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TELSTAR (Bassline)

As recorded by The Tornados
(From the 1962 Album THE SOUNDS OF THE TORNADOS)

Music by Joe Meek

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Heinz Burt - Bass'


  Q=144
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|


                                    $
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------|--------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||o-7-----7-----|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||o----7-----7--|-9-----9------|
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------|----9-----9---|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-9-----9-----|-------------|-7-----7-----|---------------|
|----9-----9--|-7-----7-----|----7-----7--|-9-----9-------|
|-------------|----7-----7--|-------------|----9-----9----|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|-------------|-------------|-6-----6------|-6------6-------|
|-9-----9-----|-------------|----6-----6---|----6------6----|
|----9-----9--|-7-----7-----|--------------|----------------|
|-------------|----7-----7--|--------------|----------------|


                                                         To Coda
  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E Q  E E   E E Q  E E Q    Q  Q  Q  E E
|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-4------4-------|---------------|-7------7------|---------------|
|----4-------4---|-5------7------|-----7------7--|-9-----9-------|
|----------------|----5------7---|---------------|----9-----9----|


  1.                               2.
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|---------------|----------------||-------------|--------------||
|---------------|---------------o||-7-----7-----|--------------||
|-5------5------|-7------7------o||----7-----7--|-7-----7------||
|----5------5---|----7------7----||-------------|----7-----7---||


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E Q  E E   E E Q  E E Q
|-------------|-------------|---------------|----------------|
|-7-----7-----|-------------|---------------|-7------7-------|
|----7-----7--|-9-----9-----|-5------7------|-----7------7---|
|-------------|----9-----9--|----5------7---|----------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|-7-----7-----|--------------|-------------|-7-----7------|
|----7-----7--|-9-----9------|-5-----7-----|----7-----7---|
|-------------|----9-----9---|----5-----7--|--------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E Q  E E   E E Q  E E Q
|-------------|-------------|---------------|----------------|
|-7-----7-----|-4-----4-----|---------------|-7------7-------|
|----7-----7--|----4-----4--|-5------7------|-----7------7---|
|-------------|-------------|----5------7---|----------------|


                                           D.S. al Coda
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-7-----7-----|-4-----4-----|-------------|-7-----7------||
|----7-----7--|----4-----4--|-5-----7-----|----7-----7---||
|-------------|-------------|----5-----7--|--------------||


  &
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------||-------------|--------------|
|-7-----7-----|-------------||-7-----7-----|--------------|
|----7-----7--|-7-----7-----||----7-----7--|-9-----9------|
|-------------|----7-----7--||-------------|----9-----9---|


  Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E
|--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-9-----9------|-------------|-7-----7-----|---------------|
|----9-----9---|-7-----7-----|----7-----7--|-9-----9-------|
|--------------|----7-----7--|-------------|----9-----9----|


                                                   |-3-| |-3-|
  Q  Q  Q  E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------||
|--------------|-----------------|-7-----7-------|--------------||
|-5-----7------|-7-------7-------|----7------7---|--------------||
|----5-----7---|-----7-------7---|---------------|---5-6-7-8-9--||


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------|-9-----9-----|--------------|-7-----7------|
|-5-----5-----|----9-----9--|-7-----7------|----7-----7---|
|----5-----5--|-------------|----7-----7---|--------------|


  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E
|--------------|-------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|-9-----9-----|--------------|-7-----7-------|
|-5------5-----|----9-----9--|-7-----7------|----7-----7----|
|----5------5--|-------------|----7-----7---|---------------|


  E E E E Q  E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|----------------|-----------------|-4------4-------|----------------|
|-4-------4------|-4-------4-------|----4-------4---|-5------7-------|
|-----4------4---|-----4-------4---|----------------|----5------7----|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|


  Q  E E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  E E Q  Q    E E Q  Q  E E
|----------------|-4-----4------|--------------|----------------|
|----------------|----4-----4---|-5------5-----|-7------7-------|
|-5------5-------|--------------|----5------5--|-----7-----7----|
|----5-------5---|--------------|--------------|----------------|


                                             >
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   W
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------|


  W          W            H.      Q    H.      Q    3x
|----------|----------||-------------|--------------||
|----------|----------||o------------|-------------o||
|----------|----------||o-5----------|-5-----------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

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