THE KING WILL COME (Bassline)
As recorded by Wishbone Ash
(From the 1972 Album ARGUS)
Words and Music by Andrew Powell, David Turner, Martin Turner & Steven Upton
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Martin Turner - Bass'
Intro 1 (Fade In)
Q=100
4/4
Gtr I
E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E E
||----------------------|-------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5---8-8-8-8---|-7-7-7-7-7-7---7---|
||----------------------|-------------------|
E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E E 5x
|---------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------o||
|-5-5-5-5---8-8-8-8---|-7-7-7-7-7-7---7---o||
|---------------------|--------------------||
E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E E E Q E Q Q W
|---------------------|-------------------|--------------|------||
|---------------------|-------------------|--------------|------||
|-5-5-5-5---8-8-8-8---|-7-7-7-7-7-7---7---|-5-5--5-5--5--|-7----||
|---------------------|-------------------|--------------|------||
Intro 2
faster Q=116
E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E Q.
||------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|--------------------|
||o-5-3-5-5---------|---------------3----|
||------------x-x-1-|-(1)-1-1-3-(3)------|
E E E E E E E E +Q E E E Q E
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------o||
|-5-3-5-5-x-x-x-8-|-(8)----7---3-----o||
|-----------------|-------------------||
1st Verse
Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-5-----3-5-5-----|---------------3-|-5-----3-5-5---2-|-3----3-----3---|
|---------------1-|-3-----1-3-3-----|-----------------|--------3-------|
Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E S S S S Q E S S E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|------------------|
|-5-----3-5-5-----|-------------2s3---x-|-5----1-3-5-5-1-2-|
|---------------3-|-3-----1-3-3---------|------------------|
2/4 4/4
Q E E Q Q E E E E H H
|--------|---------------|-----------||
|--------|---------------|-----------||
|-3----3-|---------------|-----------||
|--------|-3-----3-3---3-|-3---------||
Interlude
E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E Q. E E E E Q E E +Q E E E E Q
|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-5-3-5-5-5-------|---------------3----|-5-3-5-5------8-|-(8)----7-5-3----||
|-------------x-1-|-(1)-1-1-3-(3)------|----------------|-----------------||
2nd & 3rd Verses
$
Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-5-----3-5-5-----|---------------3-|-5-----3-5-5---2-|-3----3-----3---|
|---------------1-|-3-----1-3-3-----|-----------------|--------3-------|
Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E Q Q E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-5-----3-5-5-----|---------------3-|-5-----5-5----|
|---------------3-|-3-----1-3-3-----|--------------|
2/4 4/4
Q E E Q Q E E E E H H
|--------|---------------|-----------||
|--------|---------------|-----------||
|-3----3-|---------------|-----------||
|--------|-3-----3-3---3-|-3---------||
Interlude
Q E E Q Q E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q. Q. Q
||---------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------||
||o--------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------o||
||o-5--5-3-5--5--|---5-5-3-3-5-5-3-|-5--5-3-5--5-2-|-3----2----1---o||
||---------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------||
Bridge
H. Q H. Q H. Q H Q Q
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|-3----------|-0----------|
|-1----------|-0----------|------------|------3-----|
To Coda
H. Q H. Q H +E E E E +Q. E +H
|------------|------------|----------------|----------------||
|------------|------------|----------------|----------------||
|------------|------------|-3----(3)-----0-|-(0)---0-(0)----||
|-1----------|-0----------|----------------|----------------||
Interlude
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
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-8-(8)-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-0-3-0-|-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-0-3-0-|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E E E E +E e e e E E E E +E e e e
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|---10--------------------|
|-5-5-5-8-(8)-8-8-8-|-8----8-10-(10)-10-10-10-|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E +E e e e E E E E +E e e e
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|----12---------------------|---10--------------------|
|-10----10-12-(12)-12-12-12-|-8----8-10-(10)-10-10-10-|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
ritardando Q=96
2/4 4/4
E E E E +Q E E E E E E H. Q
|-------------------|------------|-------------||
|---9----------10---|-------9----|-------------||
|-7---7-8-(8)-------|-10-12---10-|-12----------||
|-------------------|------------|-------------||
Guitar Solo
a tempo Q=116
E E E E E E E E +E E E E +Q E E E E E E +E E E E +Q E E E Q.
|------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-5-3-5-5-5---x\---|----------------0-3-|-5-3-5-5-(5)-x-x-8-|-(8)----7---3----|
|----------------1-|-(1)-0-1-3-(3)------|-------------------|-----------------|
E E E E Q E E +E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q E E +Q E E E Q E
|-----------------|--------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-5-3-5-5---------|----------------0-3-|-5-3-5-5-(5)----8-|-(8)----7---3--3-|
|------------x\-1-|-(1)-0-1-3-(3)------|------------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E E Q E
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-3-5-5----------|----------------0-3-|-5-3-5-5-x-x-x-8-|-(8)----7---3--3-|
|-----------x-x\-1-|-(1)-0-1-3-(3)------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-3-5-5---------|----------------0-3-|-5-3-5-5---x-x-8-|-(8)----7---3-0-0-|
|-----------5-0-1-|-(1)-0-1-3-(3)------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E S S S S S S E +E E E E +Q E E
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-5-3-5-5---------------|----------------0-3-|
|---------x-x-x-x-x-x-1-|-(1)-0-1-3-(3)------|
E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-5-3-5-5-x-x-x-8-|-(8)----7---3-0-3--|
|-----------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E Q E E E E E +E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-5-3-5-5-x-x-----|---------------3--0-|-5-3-5-5-(5)-x-x-8-|-(8)----7---3-0-3-|
|-------------0-1-|-(1)-0-1-3-(3)------|-------------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E E Q E
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-3-5-5-x-x-x-8-|-(8)----7---3-0-3-|-5-5-5-3---5-5-8-|-(8)----7---3--0-|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E +Q E E E Q E E E E E H W
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|------||
|-5-3-5-5-x-x-x-8-|-(8)----7---3--3-|-5-3-5-5------|------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|------||
Breakdown
W +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-5--------|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
||-----------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
1.,2.
E E E E E E E E +W +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E 3x
|-----------------|------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|------------|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(5)--------|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||
|-----------------|------------|-------------------|--------------------||
Interlude
2.
W W E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E Q.
|----------|----------||------------------|--------------------|
|----------|----------||o-----------------|--------------------|
|----------|----------||o-5-3-5-5---------|---------------3----|
|----------|----------||------------x-x-1-|-(1)-1-1-3-(3)------|
1. 2.
D.S. al Coda
E E E E E E E E +Q E E E Q E E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|-------------------||
|-5-3-5-5-x-x-x-8-|-(8)----7---3----o||-5-3-5-5-x-x-x-8-|-(8)----7---3---3--||
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-------------------||
Outro
&
H +E E E E +Q. E +Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E Q
|----------------|------------------||-----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-------7-(7)------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-3----(3)-----0-|-(0)----------3---||-5-3-5-5-x-------|---------------3----|
|----------------|------------------||-----------x-x-1-|-(1)-0-1-3-(3)------|
E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E
|-----------------|------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------------|
|-5-3-5-5-x-x-x-8-|-(8)----7---3---3-|-5-3-5-5------8-|
|-----------------|------------------|----------------|
+H +E E E E +H. E E +Q. E E E Q
|-------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-(8)----(8)-5-8-10-|-(10)--------8-|-(8)---7---3----|
|-------------------|---------------|----------------|
W +W E E E E H
|----------|------------|--------------*|
|----------|------------|--------------*|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-5-3-5-5------*|
|----------|------------|--------------*|
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
