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STRANGE DAYS (Bassline)
As recorded by The Doors
(From the 1967 Album STRANGE DAYS)
Words and Music by The Doors
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Douglas Lubahn - Bass'
Intro
Q=120
4/4
Gtr I
W W W H Q Q
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|---------x\--|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|----2---0----0-|----2---0----0-|----2---0----0-|----2---0----0-||
|------2----2---|------2----2---|------2----2---|------2----2---||
|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
||----------------|----2----------|---------------|----2-----------|
||o----2---0----0-|--------2----2-|----2---0----0-|--------2----2--|
||o------2----2---|-0----3----3---|------2----2---|-0----3----3----|
||--0-------------|---------------|-0-------------|----------------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|----2----------|---------------|---------------|
|----2---0----0-|--------2----2-|----2---0----0-|---------------|
|------2----2---|-0----3----3---|------2----2---|------4------4-|
|-0-------------|---------------|-0-------------|-2--2---2--2---|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------||----0----------|----0---0------|----0-----------|
|---------------||--------0----0-|------1------1-|--------0----0--|
|------4------4-||------1----1---|-3---------3---|------1----1----|
|-2--2---2--2---||-3-------------|---------------|-3--------------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|----0----------|----0----------|----0----------|----0-----------|
|------1----1---|--------0----0-|------1----1---|------0------0--|
|-3------3----3-|------1----1---|-3------3----3-|----------------|
|---------------|-3-------------|---------------|-3------3--3----|
Q E E Q E E H Q Q H Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----0----------||-0----0--0--|------------|-------------|
|------0------0-||------------|------------|-------------|
|---------------||------------|-2----2--2--|-1--1--1--1--|
|-3------3--3---||------------|------------|-------------|
1.
Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q W Q Q Q Q
|-------------|--------------|----------|-0--0--------|
|-3--3--3--3--|-2----2-2-----|----------|-------------|
|-------------|-----------2--|----------|-------2--2--|
|-------------|--------------|-0--------|-------------|
Q E E +Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E +Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------|-0--0--------|----------------|-0--0--------|
|------3-(3)--3--|-------------|------3-(3)--3--|-------------|
|-1--1-----------|-------2--2--|-1--1-----------|-------2--2--|
|----------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
2.
Q E E +Q Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|---------------|----------------||-0-4-5-4---------|
|------3-(3)--3--|-2----2-2------|-------------0-o||-----------1-2-1-|
|-1--1-----------|-------------2-|-----------2---o||---------2-------|
|----------------|---------------|-0----0-0-------||-----------------|
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
|-----------2-3-4-|-0-4-5-4---------|-----------2-3-4-|-0-4-5-4---------|
|---0-1-2-3-------|-----------1-2-1-|---0-1-2-3-------|-----------1-2-1-|
|-1---------------|---------2-------|-1---------------|---------2-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
3rd Verse
E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------2-3-2-|----------------|---------------||-----------------|
|---0-1-2-3-------|-2----2-2-------|-------------0-||------0-2-0------|
|-1---------------|-------------2\-|-----------2---||-2--2-------2-2--|
|-----------------|----------------|-0----0-0------||-----------------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|----2----------|---------------|----2----------|---------------|
|--------2----2-|----2---0----0-|--------2----2-|----2---0----0-|
|-0----3----3---|------2----2---|-0----3----3---|------2----2---|
|---------------|-0-------------|---------------|-0-------------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----2----------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|--------2----2-|----2---0----0-|-----------------|---------4-------||
|-0----3----3---|------2----2---|-------4-------4-|-------4---4-----||
|---------------|-0-------------|-2-2-2---2-2-2---|-2-2-2-------2-2-||
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|----0----------|----0---0------|----0----------|----0-----------|
|------1-0----0-|------1------0-|--------0----0-|------1---------|
|-----------1---|-3---------3---|------1----1---|-3------3--1-0--|
|-3-------------|---------------|-3-------------|----------------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|----0----------|--------0----0-|----0----------|----0-----------||
|--------0----0-|------1----1---|--------0----0-|------0----0-3--||
|------1----1---|-3-------------|------1----1---|--------1-------||
|-3-------------|---------------|-3-------------|-3--------------||
Outro
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-0--0--0--0--|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-2--2--2--2--|-1--1--1--1--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q W +W
|-------------|----------|--------*|
|-3--3--3--3--|----------|--------*|
|-------------|----------|--------*|
|-------------|-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
----------------
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