Swingin On A String Bass

SWINGIN' ON A STRING (Bassline)
As recorded by Otis Redding
(From the 1970 Album TELL THE TRUTH)
 
Words and Music by Otis Redding
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'
 
 [Intro]
 Q=109
 4/4
 Gtr I
   H.      E E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
G|-------------|---------------|---------------|
D|-----------2-|-5-----------2-|-5-----------2-|
A|-------------|--------3------|--------3------|
E|-------------|------3--------|------3--------|
 
 
                6/4
   Q.   E H      Q  Q  Q  Q  H
G|-------------|------------------||
D|-5-----------|-5--5--5--5-------||
A|--------3----|------------------||
E|------3------|------------------||
 
 
 [Verses 1 & 3]
 Segno $
 4/4
   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|--------5------|--------5------|--------5------|--------5------|
A|-3----5--------|-3----5--------|-3----5--------|-3----5--------|
E|-------------3-|-------------3-|-------------3-|-------------3-|
 
 
   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E E E E E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
D|--------5------|--------5------|--------5------|------2-5-5-5-5-||
A|-3----5--------|-3----5--------|-3----5--------|-3--------------||
E|-------------3-|-------------3-|-------------3-|----------------||
 
 
 [Pre-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   E E E E Q.   E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|---------5-5-5-5-|---------5-5-5-5-|---------5-5-5-5-|---------5------|
A|-5-5-5-5---------|-3-3-3-3---------|-5-5-5-5---------|-3-3-3-3--------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------3-|
 
 
                                                  2/4
   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------||
D|--------5------|--------5------|--------5------|---------||
A|-3----5--------|-3----5--------|-3----5--------|-3-------||
E|-------------3-|-------------3-|-------------3-|------5--||
 
 
 [Chorus]
                                                                  To Coda
 4/4
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------2---|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
 
 
 [Verse 2]
     Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
G||----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
D||o-5-----------2-|-5-----------2-|-5-----------2-|-5-----------2--o||
A||o--------3------|--------3------|--------3------|--------3-------o||
E||-------3--------|------3--------|------3--------|------3----------||
 
 
                                  [Chorus]
   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|---------------|---------------||-------------|-------------|
D|-5-----------2-|-5-----------2-||-------------|-------------|
A|--------3------|--------3------||-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|
E|------3--------|------3--------||-------------|-------------|
 
 
                                  [Interlude]
   Q  Q  Q  Q    E E E E E E E E    Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
G|-------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------|
D|-------------|---------------2-||-5-----------2-|-5-----------2-|
A|-5--5--5--5--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||--------3------|--------3------|
E|-------------|-----------------||------3--------|------3--------|
 
 
                                                  Dal Segno al Coda
                                                6/4
   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E H      Q  Q  Q  Q  H
G|---------------|---------------|-------------|-------------------||
D|-5-----------2-|-5-----------2-|-5-----------|-5--5--5--5--------||
A|--------3------|--------3------|--------3----|-------------------||
E|------3--------|------3--------|------3------|-------------------||
 
 
 [Outro]
 Coda &
   4/4
     Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E  3x Q.   E Q.   E
G||----------------|----------------||---------------*|
D||o-5-----------2-|-5-----------2-o||-5-----------2-*|
A||o--------3------|--------3------o||--------3------*|
E||-------3--------|------3---------||------3--------*|
 
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Duration Legend
 
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
 
|  +()   -  note tied to previous
|   |    -  bar
|   ||   -  double bar
|  ||o   -  repeat start
|  o||   -  repeat end
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