Eddie Floyd - Knock on wood
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KNOCK ON WOOD (Bassline)
As recorded by Eddie Floyd
(From the 1967 Album KNOCK ON WOOD)
Words and Music by Eddie Floyd & Steve Cropper
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'
Intro
Q=108
4/4
Gtr I
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
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------7-|-(7)----------------||
|---------------5-|-(5)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|-----9-9-9-9-9-9-9--||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
Q +E E +E E +E E Q +E E +E E +E E
||---------11-(11)-9-(9)----|--------11-(11)-9-(9)----|
||o-7--(7)---------------11-|-7--(7)---------------11-|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
Q +E E +E E +E E Q +E E +E E +E E
|--------11-(11)-9-(9)----|--------11-(11)-9-(9)----|
|-7--(7)---------------11-|-7--(7)---------------11-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Q +E E +E E +E E Q +E E +E E +E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------11-(11)-9-(9)----|--------11-(11)-9-(9)----|
|-7--(7)---------------11-|-7--(7)---------------11-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Q +E E +E E +E E Q +E E +E E +E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------11-(11)-9-(9)----|--------11-(11)-9-(9)-----|
|-7--(7)---------------11-|-7--(7)---------------11--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
Q +E E +E E +E E Q +E E +E E +E E
|--------11-(11)-9-(9)----|--------11-(11)-9-(9)----|
|-7--(7)---------------11-|-7--(7)---------------11-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Q +E E +E E +E E Q +E E +E E +E E
|--------11-(11)-9-(9)----|--------11-(11)-9-(9)-----||
|-7--(7)---------------11-|-7--(7)---------------11--||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
Chorus
Q +E E +E E +E E Q +E E +E E +E E
|-------------------------|--------11-(11)-9-(9)----|
|--------11-(11)-9-(9)----|-7--(7)---------------11-|
|-7--(7)---------------11-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Q +E E +E E +E E Q +E E +E E +E E
|-------------------------|--------11-(11)-9-(9)-----|
|--------11-(11)-9-(9)----|-7--(7)---------------11--|
|-7--(7)---------------11-|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
1.
To Coda
E E H. E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------|---------------5-|-(5)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-7-----------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-------------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------7-|-(7)-----------------||
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|-----9-9-9-9-9-9-9--o||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------|---------------------||
2.
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 Q
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------7-|-----------------||
|---------------5-|-(5)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|---9---7---5-----||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Bridge
D.S. al Coda
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 Q E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10------9-------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
&
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 Q
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------7-|-----------------||
|---------------5-|-(5)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|---9---7---5-----||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Outro
Q +E E +E E +E E Q +E E +E E +E E
||--------------------------|--------11-(11)-9-(9)----|
||o--------11-(11)-9-(9)----|-7--(7)---------------11-|
||o-7--(7)---------------11-|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
Q +E E +E E +E E Q +E E +E E +E E 3x
|-------------------------|--------11-(11)-9-(9)-----||
|--------11-(11)-9-(9)----|-7--(7)---------------11-o||
|-7--(7)---------------11-|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
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
----------------
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