q E a E S S S S E. S Q S S E +S S S S
|--------------9--------|--------------------------|
|----9----9s11---11-9-x-|-7-------7---7-(7)-7-7s9--|
|-----------------------|----0-0----0--------------|
|-0---------------------|--------------------------|
E E Q +E a E S S S S
|-----------------9--------|
|-----9--(9)-9s11---11-9-0-|
|-7------------------------|
|---0----------------------|
E E E. S a E S S S S E E. S E. S Q S S S S
|-----9----9s11-9----9-------|-----------------------|
|-7---------------11---11-9-|-----------------------|
|---0----0-------------------|------7-------7--------|
|----------------------------|-0--0----0-0----0-3-0--|
E. S E. S E E +S S S S E. S E. S E E S S S S E. S E. S E E +S S a E
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|------7------------------|-----------------------|------7------------------||
|-------------------------|------7--7-----7-------|-------------------------||
|-5--5----0-5-5-(5)-4-5-0-|-0--0------0-0---0-3-0-|-5--5----0-5-5-(5)-5-5s7-||
Q Q +E a E S S E E S S Q a E S S S S E Q Q +E S S E. T T
|----------------9------|-------9--9s11-9----9-------|----------------9--------|
|----9--(9)-9s11---11-9-|-7---7-----------11---11-9-|----9--(9)-9s11----11-9--|
|-----------------------|---0------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0---------------------|----------------------------|-0-----------------------|
E E Q a E S S S S E
|-----9--9s11-9----9---10-||
|-7-------------11---8----||
|---0---------------------||
|-------------------------||
E S S E. S S S E S S S S E E +E. S S S e S S S S
|-------11------------------|-----------7--------------|
|-9-9-9-------9-------------|---------7---7------------|
|-----------9---9-----------|-5-5-(5)-------5-5--------|
|-----------------7-7-6-7-0-|-------------------0-5-0--|
E E +E. S S S E +S S S S Q E S S Q E E Q Q +E S S E. T T
|---------------------------|-----------------||----------------9-------|
|-----------5---------------|------8---7--7---||----9--(9)-9s11----11-9-|
|---------5---5-------------|----8---8------5-||------------------------|
|-3-3-(3)-------3-(3)-2-3-0-|-6---------------||-0----------------------|
E E E. S a E S S a E E
|-----9----9s11-9-----------||
|-7------7--------11-9s11-9-||
|---0-----------------------||
|---------------------------||
Q Q +E S S S S E E E Q a E S S S S E
|----------------9------|-----9--9s11-9----9-------|
|----9--(9)-9s11---11-9-|-7-------------11---11-9--|
|-----------------------|---0----------------------|
|-0---------------------|--------------------------|
Q Q +E S S S S E E E E. S a E S S S S E Q Q +E S S S S E
|----------------9------|-----9----9s11-9----9-------|----------------9------|
|----9--(9)-9s11---11-9-|-7------7--------11---11-9-|----9--(9)-9s11---11-9-|
|-----------------------|---0------------------------|-----------------------|
|-0---------------------|----------------------------|-0---------------------|
5/4
E E E. S a E S S S S E E. S Q Q S S S S E. S E. S E E E. S E. S
|-----9----9s11-9----9-------|--------------------|--------------------------|
|-7------7--------11---11-9-|--------------------|---------------7--5-------|
|---0------------------------|------7-----7-------|------7-------------7--5--|
|----------------------------|-0--0----0----0-3-0-|-5--5----0-5-5------------|
4/4
E E E E Q S S S S E. S E. S E E +S S E E S S E. S Q S S E
|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----7------7-------|------7--------------7-|---7---7-------7-----|
|-0-0---0-0----0-3-0-|-5--5----0-5-5-(5)-5---|-0---0----0-0----0-3-|
E. S E. S E E S S E E S S E. S +Q S S S S E. S E. S Q S S S S
|---------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|------7--------7-7-7-|-------------------------|------7--7----7-5-7---|
|---------------------|---7---7-----------------|----------------------|
|-5--5----0-5-5-------|-0---0----0-(0)----0-4-0-|-5--5------5--------0-|
E. S E. S E E S S S S E. S E. S Q E S S E. S E. S Q S S S S
|-----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|------7-------7-7s9-|-----------------------|
|------7--------7-------|--------------------|------7-------7--------|
|-0--0----0-0-0---0-3-0-|-5--5----0-5--------|-0--0----0-0----0-3-0--|
E. S E. S E. S S S E Q Q +E S S S S E S S E E. S a E E S S E
|----------------------|----------------9------|-------9----9s11-11-9------|
|------7---------7-6-7-|----9--(9)-9s11---11-9-|-7--------------------11-9-|
|----------------------|-----------------------|---0-0----0----------------|
|-5--5----0-7--7-------|-0---------------------|---------------------------|
Q Q E S S S S E E E E. S a E S S S S E Q Q +E S S E. T T
|--------------9------|-----9----9s11-9----9-------|----------------9-------|
|----9--9-9s11---11-9-|-7------7--------11---11-9-|----9--(9)-9s11----11-9-|
|---------------------|---0------------------------|------------------------|
|-0-------------------|----------------------------|-0----------------------|
E E Q a E S S S S E H E S S E. T T
|-----9--9s11-9----9-------|-------------9-------|
|-7-------------11---11-9-|--------9s11----11-9-|
|---0----------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|-0-------------------|
E E E. S a E S S S S E
|-----9-----9s11-9----9--------||
|-7------11--------11---11-9--||
|---0--------------------------||
|------------------------------||
Cadenza
5/4 4/4
Q +H H +Q E E H +W +H H
|-----------9----|-(9)--9-9-9----|-(9)--------|-(9)---------|
|----------------|---------------|------------|-------------|
|----------------|---------------|------------|-------------|
|-0--(0)---------|---------------|------------|--------0----|
2/4 4/4
Wx2 H W
|------------|------|------*|
|------------|------|------*|
|------------|------|------*|
|------------|------|------*|
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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
