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WALK DON'T RUN (Bassline)
As recorded by The Ventures
(From the 1960 Album WALK DON'T RUN)
Words and Music by John Smith
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Nokie Edwards - Bass'
Q=143
4/4
Gtr I
Wx3
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q. E
||-----------|----------|-----------------|------------------||
||o----------|----------|-7-7-7---5-5-5---|------------------||
||o----------|----------|-----------------|-8-8-8-7-(7)------||
||-----------|----------|-----------------|------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-7-7-7---5-5-5---|-----------------|-7-7-7---5-5-5---|---------------|
|-----------------|-8-8-8-7-(7)-----|-----------------|-8---8---7--5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-5-----------|-------5--7---|-----------------|
|----7--8--9--|----8--7--5--|----7---------|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-8-----------|-------------|-8------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q. E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-7-7-7---5-5-5---|-----------------|-7-7-7---5-5-5---|-------------|
|-----------------|-8-8-8-7-(7)-----|-----------------|-8--8--7--5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-5--4--------||
|-------------|-5-----------|-------5--7--|-------7--5--||
|----7--8--9--|----8--7--5--|----7--------|-------------||
|-8-----------|-------------|-8-----------|-------------||
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-5-----------|-------------|-------------|
|-------5--7--|----7--5-----|-7--7--------|-7--7--------|
|----7--------|----------7--|-------7--7--|-------7--7--|
|-8-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------7--7--|-------------|----------7--|--------------||
|-8--8--------|-------7--7--|-------7-----|---7-5--------||
|-------------|-7--7--------|-5--5--------|--------8--7--||
E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q. E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-7-7-7---5-5-5---|-----------------|-7-7-7---5-5-5---|-------------|
|-----------------|-8-8-8-7-(7)-----|-----------------|-8--8--7--5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
1.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-5-----------||
|-------------|-5-----------|-------5--7--|----7--5-----||
|----7--8--9--|----8--7--5--|----7--------|----------7--||
|-8-----------|-------------|-8-----------|-------------||
Q Q H W W W
|-5----------|----------|----------|-------||
|------------|----------|----------|------o||
|------------|----------|----------|------o||
|------------|----------|----------|-------||
2.
E E Q E E Q E Q E H
|---------------|---5--4-5----*|
|--------7---7--|-------------*|
|---------------|-------------*|
|-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