The Last Dj bass tab by Tom Petty

THE LAST DJ (Bassline)

As recorded by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
(From the 2002 Album THE LAST DJ)

Words and Music by Tom Petty

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Tom Petty - Bass'


 Intro
 Q=136
 4/4
 Gtr I
 W     Q Q E E E E  Q Q E E E E
|----------|---------------|---------------|
|----------|-7--7------5---|-7--7------5---|
|----------|-------7-7---7-|-------7-7---7-|
|----------|---------------|---------------|

 a Q a Q E E E E  a Q Q E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-5h7--5h7------5---|-5h7--7------5-----||
|-----------7-7---7-|---------7-7---7---||
|-------------------|-------------------||


  1st & 2nd Verses
  H  Q E E  H  E E Q  H  H    H  E E Q
||--------------|-------------|------------|---------------|
||o-7-------7---|-------------|-7----5\----|---------------|
||o------7----7-|-7-----------|------------|-3--------3/---|
||--------------|------7-7-7--|------------|------3-3------|


 H  E E Q  H  Q Q  H  Q.  E  H  H
|-------------|------------|-------------|------------||
|-7--------7--|------------|------5----5-|------------||
|------7-7----|-7-------7--|-3-----------|-3----------||
|-------------|------7-----|-------------|------3/----||


 2nd, 4th & 5th Verses
 $
 Q Q Q Q  H  Q Q  H  H    H  E E Q
|-------------|------------|------------|--------------|
|-7--7-----7--|------------|-7----5\----|------5-5-----|
|-------7-----|-7-------7--|------------|-3--------3/--|
|-------------|------7-----|------------|--------------|


 H  E E Q  H  E E Q  H  H   q q H
|-------------|-------------|-----------|------------||
|-7--------7--|-5--------5--|------5----|------------||
|------7-7----|------5-5----|-3---------|-3--3-------||
|-------------|-------------|-----------|------------||


 Chorus
 Q Q E E Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q E E Q  Q Q Q Q
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
|-----------7--|-------------|-----------7--|-------------|
|-------5-7----|-7--7-----7--|-------5-7----|-7--7-----7--|
|-5--5---------|-------7-----|-5--5---------|-------7-----|


 Q Q E E Q  Q Q Q Q  H  H   H  H
|--------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------7--|-------------|-----------|-----------|
|-------5-7----|-7--7-----7--|-3---------|-3----3----|
|-5--5---------|-------7-----|------3----|-----------|


 Q Q E E Q  Q Q Q Q  H  H   H  H
|--------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------7--|-------------|-----------|------5----|
|-------5-7----|-7--7-----7--|-3----2----|-----------|
|-5--5---------|-------7-----|-----------|-5---------|


          To Coda
 Q H  E E  H  Q Q  W     H  E E Q
|-------------|------------|----------|--------------||
|-3--3----3-3-|-3-------3--|-5--------|-5----5-5-5--o||
|-------------|------3-----|----------|-------------o||
|-------------|------------|----------|--------------||


 Interlude
 Q.  E H   Q.  E H   Q.  E Q.  E  Q.  E E Q.
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3----3-3----|-3----3-3----|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|----------5----|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|


 Q.  E H   Q.  E H   Q.  E Q.  E  Q.  E E E Q
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3----3-3----|-3----3-3----|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5---5--|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|----------5----|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|


                       D.S. al Coda
 Q.  E Q.  E  Q.  E H   Q.  E Q.  E  Q.  E H
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------||
|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3----|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5----||
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------||
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------||


             Outro
 &
 W     +W      a Q Q E E E E  a Q Q E E E E  a Q Q E E E E
|----------|------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------||-5h7--7------5---|-5h7--7------5---|-5h7--7------5---|
|----------|------------||---------7-7---7-|---------7-7---7-|---------7-7---7-|
|----------|------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


 a Q Q E E E E  a Q Q E E E E  a Q Q E E E E  W     +W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------*|
|-5h7--7------5---|-5h7--7------5---|-5h7--7------5---|----------|--------*|
|---------7-7---7-|---------7-7---7-|---------7-7---7-|----------|--------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5--------|-(5)----*|


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
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths