Rod Stewart - Sailing
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Autoscroll
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SAILING (Bassline)
As recorded by Rod Stewart
(From the 1975 Album ATLANTIC CROSSING)
Words and Music by Gavin Sutherland
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'David Hood - Bass'
Intro
Q=68
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
1st Verse
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|-6--------|-2--------|------|
|-2--------|----------|----------|-2----|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
W W W H Q E E
|----------|----------|----------|-------------||
|----------|----------|----------|------4--4-6-||
|-4--------|----------|-4--------|-2-----------||
|----------|-4--------|----------|-------------||
2nd Verse
H. E E H. Q W H. E E
|-------------|------------|----------|-------------|
|-----------4-|-6-------1--|-2--------|-------------|
|-2-------6---|------------|----------|-2-----------|
|-------------|------------|----------|---------2-4-|
H.. E H. E E H. E E H Q E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------4--4-6-||
|-4---------4-|-------------|-4---------4-|-2-----------||
|-------------|-4-------2-4-|---------4---|-------------||
3rd & 4th Verses
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q S S E H +S S S S Q
||----------------|---------------|---------------1-|----------1---------|
||o-------------4-|-6----6-6----1-|-2----2-2--2-4---|------------4-1-----|
||o-2----2-2--6---|---------------|-----------------|-2----(2)-------2---|
||----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------------|
1.
Q +E. S Q. E Q +E. S Q. E Q +E. S Q E E Q +E. S Q E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-4--(4)-4-4------|-----------------|-4--(4)-4-4----4-|-2--(2)-2--------o||
|---------------2-|-4--(4)-4-4----4-|-------------4---|----------2--2-4--||
Guitar Solo
2.
2/4 4/4
H Q E. S E. S E. S H E E E E
|--------------|-----------||--------------|
|--------------|-----------||--------2-----|
|-2------------|-----------||------2---2-2-|
|------2--2--2-|-2--2-2--2-||-0------------|
Q. E E E S S E Q +E S S Q S S E H S S S S S S S S
|------------------|---------------------|------4-3-------------|
|--------6---6-----|------------4--4-----|----------6-4-6-4-6-4-|
|------6---6---6---|--------2-4------4---|----------------------|
|-4--------------4-|-2--(2)------------2-|-4--------------------|
Q E S S E S S E E H Q S S E Q. E E E E E Q E E Q Q
|--------------------|---------------|----------------|----------------||
|-2--2-----2-2-4-6-4-|---------------|----------------|----------------||
|------2-4-----------|-2----2--2-1---|----------------|-1--1-2-4-------||
|--------------------|-------------4-|-2----2-2-2-2-4-|-----------2----||
5th Verse
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q S S E
|---------------|----------------|---------------1--|
|-------------4-|-6----6-6--6\-1-|-2----2-2--2-4----|
|-2----2-2--6---|----------------|------------------|
|---------------|----------------|------------------|
Q. E Q S S E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E
|-----------1-----|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-2----2-2----4-1-|-4----4-4----4-|-------------2-|-4----4-4--4-2--|
|-----------------|---------------|-4----4-4--4---|----------------|
Q. E E. S +E E Q. E Q. E Q. E E. S +E E Q. E Q. E
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-2----2------------|-4----4-4----4-|-2----2------------|-4----4-4----4-|
|--------2--2-(2)-2-|---------------|--------2--2-(2)-2-|---------------|
Outro
Q. E E. S +E E Q. E Q. E Q. E E. S +E E W
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||------|
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||------|
|-2----2------------|-4----4-4----4-|-2----2------------||------|
|--------2--2-(2)-2-|---------------|--------2--2-(2)---||------|
H Q E S S Q. E E E E E Q. E E E S S E Q. E S S E E E
|---------------|----------------|-------------------|------------1-4-1--|
|---------------|--------------4-|-6----6-6-6-6-6----|-2----2-2-4--------|
|---------------|-2----2-2-2-6---|----------------6--|-------------------|
|-----------2-4-|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Q. E S S S S E S S Q. E Q. E
|--------1-------------|---------------|
|----------4-1---------|---------------|
|-2----2-------4-2-----|-4----4-4----4-|
|------------------2-4-|---------------|
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E
|---------------|----------------|---------------*|
|---------------|----------------|---------------*|
|-------------2-|-4-----4-4----4-|-2----2--------*|
|-4----4-4--4---|----------------|--------2--2-4-*|
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