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Don't Cry No More by Wilson Pickett

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G)



Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Tommy Cogbill - Bass'

 Intro:
 Q=196
 4/4
 Gtr I
   W            Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E Q  Q  Q
G|----------||----------------|----------------|
D|----------||o-3-----------3-|-(3)-3----------|
A|----------||o--------3-5----|----------3--5--|
E|----------||-------5--------|-------5--------|



   Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E Q  Q  Q
G|---------------|-------------------||
D|-3-----------3-|-(3)-3------------o||
A|--------3-5----|----------3--5----o||
E|------5--------|-------5-----------||

Verse 1:
     Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E Q  Q  Q   6x Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E Q  Q  Q
G||----------------|-----------------||---------------|-----------------|
D||o-3-----------3-|-(3)-3----------o||-3-----------3-|-(3)-3-----------|
A||o--------3-5----|----------3--5--o||--------3-5----|----------3--4---|
E||-------5--------|-------5---------||------5--------|-------5---------|


   Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E Q  E Q    Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E Q  Q  Q
G|---------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
D|---------------|------------0-2--|-3-----------3-|-(3)-3----------|
A|-5----3---3--5-|-(5)-5-3-5-------|--------3-5----|----------3--4--|
E|--------5------|-----------------|------5--------|-------5--------|


                                    Verse 2:
   Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E Q  E Q      Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E Q  Q  Q   6x
G|---------------|-----------------||----------------|-----------------||
D|---------------|------------0-2--||o-3-----------3-|-(3)-3----------o||
A|-5----3---3--5-|-(5)-5-3-5-------||o--------3-5----|----------3--5--o||
E|--------5------|-----------------||-------5--------|-------5---------||


     Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E Q  Q  Q    Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E Q  E Q
G||----------------|----------------|---------------|-------------------||
D||o-3-----------3-|-(3)-3----------|---------------|------------0-2---o||
A||o--------3-5----|----------3--4--|-5----3---3--5-|-(5)-5-3-5--------o||
E||-------5--------|-------5--------|--------5------|-------------------||


               Bridge:       Sax Solo:
   q  H.         Wx11            Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E Q  Q  Q   8x
G|------------||-------------||----------------|-----------------||
D|-3----------||-------------||o-3-----------3-|-(3)-3----------o||
A|------------||-------------||o--------3-5----|----------3--5--o||
E|------------||-------------||-------5--------|-------5---------||


 Outro:
     Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E Q  Q  Q   5x Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E Q  Q  E
G||----------------|-----------------||---------------|------------------|
D||o-3-----------3-|-(3)-3----------o||-3-----------3-|-(3)--------------|
A||o--------3-5----|----------3--5--o||--------3-5----|-------3-5--3--4--|
E||-------5--------|-------5---------||------5--------|-----3------------|


   Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E Q  E E E   Q  Q  E Q  E   E E E Q  Q  E
G|---------------|------------------|--------------|---------------|
D|---------------|------------------|--------------|---------------|
A|-5----5---3--5-|-(5)---3-5--5-3-3-|-5--5-------3-|-5---3-5--5--5-|
E|--------5------|-----5------------|-------5-5----|---3-----------|


   Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E Q  Q  Q    Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E Q  E Q
G|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
D|-3-----------3-|-(3)-3----------|-3-----------3-|-(3)-3-----------|
A|--------3-5----|----------3--5--|--------3-5----|---------3----3--|
E|------5--------|-------5--------|------5--------|-------5----5----|


     Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E Q  E Q    Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E Q  E Q
G||----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------||
D||o-3-----------3-|-(3)-3-----------|-3-----------3-|-(3)-3------------o||
A||o--------3-5----|---------3--3-3--|--------3-5----|---------3--3-3---o||
E||-------5--------|-------5---------|------5--------|-------5-----------||                               

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Duration Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

|  +()   -  note tied to previous
|   |    -  bar
|   ||   -  double bar
|  ||o   -  repeat start
|  o||   -  repeat end
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Don't Cry No More Bass Tab Info

Published: August 29, 2021

Last Updated: September 10, 2025

Difficulty: Intermediate 💪