Shadows - Its been a blue day
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IT'S BEEN A BLUE DAY (Bassline)
As recorded by The Shadows
(From the 1963 Album THE EP COLLECTION VOLUME 3)
Music by Brian Bennett
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Jet Harris - Bass'
Q=110
4/4
Gtr I
W Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|----------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|----------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|----------|-0------2------|-4------2------|-0------2------|-4------2------||
|----------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
||----------------|---------------|
||o---------------|---------------|
||o-0------2------|-4------2------|
||----------------|---------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-0------2------|-4------0------|-5------5-------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E Q E E E E E E Q. E Q Q
|--------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|-3---------3--|---------------|------------1---|--------0--4---|
|--------5-----|-0------0------|-3----3-3-3---3-|-2-------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
1.
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|-3------2------|---------------|---------------o||
|---------------|-0------2------|-4----4-2-4-2--o||
|---------------|---------------|----------------||
2.
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q H. Q
|---------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|
|-3------2------|---------------|--------------|-0-------0---|
|---------------|-0------2------|-0------0--0--|-------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|
H. Q H. Q H. Q H. Q
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|-2-------2--|-0-------0--|-2-------2--|-0-------0---|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
H. Q H. Q H H Q. E Q. E
|------------|------------|-----------||---------------|
|-4-------4--|-2----------|-2---------||-0------2------|
|------------|------------|------0----||---------------|
|------------|------------|-----------||---------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|---------------|---------------||----------------|
|-4------2------|-0------2------|-4------2------||-0------2-------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------||----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------||----------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-4------2------|-0------2------|-4-------------|-5---------5---|
|---------------|---------------|--------5------|--------5------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E H E E E E Q. E Q Q
|-3---------3--|---------------|----------1---|--------0--4---|
|--------5-----|---------------|-3----3-3---3-|-2-------------|
|--------------|-5------5------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E H Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|-3------2------|-------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|-0------2----|-4------2------|-0------2-------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|----------------|
H.=H
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E H H W
|---------------|---------------|-----------|------*|
|-4------2------|-0------2------|-4----2----|-0----*|
|---------------|---------------|-----------|------*|
|---------------|---------------|-----------|------*|
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