The Animals - Dont let me be misunderstood
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DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD (Bassline)
As recorded by The Animals
(From the 1965 Album ANIMAL TRACKS)
Words and Music by Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus & Gloria Caldwell
Arranged by The Animals
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bryan "Chas" Chandler - Bass '
Intro
Q=112
4/4
Gtr I
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
||----------------|----------------||
||o---------------|---------------o||
||o-2----2-2------|---------------o||
||--------------2-|-0----0-0----0--||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
||----------------|---------------|---------------|
||o---------------|---------------|-5----5-5------|
||o-2----2-2----2-|---------------|-------------5-|
||----------------|-5----5-5----5-|---------------|
To Coda
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-4----4-4------|---------------|---------------|-5----5-5-------|
|-------------4-|-2----2-2----2-|---------------|-------------5--|
|---------------|---------------|-5----5-5----5-|----------------|
Chorus
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|---------------||---------------|---------------|
|---------------||---------------|---------------|
|---------------||-5----5-5------|-2----2-2------|
|-2----2-2----2-||-------------5-|-------------2-|
1.
2/4 4/4
E E E E H W Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|--------------|------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|------|-2----2-2------|---------------|
|-3-----3------|------|-------------2-|-0----0-0----0-|
Bridge
2.
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q Q. E +Q. E
|---------------|----------------||--------------||-----------------|
|---------------|---------------o||--------------||-----------------|
|-2----2-2------|---------------o||-2----2-2--0--||-----------------|
|-------------2-|-0----0-0----0--||--------------||-3----5-(5)---5--|
Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|--------------4-|-5--------------|
|-3----5-(5)---5-|-3----5-(5)-----|------2-(2)---2-|
Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E Q. E Q. E
|----------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|-5----5-5------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------5-|
|-3----5-(5)---5-|-3----5-(5)---5-|---------------|
Outro
D.S. al Coda &
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|----------------||---------------||----------------|---------------|
|----------------||---------------||o---------------|---------------|
|----------------||---------------||o-5----5-5----5-|-2----2-2------|
|-2----2-2----2--||-2----2-2----2-||----------------|-------------2-|
2/4 4/4
E E E E H W Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E 3x
|--------------|------|---------------|----------------||
|--------------|------|-------------0-|---------------o||
|--------------|------|-2----2-2------|---------------o||
|-3-----3------|------|---------------|-0----0-0----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