Shadows - Bossa roo
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BOSSA ROO (Bassline)
As recorded by The Shadows
(From the 1965 Album THE SOUND OF THE SHADOWS)
Music by John Rostill & Bruce Welch
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John Rostill - Electric Bass'
Q=166
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E +Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E E E +Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)--|------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)--|
|------------------|-3-----3-(3)------|------------------|
E E E E +E E Q Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------5-(5)-5-----|------5-(5)-5-----|
|------------------|-3----------------|-4----------------|
|-3-----3-(3)------|--------------3-3-|--------------3-3-|
$
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q
|------------------|------------------||---------------|--------------|
|------5-(5)-5-----|------5-(5)-5-----||o--------------|--------------|
|-3----------------|-4----------------||o-3----3-3-----|-4----4-4-----|
|--------------3-3-|--------------3-3-||---------------|--------------|
Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q
|--------------|--------------|-5----5-5-----|--------------|
|--------------|-5----5-5-----|--------------|--------------|
|-5----5-5-----|--------------|--------------|-7----7-7-----|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-3----3-3-----|
|--------------|-3----3-3-----|--------------|--------------|
|-5----5-5-----|--------------|-1----1-1-----|--------------|
To Coda
Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E +E E Q
|--------------|--------------|------------------|------------------|
|--------------|--------------|------------------|------------------|
|-3----3-3-----|--------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)--|------------------|
|--------------|-5----5-5-----|------------------|-3-----3-(3)------|
1. 2.
E E E E E E +Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E E E +Q
|------------------|-------------------||------------------|
|------------------|------------------o||------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)--|------------------o||-6-6-6-6-6-6-(6)--|
|------------------|-3-----3-(3)-------||------------------|
E E E E +E E Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E +E E Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)--|------------------|
|-4-----4-(4)------|------------------|-3-----3-(3)------|
Q Q Q Q E Q E Q E E H Q. E Q. E Q Q
|----5--5-----|-5----5----5---||-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------2-||-----------6-|--------------|
|-3--------3--|---3----3------||-5-----------|------5-5-----|
|-------------|---------------||------5------|-3---------3--|
H Q. E Q E E Q Q Q. E Q. E H Q Q
|-------------|--------------|---------------|------------|
|-------------|------5-5-----|---------------|------------|
|-3---------5-|-4---------4--|-5----5-5----5-|------5-----|
|------3------|--------------|---------------|-3-------3--|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q
|---------------|--------------||------3-3------|------8-8-----|
|------5-5------|------5-5-----||-1-----------5-|-6---------6--|
|-3-----------3-|-3---------3--||---------------|--------------|
|---------------|--------------||---------------|--------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q
|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|------6-6------|------6-6-----|------8-8----7-|--------------|
|-4-----------4-|-5---------5--|-6-------------|------6-6-----|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|-4---------4--|
H Q. E Q. E Q. E E E Q H W
|-------------|---------------||-------------|------|
|------7----6-|---------------||-------------|------|
|-5-----------|-------------2-||-3-----------|------|
|-------------|-3----3-3------||-------------|------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q
|---------------|--------6-----|---------------|--------------|
|------5-5------|--------------|------7-7----6-|--------------|
|-3-----------5-|-4----4----4--|-5-------------|------5-5-----|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|-3---------3--|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|------5-5----3-|---------------|------2-2------|
|-3-------------|---------------|-0-----------4-|
|---------------|-0----0-0----0-|---------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|--------------|------5-5------|---------------|
|--------5------|--------------|-3-------------|------5-5------|
|-3----3------3-|------3-3-----|-------------4-|-3-------------|
|---------------|-1---------1--|---------------|-------------4-|
Q. E Q. E E E E E E E +Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E E E +Q
|---------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)--|------------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-(6)--|
|-5----5-5----5-|------------------|-3-----3-(3)------|------------------|
E E E E +E E Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E +E E Q Q Q H
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------|
|------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)--|------------------|-3----------|
|-4-----4-(4)------|------------------|-3-----3-(3)------|------------|
W H. Q H. Q H. Q
|----------||------------|------------|------------|
|----------||------------|------------|------------|
|----------||-5----------|------------|-3----------|
|----------||------------|-3----------|------------|
H. Q H. Q H. Q H. Q
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|-4----------|-5----------|------------|-3----------|
|------------|------------|-3----------|------------|
H. Q H. Q H. Q H. Q
|------------||------------|------------|------------|
|------------||------------|------------|------------|
|-3----------||-6----------|------------|-4----------|
|------------||------------|-4----------|------------|
H. Q H. Q H. Q H. Q
|------------|------------|------------||------------|
|------------|------------|-6----------||------------|
|-5----------|-6----------|------------||-5----------|
|------------|------------|------------||------------|
D.S. al Coda
Q. E Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|---------------||-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------------||
|---------------||-3--3--------|-3--3--------|-3--3--------|-3--3--------||
|-3-----------3-||-------------|-------------|-------------|-------1-----||
&
E E E E E E +Q E E E E +E E Q
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-(6)--|------------------|
|------------------|-4-----4-(4)------|
E E E E E E +Q E E E E +E E Q Q E E +E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------5-(5)-5-----|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)--|------------------|-3----------------|
|------------------|-3-----3-(3)------|--------------3---|
Q E E +E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q H +W
|------------------|----------------|-------------|--------*|
|------5-(5)-5-----|-----5-5---5-5--|-------------|--------*|
|-4----------------|-3--------------|-3------3----|-(3)----*|
|--------------3-3-|----------------|-------------|--------*|
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