The Sky Is Crying bass tab by Stevie Ray Vaughan

THE SKY IS CRYING (Bassline)

As recorded by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
(From the 1991 Album THE SKY IS CRYING)

Words & Music by Elmore James, Clarence Lewis & Morris Lewy
Arranged by Stevie Ray Vaughan

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Tommy Shannon - Bass / 1/2 step down'

  1st & 2nd Verses
  Q.=62
  12/8
  Gtr I (1/2 step down)
  Q E Q E Q E Q E  Q E Q E Q E Q E  Q E Q E Q E Q E
||----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
||o------2--2-5--5-2--5-|---------------------|------2--2-5--5-2--5--|
||o-3--3----------------|------0--0-3--3-0--3-|-3--3-----------------|
||----------------------|-1--1----------------|----------------------|

 Q E Q E Q E Q E  Q E Q E Q E Q E  Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|------2--2-5--5-2--5-|---------------------|----------------------|
|-3--3----------------|------0--0-3--3-0--3-|------0--0-3--3-0--3--|
|---------------------|-1--1----------------|-1--1-----------------|


 Q E Q E Q E Q E  Q E Q E Q E Q E  Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|------2--2-5--5-2--5-|------2--2-5--5-2--5-|----------------------|
|-3--3----------------|-3--3----------------|------2--2-5--5-2--5--|
|---------------------|---------------------|-3--3-----------------|


 Q E Q E Q E Q E  Q E Q E Q E Q E  Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|----2-5--2-----------|----2-5--2------------o||
|------0--0-3--3-0--3-|-3------------0-3--0-|-3------------2-5--2--o||
|-1--1----------------|-----------1---------|-----------3-----------||


  Guitar Solo
  Q E Q E Q E Q E  Q E Q E Q E Q E  Q E Q E Q E Q E
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||o------2--2-5--5-2--5-|---------------------|------2--2-5--5-2--5-|
||o-3--3----------------|------0--0-3--3-0--3-|-3--3----------------|
||----------------------|-1--1----------------|---------------------|


 Q E Q E Q E Q E  Q E Q E Q E Q E  Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|------2--2-5--5-2--5-|---------------------|----------------------|
|-3--3----------------|------0--0-3--3-0--3-|------0--0-3--3-0--3--|
|---------------------|-1--1----------------|-1--1-----------------|


 Q E Q E Q E Q E  Q E Q E Q E Q E  Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|------2--2-5--5-2--5-|------2--2-5--5-2--5-|----------------------|
|-3--3----------------|-3--3----------------|------2--2-5--5-2--5--|
|---------------------|---------------------|-3--3-----------------|


 Q E Q E Q E Q E  Q E Q E Q E Q E  Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|----2-5--2-----------|----2-5--2------------o||
|------0--0-3--3-0--3-|-3------------0-3--0-|-3------------2-5--2--o||
|-1--1----------------|-----------1---------|-----------3-----------||


 3rd Verse
 Q E Q E Q E Q E  Q E Q E Q E Q E  Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|------2--2-5--5-2--5-|---------------------|------2--2-5--5-2--5--|
|-3--3----------------|------0--0-3--3-0--3-|-3--3-----------------|
|---------------------|-1--1----------------|----------------------|


 Q E Q E Q E Q E  Q E Q E Q E Q E  Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|------2--2-5--5-2--5-|---------------------|----------------------|
|-3--3----------------|------0--0-3--3-0--3-|------0--0-3--3-0--3--|
|---------------------|-1--1----------------|-1--1-----------------|


 Q E Q E Q E Q E  Q E Q E Q E Q E  Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|------2--2-5--5-2--5-|------2--2-5--5-2--5-|----------------------|
|-3--3----------------|-3--3----------------|------2--2-5--5-2--5--|
|---------------------|---------------------|-3--3-----------------|


            Outro
 Q E Q E Q E Q E  Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------||---------------------|
|---------------------||----2-5--2-----------|
|------0--0-3--3-0--3-||-3------------0-3--0-|
|-1--1----------------||-----------1---------|


      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Q E Q E H.    +W     +H
|-------------------|-------------------*|
|----2-5--2---------|-------------------*|
|-3---------3-------|-(3)--------(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