Howlin' Wolf - Forty four
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FORTY FOUR (Bassline)
As recorded by Howlin' Wolf
(From the 1959 Album MOANIN' IN THE MOONLIGHT)
Words and Music by Chester Burnett
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Willie Dixon - Double Bass'
Intro
Q=140(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
W H. Q H H H. Q
|----------|------------|-----------|------------|
|----------|------------|-----------|-3----------|
|----------|------------|-3----5----|---------5--|
|----------|-1-------5--|-----------|------------|
H E E Q H. Q H H H. Q
|-------------|------------|-----------|------------|
|-------------|------------|-----------|-3----------|
|-3--------3--|------------|-3----5----|---------5--|
|------4-5----|-1-------5--|-----------|------------|
H Q Q H. Q H Q Q H. Q
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|---------3--|------------|-3----5--3--|------------|
|-3----6-----|-1-------5--|------------|-1-------5--|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
H Q Q H. Q H H H. Q
|------------|------------|-----------|------------|
|-3----6--5--|------------|-----------|-3----------|
|------------|------------|-3----5----|---------5--|
|------------|-1-------5--|-----------|------------|
1st & 2nd Verses
$
H H H. Q H Q Q H. Q
|-----------||------------|------------|------------|
|-----------||------------|-3----5--3--|------------|
|-3---------||-1-------5--|------------|-1-------5--|
|-----------||------------|------------|------------|
H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3----6--5--|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------|----3--5--3--|----3--5--3--|----3--5--3--|
|------------|-1-----------|-1-----------|-1-----------|
Q Q Q Q H H H Q Q H H
|-------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|-------------|-----------|------1-----|-----------|
|----3--5--3--|-1----4----|-5----------|-1----4----|
|-1-----------|-----------|---------4--|-----------|
H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5----6-----|----3--5--3--|----3--5--3--|----3--5--3--|
|---------0--|-1-----------|-1-----------|-1-----------|
H H H H Q Q Q Q Q. E +H
|-----------|-----------|-------------|------3-(3)----|
|-----------|-----------|----5--------|-5-------------|
|-----------|-----------|-------6--7--|---------------|
|-1---------|-1---------|-------------|---------------|
To Coda
H H H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------|------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------|------1--3--|-------------|-------------|
|-1----4----|-5----------|----3--5--3--|----3--5--3--|
|-----------|------------|-1-----------|-1-----------|
Piano & Harmonica Solo
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------||--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------||o-------------|
|----3--5--3--|----3--5--3--|----3--5--3--||o-1--1--4--4--|
|-1-----------|-1-----------|-1-----------||--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 3x Q Q Q Q
|--------------||-||--------------|--------------||-------------|
|-0--0--1--3--o||-||o-------------|-------------o||-------------|
|-------------o||-||o----3--5--3--|----3--5--3--o||----3--5--3--|
|--------------||-||--1-----------|-1------------||-1-----------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--------------|--------------||-||--------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-0--0--2--3--o||-||o-------------|-------------o||
||o-1--1--4--4--|-------------o||-||o----3--5--3--|----3--5--3--o||
||--------------|--------------||-||--1-----------|-1------------||
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-0--0--------|-3--0--3-----|-------------|-------1-----|
|-------1--2--|-------------|-------------|-0--0-----3--|
|-------------|----------0--|-1--1--4--4--|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D.S. al Coda
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|----3--5--3--|----3--5--3--|----3--5-----||
|-1-----------|-1-----------|-1--------1--||
&
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-------------o||
||o----3--5--3--|----3--5--3--o||
||--1-----------|-1------------||
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