TIGHTROPE (Bassline)
As recorded by Stevie Ray Vaughan
(From the 2003 Album IN STEP)
Words and Music by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Doyle Bramhall
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Tune Down 1/2 Step'
Intro
Moderate Funk Q=98(16=s16)
4/4
Gtr I
E. S +E E +Q. +E E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +Q. +E
|-----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-7--5-(5)--------------|-------------------|-7--5-(5)--------------|
|----------7-(7)---(7)-|-5--3-(3)-0-(0)----|----------7-(7)---(7)-|
Verse
E. S +E E +H E E E. S S S E S S E E E E. S S S E S S E
|-------------------||-----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------||o----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------||o-2-2------2-0-2-----1-|-2-2------2-0-2-----1-|
|-5--3-(3)-0-(0)----||---------0---------0---|--------0---------0---|
E E E. S S S E S S E e E E. S S S E E E E E E. S S S E S S E
|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-2-2------2-0-2-----1-|-2-2------2-0-2---1-|-2-2------2-0-2-----1--|
|--------0---------0---|--------0-------0---|--------0---------0----|
E E E. S S S E E S S Q. E Q. E E. S +E E +Q. +E
|----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|-2-2------2-0---0-2-0-|---------------|-7--5-(5)--------------|
|--------0-----2-------|-4----x-0------|----------7-(7)---(7)-|
1.
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +Q. +E E. S +E E +H
|-------------------|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|-7--5-(5)--------------|-------------------o||
|-5--3-(3)-0-(0)----|----------7-(7)---(7)-|-5--3-(3)-0-(0)-----||
Chorus
2.
E. S +E S S +E E E E e E S S S S S S E S E S e E E S S S S E S E S
|------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------||-------------------------|-----------7-7---7-9----|
|-7--5-(5)-----------5-6-||-7-7---------------7-5-5-|-------9-9-----9--------|
|------------7-(7)-7-----||-------0-5-0-7-5-7-------|-7-7--------------------|
E E S S S S S S E E S S E E E S S S S E S E. Q. E Q. E
|-------------------------|-----------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|------------7-7---7-9-|---------------|
|-7-7---------------------|-------/9-9-----9------|--------7------|
|-------0-4-0-5-5-4-5-6-6-|-7-7-------------------|-5-------------|
1st Guitar Solo
e E e E S S E +E E E E E. S S S E S S E E E E. S S S E S S E
|----------------------||----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------7---7-(7)-9-||----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----/9-----9---------||-2-2------2-0-2-----1-|-2-2------2-0-2-----1--|
|-7--------------------||--------0---------0---|--------0---------0----|
E E E. S S S E S S E E E E. S S S E E E E E E. S S S E S S E
|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-2-2------2-0-2-----1-|-2-2------2-0-----1-|-7-7----0-7-5-7---0-6--|
|--------0---------0---|--------0-----2-0---|-----------------------|
E E E. S S S E E S S E E E. S S S E S S E E E E. S S S E E S s
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------0-|----------------------|----------------------|
|-7-7----0-7-5---------|-2-2------2-0-2-----1-|-2-2------2-0---0-2-0-|
|--------------7-0-----|--------0---------0---|--------0-----2-------|
E E S S S S e E S S S S e E S S S S e E E S S E E S S S S S S E E S s
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------4-4---------|-2-2---------------2-0-|-------------------------|
|-------x-4-4-------0-4-0-|-------0-2-0-2-2-------|-2-2-2-------2-0---0-1-1-|
|-2-2---------------------|-----------------0-----|-------0-2-0-----2-------|
e E E S S e E S E S e E S S S S S S E S E S e E E S S S S E S E S
|---------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------7---7-9---|-------------7-7---7-9---|-----------7-7---7-9---|
|-------7s9---9-------|-------x-9-9-----9-----0-|-------9-9-----9-----0-|
|-7-7---------------0-|-7-7---------------------|-7-7-------------------|
E S S E S S E S S S S S S e E S S S S e E E S S e E S S S S s S E E E
|---------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------5-5-5-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-------------------|-7-7-------------------|
|-7-7p0-9-9-9---------------|-------0-4-0-5-4-5-7-7-|-------0-4-0-5-0-4-5-6-|
e E E S S S S E S E S E E E S S S S E E S S e E S S S S S S E E. S
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------7-7---7-9---|-----------7-7---7-9-7-|------------------------|
|-------9-9-----9-------|-------9-9-----9-------|-9-9---------------9----|
|-7-7-----------------0-|-7-7-------------------|-------0-5-0-9-0-9----0-|
e E S S s s s S E E E E. S +E E +Q.. S E. S +E E +H
|-----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-7-7-------------------|-7--5-(5)------------|-------------------|
