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PAPER PLANE (Bassline) As recorded by Status Quo (From the 1972 Album PILEDRIVER) Words and Music by Francis Rossi & Bob Young Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Alan Lancaster - Bass' Intro Boogie Rock Q=160 4/4 Gtr I W Q H. +H +E E E E q H. +H +E E E E |----------|------------|------------------|------------|-------------------| |----------|------------|------------------|------------|-------------------| |----------|------------|------------6-5---|------------|------------6-5----| |----------|----6-------|-(6)----(6)-----8-|-6--6-------|-(6)----(6)-----8--| q H. +H +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|| |------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|| |------------|------------6-5---|-----------------|-----------6-5----|| |-6--6-------|-(6)----(6)-----8-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-----8--|| 1st - 3rd Verses $ E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------6-5---| ||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-----8-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------5--| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-8----| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-5----| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------8--| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------5-6--|| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-8------|| Chorus E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q Q H W |-----------------|-----------------|------------|------| |-----------------|-----------------|------------|------| |-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-6----------|------| |-----------------|-----------------|------------|------| 1. To Coda E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------6-5---|| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|-6-6-6-6-6-----8-|| Interlude E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------6-5----o|| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-----8---|| Guitar Solo 2. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| |---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-6---------------||-6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h==| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h==| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |---------------5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5--| |-6-6-6-5h6-6-8---|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-6-6-6-6-5h6-5---|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| |---------------8-|-6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h==| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q W E E E E E E E E |-----------------|----------------|----------|-------------8-8--| |-----------------|----------------|----------|------------------| |-------------5-6-|-8-8-8-8-8------|----------|-6-6-6-6-6--------| |-6-6-6-5h6-8-----|----------------|----------|------------------| E E E E +Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-8-8-7-6-(6)-----|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5--| Outro D.S. al Coda & E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------||-----------------||------------------|------------------| |------------------||-----------------||o-----------------|------------------| |---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||o-----------------|------------------| |-6----------------||-6---------------||--6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h=| 1. 2. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|------------------||-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------o||---------------5h| |-6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h=||=6-6-6-5h6-6-8---| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-------------------*| |-----------------|-------------------*| |-6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5h|=6-6-6-5h6-6-6-5---*| |-----------------|-------------------*| 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