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Hey You

Pink Floyd
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HEY YOU (Bassline)

As recorded by Pink Floyd

(From the 1979 Double Album THE WALL)

Words and Music by Roger Waters

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'

Intro

Slowly Q=54

4/4

Gtr I

~

W H Q E E H S a S S S S. +T S s H +E +E Q

|----------|--------------|--------------9-9--(9)s7---|------------------|
|----------|--------------|--------7s9--------------7-|------------------|
|----------|-----------2/-|-7-------------------------|-5----(5)-(5)\----|
|----------|--------------|---------------------------|------------------|

E. S S S S S Q. +E H +H

|----------9s8s9----(9)\-|--------------|
|----9s8s9---------------|--------------|
|-7----------------------|-5----(5)\----|
|------------------------|--------------|

1st Verse

2/4

H. +Q W W +Q +E. S

|--------------|----------||----------|-------------|
|--------------|----------||----------|-------------|
|--------------|----------||----------|-------------|
|-0-------(0)s=|=5--------||-0--------|-(0)--(0)s7--|

4/4 2/4 4/4

H. Q W +Q +E. S H. Q W

|---------------|----------|------------|------------|------|
|---------------|----------|------------|------------|------|
|---------------|----------|------------|------------|-5----|
|-7-------(7)\--|-0--------|-(0)--(0)s7-|-7----------|------|

2/4 4/4

|3|

Q Q W Q. E Q. E H +Q. +S S H. E S E

|-------|----------|---------------|------------------|-----------------||
|-5-----|----------|---------------|------------------|-----------------||
|----5--|-3--------|-2-------------|------------------|-5---------------||
|-------|----------|--------5------|-0----(0)---(0)s5-|-----------7-5---||

2nd Verse

2/4

E S S E E E S S E E E S S E S.T

|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|-------------|
|-0---0-0---0---0-0---|-0---0-0-2s7-|

4/4

E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E

|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-7---7-7---7---7-7-7\-|-0---0-0---0---0-0-----|

2/4 4/4

E S S E S.T E S S E E E S S E S S

|-------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|-----------------------|
|-0---0-0-2s7-|-7---7-7---7---7-7---5-|

2/4 4/4

Q +E. S H Q Q Q +E. S Q +E. S

|---------------|-------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------|-------------------|
|-5--(5)-5-5----|----5--|-3--(3)-3-3--(3)-2-|
|---------------|-3-----|-------------------|

Guitar Solo

H Q +Q H. +E E E. S +E. S Q +E. S

|---------------|----------------||---------------------|
|---------------|----------------||---------------------|
|-2-------------|----------------||----7-(7)------------|
|------5--(5)\--|-0-------(0)-5\-||-0--------0-0--(0)-0-|

E. S +E. S Q. S S E. S +E. S Q +E. S

|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|----7-(7)--------------|
|----7-(7)------------|-----------------------|
|-0--------0-0----3s4-|-5--------5-5--(5)-5---|

E. S +E. S E S S S S S S E. S +E. S Q +E. S

|--------------------------|---------------------|
|----7-(7)-----------------|----7-(7)------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|-5--------0-5-7-6-5-3-2-1-|-0--------0-0--(0)-0-|

E. S +E. S Q. S S Q +E. S Q +E. S

|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|----7-(7)------------|-------------------|
|-0--------0-0----3s4-|-5--(5)-5-5--(5)-0-|

Q E. S Q. S S E. S +E. S Q +E. S E. S +E. S Q. S S

|------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|----7-(7)------------|----7-(7)------------|
|-5--5--0-5----3-2-|-0--------0-0--(0)-0-|-0--------0-0----3s4-|

Q +E. S Q +E. S Q +E. S Q. S S H +H

|-------------------|-------------------|--------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------||
|-------------------|-----------------7-|-7----(7)\----||
|-5--(5)-5-5--(5)-0-|-5--(5)-5-5----7---|--------------||

Bridge

3/4 4/4 3/4 4/4

Q Q E e Q +E. S Q +E. S Q E. S E e Q. +S S Q E E

|-----------|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-----------|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-3--5----5-|-3--(3)-3-3--(3)-x-|-3--5--5---5-|-3----(3)-3-3--3---|
|-------3---|-------------------|---------3---|-------------------|

3/4 4/4 2/4

Q E. S E e Q +E. S Q +E. S Q E S S

|-------------|-------------------|----------||
|-------------|-------------------|----------||
|-3--5--5---5-|-3--(3)-3-3--(3)-3-|-3--5-5s7-||
|---------3---|-------------------|----------||

4/4

|-----3------|

H. Q H Q E. S H +E a E a E E. S

|------------|---------9s16-|-16----(16)-16s15-16s15-16s14--|
|------------|--------------|-------------------------------|
|-7----------|--------------|-------------------------------|
|------------|--------------|-------------------------------|

W S S S S S S S S Q +Q

|-14\--------|-------------9s8s9--(9)\--|
|------------|-------9s8s9--------------|
|------------|-7s6s7--------------------|
|------------|--------------------------|

~~~

|--3--|

Q +H E E S S H. E. S Q. +E Q. E

|--------------------|--------------|--------------------||
|----------------x---|--------------|--------------------||
|-5--(5)s===21-x---x-|--------------|-12----(12)s10\-----||
|--------------------|-0-------2s10-|------------------3-||

3rd Verse

2/4

Q. S S Q E. S Q. S S

|------------------|----------|
|------------------|----------|
|----------------7-|----------|
|-0------0-0--0----|-0----2s7-|

4/4 2/4

Q. S S Q. E Q. S S Q E. S Q. S S

|------------------|------------------|-----------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------|
|------------------|----------------7-|-----------|
|-7------7-7----5\-|-0------0-0--0----|-0----2s7--|

4/4

Q. S S E S S +S S S S Q +E. S H

|---------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|-7------7-7---7-(7)-8-9-10-|-10--(10)-10-10----|

2/4 4/4

Q Q Q E. S H H H W

|-------|--------------|-----------|------*|
|-------|--------------|-----------|------*|
|----5--|-3--3--3-3----|-2---------|------*|
|-3-----|--------------|------5----|-0----*|

Duration Legend

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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

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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

<n> - 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

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| - bar

|| - double bar

||o - repeat start

o|| - repeat end

*| - double bar (ending)

: - bar (freetime)

$ - Segno

& - Coda

Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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* Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen - http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org *

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