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