Bass tabs
FA-FA-FA-FA-FA (SAD SONG) (Bassline)
As recorded by Otis Redding
(From the 1966 Album COMPLETE & UNBELIEVABLE: THE OTIS REDDING DICTIONARY OF SOUL)
Words and Music by Otis Redding & Steve Cropper
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'
Intro
Q=98
4/4
Gtr I
E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. e e Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|-1-1----1-1----|-1-1----1-1----|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|-3-3----3-3----|-3-3----3-3----||
Chorus
Q. E +E E +E E Q. E +E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3-(3)-0-|------/5-(5)-3-----|
|-1-------------------|-1-------------5-3-|
|---------------------|-------------------|
Q. E +E E +E E E Q E +E S S E E
|---------------------|--------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3-(3)-0-|-1-1----------------|
|-1-------------------|------1-(1)-------0-|
|---------------------|------------1-1-3---|
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3-----|------/5-(5)-3-----|
|-1-------------5-3-|-1-------------5-3-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E S S E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3---3-|-1------------------|
|-1-------------5---|------1-(1)---------|
|-------------------|------------1-1-3-5-|
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3-----|------/5-(5)-3-----|
|-1-------------5-3-|-1-------------5-3-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Q. E +E E E E E E E E +E S S E E
|-------------------|---------------------||
|------/5-(5)-3---3-|-1-1-----------------||
|-1-------------5---|-------1-(1)-------0-||
|-------------------|-------------1-1-3---||
1st & 2nd Verses
$
Q. E E E E E Q. Q Q E Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|----------------|--------------|------/5-(5)-3-----|--------------------|
|------------0-2-|-3-------3--1-|-1-------------5-3-|------/5-(5)-3------|
|-1----1---1-----|------3-------|-------------------|-1-------------5-0--|
|--------1-------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|-------------------|------/7-(7)-5-----|
|------/5-(5)-3-----|-3-------------7-3-|
|-1-------------5-3-|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|------/5-(5)-3-----|--------------------||
|-1-------------5-3-|------/5-(5)-3------||
|-------------------|-1-------------5-3--||
|-------------------|--------------------||
Chorus
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3-----|------/5-(5)-3-----|
|-1-------------5-3-|-1-------------5-0-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
To Coda
Q. E +E E E E E E E E +E S S E E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3---3--|-1-1------------------|
|-1-------------5----|-------1-(1)-------0--|
|--------------------|-------------1-1-3----|
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3-----|------/5-(5)-3-----|
|-1-------------5-3-|-1-------------5-0-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
D.S. al Coda
Q. E +E E E E E E E E +E S S E E
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|------/5-(5)-3---3-|-1-1---1-(1)-1-1-------||
|-1-------------5---|-------------------0---||
|-------------------|-----------------3-----||
Bridge
&
E E E E +E S S E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-1-1-----------------||------0-3--3-3-|------0-1--1---|------0-3--3---|
|-------1-(1)-------0-||-1--1----------|-1--1--------3-|-1--1--------3-|
|-------------1-1-3---||---------------|---------------|---------------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
|------0-1--1---|------0-3--3---|------0-1--1--|------0-3--3----|
|-1--1--------2-|-1--1--------3-|-1--1---------|-1--1--------3--|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
Interlude
Q E E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q Q
|---------------||---------------|--------------|
|------0-1--1---||---------------|--------------|
|-1--1--------2-||-1----1------1-|-1----1-------|
|---------------||--------1--3---|--------1--2--|
Q. E Q. E Q. E e e Q
|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-----------------||
|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3-3------||
Outro
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o------/5-(5)-3-----|------/5-(5)-3-----|
||o-1-------------5-3-|-1-------------5-0-|
||--------------------|-------------------|
Q. E +E E E E E E E E +E S S E E 3x
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|------/5-(5)-3---3-|-1-1------------------o||
|-1-------------5---|-------1-(1)-------0--o||
|-------------------|-------------1-1-3-----||
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
