WATERLOO SUNSET (Bassline)

As recorded by The Kinks
(From the 1967 Album SOMETHING ELSE BY THE KINKS)

Words and Music by Ray Davies
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) – 'Pete Quaife – Bass'

 Intro
  Q=108
 4/4
  Gtr I
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|–4–4–4–4–2–2–2–2–|–1–1–1–1–––––––––|–––––––––––––––––|
|–––––––––––––––––|–––––––––4–4–4–4–|–2–2–2–2–1–1–1–1–|
|–––––––––––––––––|–––––––––––––––––|–––––––––––––––––|
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  E E E E Q  Q    Q.   E H      Q.   E H       Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E H
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|–––––––––––––––|–2––––2–2––––|–1––––1–1––––|––––––––––––––––|–––––––––––––||
|–4–4–4–4–2––2––|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|–/4––––4–4––––––|–4––––4–4––––||
|–––––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|––––––––––––––5–|–––––––––––––||


   1st – 3rd Verses
    $
    Q.   E H      Q.   E H       Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E H
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||o–2––––2–2––––|–1––––1–1––––|––––––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|
||o–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|–/4––––4–4––––––|–4––––4–4––––|
||––––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|––––––––––––––5–|–––––––––––––|


  Q.   E H      Q.   E H       Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E H
|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|––––––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|
|–2––––2–2––––|–1––––1–1––––|––––––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|
|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|–/4––––4–4––––––|–4––––4–4––––|
|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|––––––––––––––5–|–––––––––––––|


  Q.   E H      Q.   E H      Q.   E H      Q.   E H
|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|
|–4––––4–4––––|–3––––3–3––––|–2––––2–2––––|–––––––––––––|
|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|–2––––2–2––––|
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                  To Coda
  Q.   E H      Q.   E H       Q.   E Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E
|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|––––––––––––––––|––––––––2–1––––––||
|–2––––2–2––––|–1––––1–1––––|––––––––––––––––|––––––––––––––4––||
|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|–/4––––––4––––4–|–4––––4––––––––––||
|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|–––––––5––––––––|–––––––––––––––––||


 Bridge
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E
|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––––|–––––––2–1––––––|
|–4––4––2––2––|–1––1––––––––|–––––––––––––––|–2––2––––––––4––|
|–––––––––––––|–––––––4––4––|–2––2––2–2–2–2–|––––––––––––––––|
|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––––|––––––––––––––––|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|–4–4–4–4–2–2–2–2–|–1–1–1–1––––––––––|
|–4––4––2––2––|–1––1––––––––|–––––––––––––––––|–––––––––4–4–4–4––|
|–––––––––––––|–––––––4––4––|–––––––––––––––––|––––––––––––––––––|
|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––––––|––––––––––––––––––|


                   1.                2.
                                       D.S. al Coda
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q      E E E E Q  Q
|–––––––––––––––––|––––––––––––––––||–––––––––––––––||
|–2–2–2–2–1–1–1–1–|–––––––––––––––o||–––––––––––––––||
|–––––––––––––––––|–4–4–4–4–2––2––o||–4–4–4–4–2––2––||
|–––––––––––––––––|––––––––––––––––||–––––––––––––––||


  &
   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E H      Q.   E H      Q.   E H
|––––––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|
|––––––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|–2––––2–2––––|–1––––1–1––––|
|–/4––––4–4––––––|–4––––4–4––––|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|
|––––––––––––––5–|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|–––––––––––––|


                  Outro
   Q.   E H        a Q  Q  E E E E   a Q  Q  E E E E  4x
|––––––––––––––||––––––––––––––––––|––––––––––––––––––||
|––––––––––––––||o–––––––––––––––––|–––––––––––––––––o||
|–/4––––4–4––––||o–1s2––2––2–2–2–2–|–1s2––2––2–2–2–2–o||
|––––––––––––––||––––––––––––––––––|––––––––––––––––––||


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
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 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