TUFF ENUFF (Bassline)

As recorded by The Fabulous Thunderbirds
(From the 1986 Album TUFF ENUFF)

Words and Music by Kim Wilson
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Preston Hubbard - Bass'


 Intro
  Q=117
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    E. E. E   +W           +H     E E +S  E.
|--------------|------------|-------------------|
|------0--2----|------------|----------0-(0)-2--|
|------------2-|-(2)--------|-(2)---------------|
|--------------|------------|-------------------|


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


  Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-2--------0---0-|-2--------0---0-|-2--------0---0-|-2--------0---0--||
|------0-2---2---|------0-2---2---|------0-2---2---|------0-2---2----||


   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||o-2--------0---0-|-2--------0---0-|-2--------0---0-|-2--------0---0-|
||-------0-2---2---|------0-2---2---|------0-2---2---|------0-2---2---|


  Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-2--------0---0-|-2--------0---0-|-2--------0---0-|-2--------0---0--||
|------0-2---2---|------0-2---2---|------0-2---2---|------0-2---2----||


 Chorus
  H    +E  S S +S  E.   Q  +E  E Q  Q    H    +E  S S +S  E.   Q  +E  E Q  Q
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|----------2h4-(4)----|----------0--2--|----------2h4-(4)----|----------0--2---|
|-2----(2)---------5--|-2--(2)-2-------|-2----(2)---------5--|-2--(2)-2--------|
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|-----------------|


  H    +E  S S +S  E.   Q  +E  E Q  Q
|---------------------|----------------|
|----------2h4-(4)----|----------0--2--|
|-2----(2)---------5--|-2--(2)-2-------|
|---------------------|----------------|


                        1.
               To Coda
  H    +E  S S +S  E.    Q  +E  E Q  Q
|----------------------|-----------------||
|----------2h4-(4)-----|----------0--2--o||
|-2----(2)---------5---|-2--(2)-2-------o||
|----------------------|-----------------||


             Guitar Solo
  2.
  W           W          +H     E E. E.   W
|----------||----------|----------------|------|
|----------||-0--------|-(0)------0--2--|------|
|-2--------||----------|----------------|-2----|
|----------||----------|----------------|------|


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


                                   4th Verse
     D.S. al Coda &
  Q.   E E E E E     H    Q  Q      Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E
|-----------------||------------||-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------||------0-----||o----------------|----------------|
|-2--------0---0--||-2-------0--||o-2--------0---0-|-2--------0---0-|
|------0-2---2----||------------||-------0-2---2---|------0-2---2---|


                                     Interlude
  Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E     W          +H     E E. E.
|----------------|-----------------||----------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------o||-0--------|-(0)------0--2--|
|-2--------0---0-|-2--------0---0-o||----------|----------------|
|------0-2---2---|------0-2---2----||----------|----------------|


                                   Chorus
  H    E S S +S  E.   H    Q  Q     H    +E  S S +S  E.   Q  +E  E Q  Q
|-------------------|------------||---------------------|-----------------|
|--------2h4-(4)----|------0--2--||----------2h4-(4)----|----------0--2---|
|-2--------------5--|-2----------||-2----(2)---------5--|-2--(2)-2--------|
|-------------------|------------||---------------------|-----------------|


  H    +E  S S +S  E.   Q  +E  E Q  Q    H    +E  S S +S  E.   Q  +E  E Q  Q
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|----------2h4-(4)----|----------0--2--|----------2h4-(4)----|----------0--2---|
|-2----(2)---------5--|-2--(2)-2-------|-2----(2)---------5--|-2--(2)-2--------|
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|-----------------|


                                    Out-Chorus
  H    +E  S S +S  E.   W            Q.   E E E E E   H    Q  Q
|---------------------|----------||-----------------|-------------|
|----------2h4-(4)----|----------||o----------------|-------------|
|-2----(2)---------5--|-2--------||o-5------3---3---|-5-----------|
|---------------------|----------||-------5---5---5-|------1--3---|


  Q.   E E E E E   H    Q  Q   3x Q.   E E E E E
|----------------|-------------||----------------*|
|----------------|------------o||----------------*|
|-5------3---3---|-5----------o||-5------3---3---*|
|------5---5---5-|------1--3---||------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