Chuck Berry - Almost grown
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ALMOST GROWN (Bassline)
As recorded by Chuck Berry
(From the 1959 Album CHUCK BERRY IS ON TOP)
Words and Music by Chuck Berry
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Willie Dixon - Bass'
Intro
Q=146(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
q Q H W W W
|------------|----------|----------|------||
|------------|----------|----------|------||
|-5----------|----------|----------|------||
|------------|----------|----------|------||
1st - 5th Verses
$
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
||o-------0--2--|-------0--2--|-------0--2--|-------0--2---|
||o----2--------|----2--------|----2--------|----2---------|
||--3-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------0--2--|-------0--2--|-------------|-------------|
|----2--------|----2--------|-------0--2--|-------0--2--|
|-3-----------|-3-----------|----2--------|----2--------|
|-------------|-------------|-3-----------|-3-----------|
1.,2.,3.
To Coda
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q q Q H 4x
|-------2--4--|-------2--4--|-------------|-------------||
|-0--4--------|-0--4--------|-------0--2--|------------o||
|-------------|-------------|----2--------|------------o||
|-------------|-------------|-3-----------|-3-----------||
Guitar Solo
4.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------0--2--|-------0--2--|-------0--2--|-------0--2--|
|----2--------|----2--------|----2--------|----2--------|
|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------0--2--|-------0--2--|-------------|-------------|
|----2--------|----2--------|-------0--2--|-------0--2--|
|-3-----------|-3-----------|----2--------|----2--------|
|-------------|-------------|-3-----------|-3-----------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------2--4--|-------2--4--|-------------|-------------|
|-0--4--------|-0--4--------|-------0--2--|-------0--2--|
|-------------|-------------|----2--------|----2--------|
|-------------|-------------|-3-----------|-3-----------|
Outro
D.S. al Coda &
q Q H q Q H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------||------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------||------------||-------0--2--|-------0--2--|-------0--2--|
|-5----------||------------||----2--------|----2--------|----2--------|
|------------||-3----------||-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------0--2--|-------0--2--|-------------|
|-------0--2--|----2--------|----2--------|-------0--2--|
|----2--------|-3-----------|-3-----------|----2--------|
|-3-----------|-------------|-------------|-3-----------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q q Q H
|-------------|-------2--4--|-------2--4--|-------------|------------*|
|-------0--2--|-0--4--------|-0--4--------|-------0--2--|------------*|
|----2--------|-------------|-------------|----2--------|------------*|
|-3-----------|-------------|-------------|-3-----------|-3----------*|
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