|-------0-4-0-5-0-4-5-7-|----------7-(7)----0-|-5--3-(3)-0-(0)----|
E. S +E E +Q. +E E. S +E E +H +W
|-----------------------|-------------------|--------||
|-----------------------|-------------------|--------||
|-7--5-(5)--------------|-------------------|--------||
|----------7-(7)---(7)-|-5--3-(3)-0-(0)----|-(0)----||
Verse
E E E. S S S E S S E E E E. S S S E S S E E E E. S S S E S S E
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-2-2------2-0-2-----1-|-2-2------2-0-2-----1-|-2-2------2-0-2-----1-|
|--------0---------0---|--------0---------0---|--------0---------0---|
e E E. S S S E E E E E E. S S S E S S E E E E. S S S E E S S
|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-2-2------2-0-----1-|-2-2------2-0-2-----1-|-2-2------2-0---0-2-0--|
|--------0-----2-0---|--------0---------0---|--------0-----2--------|
Q. E Q. E E. S +E E +Q. +E E. S +E S S +E E E E
|---------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------|-7--5-(5)--------------|-7--5-(5)-----------5-6--||
|-4----x-0------|----------7-(7)---(7)-|------------7-(7)-7------||
Chorus
e E S S S S S S E S E S e E E S S S S E S E S E E S S S S S S E E S S
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------7-7---7-9---|-------------------------|
|-7-7---------------7-5-5-|-------9-9-----9-------|-7-7---------------------|
|-------0-5-0-7-5-7-------|-7-7-------------------|-------0-4-0-5-5-4-5-6-6-|
E E E S S S S E S E. Q. E Q. E E. S +E E +Q. E
|-----------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|------------7-7---7-9-|---------------|--------------------|
|-------/9-9-----9------|--------7------|-7--5-(5)-----------|
|-7-7-------------------|-5-------------|----------7-(7)-----|
Outro-Chorus
E. S +E S S +E E E E e E S s S S S S E E S S E e E e S E S S E S
|------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------|
|-7--5-(5)-----------5-6-||-7-7---------------------|-----4-4-5-5-5-6-6-6-|
|------------7-(7)-7-----||-------0-5-0-5-0-4-5-6-6-|-7-7-----------------|
e E S S S S S S E E E E E E E +S E S q e E E E S S E S E S
|-----------------------|--------------------|----------7-7---7-9-9-|
|-----------------------|--------------------|-------/9-----9-------|
|-7-7-------------------|-------------5-5-6--|-7-7------------------|
|-------x-4-0-5-0-4-5-6-|-7-7---9-(9)--------|----------------------|
e E E S S S S E E e e E S S S S S S E E E e E E S S S E. E S S
|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-9-9--------7-7---7-9-|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-------/9-9-----9-----|-7-7-------------------|-----------5-5--6-6-6-|
|----------------------|-------0-4-0-5-x-4-5-6-|-7-7-9-9-9------------|
e E S E S S S E E S S S S S S E S S +S S E E E E E E S S S S E E S S
|-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------7-7---7-9-7--|
|-----6-6-6-7-0-6-7-8-8-|-9-9-9-0-7-9-6-(6)-0-7-8-9-|-------9-9-----9--------|
|-7-7-------------------|---------------------------|-7-7--------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
E E S S S S e E S S E e E S S S S S S E E E e E S E S s E S E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------7--------|
|-9-9---x---------9-7---|-----------------------|----------------------|
|---------6-6-9-9-----9-|-7-7-------------------|-----------5---5-6-6--|
|-----------------------|-------0-4-0-5-0-4-5-6-|-7-7-9-9-9------------|
e E E S S E E E E E E E S S S e S S E S S S E E. S S S E E S S
|-------------------|-----6-6-6-7-7-7-8-8-8-|-9-7--------------------|
|-----6-6-6-7-7-8-9-|-9-9-------------------|-----9------------------|
|-7-7---------------|-----------------------|-------7----7-x---------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|----------9-----4-5-7-7-|
e E E S S E S S E E E E S S S S E e E S S S S E +E S S E S S +E S S
|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-7-7---------7---------|-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------0-7-0---4-5-6-6-|-7-0-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-|
E E S S S S S S E E E e E E S S s E S E S S E E E S S S E. E S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----6-6-6-7-7--8-8-8--|
|-7-7-------------------|-----------5-5-5-6-6-6-|-7-7-------------------|
|-------0-4-0-5-0-4-5-6-|-7-7-9-9-9-------------|-----------------------|
e E E E S E. Q e E E. S S S E E E e E E S S S S E E E
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------------*|
|-9-9-7-7-6-6--5--|--------------------|-----------------------*|
|-----------------|-7-7----------------|-----------------------*|
|-----------------|-----4--4-5-0-4-5-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-*|
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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
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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
