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RUNAROUND SUE (Bassline)
As recorded by Dion
(From the 1961 Album RUNAROUND SUE)
Words and Music by Dion DiMucci & Ernie Maresca
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro 1
Freely Q=100
4/4
Gtr I
W W W W
|----------|----------|-4--------|------|
|-0--------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
W W W +H. Q
|----------|----------|----------|--------------||
|-5--------|----------|-7--------|-(7)----------||
|----------|----------|----------|--------------||
|----------|----------|----------|--------------||
Intro 2
In Time Q=158
H H H Q Q H H Q. E +Q Q
|-----------|------------|-4---------|-----------------|
|------7----|------4--7--|------0----|-----------------|
|-5---------|-5----------|-----------|-2---------------|
|-----------|------------|-----------|------0-(0)--2---|
H H Q. E +Q Q H Q. E Q Q Q Q
|-----------|----------------|-------------|--------------|
|-----------|----------------|-----------2-|--------------|
|------5----|------2-(2)--5--|-0----4------|-0--0--2--4---|
|-3---------|-3--------------|-------------|--------------|
H H Q. E +Q Q H Q. E Q. E +Q Q
|-----------|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|------4----|------4-(4)--7--|-----------4-|-------------4---|
|-5---------|-5--------------|-2----5------|-2----5-(5)------|
|-----------|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
Q Q Q. E Q E E +Q Q Q Q H W
|--------------|----------------|------------|------||
|--------------|----------------|------------|------||
|-------5----5-|------2-(2)--5--|-0----------|------||
|-3--3---------|-3--3-----------|------------|------||
1st Verse
H H H Q Q H H Q. E +Q Q
|-----------|------------|-4---------|-----------------|
|------7----|------4--7--|------0----|-----------------|
|-5---------|-5----------|-----------|-2---------------|
|-----------|------------|-----------|------0-(0)--2---|
H H Q. E +Q Q H Q. E Q Q Q Q
|-----------|----------------|-------------|--------------||
|-----------|----------------|-----------2-|--------------||
|------5----|------2-(2)--5--|-0----4------|-0--0--2--4---||
|-3---------|-3--------------|-------------|--------------||
2nd - 4th Verses
$
H H H Q Q H H Q. E +Q Q
||------------|------------|-4---------|----------------|
||o------7----|------4--7--|------0----|----------------|
||o-5---------|-5----------|-----------|-2--------------|
||------------|------------|-----------|------0-(0)--2--|
H H Q. E +Q Q H Q. E Q Q Q Q
|-----------|----------------|-------------|--------------||
|-----------|----------------|-----------2-|--------------||
|------5----|------2-(2)--5--|-0----4------|-0--0--2--4---||
|-3---------|-3--------------|-------------|--------------||
Chorus
H H Q. E +Q Q H Q. E Q. E +Q Q
|-----------|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|------4----|------4-(4)--7--|-----------4-|-------------4---|
|-5---------|-5--------------|-2----5------|-2----5-(5)------|
|-----------|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
To Coda
Q Q Q. E Q E E +Q Q Q Q H W
|--------------|----------------|------------|------||
|--------------|----------------|------------|------||
|-------5----5-|------2-(2)--5--|-0----------|------||
|-3--3---------|-3--3-----------|------------|------||
Bridge
Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|----------------|------4-(4)--7--|--------------|
|-------------5--|----------------|-5--------------|-5------------|
|-3----7-(7)-----|-3----3-(3)--7--|----------------|----0--1--2---|
1. 2.
D.S. al Coda
Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q Q H W W
|-----------------|-----------------|------------|-----------||-------||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------|----------o||-------||
|--------------5--|--------------5--|-0----------|----------o||-------||
|-3----/7-(7)-----|-3----/7-(7)-----|------------|-----------||-------||
Outro
&
W H H H Q Q H H
|----------||-----------|------------|-4---------|
|----------||------7----|------4--7--|------0----|
|----------||-5---------|-5----------|-----------|
|----------||-----------|------------|-----------|
Q. E +Q Q H H Q. E +Q Q H Q. E
|----------------|-----------|----------------|--------------*|
|----------------|-----------|----------------|-----------2--*|
|-2--------------|------5----|------2-(2)--5--|-0----4-------*|
|------0-(0)--2--|-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
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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