STEPPIN' OUT (Bassline)

As recorded by John Mayall
(From the 1966 Album BLUES BREAKERS WITH ERIC CLAPTON)

Music by L. C. Frazier
Arranged by John Mayall & Eric Clapton
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John McVie - Bass                                                                                                                              www.mikesguitarsite.co.uk'

  Q=182(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Q  Q  H      W          Q  E Q  Q.     Q  E Q  Q.
|------------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|------------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|------------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|-3----------|----------|-3----3-------|-3----3-------|


  Q  Q  H      W          Q  E Q  Q.     Q  E Q  Q.
|------------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|------------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|-5----------|----------|-5----5-------|-5----5-------|
|------------|----------|--------------|--------------|


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


  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +E  E Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-5----5-(5)--5--|-5----5-(5)--5--|-5----5-(5)--5--|-5----5-(5)-5----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------5--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|


  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q
|------------------|------5-(5)-5----|----------------|----------------|
|------------0-----|--------------3--|-5----5-(5)--3--|-5----5-(5)-----|
|-3--1-3-(3)---1-2-|-3---------------|----------------|-------------3--|
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|


  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|-------------3--|-5----5-(5)--3--|-5-----------3--||
|-5----5-(5)--4--|-3----3-(3)-----|----------------|------5-(5)-----||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||


  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +E  E Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-5----5-(5)--3--|-5----5-(5)--3--|-5----5-(5)--3--|-5----5-(5)-5----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------5--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|


  Q  E E +E  E Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +E  E Q    Q  E E +Q   Q
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-------------3--|-5----5-(5)-5-3--|-5----5-(5)-----|
|-3----3-(3)-3-1--|-3----3-(3)-----|-----------------|-------------3--|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|


  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +E  E Q    Q  E E +E  E Q
|----------------|------5-(5)-----|-----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|-------------3--|-5----5-(5)-5-3--|-5------------3--||
|-5----5-(5)--4--|-3--3-----------|-----------------|------5-(5)-5----||
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||


  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +E  E Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-5----5-(5)--3--|-5----5-(5)--3--|-5----5-(5)--3--|-5----5-(5)-5----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------3--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|


  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------------5--|-------------3--|-5----5-(5)--3--|-5----5-(5)-----|
|-3----3-(3)-----|-3----3-(3)-----|----------------|-------------3--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E Q
|----------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------||
|----------------|-------------3--|-5----5-(5)-5-3-4-|-5------------3--||
|-5----5-(5)--4--|-3----3-(3)-----|------------------|------5-(5)-5----||
|----------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------||


  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +E  E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|-5----5-(5)--3--|-5----5-(5)--3--|-5----5-(5)--3--|-5----5-(5)-3-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------3-4-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|


  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +E  E Q
|----------------|------5-(5)-----|-------------3--|------------3----|
|----------------|-------------3--|-5----5-(5)-----|-5----5-(5)---3--|
|-3----3-(3)--1--|-3--------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|


  Q  E E +Q   E E   Q  E E +E  E Q    Q  E E +E  E Q    Q  E E +Q   Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|--------------3--|-5--3-5-(5)-5-3--|-5-----------3--||
|-5----5-(5)--3-x-|-3----3-(3)-3----|-----------------|------5-(5)-----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||


  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +E  E Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-5----5-(5)--3--|-5----5-(5)--3--|-5----5-(5)--3--|-5----5-(5)-3----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------5--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|


  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +E  E Q    Q  E E +Q   Q
|----------------|------5-(5)--3--|-----------------|----------------|
|-------------5--|----------------|-5----5-(5)-5-3--|-5----5-(5)-----|
|-3----3-(3)-----|-3--3-----------|-----------------|-------------3--|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|


  Q  E E +E  E Q    Q  E E +E  E Q    Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +Q   Q
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|----------------||
|-----------------|--------------3--|-5----5-(5)-5-3-4-|-5-----------3--||
|-5----5-(5)-5-4--|-3----3-(3)-3----|------------------|------5-(5)-----||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|----------------||


  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-5----5-(5)--3--|-5----5-(5)--3--|-5----5-(5)--3--|-5----5-(5)-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------5--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


  Q  E E +Q   E E   Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   E E
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------3--|-5----5-(5)--3--|-5----5-(5)------|
|-3----3-(3)--1-2-|-3----3-(3)-----|----------------|-------------3-4-|
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|


  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   E E   E E E E +E  E Q
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|----------------|-------------3--|-5----5-(5)--3-4-|-5-5-5---------3--||
|-5----5-(5)--4--|-3----3-(3)-----|-----------------|-------5-(5)-5----||
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||


  Q  e E +Q   Q    Q  e E +Q   Q    Q  e E +E  E Q    Q  E E +E  E Q
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5----5-(5)--3--|-5----5-(5)--3--|-5----5-(5)-5-3--|-5--3-5-(5)-5----|
|----5-----------|----5-----------|----5------------|--------------5--|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  Q  E E +E  E Q    Q  E E +E  E Q    Q  e E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------x-5--|------5-(5)---3--|-5----5-(5)--3--|-5----5-(5)-----|
|-3--1-3-(3)------|-3--3-------5----|----5-----------|-------------3--|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|


  Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  E E +Q   Q    Q  Q  H      W
|----------------|----------------|------------|------||
|----------------|-------------3--|-5----------|------||
|-5----5-(5)--4--|-3----3-(3)-----|------------|------||
|----------------|----------------|------------|------||


  Q  Q  H      W          Q  E Q  Q.     Q  E Q  Q.
|------------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|------------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|------------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|-3----------|----------|-3----3-------|-3----3-------|


  Q  Q  H      W          Q  E Q  Q.     Q  E Q  Q.
|------------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|------------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|-5----------|----------|-5----5-------|-5----5-------|
|------------|----------|--------------|--------------|


  Q  Q  H      W          Q  E Q  Q.     Q  E E +H       +W
|------------|----------|--------------|---------------|--------*|
|------------|----------|--------------|---------------|--------*|
|------------|----------|--------------|---------------|--------*|
|-3----------|----------|-3----3-------|-3----3-(3)----|-(3)----*|


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
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