PAINT IT, BLACK (Bassline)

As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1966 Album AFTERMATH)

Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Wyman - Bass'


 Intro 1
  Q=138                      H.=H
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          Q.   H    E   W
|----------|----------|-------------|------||
|----------|----------|-------------|------||
|----------|----------|-------------|------||
|----------|----------|-------------|------||


 Intro 2
  Q=142
  W          W          E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|-----------------|-----------------||
|----------|----------|-----------------|-----------------||
|----------|----------|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-||
|----------|----------|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---||


   1st - 3rd & 5th Verses
    $
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E  E E E   E E E E E  E E E
||------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
||o---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---9---9---10---9-|---9---9---10---9--|
||--7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7----7---|-7---7---7----7----|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E  E E E   E E E E E  E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------||
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---9---9---10---9-|---9---9---10---9-||
|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7----7---|-7---7---7----7---||


 Bridge
  q  q  q  q    q  q  q  q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-5--5--------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7--7--5--5--|-------5--5--|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|
|-------------|-------------|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|


                                             1.,2.,D.S.
                                                       To Coda
  E E q  q  q    E E q  q  q    q  q  q  q    E E E E E E E E   3x
|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------------||
|--------------|-5-5-5--------|-------------|------------------o||
|-7-7-7--5--5--|--------5--5--|-------------|------------------o||
|--------------|--------------|-5--5--5--5--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||


                    4th Verse
  3.
  E E E E E E E E    W          Wx7
|-----------------||----------|--------||
|-----------------||----------|--------||
|-----------------||-7--------|--------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||----------|--------||


 Bridge
  q  q  q  q    E E q  q  q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-5-5-5--------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7--7--5--5--|--------5--5--|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|
|-------------|--------------|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|


                                                  D.S. al Coda
  E E q  q  q    E E q  q  q    q  q  q  q    E E E E E E E E
|--------------|--------------|-------------|------------------||
|--------------|-5-5-5--------|-------------|------------------||
|-7-7-7--5--5--|--------5--5--|-------------|------------------||
|--------------|--------------|-5--5--5--5--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||


   Outro
    &
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|
||--7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|


  E E  E E E E  E E   E E  E E E E  E E  10x
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|---9s14s9---9s14s9-|---9s14s9---9s14s9--o||
|-7--------7--------|-7--------7----------||


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