BLUE ON BLACK (Bassline)
As recorded by Kenny Wayne Shepherd
(From the 1997 Album TROUBLE IS)
Words and Music by Tia Sillers, Mark Shelby and Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'
Intro
Moderately Slow Q=78
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q S S S S E S S Q e e +Q E. S Q Q S S S S E S S
|---------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3--3-2-(2)-------|-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2-|
|---------------------|-------------3--5-|---------------------|
Verse
E. S E E +Q E. S Q Q S S S S E S S E. S S S E +S S E E. S
|--------------------||----------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------||o---------------------|--------------------------|
|-3----3-2-(2)-------||o-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3--0-3-0-2-(2)-0-2-------|
|----5----------3--5-||----------------------|--------------------3--5--|
Q Q S S S S E S S E. S S S E +S S E E. S Q Q S S S S E S S
|---------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3--0-3-0-2-(2)-0-2------|-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2--|
|---------------------|--------------------3--5-|----------------------|
E. S S S E +S S E E. S Q Q S S S S E S S E. S S S E +S S S S E. S
|-------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
|-3--0-3-0-2-(2)-0-2------|-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3--3-3s5-2-(2)-0-2p0-------|
|--------------------3--5-|---------------------|----------------------3--5--|
Q Q S S S S E S S E. S S S E +S S S S E. S Q Q S S S S E S S
|---------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3--3-3s5-2-(2)-0-2p0------|-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2-|
|---------------------|----------------------3--5-|---------------------|
E. S S S E +S S S S E. S Q Q S S S S E S S E. S S S E +S S S S E. S
|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-3--3-3s5-2-(2)-0-2p0------|-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3--3-3s5-2-(2)-0-2p0------|
|----------------------3--5-|---------------------|----------------------3--5-|
Chorus
Q Q S S S S E S S E. S S S E +S S S S E. S E. S E S S S S S S E S S
|---------------------|---------------------------||---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------||---------------------------|
|-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3--3-3s5-2-(2)-0-2p0------||-5----5-----3h5-5-3-5-0h2--|
|---------------------|----------------------3--5-||----5---3h5----------------|
E. S S S E +S S E E. S
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-3--0-3-0-2-(2)-0-2------|
|--------------------3--5-|
E. S E S S S S S S E S S E. S e E +S S S S E. S
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5----5-----3h5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3--0-3-2-(2)-0-2p0-------|
|----5---3h5---------------|--------------------3--5--|
E E E S S S S S S E S S E. S e E +S S E Q Q E E +S S E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|----7-----------7---|
|-5-5-5-5---3-5-5-3-5-0-2-|-3--0-3-2-(2)-0-2----|--------------------|
|---------5---------------|------------------3--|-5----5-(5)-5-5---5-|
1.
E. S +E E +H Q Q S S S S E S S E S S S S E +Q Q
|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|----5-(5)----------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3-3-3-3s5-2-(2)------|
|-3--------3-(3)----|---------------------|------------------3---|
2.
Q E S S S S S S S S S S Q S S E +Q Q Q Q S S S S S S S S
|----------7-----------7---|-5--5s7-4-(4)------||------------------------|
|------5h7---7---7-5h7---7-|---------------5--o||-------------5-5h7-7-7--|
|-5--5---------5-----------|------------------o||-5--5--5-5-5------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------||------------------------|
Q S S E +Q Q Q Q S S S S S S S S Q S S E +Q Q
|-5--5-7-4-(4)-----|-----------------------|-5--5-7-4-(4)-----||
|---------------5--|-------------5-5h7-7-7-|---------------5--||
|------------------|-5--5--5-5-5-----------|------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------|------------------||
Guitar Solo
Q Q S S S S E S S E. S S S E +S S E E. S 6x Q E. S S S E +S S S S
||----------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------------o||-3--3----3-0-3-(3)---3---|
||o-5--5--3-5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3--0-3-0-2-(2)-0-2------o||-------3-----------3---3-|
||----------------------|--------------------3--5--||-------------------------|
Q E. S S S E +S S E E. S E. S S S E +S S S S E. S E E +H
|-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------||
|-5--5----5---5-(5)---5-|-3--3-3----3---3-(3)---3---|-5--5-5-5-(5)----||
|-------5---5-------5---|---------3---0-------3---3-|-----------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------||
Chorus
E. S E S S S S S S E S S E. S S S E +S S E E. S
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5----5-----3h5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3--0-3-0-2-(2)-0-2------|
|----5---3h5---------------|--------------------3--5-|
E. S E S S S S S S E S S
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-5----5-----3h5-5-3-5-0h2--|
|----5---3h5----------------|
E. S e E +S S S S E. S E E E S S S S S S E S S E. S e E +S S E Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-3--0-3-2-(2)-0-2p0------|-5-5-5-5---3-5-5-3-5-0-2-|-3--0-3-2-(2)-0-2----|
|--------------------3--5-|---------5---------------|------------------3--|
Q E E +S S E E E E. S +E E +H Q E E E S S S S S S
|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------4-|
|----7-----------7---|----5-(5)----------|--------------5h7-7---|
|--------------------|-------------------|-5--5-5-5-5-5---------|
|-5----5-(5)-5-5---5-|-3--------3-(3)----|----------------------|
E. S S S E +E. S Q E. S E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E +E. S Q
|-5--5-5s7-4-(4)------|------------------------|---7-5---7-5-4-(4)------||
|----------------7-5--|----------------5h7-7-7-|-7-----7-----------7-5--||
|---------------------|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---------|------------------------||
|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------||
Chorus
E. S E S S S S S S E S S E. S S S E +S S E E. S
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5----5-----3h5-5-3-5-0h2-|-3--0-3-0-2-(2)-0-2------|
|----5---3h5---------------|--------------------3--5-|
E. S E S S S S S S E S S
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-5----5-----3h5-5-3-5-0h2--|
|----5---3h5----------------|
E. S e E +S S S S E. S E E E S S S S S S E S S E. S e E +S S E Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-3--0-3-2-(2)-0-2p0------|-5-5-5-5---3-5-5-3-5-0-2-|-3--0-3-2-(2)-0-2----|
|--------------------3--5-|---------5---------------|------------------3--|
Q E E +S S E E E E. S +E E +H Q E S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------|-------------------||-----------7-----------7---|
|----7-----------7---|----5-(5)----------||o------5h7---7---7-5h7---7-|
|--------------------|-------------------||o-5--5---------5-----------|
|-5----5-(5)-5-5---5-|-3--------3-(3)----||---------------------------|
Q S S E +Q Q 3x Q E S S S S S S S S S S Q S S E +H
|-5--5s7-4-(4)------||----------7-----------7---|-5--5s7-4-(4)----*|
|---------------5--o||------5h7---7---7-5h7---7-|-----------------*|
|------------------o||-5--5---------5-----------|-----------------*|
|-------------------||--------------------------|-----------------*|
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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
