DON'T BRING ME DOWN (Bassline) As recorded by Electric Light Orchestra (From the 1979 Album DISCOVERY) Words and Music by Jeff Lynne Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Kelly Groucutt - Bass' Intro Q=116 4/4 Gtr I Wx2 H E E E E |------------|--------------| |------------|--------2-0---| |------------|------------3-| |------------|--------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------2-0---|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-----3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1st Verse E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------||-----------------|-----------------| |-----------2-0---||-----------------|-----------2-0---| |-0-0-0-0-0-----3-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-----3-| |-----------------||-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-7-5-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------5-7-5-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-----------------|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------| 2nd Verse E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------||-----------------|-----------------| |-----------2-0---||-----------------|-----------2-0---| |-0-0-0-0-0-----3-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-----3-| |-----------------||-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-7-5-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H H |-----------------|-----------------|-----------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------5-7-5-3-|-0---------| |-----------------|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------| Chorus W E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E |----------||-------------------------|---------------------| |----------||-------------------------|---------------------| |----------||-------------------------|---------------------| |----------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-1-2-| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E S S E S S |-------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-1-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-| E S S E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------------|-----------------|-----------7-5-3-|| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-------|| 3rd & 4th Verses 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-----------------|-----------2-0---|-----------------| ||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-----3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-7-5-3-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1. 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|| |---------5-7-5-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o|| |-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|------------------|| Chorus 2. E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E S S E S S E S S E S S |-----------------|---------------||--------------------------| |-----------------|---------------||--------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-------------||--------------------------| |-----------------|---------0-1-2-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4--| E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E |---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-1-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-1-2-| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-----------------------|------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------|------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------|------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| 5th Verse E E E E E E E E W W |-----------------|----------||------| |-----------------|----------||------| |-----------7-5-3-|----------||------| |-0-0-0-0-0-------|----------||------| W W 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-7-5-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5---------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------5-7-5-3-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| Interlude E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E S S E E |-----------------|-----------------||------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------||o-----------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----||o-----------------------| |-----------------|-------------4-3-||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| 1.,2. 3. E S S E S S E E E E 3x E S S E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E E |----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------| |---------------------o||-----------------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------| |-----------------4-3--||-----------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| 6th Verse E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------||-----------------|-----------------| |-----------2-0---||-----------------|-----------------| |---------------3-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-0-0-0-0-0-------||-----------------|-3---------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0---0-0-3-|-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-3---------------|-3-------3-------|----------------| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-3--5-5-5-5-5-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-5-5-5-5---------|-----------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------5-7-5-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------2-0---|-----------------|-----------2-0---| |---------------3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-----3-| |-0-0-0-0-0-------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-7-5-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W |-----------------|-----------------|------*| |-----------------|-----------------|------*| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------5-7-5-3-|------*| |-----------------|-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

Electric Light Orchestra - Dont bring me down