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MANNISH BOY (Bassline)
As recorded by Muddy Waters
(From the 1977 Album HARD AGAIN)
Words and Music by McKinley Morganfield, Mel London & Ellas McDaniel
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Charles Calmese - Bass'
Intro
Free Time Q=104 In Time Q=104
12/8 6/8 12/8
Gtr I
Wx9 Q E E E E q E Q. Q E E E E
|----------------|------------|-----------------------||
|----------------|------------|-----------------------||
|----------------|------5---4-|----------------5---4--||
|----------------|----5---5---|-5------------5---5----||
Verse
q E Q. Q E E E E q E Q. Q E E E E q E Q. Q E E E E
||-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------5---4-|----------------5---4-|----------------5---4-|
||--5------------5---5---|-5------------5---5---|-5------------5---5---|
q E Q. Q E E E E 20x Q E Q E Q E Q E
|-----------------------||---------------------|
|----------------------o||---------------------|
|----------------5---4-o||-----------5--5-7--7-|
|-5------------5---5----||-5--5-8--8-----------|
H.=H
15/8 12/8
TP TP TP TP
Q E Q E +Q. +H. +H. E Q Q.
|--------------------------|--------------------*|
|--------------------------|--------------------*|
|--------------------------|--------------------*|
|-5--5-5--5-(5)---(5)------|-(5)------5---------*|
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
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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
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| - 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