Blind Faith - Presence of the lord
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PRESENCE OF THE LORD (Bassline)
As recorded by Blind Faith
(From the 1969 Album BLIND FAITH)
Words and Music by Eric Clapton
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Ric Grech - Bass'
Intro
Q=60
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q Q S S E Q Q Q S S E Q Q Q S S E
|----5--4--2-0---|----5--4--2-0---|----5-----------|
|----------------|----------------|----------7-5---|
|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3-----7--------|
|--------------3-|--------------3-|--------------3-|
1st Verse
Q Q Q S S E Q.. S Q S S S S Q +S S E +S S E +S S E
|----5--4--2-0---||--------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------||--------------------|----------7-(7)-------------|
|-3--------------||-3------------5---5-|--------7---------7-(7)-----|
|--------------3-||-------3-3------7---|-5--(5)---------5-------5-3-|
Q.. S E E +S S S S Q Q Q S S E Q. S S S S E +S S S S
|-----------------------|----5--4--2-0---|----------0---------------|
|---------3-3-(3)-------|----------------|--------2-----------------|
|-------3---------0-2-3-|-3--------------|-3------------------5-----|
|-1---------------------|--------------3-|--------------3-(3)---7---|
Q S S E +S S E +S S E H +S S E +S S E Q Q S S S S S S E
|--------------------------|----------------------|----------------------||
|--------7-(7)-------------|--------------------0-|----------------------||
|------7---------7-(7)-----|-5----(5)---------0---|-------------------0--||
|-5------------5-------8-5-|----------5-2-(2)-----|-3--3--3---0---3------||
Chorus
+Q.. S S S E +S S E S S E +S S S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------|-------------------------0-----|
|------------------------|-----------------3---2---------|
|-(0)------0---0-(0)-0-3-|-----------0-3---------------0-|
|--------0---------------|-1---1-(1)---------------------|
+Q +S S E E E +S S S S
|----------------------------|
|----------------------2-----|
|-(0)--(0)-----0-0-(0)---3---|
|----------0-3---------------|
Q +S S S S +S S E E E Q +S S E Q +S S E
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------7-4-5-(5)---------|-----------------------|
|-5--(5)-----------5---0-2-|-3--(3)-3----------5---|
|--------------------3-----|----------0-3--(3)---7-|
Q +S S E +S S E +S S E
|-----------------------------|
|----------7-(7)--------------|
|--------7-------7------------|
|-5--(5)-----------5-(5)-5-3--|
Q +S S E S S E +S S S S E. S E. S Q E. S Q E. S E. S S S E
|----------------------------|------5----4--2--0-|----5----4----2-0----||
|----------3-5---5-(5)-------|-------------------|---------------------||
|--------3---------------0---|-3--3----3---------|-3-----3----3--------||
|-1--(1)---------------3-----|-------------------|------------------3--||
2nd Verse
Q +S S E Q +S S E Q +S S E +S S E +S S E
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------7-(7)-------------|
|-3--(3)-3----------5---|--------7---------7-(7)-----|
|----------0-3--(3)---7-|-5--(5)---------5-------5-3-|
Q. S S S S E +S S S S
|--------------------------|
|----------3---3-(3)-------|
|--------3-----------0-2-2-|
|-1------------------------|
E. S Q Q S S S S Q.. S Q +S S E H +E E S S E
|------5--4--2-0-----|---------0--(0)-----|------------------|
|--------------------|-------2--------0---|----------2-------|
|-3--3---------------|-3----------------2-|-0----(0)---3-0---|
|----------------3---|--------------------|----------------3-|
Q +S E S +S S E S S E Q +S S S S S S S S S S E
|--------4-2-(2)-----------|--------------0-------0-----||
|----------------0-------0-|----------0-0-----2---------||
|-5--(5)-----------0-------|--------2-----------------0-||
|--------------------2-2---|-3--(3)---------------------||
Chorus
+Q S S S S S S S S S S E
|----------0-0-2-------------|
|--------2-------2-----------|
|-(0)--------------3---0-----|
|--------------------------3-|
Q +S S S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------0-----|
|--------------3---2---------|
|--------0-3-3-------------0-|
|-1--(1)---------------------|
+Q +S S S S +Q S S E Q +S E S S S S S E E
|--------------2-(2)--------|--------------------------|
|----------0-2----------2---|--------7-----------------|
|-(0)--(0)----------------3-|-5--(5)---9-10--------0-2-|
|---------------------------|---------------10-3-------|
Q.. S Q +S S S S E. S E S S +E S S +S S S S Q.. S E S S S S E
|----------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|--------7-7-(7)---------------|----------------------|
|-3--------------5---5-|----5-7---------7-7-(7)-------|-----------------0-2--|
|-------3-3--(3)---7---|-5----------------------5-3---|-1-----1-3-3-3-3------|
Interlude
Double time Q=120
E. S E. S Q S S E E. S E. S Q S S E H +H E Q E Q E E
|------5----4--2-0---|------5----4--2-0---|-------------||---------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|-------------||---------------|
