Blue Monday Bass

BLUE MONDAY (Bassline)
 
As recorded by Fats Domino
(From the 1957 Album THIS IS FATS DOMINO)
 
Words and Music by Dave Bartholomew & Antoine Domino
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Upright Bass'
 
 
 Intro         1st Verse
  Q=96(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx2           E E E E E E E E
|------------||-----------------|
|------------||-----------------|
|------------||-1-1-1-1---------|
|------------||---------3-3-1-1-|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------3-3-0---|-1-1-------------|-----------------|
|-1-1-5-5-------1-|---------1-1---1-|-1-1-1-1---------|
|-----------------|-----3-3-----3---|---------3-3-1-1-|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0-0-3-3-0-3-|-----0-0-1-1-2-2-|-3-3-------------|
|-1-1-------------|-1-1-------------|-----0-0-3-3-0-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
                     2nd & 3rd Verses
  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-------------||o-----0-0-3-3-0-3-|-----0-0-3-3-0---|
|-----0-0-3-3-----||o-1-1-------------|-1-1-----------1-|
|-------------1-1-||------------------|-----------------|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1-1-------------|-----------------|-----0-0-1-1-2-2-|
|---------1-1---1-|-1-1-1-1---------|-1-1-------------|
|-----3-3-----3---|---------3-3-1-1-|-----------------|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3-3-------------|-----------------|-------------0-0-||
|-----0-0-3-3-0-3-|-1-1-1-1---------|-1-1-3-3-4-4-----||
|-----------------|---------3-3-1-1-|-----------------||
 
 
 Chorus
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1-1-------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|
|---------1-1---1-|---------1-1---1-|-1-1-1-1---------|
|-----3-3-----3---|-----3-3-----3---|---------3-3-1-1-|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0-0-3-3-0---|-1-1-------------|-2-2-------------|
|-1-1-----------1-|---------1-1---1-|---------1-1---1-|
|-----------------|-----3-3-----3---|-----3-3-----3---|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0-0-1-1-2-2-|-3-3-1-1-0-0-----|-----------------|
|-3-3-------------|-------------3-3-|-1-1-1-1---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-3-1-1-|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0-0-3-3-0-3-|-1-1-------------|-----0-0-3-3-0-3-|
|-1-1-------------|---------1-1---1-|-1-1-------------|
|-----------------|-----3-3-----3---|-----------------|
 
 
                   1.
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0-0-3-3---3-|-3-3-------------|-----0-0-3-3-0-3-|
|-1-1---------5---|-----0-0-3-3-0-3-|-1-1-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
                                        Outro
                     2.                              H.=H
  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E    E E Q  H      H    E Q.
|------------------||-----------------||-------------|--------------*|
|-3-3-------------o||-3-3-------------||-------------|--------------*|
|-----0-0-3-3-0-3-o||-----0-0-1-1-3-3-||-------------|--------1-----*|
|------------------||-----------------||-1-----------|--------------*|
 
 
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
X