The Doors - Not to touch the earth
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NOT TO TOUCH THE EARTH (Bassline)
As recorded by The Doors
(From the 1968 Album WAITING FOR THE SUN)
Words and Music by The Doors
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Douglas Lubahn - Bass'
Intro
Q=116
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7--|
|-5---5---6---6---|-5---5---6---6---|-5---5---6---6----|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|
|-5---5---6---6---|-5---5---6---6---|-5---5---6---6---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1st Verse
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 7x
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------||
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-||o---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-o||
|-5---5---6---6---|-5---5---6---6---||o-5---5---6---6---|-5---5---6---6---o||
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------||
Chorus
W Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------||-------7-----|-------7-----|
|----------||-5--8-----8--|-5--8-----8--|
|----------||-------------|-------------|
|----------||-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------5-----|-------5-----|-------7-----|-------7-----|
|----6-----6--|----6-----6--|-5--8-----8--|-5--8-----8--|
|-8-----------|-8-----------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Interlude
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
|-7-----------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------||---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9--|
|-------------||-7---7---9---9---|-7---7---9---9---|-7---7---9---9----|
|-------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
2nd Verse
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
|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---9---9---9---9-||o---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|
|-7---7---9---9---||o-7---7---9---9---|-7---7---9---9---|-7---7---9---9---|
|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Chorus
E E E E E E E E 5x W Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------||----------||--------9------|--------9-------|
|---9---9---9---9-o||----------||-7--10-----10--|-7--10-----10---|
|-7---7---9---9---o||----------||---------------|----------------|
|------------------||----------||---------------|----------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------7-----|-------7-----|--------9------|--------9------|
|-5--8-----8--|-5--8-----8--|-7--10-----10--|-7--10-----10--|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
Interlude
E E Q H W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-14-----------|----------||-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|----------||---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|
|--------------|----------||-3---3---4---4---|-3---3---4---4---|
|--------------|----------||-----------------|-----------------|
3rd Verse
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-|---5---5---5---5-||o---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5--|
|-3---3---4---4---|-3---3---4---4---||o-3---3---4---4---|-3---3---4---4----|
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------||-|
|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-o||-|
|-3---3---4---4---|-3---3---4---4---o||-|
|-----------------|------------------||-|
Outro
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 13x
||------------------|------------------||
||o---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-o||
||o-3---3---4---4---|-3---3---4---4---o||
||------------------|------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---------------------------------|
|-3---3---4---4---|-3---3---4---4---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--:
|--------------------------------------------------:
|--------------------------------------------------:
|--------------------------------------------------:
Free Time Q=104
H H H H W +W +W
|-----------:-----------:----------:------------:--------*|
|-----------:-----------:----------:------------:--------*|
|-8----9----:-8---------:----------:------------:--------*|
|-----------:------8----:-8--------:-(8)--------:-(8)----*|
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