Autoscroll
1 Column
Text size
Transpose 0
WATERLOO SUNSET (Bassline)
As recorded by The Kinks
(From the 1967 Album SOMETHING ELSE BY THE KINKS)
Words and Music by Ray Davies
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Pete Quaife - 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
|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1---------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E Q Q Q. E H Q. E H Q. E Q. E Q. E H
|---------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|-------------||
|---------------|-2----2-2----|-1----1-1----|----------------|-------------||
|-4-4-4-4-2--2--|-------------|-------------|-/4----4-4------|-4----4-4----||
|---------------|-------------|-------------|--------------5-|-------------||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
Q. E H Q. E H Q. E Q. E Q. E H
||--------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
||o-2----2-2----|-1----1-1----|----------------|-------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-/4----4-4------|-4----4-4----|
||--------------|-------------|--------------5-|-------------|
Q. E H Q. E H Q. E Q. E Q. E H
|-------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
|-2----2-2----|-1----1-1----|----------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-/4----4-4------|-4----4-4----|
|-------------|-------------|--------------5-|-------------|
Q. E H Q. E H Q. E H Q. E H
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-4----4-4----|-3----3-3----|-2----2-2----|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-2----2-2----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
To Coda
Q. E H Q. E H Q. E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|----------------|--------2-1------||
|-2----2-2----|-1----1-1----|----------------|--------------4--||
|-------------|-------------|-/4------4----4-|-4----4----------||
|-------------|-------------|-------5--------|-----------------||
Bridge
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|-------------|-------------|---------------|-------2-1------|
|-4--4--2--2--|-1--1--------|---------------|-2--2--------4--|
|-------------|-------4--4--|-2--2--2-2-2-2-|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|----------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1----------|
|-4--4--2--2--|-1--1--------|-----------------|---------4-4-4-4--|
|-------------|-------4--4--|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
1. 2.
D.S. al Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q
|-----------------|----------------||---------------||
|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|---------------o||---------------||
|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-2--2--o||-4-4-4-4-2--2--||
|-----------------|----------------||---------------||
&
Q. E Q. E Q. E H Q. E H Q. E H
|----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------------|-------------|-2----2-2----|-1----1-1----|
|-/4----4-4------|-4----4-4----|-------------|-------------|
|--------------5-|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Outro
Q. E H a Q Q E E E E a Q Q E E E E 4x
|--------------||------------------|------------------||
|--------------||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|-/4----4-4----||o-1s2--2--2-2-2-2-|-1s2--2--2-2-2-2-o||
|--------------||------------------|------------------||
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