• Song:

    Parachute Woman

  • Artist:

    Rolling Stones

PARACHUTE WOMAN (Bassline)

As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1968 Album BEGGARS BANQUET)

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


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


 Intro
  Q=114(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|


              1st - 3rd Verses
           $
  W            W          W          H.      Q
|----------||-----------|----------|---------7---|
|----------||o-7--------|-7--------|-------------|
|----------||o----------|----------|-7-----------|
|----------||-----------|----------|-------------|


  W          W          W          H.      Q
|-9--------|----------|----------|---------7---|
|----------|-7--------|-7--------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-7-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|


                                          1.
                                 To Coda
  H    +Q.   E   W          Q  E E Q  Q    H.      Q
|-9----(9)-----|----------|-9--7-4-------|---------7---|
|------------7-|-9--------|--------5--5--|-------------|
|--------------|----------|--------------|-7-----------|
|--------------|----------|--------------|-------------|


                 2.
  H.      E E     H.      Q    H.      E E
|--------------||---------7--|-------------||
|---------5-5-o||------------|---------5-5-||
|-7-----------o||-7----------|-7-----------||
|--------------||------------|-------------||


   Interlude
                                            D.S. al Coda
               |-3--|              |-3--|
    H    +Q   +E  E E   H    +Q   +E  E E  3x H.      Q
||--9----(9)--(9)-----|--------------------||-9-------9--||
||o---------------7-9-|---------------7-9-o||------------||
||o-------------------|-7----(7)--(7)-----o||------------||
||--------------------|--------------------||------------||


                              Outro
  &
                                                          |-3--|
  H.      Q    H    +Q.   E    H    +Q.   E   H    +E  E +E  E E
|---------7--|--------------||--------------|--------------------|
|------------|------------5-||------------5-|----------5-(5)-7-9-|
|-7----------|-7----(7)-----||-7----(7)-----|-7----(7)-----------|
|------------|--------------||--------------|--------------------|


  H    +E  E +Q     E E +Q   Q  E E   E E +Q   Q  E E
|-9----(9)--------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------5-(5)--|-------------5-5-|-------------5-5-|
|-----------------|-7-7-(7)--7------|-7-7-(7)--7------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  H.      E E     H.      Q    H.      Q   5x
|-9---------9-||----------7--|---------7---||
|---------9---||o------------|------------o||
|-------------||o-7----------|-7----------o||
|-------------||-------------|-------------||


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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