Bass tabs
SLIP SLIDIN' AWAY (Bassline)
As recorded by Paul Simon
(From the 1977 Album GREATEST HITS, ETC.)
Words and Music by Paul Simon
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Anthony Jackson - Bass'
Intro
Q=120(8=s8) 1.
4/4
Gtr I
W +H e E Q W +S E. Q H
||-----------|--------1-1p0--|----------|-----------------||
||o----------|---------------|----------|----------------o||
||o----------|---------------|----------|----------------o||
||--4--------|-(4)-----------|-1--------|-(1)-1-----1-----||
Chorus
2.
W W W +H E E Q
|----------|----------||----------|----------------|
|-3--------|-3--------||----------|----------------|
|----------|----------||----------|----------------|
|----------|----------||-4--------|-(4)----x-4-3---|
W W H H H H
|----------|----------|-----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|-6---------|-----------|
|----------|----------|------6----|-4----6----|
|-1--------|-1--------|-----------|-----------|
1st - 3rd Verses
$$
H H H E E Q W W
|-----------|-------------||-----------|------|
|-----------|-------------||o----------|------|
|-----------|-------------||o----------|------|
|-4----4----|-4------4-3--||--1--------|-1----|
W H E E E E
|----------|-----------------|
|----------|--------13-13-13-|
|----------|-----------------|
|-4--------|-4---------------|
a E E E E a E E E E a E Q. +E Q a E
|-------13-13----------15------|-------13----(13)-13--16h18--|
|-13h15-------15-15s17------13-|-13h15-----------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
+Q a E E +Q E E +W +H E E Q W
|-(18)--16h18-16-(16)--16-17-|-(17)--------|-(17)-----------|------|
|----------------------------|-------------|----------------|------|
|----------------------------|-------------|----------------|------|
|----------------------------|-------------|-----------4-3--|-1----|
W H H H H H H
|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|----------|------6----|-4----6----|-----------|
|-1--------|-4---------|-----------|-4---------|
Chorus
To Dbl. Coda$
W Q a Q Q a Q Q a Q Q Q Q a E E Q a Q
|-17--------||-------------------|----------------|------------------|
|-----------||-6--------6--------|-6--------6-----|------------------|
|-18--------||----8s11-----8s11--|----8s11--------|-8--6s8-8-8--6s8--|
|-16--------||-------------------|----------------|------------------|
1.
Q a Q Q Q H H H H H H W
|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------||
|---------------|-6---------|-----------|-----------|------o||
|-8--6s8--8--8--|------6----|-4----6----|-----------|------o||
|---------------|-----------|-----------|-4----4----|-4-----||
2.,D.S.
To Coda
H H H. E E +Q E E +Q E E +W W
|-----------|-------------|----------------------|------------|------||
|-----------|-------------|-------------------6--|-(6)--------|------||
|-4----6----|-------------|---------4-(4)--/8----|------------|------||
|-----------|-4-------4-2-|-(2)--/6--------------|------------|-4----||
Bridge
Q. E +H W H H W
|---------------|----------|-----------|------|
|-3-------------|----------|-----------|------|
|------6-(6)----|----------|-4----6----|-4----|
|---------------|-4--------|-----------|------|
|--3--|
W W W H Q Q Q
|----------|----------|----------|----------13-15-|
|----------|----------|----------|-3----/15-------|
|-4--------|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|-4--------|-4--------|----------------|
~~~
a H. Q H H H H W
|-15s17----------|-----------|-----------|------|
|----------------|-----------|-----------|------|
|----------------|------6----|-4----6----|------|
|----------------|-4---------|-----------|-4----|
D.S. al Cod& D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
W H +Q. E E E E E E E E E +W W
|----------||--------------|-----------------|------------|-------||
|----------||-6----(6)---4-|---4-------------|------------|-------||
|----------||--------------|-------4---4-----|------------|-------||
|-4--------||--------------|---------------4-|-(4)--------|-4-----||
Chorus
&&
Q a Q Q a Q Q a Q Q Q Q a E E Q a Q Q a Q Q Q
||--------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
||o-6--------6--------|-6--------6-----|------------------|----------------|
||o----8s11-----8s11--|----8s11--------|-8--6s8-8-8--6s8--|-8--6s8--8------|
||--------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
1.
H H H H H Q. E W
|-----------|-----------|-------------|-------||
|-6---------|-----------|-------------|------o||
|------6----|-4----6----|-------------|------o||
|-----------|-----------|-4----4----4-|-4-----||
Outro
2.
H H H E E Q W W W
|-----------|-------------|----------|----------||-------|
|-----------|-------------|----------|----------||o------|
|-----------|-------------|----------|----------||o------|
|-4----4----|-4------4-3--|-1--------|-1--------||--4----|
1.,2.,3.,4. 5.
H E E Q W +S E. Q H 5x W +W
|-------------|----------|-----------------||----------|--------*|
|-------------|----------|----------------o||----------|--------*|
|-------------|----------|----------------o||----------|--------*|
|-4------4-3--|-1--------|-(1)-1-----1-----||-1--------|-(1)----*|
Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
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
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda