• Song:

    Torn And Frayed

  • Artist:

    Rolling Stones

TORN AND FRAYED (Bassline)

As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1972 Album EXILE ON MAIN ST.)

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


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


 Intro                  Pre-Verse
  Q=90
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W           Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  E E E E
|----------|----------||--------------|---------------||
|----------|----------||--------------|---------------||
|----------|----------||-0--0---------|---------------||
|----------|----------||-------5--5---|-0--0--0-0-0---||


   1st - 4th Verses
    $
    Q  E S S Q  E S S   Q  E S S E E E E   Q  E S S E S S S E.
||--------------------|------------------|----------------------|
||o-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
||o-------------------|------------------|----------0-----------|
||--0--0---0-7--7---7-|-2--2---2-0-4-5-6-|-5--5---2---2h3-0-2---|


  E E S S E +Q   E E   Q  E S S Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E   S S E E E E. S E E
|--------------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------2-|----------------|--------------------|
|---------5-(5)------|----------0------|----------------|--------------------|
|-0-0-5h7--------7-7-|-0--0-0h2----4---|-2--2---0-4-5-6-|-5h7---5---5--5-2-5-|


                        Chorus
  E E S S E S S E E E    Q  E S S E E E S S   E E E S S e e E E
|---------------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|---------5---------5-||--------------------|-----------5-5-----|
|-0-0-5h7---7h9-7-9---||-7--7-7h9-5-5-5-5h7-|-0-0-0-4-7-----4-5-|


  E E E S S E E E S S   E E S S S S e e S S S S   Q.   +S  S E S S S E S
|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------5-5---5-5---|-0----(0)h2-0-2h4-5h7s9--|
|-7-7-7-7h9-5-5-5-5h7-|-0-0-0---4-7-----7-------|-------------------------|


                                              1.,D.C.
                                     To Coda
  +S  S E S E S S S E S S E   Q  Q  Q    Q     W
|---------------------------|----------------|-------||
|---------------------------|-------0--<12>--|------o||
|-(9)-7-5-------------0-----|-0--------------|-0----o||
|---------7-5-4-4-2-4---4-2-|----7-----------|-------||


  2.
  H    H      H    E. S S S E   S E S +Q   H
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0---------|-0----5--7-9p7-5-|-5h7-0-(0)-------|
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|


                  D.S. al Coda
  Q  Q  Q.   S S   H.      Q
|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------||
|-0-----5----5h7-|----------------||
|----7-----------|-7-------7\-----||


  &
  W          H    Q.   S S   H    E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q
|----------|---------------|--------------|-------------||
|----------|---------------|------------2-|-------------||
|-0--------|-0----5----5h7-|-0----0-2-4---|-------------||
|----------|---------------|--------------|-0--0--0--0--||


 Chorus
  Q  Q  E E E S S   E E E S S S S E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-0--0------------|-----------------5-7-|
|-------5-5-5-5-7-|-0-0-0-0-4-0-4-7-----|


  E E E S S E E E S S   Q  S E S +S  S E E E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|--------5-(5)-2-0-2-5--|
|-7-7-7-7-9-5-5-5-5-7-|-0--4-7----------------|


  Q  E S S E e e S S   E E S S E E E E E   E E E S S E E E S S
|--------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------0-2-|---------------------|
|-0----0-2-----------|-----------0-2-----|---------------------|
|----------5-5-5-5-7-|-0-0-0h4-7---------|-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-|


  E E E E E S S Q    E E S S S S S S E E S S   S S E E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|-2-2-2---2-4-----2-4-4-5-|--------------------|
|-0-0---0-0-0---0--|-------------5-----------|-0---0---0-0-0-0-0--|


                                                      Outro
  E E S S S S S S E E S S   E E +E  S S E E +E  S S    E E S S S S S S E E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------0-----4-4h5-|-------------------------||-----------------2-3-4-5-|
|-7-7-7---7-9-----7-------|-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-||-7-7-7---7-9-5-----------|


  S S E Q  S S E S S S S   E E S S E E E S S S S
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|-5-----5--5---------0h2-|-----4-5-7-----2-3-4-4-|
|---0-0------0-0-2h4-----|-5-5-------5-5---------|


  S E S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|
|-----------------0-2s4-2-0-----|
|-5---------0h2-------------2---|
|---7-0-2h4---------------------|


  E E S S E E E S E.   E E S S S S S S E E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-0-4-5-7----------|-----------5-7-5-4-2---|
|-----------5-5-2-5--|-0-0-5-6-7-----------4-|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------*|
|-----------------|-------------------*|
|-0-0-0-0---------|-------------------*|
|---------5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---*|


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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