Hold On Bass

HOLD ON (Bassline)
As recorded by J.J. Cale
(From the 1976 Album TROUBADOR)
 
Words and Music by J.J. Cale
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Tommy Cogbill - Bass'
 
             [Verse 1]
 Q=116(8=s8/shuffle feel)
 4/4
 Gtr I
   W           Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q
G|----------||---------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
D|----------||---------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
A|-7--------||--------5----5-|-7----7-5--7--|--------5----5-|-7----7-5--7----|
E|----------||-5----5--------|--------------|-5----5--------|----------------|
 
 
   Q  E Q.   E E   +H     H      Q.   E Q.   E   H.      E E
G|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------||
D|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------||
A|------3------5-|-(5)----7----|---------------|-7---------7-||
E|-5-------------|-------------|-5----5-5----5-|-------------||
 
 
 [Verse 2]
   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q    H    Q.   E   H    Q.   E
G|---------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
D|---------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
A|--------5----5-|-7----7-5--7--|------5----5-|-7----5----7-|
E|-5----5--------|--------------|-5-----------|-------------|
 
 
   Q.   H    E   +H     H      Q.   E Q.   E   Q  E E E Q.
G|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||
D|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||
A|------3----5-|-(5)----7----|---------------|---------------||
E|-5-----------|-------------|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5-6----||
 
 
 [Bridge]
   Q.   E E Q.     Q  E E E Q.     Q.   E Q.   E   Q  E E E Q.
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-7----7-7-7----|-7----7-7-6----|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5-4----|
 
 
   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   W          W
G|---------------|---------------|----------|------||
D|---------------|---------------|----------|------||
A|---------------|---------------|----------|------||
E|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3----3-|-0--------|-0----||
 
 
 [Verse 3]
   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
G|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
A|--------5----5-|-7----7-5--7--|--------5----5-|-7----7-5----7-|
E|-5----5--------|--------------|-5----5--------|---------------|
 
 
   Q.   H    E   +H     H      Q.   E Q  Q    W
G|-------------|-------------|--------------|------||
D|-------------|-------------|--------------|------||
A|------3----5-|-(5)----7----|--------------|-7----||
E|-5-----------|-------------|-5----5-5--5--|------||
 
 
 [Pedal Steel Solo]
   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|----------5--|-7--5--------|----------5--|-7--5--------|
E|-5--7--8-----|-------8--7--|-5--7--8-----|-------8--7--|
 
 
   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E   +H     E Q  E
G|-------------|-------------|--------------|---------------||
D|-------------|-------------|--------------|---------------||
A|----------5--|-7--5--------|------------7-|-(7)------7--7-||
E|-5--7--8-----|-------8--7--|-5--7--8--5---|---------------||
 
 
 [Guitar Solo]
   Q.   E E Q.     Q  E E E Q.     Q.   E Q.   E   Q  E E E Q.
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-7----7-7-7----|-7----7-7-6----|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5-4----|
 
 
   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   W          W
G|---------------|---------------|----------|------||
D|---------------|---------------|----------|------||
A|---------------|---------------|----------|------||
E|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3----3-|-0--------|-0----||
 
 
 [Verse 4]
   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q.   E
G|---------------|--------------|---------------|
D|---------------|--------------|---------------|
A|--------5----5-|-7----7-5--7--|--------5----5-|
E|-5----5--------|--------------|-5----5--------|
 
 
   Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   H    E   +H     H
G|--------------|-------------|-------------*|
D|--------------|-------------|-------------*|
A|-7----7-5--7--|------3----5-|-(5)----7----*|
E|--------------|-5-----------|-------------*|
 
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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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