READY TEDDY (Bassline)
As recorded by Elvis Presley
(From the 1956 Album ELVIS)
Words and Music by Robert Blackwell & John Marascalco
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Black - Double Bass'
Intro
Q=198(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q Q Q H Q Q Q Q H W
|-------------|------------|------------|------||
|-------------|------------|------------|------||
|----3-----3--|---------3--|-3----------|------||
|-------------|------------|------------|------||
Chorus
$
Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q
||---------------|-------------|-------0-0----|-------0------|
||o--------------|-------------|----2------2--|----2---------|
||o----0--3-3-0--|----0--3--0--|-3------------|-3--------3---|
||--1------------|-1-----------|--------------|--------------|
To Coda
Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H W
|--------------|-------------|------------|------||
|-------0-0----|-------------|------------|------||
|----2---------|----0--3--0--|-3----------|------||
|-3---------3--|-1-----------|------------|------||
1st Verse
1.
Q Q H H E Q. Q Q H W
|------------|-------------|------------|-------||
|------------|-------------|------------|------o||
|-3----------|--------3----|-3----------|------o||
|------------|-------------|------------|-------||
2nd Verse
2.
Q Q H H E Q. Q Q H H E Q.
|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|-3----------|--------3----|-3----------|--------3----|
|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
D.S. al Coda
Q Q H H E Q. Q Q H W
|------------|-------------|------------|-------||
|------------|-------------|------------|-------||
|-3----------|--------3----|-3----------|-------||
|------------|-------------|------------|-------||
Guitar Solo
&
W Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q
|----------||-------0-0----|-------0-----|-------0-0----|-------0-----|
|----------||----2------2--|----2--------|----2------2--|----2--------|
|----------||-3------------|-3--------3--|-3------------|-3--------3--|
|----------||--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------|-------------|-------0-0----|-------0-----|
|--------------|-------------|----2------2--|----2--------|
|----0--3-3-0--|----0--3--0--|-3------------|-3--------3--|
|-1------------|-1-----------|--------------|-------------|
Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H W
|--------------|-------------|------------|------|
|-------0-0----|-------------|------------|------|
|----2---------|----0--3--0--|-3----------|------|
|-3---------3--|-1-----------|------------|------|
Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q
|-------0-0----|-------0-----|-------0-0----|-------0-----|
|----2------2--|----2--------|----2------2--|----2--------|
|-3------------|-3--------3--|-3------------|-3--------3--|
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------|-------------|-------0-0----|-------0-----|
|--------------|-------------|----2------2--|----2--------|
|----0--3-3-0--|----0--3--0--|-3------------|-3--------3--|
|-1------------|-1-----------|--------------|-------------|
Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------|-------------|-------0-0----|-------0-----||
|-------0-0----|-------------|----2------2--|----2--------||
|----2---------|----0--3--0--|-3------------|-3--------2--||
|-3---------3--|-1-----------|--------------|-------------||
3rd & 4th Verses
Q Q H H E Q. Q Q H H E Q.
||-------------|-------------|------------|--------------|
||o------------|-------------|------------|--------------|
||o-3----------|--------3----|-3----------|--------3-----|
||-------------|-------------|------------|--------------|
Q Q H H E Q. Q Q H W
|------------|-------------|------------|------||
|------------|-------------|------------|------||
|-3----------|--------3----|-3----------|------||
|------------|-------------|------------|------||
Chorus
Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------|-------------|-------0-0----|-------0-----|
|--------------|-------------|----2------2--|----2--------|
|----0--3-3-0--|----0--3--0--|-3------------|-3--------3--|
|-1------------|-1-----------|--------------|-------------|
Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H
|--------------|-------------|------------|
|-------0-0----|-------------|------------|
|----2---------|----0--3--0--|-3----------|
|-3---------3--|-1-----------|------------|
1. 2.
W H Q Q Q Q H
|-----------||------------|------------*|
|----------o||------------|------------*|
|----------o||---------3--|-3----------*|
|-----------||------------|------------*|
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
----------------
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
