The Beach Boys - Little deuce coupe
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LITTLE DEUCE COUPE (Bassline)
As recorded by Beach Boys
(From the 1963 Album LITTLE DEUCE COUPE)
Words and Music by Brian Wilson & Roger Christian
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Brian Wilson - Bass'
Intro
Q=132(8=s8)
1/4
Gtr I
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 E E E E E E E E
|----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|----|-------------3---|-------------3---|-------------3---|-------------3----||
|----|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-----3-3-6-6---6--||
|----|-4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|-4-4--------------||
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-------------3---|-------------3---|-------------3---|-------------3---|
||o-----3-3-6-6---6-|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-----3-3-6-6---6-|
||--4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|
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
|-------------3---|-------------3---|-----------------|------------------||
|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-------------3---|-------------3----||
|-4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-----3-3-6-6---6--||
|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-------------|-4-4--------------||
Chorus
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
|-------------5---|-------------5---|------------------|------------------||
|-----5-5-8-8---8-|-----5-5-8-8---8-|-------------3----|-------------3---o||
|-6-6-------------|-6-6-------------|-----3-3-6-6---6--|-----3-3-6-6---6-o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4--------------|-4-4--------------||
Bridge
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
|-------------------||-------------3---|-------------3---|------------------|
|---3-3---------3---||-----3-3-6-6---6-|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-------------3----|
|-------6-(6)-6---6-||-4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|-----3-3-6-6---6--|
|-4-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-4-4--------------|
|-3-|
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 E
|-----------------|-------------3---|-------------3---|-------------10-7---|
|-------------3---|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8------8-|
|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|--------------------|
|-4-4-------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
Outro
D.S. al Coda &
E E Q H 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---|-------------5----|
|-------------||-------------3---||-----5-5-8-8---8-|-----5-5-8-8---8--|
|-6-----------||-----3-3-6-6---6-||-6-6-------------|-6-6--------------|
|-------------||-4-4-------------||-----------------|------------------|
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---|-------------5----*|
|-------------3---|-------------3---|-----5-5-8-8---8-|-----5-5-8-8---8--*|
|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-----3-3-6-6---6-|-6-6-------------|-6-6--------------*|
|-4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|-----------------|------------------*|
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
----------------
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