DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD (Bassline) As recorded by The Animals (From the 1965 Album ANIMAL TRACKS) Words and Music by Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus & Gloria Caldwell Arranged by The Animals Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bryan "Chas" Chandler - Bass ' Intro Q=112 4/4 Gtr I Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E ||----------------|----------------|| ||o---------------|---------------o|| ||o-2----2-2------|---------------o|| ||--------------2-|-0----0-0----0--|| 1st - 3rd Verses $ Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E ||----------------|---------------|---------------| ||o---------------|---------------|-5----5-5------| ||o-2----2-2----2-|---------------|-------------5-| ||----------------|-5----5-5----5-|---------------| To Coda Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E |---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------| |-4----4-4------|---------------|---------------|-5----5-5-------| |-------------4-|-2----2-2----2-|---------------|-------------5--| |---------------|---------------|-5----5-5----5-|----------------| Chorus Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E |---------------||---------------|---------------| |---------------||---------------|---------------| |---------------||-5----5-5------|-2----2-2------| |-2----2-2----2-||-------------5-|-------------2-| 1. 2/4 4/4 E E E E H W Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E |--------------|------|---------------|---------------| |--------------|------|---------------|---------------| |--------------|------|-2----2-2------|---------------| |-3-----3------|------|-------------2-|-0----0-0----0-| Bridge 2. Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q Q. E +Q. E |---------------|----------------||--------------||-----------------| |---------------|---------------o||--------------||-----------------| |-2----2-2------|---------------o||-2----2-2--0--||-----------------| |-------------2-|-0----0-0----0--||--------------||-3----5-(5)---5--| Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E |----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|--------------4-|-5--------------| |-3----5-(5)---5-|-3----5-(5)-----|------2-(2)---2-| Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E Q. E Q. E |----------------|----------------|---------------| |----------------|----------------|-5----5-5------| |----------------|----------------|-------------5-| |-3----5-(5)---5-|-3----5-(5)---5-|---------------| Outro D.S. al Coda & Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E |----------------||---------------||----------------|---------------| |----------------||---------------||o---------------|---------------| |----------------||---------------||o-5----5-5----5-|-2----2-2------| |-2----2-2----2--||-2----2-2----2-||----------------|-------------2-| 2/4 4/4 E E E E H W Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E 3x |--------------|------|---------------|----------------|| |--------------|------|-------------0-|---------------o|| |--------------|------|-2----2-2------|---------------o|| |-3-----3------|------|---------------|-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