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TIME OF THE SEASON (Bassline)
As recorded by The Zombies
(From the 1968 Album ODESSEY AND ORACLE)
Words and Music by Rod Argent
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Chris White - Bass'
Intro
Q=116
4/4
Gtr I
H Q E E Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q E E
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------5-|-7----7-(7)----5-|-7----7-(7)----5-|-7----7-(7)----5--|
|---------7---|-------------7---|-------------7---|-------------7----|
1st - 3rd Verses
$
Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q E E Q. E Q Q Q. E Q E E
|-----------------||------------------|--------------|---------------|
|-----------------||o-----------------|--------------|---------------|
|-7----7-(7)----5-||o-7----7-(7)----5-|-7----7-7--5--|-------------5-|
|-------------7---||--------------7---|--------------|-8----8-8--8---|
Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q E E Q. E Q Q Q. E Q E E
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
|-7----7-(7)----5-|-7----7-(7)----5-|-7----7-7--5--|-------------5-|
|-------------7---|-------------7---|--------------|-8----8-8--8---|
Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-5----5-(5)--5---|-----------------|-5----5-(5)--5---|
|-7----7-(7)--5--|---------------5-|-7----7-(7)--7---|---------------5-|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------7-|-----------------|
1.
To Coda
H E Q E +W W H H
|-------------|------------|----------|-----------|
|-------------|------------|----------|-----------|
|-7----7-5----|------------|----------|-----------|
|-----------8-|-(8)--------|-7--------|-5----7----|
+H. E E Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q E E
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------5-|-7----7-(7)----5-|-7----7-(7)----5-|-7----7-(7)----5-|
|-(7)------7---|-------------7---|-------------7---|-------------7---|
2.
Q. E +Q E E H H +H. Q
|------------------||-----------|-------------||
|-----------------o||-----------|-------------||
|-7----7-(7)----5-o||-----------|-------------||
|-------------7----||-5----7----|-(7)---------||
Organ Solo
Q. E +E Q E Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|------9-(9)----9-|------9-(9)---9---|------5-(5)---5---|
|-7---------------|-7----------7---7-|------------------|
|------------7----|------------------|-8----------8---8-|
Q. E +E E Q Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|------9-(9)-9----|------9-(9)-9-----|------9-(9)---9---|
|-7---------------|-7--------------5-|-7----------7---7-|
|--------------7--|--------------7---|------------------|
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------5-(5)---5---|------9-(9)---9-7-|-5----5-(5)---5---|------------------|
|------------------|-7----------7-----|------------5---5-|-7----7-(7)---7---|
|-8----------8---8-|------------------|------------------|------------7---7-|
Q. E +E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|------------------|----------------|------------------|
|-5----------5---5-|----------------|--------------5---|
|------------------|-7----7-7-5-5-5-|------------------|
|------3-(3)---3---|----------------|-8----8-(8)-8---8-|
Q. E +E Q E H H +H. E E
|-----------------|-----------|--------------||
|-----------------|-7----9----|-(9)----------||
|-----------------|-----------|------------5-||
|-7----7-(7)-7--7-|-----------|----------7---||
Interlude
D.S. al Coda
Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-7----7-(7)----5-|-7----7-(7)----5-|-7----7-(7)----5-|-7----7-(7)----5---||
|-------------7---|-------------7---|-------------7---|-------------7-----||
Outro Organ Solo
&
H H +H. Q Q. E +E Q E
|-----------|-------------||------------------|
|-----------|-------------||o------9-(9)----9-|
|-----------|-------------||o-7---------------|
|-5----7----|-(7)---------||-------------7----|
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E 6x
|------------------|---------------------|-------------------||
|------9-(9)---9---|---------------------|------9-(9)---9---o||
|-7----------7---7-|------10-(10)---10---|-7----------------o||
|------------------|-8------------8----8-|------------7---7--||
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