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MANIC DEPRESSION (Bassline)
As recorded by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
(From the 1967 Album ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?)
Words and Music by Jimi Hendrix
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Noel Redding - Bass'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=152(8=s8)
3/4
Gtr I (1/2 step down)
Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|----------|--------|----------|------------|------------|--------------|
|----------|--------|-5--6--7--|----7-5-7-5-|----7-5-7-5-|----7-5-7-5---|
|-5--6--7--|--------|----------|-0----------|-0----------|-0------------|
|----------|--------|----------|------------|------------|--------------|
1st & 3rd Verse
$
Q E E E E Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q
|------------||------------|------------|-----------|
|----7-5-7-5-||o-----------|------------|-----------|
|-0----------||o--------7--|--------5---|-5--6--7---|
|------------||--5--/9-----|-3--/7----7-|-----------|
1.
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|------------|------------|------------|--------------||
|----7-5-7-5-|----7-5-7-5-|----7-5-7-5-|----7-5-7-5--o||
|-0----------|-0----------|-0----------|-0-----------o||
|------------|------------|------------|--------------||
2.
Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q. E E E
|------------|-----------|------------|-------------|
|----7-5-----|-----------|------------|-------------|
|-0------7\--|--------2--|--------5---|-5----3-5-3--|
|------------|-0--/4-----|-3--/7----7-|-------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q
|------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|------------|----------|
|------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|------------|----------|
|-5--5S2-3-2-|-3-2-3-2-----|-------------|--------7--|--------5---|-5--6--7--|
|------------|---------3-2-|-3-2-3-2-3-2-|-5--/9-----|-3--/7----7-|----------|
To Coda
W Q Q Q Q E E S S E
|--------|----------|--------------|
|--------|-5--6--7--|----7-5-7-7-5-|
|--------|----------|-0------------|
|--------|----------|--------------|
Q E E S S E Q E E S S E Q E E S S E
|--------------|--------------|----------------||
|----7-5-7-7-5-|----7-5-7-7-5-|----7-5-7-7-5---||
|-0------------|-0------------|-0--------------||
|--------------|--------------|----------------||
2nd Verse
Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q E E S S E Q E E S S E
||------------|------------|----------|--------------|--------------|
||o-----------|------------|----------|----7-5-7-7-5-|----7-5-7-7-5-|
||o--------7--|--------5---|-5--6--7--|-0------------|-0------------|
||--5--/9-----|-3--/7----7-|----------|--------------|--------------|
Q E E S S E Q E S S E E Q Q Q Q Q E E Q E E E E
|--------------|---------------||-----------|------------|-------------|
|----7-5-7-7-5-|----5-7-7-5-5-o||-----------|------------|-------------|
|-0------------|-0------------o||--------2--|--------5---|-5--5-3-5-3--|
|--------------|---------------||-0--/4-----|-3--/7----7-|-------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q
|------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|------------|----------|
|------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|------------|----------|
|-5--5-2-3-2-|-3-2-3-2-----|-------------|--------7--|--------5---|-5--6--7--|
|------------|---------3-2-|-3-2-3-2-3-2-|-0--/9-----|-3--/7----7-|----------|
Guitar Solo
W Q Q Q S S E Q Q Q Q Q Q q q Q E E E E
|--------|----------|-------------|----------|----------||--------------|
|--------|-5--6--7--|-------------|----------|----5--7--||----7-5-7-5---|
|--------|----------|-0-0---------|-5--6--7--|----------||-0------------|
|--------|----------|-------------|----------|----------||--------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q e E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|----7-5-7-5-|----7-5-7-5-|----7-5-7-5-|----7-5-7-5-|----7-5-7-5-|----7-5-7-5-|
|-0----------|-0----------|-0----------|-0----------|-0----------|-0----------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|------------|------------|------------|
|----7-5-7-5-|----7-5-7-5-|----7-5-7-5-|
|-0----------|-0----------|-0----------|
|------------|------------|------------|
Q E E E E a E E E E E E Q E E E E
|------------|---------------||---------------|
|----7-5-7-5-|-5s7-7-7-5-7-5-||o----7-5-7-5---|
|-0----------|---------------||o-0------------|
|------------|---------------||---------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E 5x
|------------|------------|-------------||
|----7-5-7-5-|----7-5-7-5-|----7-5-7-5-o||
|-0----------|-0----------|-0----------o||
|------------|------------|-------------||
D.S. al Coda
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q Q Q Q E E Q
|------------|------------|----------|-------------||
|----7-5-7-5-|----7-5-7-5-|----------|----7-5-7----||
|-0----------|-0----------|-0--0--0--|-0-----------||
|------------|------------|----------|-------------||
&
W Q Q Q W Q Q Q W
|--------|----------|--------|----------|------||
|--------|----------|--------|-5--6--7--|------||
|--------|-5--6--7--|--------|----------|------||
|--------|----------|--------|----------|------||
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W
||-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
||o----------|-5--6--7--|----------|-5--6--7--|----------|------|
||o-5--6--7--|----------|-5--6--7--|----------|-5--6--7--|------|
||-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
Q Q Q W Q Q Q W Q Q Q W
|----------|--------|----------|--------|----------|-------||
|-5--6--7--|--------|----------|--------|-5--6--7--|------o||
|----------|--------|-5--6--7--|--------|----------|------o||
|----------|--------|----------|--------|----------|-------||
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 3x
||-----------|----------|----------|-----------||
||o----------|-5--6--7--|----------|-5--6--7--o||
||o-5--6--7--|----------|-5--6--7--|----------o||
||-----------|----------|----------|-----------||
Q=102
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E +Q H. H. H.
|----------|----------|--------------|---------|---------|-------|
|----------|-5--6--7--|-----5-7-(7)--|---------|---------|-------|
|-5--6--7--|----------|-5-7----------|-0-------|-0-------|-0-----|
|----------|----------|--------------|---------|---------|-------|
Outro
Q=148
TP TP TP
H. +H. +H.
|---------|----------|--------|
|---------|----------|--------|
|-0-------|-(0)------|-(0)----|
|---------|----------|--------|
TP TP TP
H. +H. +H.
|---------|----------|--------|
|---------|----------|--------|
|-0-------|-(0)------|-(0)----|
|---------|----------|--------|
TP
H. e E Q Q
|---------|-----------*|
|---------|-----------*|
|-0-------|-0---------*|
|---------|-----------*|
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