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JUMPIN' JACK FLASH (Bassline)

As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1968 Album THROUGH THE PAST, DARKLY (BIG HITS, VOL. 2))

Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Wyman - Bass'


 Intro
  Bright Rock Q=132
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          W          a Q.   E +Q   E E
|----------|----------|----------|-3s8----6-(6)--5s2--|
|----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------------------|

S S E E S S E E E E   a Q.   E +Q   E E
|-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-3-3-|-3s8----6-(6)--5s2-|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|


  a Q.   E E a Q  E   a Q.   E E a Q  E
|-2s3----3-3-2s3--3-|-2s3----3-3-2s3--3--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|


  a Q.   E E Q  E     E E Q  E Q  E   +E  Q  E E Q  E   Q  Q  E a Q  E
|-2s3----3-3-3S=x-||----------------|-----------------|----3------------|
|-----------------||o---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||o-1---1--1-1--1-|-(1)-1--1-1-1--1-|-1-------0h1--1--|
|-----------------||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


                 1st & 2nd Verses
  E Q  Q  Q  E    Q  Q  E Q  E   +E  Q  E E Q  E   Q  E E E E E E
|--------------||--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------||--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1-1--1--1--1-||-1--1--1-1--1-|-(1)-1--x-1-1--1-|-1--1---x-1---1--|
|--------------||--------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  E Q  E   E a E E E E E E E   E E E E E a E E E
|-----------------|--------------|-------------------|-3------------------|
|-----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-1-1---1-1-1---1-|-1--1--1-1--1-|-1-0h1-1-1-1-1---1-|-----1---1-0h1---1--|
|-----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|


                      Chorus
                    $
  E a E E E E E E E    Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q.   E Q  Q
|-------------------||--------------|---------------|--------------|
|-------------------||--------------|-------------0-|-1----1-1-----|
|-1-0h1---1-1-1-1---||-4--4--4-3--1-|---------3-4---|-----------4--|
|-----------------4-||--------------|-4--4--4-------|--------------|


  a Q.   E a Q  a Q    Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E E E E E   a Q.   a E a E Q  E
|--------------------|--------------|----------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|--------------|----------------|---------------------|
|-0h1----1-0h1--0h1--|-4----4-4--3--|----------3-4-5-|-0h1----0h1-0h1-4--3-|
|--------------------|--------------|-4----4-4-------|---------------------|


                      To Coda
  |-3-|
  S S S +E  +Q   a E a E E a E    H    +E  a Q  E   H    E a Q  E
|-1s2s3-(3)-(3)--2h3-2h3-3-2h3-||-3----(3)-2h3--3-|-3----3-2h3-----||
|------------------------------||-----------------|---------------o||
|------------------------------||-----------------|-------------x-o||
|------------------------------||-----------------|----------------||


   Interlude
    E E E E E E E E   E Q  E E E E E  4x E E Q  E E E E
||------------------|-----------------||----------------|
||o-----------------|----------------o||----------------|
||o-1---1---1-1---1-|-1-1--1-1---1---o||-1---x--1-1---1-|
||------------------|----------x---4--||----------------|


  +E  a Q  E E E E E   E E a E E E a E E E
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------1-----|---------------------||
|-(1)-0h1--1-1---4-3-|-1---0h1-----0h1---1-||
|--------------------|---------------------||


  E E Q  E Q  E   +E  Q  E E Q  E   Q  Q  E a Q  E   E Q  Q  Q  E
|---------------|-----------------|----3-----------|--------------||
|---------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------||
|-1---1--1-1--1-|-(1)-1--1-1-1--1-|-1-------0h1--1-|-1-1--1--1--1-||
|---------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------||


   3rd & 4th Verses
    E E E E E E E E   +E  a Q  E E E E E
||------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|--------------1-----|
||o-1---x---1-1---1-|-(1)-0h1--1-1---4-3-|
||------------------|--------------------|


  E E a E E E a E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-1---0h1-----0h1---1-|-1---x---1-1---1---|
|---------------------|-------------------|


  Q  Q  E Q  E   E a E E E E E E E   E E E E E a E E E
|--------------|-------------------|-3-----------------|
|--------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-1--1--1-1--1-|-1-0h1-1-1-1-1---1-|-----1---1-0h1---1-|
|--------------|-------------------|-------------------|


 1.                    2.
                              D.S. al Coda
  E a E E E E E E E     E a E E E E E E E
|--------------------||---------------------||
|-------------------o||---------------------||
|-1-0h1---1-1-1-1---o||-1-0h1---1-1-1-1-----||
|-----------------4--||-----------------4---||


                                    Outro
  &
  Q  Q  E Q  E   +E  Q  E E Q  E     Q.   E Q  E E
|--------------|-----------------||----------------|
|--------------|-----------------||o---------------|
|-1--1--1-1--1-|-(1)-1--x-1-1--1-||o-1----1-1--1-1-|
|--------------|-----------------||----------------|


  E Q  Q  E E E  4x     E Q  E +E  Q  E   Q.   E Q.   E  4x
|----------------||-||------------------|----------------||
|-1-1-----------o||-||o-----------------|---------------o||
|------4--4-3-3-o||-||o-1-1--1-(1)-1--1-|-1----x-1----1-o||
|----------------||-||------------------|----------------||


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