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Stoned

The Rolling Stones
Bass Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

STONED (Bassline)

As recorded by The Rolling Stones

(From the 1963 Album THE COMPLETE SINGLES COLLECTION: THE LONDON YEARS)

Words and Music by Nanker Phelge

Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Wyman - Bass'

1st - 4th Verses

Q=120(8=s8)

$

4/4

Gtr I

Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q

||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
||o----5---------|----5---------|----5---------|----5----------|
||o--------3--5--|--------3--5--|--------3--5--|--------3--5---|
||--3----6-------|-3----6-------|-3----6-------|-3----6--------|

Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q

|----5---------|----5---------|--------------|---------------|
|--------3--5--|--------3--5--|----5---------|----5----------|
|-3----6-------|-3----6-------|--------3--5--|--------3--5---|
|--------------|--------------|-3----6-------|-3----6--------|

1.,D.S.

To Coda

Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q E E Q H

|----7---------|----5---------|--------------|--------------||
|------3-5--7--|--------3--5--|----5---------|-3-----------o||
|-5------------|-3----6-------|--------3--5--|-------------o||
|--------------|--------------|-3----6-------|--------------||

Guitar Solo

2.

E E Q H Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q

|-------------||--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-3-----------||----5---------|----5---------|----5----------|
|-------------||--------3--5--|--------3--5--|--------3--5---|
|-------------||-3----6-------|-3----6-------|-3----6--------|

Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q

|--------------|----5---------|----5---------|---------------|
|----5---------|--------3--5--|--------3--5--|----5----------|
|--------3--5--|-3----6-------|-3----6-------|--------3--5---|
|-3----6-------|--------------|--------------|-3----6--------|

Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q

|--------------|----7---------|----5---------|---------------|
|----5---------|------3-5--7--|--------3--5--|----5----------|
|--------3--5--|-5------------|-3----6-------|--------3--5---|
|-3----6-------|--------------|--------------|-3----6--------|

D.S. al Coda &

E E Q H E E E E +H +W

|-------------||----------------|--------*|
|-3-----------||----------------|--------*|
|-------------||----------------|--------*|
|-------------||-3-3-3-3-(3)----|-(3)----*|

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

- 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

Stoned

Out of my mind

Here I go

Ah, yeah

Where am I at?

Yeah, yeah

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