PEARL NECKLACE (Bassline)
As recorded by ZZ Top
(From the 1981 Album EL LOCO)
Words and Music by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill & Frank Beard
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Dusty Hill - Bass'
Intro
Q=157
4/4
Gtr I
W Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
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|----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|----------|-0----0-0--0--|-5----5-5--5--|-0----0-0--0--|-5----5-5--5--|
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E q Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
|-0----0-0--0--|-5----5-5--5--|-0----0-0--0--|-5----5-5------||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
||---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
||o-2----2-2-----|--------------|-2----2-2-----|--------------|
||------------2--|-5----5-5--5--|-----------2--|-5----5-5--5--|
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
|-2----2-2-----|--------------|-2----2-2-----|---------------||
|-----------2--|-5----5-5--5--|-----------2--|-5----5-5--5---||
Pre-Chorus
Q. E Q Q Q. E E E E E +Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
|--------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-4----4-4--4--|-4----4-4-2-----|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------5-|-(5)---5-5--5--|-5----5-5--5---|
Q. E Q Q Q. E E E E E +Q. E Q Q E E Q H
|--------------|----------------|---------------|-------------||
|--------------|----------------|---------------|-------------||
|-4----4-4--4--|-4----4-4-2-----|---------------|-------------||
|--------------|--------------5-|-(5)---5-5--5--|-5-----------||
Chorus
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
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|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-0----0-0--0--|-5----5-5--5--|-0----0-0--0--|
1.
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E H
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|--------------|--------------|-------------o||
|--------------|--------------|-------------o||
|-5----5-5--5--|-0----0-0--0--|-5----5-5-----||
Guitar Solo
2.,D.S.
To Coda
Q. E H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------||-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-5----5-5----||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-------------2-2-||
|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----||
Interlude
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
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|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-0----0-0--0--|-5----5-5--5--|-0----0-0--0--|-5----5-5--5--|
D.S. al Coda
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E q Q
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|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
|-0----0-0--0--|-5----5-5--5--|-0----0-0--0--|-5----5-5-----||
Outro-Guitar Solo
&
E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H
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|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|-5-----5------|-5-----5------|
|-5-----5------|-5-----5------|--------------|--------------|
E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3-----3------|-3-----3------|-5-----5------|-5-----5------|
E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|-5-----5------|-5-----5------|
|-5-----5------|-5-----5------|--------------|--------------|
E E E E H E E E E H Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3-----3------|-3-----3------|-5----5-5--5--|-5----5-5--5--|
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
||o--------------|--------------|-5----5-5--5--|-5----5-5--5---|
||--5----5-5--5--|-5----5-5--5--|--------------|---------------|
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q 5x
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------o||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------o||
|-3----3-3--3--|-3----3-3--3--|-5----5-5--5--|-5----5-5--5---||
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|-5----5-5--5--|-5----5-5--5--|
|-5----5-5--5--|-5----5-5--5--|--------------|--------------|
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------*|
|--------------|--------------|--------------*|
|--------------|--------------|--------------*|
|-3----3-3--3--|-3----3-3--3--|-5----5-5--5--*|
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
