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THINK (Bassline)

As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1966 Album AFTERMATH)

Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

Transcribed by Slowhand


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


 Intro
  Q=130
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          Q  E E E Q  E   +E  Q  E +E  E E E
|----------|---------------|--------------------|
|----------|----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9-|
|----------|-7----7------7-|-(7)----------------|
|----------|---------------|--------7-(7)---7---|

E E E E E Q  E   +E  Q  E +E  E E E
|----------------|--------------------|
|-----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9-|
|-7-7---7------7-|-(7)----------------|
|----------------|--------7-(7)---7---|


                                         1st - 4th Verses
                                      $
  E E E E E Q  E   +E  Q  E +E  E E E     Q.   E Q.   E   E Q  E +E  Q  E
|----------------|--------------------||----------------|------------------|
|-----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9-||o---------------|------------------|
|-7-7---7------7-|-(7)----------------||o-5----5-5----5-|-7-5--5-(5)-5--5--|
|----------------|--------7-(7)---7---||----------------|------------------|


  E Q  E +H       E Q  E +E  Q  E   E Q  E +H       E Q  E +H
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---7--7-(7)----|---7--7-(7)----|
|---------------|-----------------|-7-------------|-7-------------|
|-7-7--7-(7)----|-7-7--7-(7)-7--7-|---------------|---------------|


                                    Pre-Chorus
  E Q  E +H       E Q  E +E  E Q     E E E E E Q  E   +E  Q  E +E  E E E
|---------------|-----------------||----------------|---------------------|
|-6-------------|-6---------------||-----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9--|
|---9--9-(9)----|---9--9-(9)-9-9--||-7-7---7------7-|-(7)-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------||----------------|--------7-(7)---7----|


                                        Chorus
                                        1.,2.,D.S.
  E E E E E Q  E   +E  Q  E +E  E E E    Q  E E E Q  E   +E  Q  E +E  E E E
|----------------|--------------------||----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9--|
|-----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9-||-7----7------7-|-(7)-----------------|
|-7-7---7------7-|-(7)----------------||---------------|--------7-(7)---7----|
|----------------|--------7-(7)---7---||---------------|---------------------|


  E E E E E Q  E   +E  Q  E +E  E E E   E E E E E Q  E   +E  Q  E +E  E E E
|-----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9-|-----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9--|
|-7-7---7------7-|-(7)----------------|-7-7---7------7-|-(7)-----------------|
|----------------|--------7-(7)---7---|----------------|--------7-(7)---7----|
|----------------|--------------------|----------------|---------------------|


                                                            To Coda
  E E E E Q  E E   +E  Q.   +H       E E E E Q  E E   +E  Q.   +H       3x
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|-----7----(7)----|----------------|-----7----(7)-----o||
|-7-7---7-7--7-5-|-(5)-------------|-7-7---7-7--7-5-|-(5)--------------o||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||


 Guitar Solo
  3.
  Q  E E E Q  E   +E  Q  E +E  E E E   Q  E E E Q  E   +E  Q  E +E  E E E
|----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9-|----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9--|
|-7----7------7-|-(7)----------------|-7----7------7-|-(7)-----------------|
|---------------|--------7-(7)---7---|---------------|--------7-(7)---7----|
|---------------|--------------------|---------------|---------------------|


  Q  E E E Q  E   +E  Q  E +E  E E E   E Q  E E E E E
|----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9-|----------------|
|-7----7------7-|-(7)----------------|----------------|
|---------------|--------7-(7)---7---|-7-7--7-7-7-7-5-|
|---------------|--------------------|----------------|


                                      D.S. al Coda
  +E  Q.   +H       E Q  E E E E E   +E  Q.   +H
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-----7----(7)----|----------------|-----7----(7)----||
|-(5)-------------|-7-7--7-7-7-7-5-|-(5)-------------||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||


   Outro
    &
    E E E E E Q  E   +E  Q  E +E  E E E
||-----------------|--------------------|
||o-----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9-|
||o-7-7---7------7-|-(7)----------------|
||-----------------|--------7-(7)---7---|


  E E E E E Q  E   +E  Q  E +E  E E E
|----------------|---------------------||
|-----9---7-6----|-----9--------9---9-o||
|-7-7---7------7-|-(7)----------------o||
|----------------|--------7-(7)---7----||


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