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DON'T CRY (Bassline)
As recorded by Guns N' Roses
(From the 1991 Album USE YOUR ILLUSION I & II)

Transcribed by an unregistered user


 Music by Axl Rose & Izzy Stradlin

 

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Bass (Duff)'


  Q=62
 1/4  4/4                                        2/4
  Gtr I
  W    W          H    E. S +E  S S   H    H      Q  +S  S S S
|----|----------|-------------------|-----------|---------------|
|----|----------|-------------------|------0----|---------------|
|----|----------|------3--2-(2)-3-2-|-0---------|---------------|
|----|----------|-------------------|-----------|-3--(3)-2-3-4--|


 4/4
  W          H    H      Q.   S S E. S +E  S S   H    H
|----------|-----------|-----------------------|-----------|
|----------|-----------|-----------------------|------0----|
|----------|------5----|------0-2-3--2-(2)-3-2-|-0---------|
|-5--------|-5---------|-3---------------------|-----------|


  Q.   S S E. S +E  S S   H    H      Q.   S S E. S +E  S S   H    H
|-----------------------|-----------|-----------------------|-----------|
|-----------------------|------0----|-----------------------|------0----|
|------0-2-3--2-(2)-3-2-|-0---------|------0-2-3--2-(2)-3-2-|-0---------|
|-3---------------------|-----------|-3---------------------|-----------|


  Q.   S S Q  E E   H    H      Q..   S S S E E E   H    H
|-----------------|-----------|-------------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------|-------------------|-----------|
|------0-2-3--2-0-|-----------|-0-------0---0-0---|-----------|
|-3---------------|-1----3----|-------3---3-----3-|-1----3----|


  Q..   S S S E E E   H    H      Q  Q  Q  E E   H    H
|-------------------|-----------|--------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-----------|--------------|-----------|
|-0-------0---0-0---|-----------|-3--2--0------|-----------|
|-------3---3-----3-|-1----3----|----------3-3-|-1----3----|


  W          H    H      Q.   S S E. S +E  S S   H    H
|----------|-----------|-----------------------|-----------|
|----------|-----------|-----------------------|------0----|
|-0--------|-0----5----|------0-2-3--2-(2)-3-2-|-0---------|
|----------|-----------|-3---------------------|-----------|


  Q.   S S E. S +E  S S   H    H      Q.   S S E. S +E  S S   H    H
|-----------------------|-----------|-----------------------|-----------|
|-----------------------|------0----|-----------------------|------0----|
|------0-2-3--2-(2)-3-2-|-0---------|------0-2-3--2-(2)-3-2-|-0---------|
|-3---------------------|-----------|-3---------------------|-----------|


 2/4            4/4
  Q  +S  S S S   Q  Q  Q  E E   H    H      Q..   S S S E E E
|--------------|--------------|-----------|--------------------|
|--------------|--------------|-----------|--------------------|
|----------0-2-|-3--2--0------|-----------|-0-------0---0-0----|
|-3--(3)-------|----------3-3-|-1----3----|-------3---3-----3--|


  H    H      Q..   S S S E E E   H    H      Q  Q  Q  Q
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|--------------|
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|--------------|
|-----------|-0-------0---0-0---|-----------|-3--2--0------|
|-1----3----|-------3---3-----3-|-1----3----|----------3---|


  H    H      S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   H    H
|-----------|-------------------------------|-----------|
|-----------|-------------------------------|-----------|
|-----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-|-5---------|
|-1----3----|-------------------------------|------1----|


  H    E. S +Q     H    H      Q..   S S S E E E   H    H
|----------------|-----------|-------------------|-----------|
|----------------|-----------|-------------------|-----------|
|------0---------|-----------|-0-------0---0-0---|-----------|
|-3-------3-(3)--|-1----3----|-------3---3-----3-|-1----3----|


  E S S E S S E S S E S S   H    H      W          H    Q.   S S
|-------------------------|-----------|----------|----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------|----------|----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------|-0--------|-5---------0-2--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1----3----|----------|------3---------|


  E. S +E  S S H      H    Q.   S S   E. S +E  S S H      H    Q.   S S
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|-0-------------|-------------------|-0-------------|
|-3--2-(2)-3-2-0----|-----------0-2-|-3--2-(2)-3-2-0----|-----------0-2-|
|-------------------|------3--------|-------------------|------3--------|


  E. S +E  S S H      H    Q.   S S   Q  Q  Q  Q    H    H
|-------------------|---------------|-------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-0-------------|-------------|-----------|
|-3--2-(2)-3-2-0----|-----------0-2-|-3--2--0-----|-----------|
|-------------------|------3--------|----------3--|-1----3----|


  Q..   S S S E E E   H    H      Q..   S S S E E E   H    H
|-------------------|-----------|-------------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-----------|-------------------|-----------|
|-0-------0---0-0---|-----------|-0-------0---0-0---|-----------|
|-------3---3-----3-|-1----3----|-------3---3-----3-|-1----3----|


  Q  Q  Q  S S S S   H    H      H    H      H    H
|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-3--2--0----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|----------3-3---3-|-1----3----|-1----3----|-1----3----|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   H    H      H    H
|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1----3----|-1----3----|


       Q=62   Q=60
  H    H      W          +W           +H     H
|-----------|----------|------------|-------------|
|-----------|----------|------------|-------------|
|-----------|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)---------|
|-1----3----|----------|------------|-------------|


  Q=70
  W
|------*|
|------*|
|------*|
|------*|




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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