|-3--3----3----------|-3--3----3----------|-0----(0)----||------3-5--5-7-|
|------------------3-|------------------3-|-------------||-3-5-----------|
Guitar Solo
+E E Q H E Q E Q E E +E E Q H E Q E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------||---------------|
|-----5-7-------|---------------|-----5-7-------||---------------|
|-(7)-----------|------3-5--5-7-|-(7)-----------||------3-5--5-7-|
|----------5----|-3-5-----------|----------5----||-3-5-----------|
+E E Q E E +Q E Q E Q E E +E E E. S E E +Q E Q E Q E E
|-------------------|---------------|---------------------|---------------|
|-----5-7-----------|---------------|-----5-7-------------|---------------|
|-(7)---------------|------3-5--5-7-|-(7)-----------------|------3-5--5-7-|
|----------5-5-(5)--|-3-5-----------|----------0-5-5-(5)--|-3-5-----------|
+E E E. S E E +Q E Q E Q E E +E E E. S E E +Q E Q E Q E E
|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|---------------|
|-----5-7-------------|---------------|-----5-7-------------|------3-5--5-7-|
|-(7)-----------------|------3-5--5-7-|-(7)-----------------|-3-5-----------|
|----------0-5-5-(5)--|-3-5-----------|----------0-5-5-(5)--|---------------|
+E E E. S E E +S S S S E Q E Q E E +E E E. S S S E S S E
|-----5-7------------------|---------------|-----5-7----------------|
|-(7)----------------------|------3-5--5-7-|-(7)--------------------|
|------------5-5-(5)---3-4-|-5-5-----------|------------5---5---5-6-|
|----------5---------5-----|---------------|----------5-------------|
E E E E Q E E E E E S S S S E S S E S S E E E Q E E
|----------------|---7-9-----------------|------------------|
|-------5-7--7-9-|-----------------------|---------5-7--7-9-|
|-7-7------------|---------7-7---7---7-7-|-7---7------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|------------------|
+E E E S S E E S S E H +Q +S S E +H +Q +E E
|-----7-9---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(9)---------------9---|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------7-7-7-----7-|-5----(5)--(5)---3-|-(3)----(3)--(3)-1-|
|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Interlude
Half time Q=60
+H +Q +E E +H +H Q Q Q S E S Q Q Q E. S
|-------------------|---------------||----5--4--2-0---|----5--4--2--0--||
|-------------------|---------------||----------------|----------------||
|-(1)----(1)--(1)---|---------------||-3--------------|-3--------------||
|-----------------3-|-(3)----(3)----||--------------3-|----------------||
3rd Verse
Q.. S Q +S S E Q +S S S S +S S S S +S S E
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|----------7-7-(7)---------------|
|-3--------------5---|--------7-----------7-7-(7)-----|
|-------0-3--(3)---7-|-5--(5)-----------5---------5-3-|
Q.. S S S E +S S S S
|-------------------------|
|---------3---3-(3)-------|
|-------3-----------0-1-2-|
|-1-----------------------|
E S S E. S S S E S S S S Q.. S E S S +S S E
|-------5----4-------------|-----------------------|
|--------------5-----------|-----------5-5-(5)-----|
|-3-2-3----3-----7-8-------|-------------------5---|
|--------------------8-7-7-|-8-----0-3-----------7-|
E. S E S S +S S E +S S E
|----------------------------|
|--------7-7-(7)-------------|
|----5-7-----------7-(7)-----|
|-5--------------5-------8-5-|
E S S E S S +S E S +S S E
|-----------------------------|
|---------7-7-(7)-7-----------|
|-5-5-5-5-----------5-(5)-----|
|-------------------------5-2-|
Chorus
Q +S S E S S S S S S E +H +S S S S E E
|------------0-------0-----||-----------------------|
|----------0-----2---------||------------2----------|
|--------2---------------0-||-(0)----(0)---3-2-0----|
|-3--(3)-------------------||--------------------3--|
E. S E S S +S S S S S S E
|----------------------0-----|
|--------3-3-(3)---2---------|
|----0-3---------3---------0-|
|-1--------------------------|
+Q S S S S S S S S S S E Q S S S S +S S E E E
|------2-0-2-2---------------|------2------------------|
|--------------2-0-2---------|--------4-5-(5)----------|
|-(0)------------------0---0-|-5--------------5---0-2--|
|------------------------3---|------------------3------|
Q.. S Q +S S E Q S S E +S S E +S S E Q.. S E S S +S S E
|--------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|----7-5-7-(7)-------------|-----------------------|
|-3--------------5---|--------------7-----------|-------------------0-2-|
|-------0-3--(3)---7-|-5--------------5-(5)-5-3-|-1-----2-3-3-3-(3)-----|
Outro
E. S E. S Q S S E E. S E. S E. S S E S
|------5----4--2-0---||------5--5-5----------|
|--------------------||----5----5----5-7-5---|
|-3--3----3----------||-3--------------------|
|------------------3-||--------------------3-|
H.=H
E. S E. S E. S S S E W +W
|------5----5----2---0-|----------|--------*|
|----------------------|----------|--------*|
|-3--3----3----3-------|-3--------|-(3)----*|
|----------------------|----------|--------*|
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