Its My Party Bass

IT'S MY PARTY (Bassline)
 
As recorded by Lesley Gore
(From the 1963 Album I'LL CRY IF I WANT TO)
 
Words and Music by John Gluck, Wally Gold & Herb Weiner
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
 
 
             Chorus
  Q=132
           $
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W           Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|----------||---------------|---------------|
|----------||---------------|---------------|
|----------||---------------|---------------|
|----------||-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5----5-|
 
 
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5----5-|----------2-4---|
|---------------|---------------|-5----0-2-----2-|
 
 
  Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-2----2---------|---------5-5-----|-----------------||
|----2---0---0-0-|-5---0-0-------5-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
 
 
   1st - 3rd Verses
    Q.   E H      Q.   E H      Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E H
||--------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
||o-------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
||o-------------|-3----3-3----|-------------4-|-5----5-5----|
||--5----5-5----|-------------|-5----5-5--7---|-------------|
 
 
                                                          To Coda
  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E   E E E E E E E E
|--------------|---------------|---------------|------------------||
|--------------|---------------|---------------|------------------||
|--------------|---------------|---------------|-----5-5-4-4-2-2--||
|-1----1-1--3--|-5----5-5--5---|-7----7-7--7---|-0-0--------------||
 
 
 Chorus
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5----5--|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5----5-|---------------|----------------|
 
 
                                                     1.
  Q.   E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|----------2-4---|-2----2---------|---------5-5-----|------------------o||
|-5----0-2-----2-|----2---0---0-0-|-5---0-0-------5-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
 
 
                      Out-Chorus
  2.
      D.S. al Coda &
  E E E E E E E E      Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|------------------||----------------|---------------|
|------------------||o---------------|---------------|
|------------------||o---------------|---------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5----5-|
 
 
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5----5-|----------2-4---|
|---------------|---------------|-5----0-2-----2-|
 
 
  Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-2----2---------|---------5-5-----|-----------------o||
|----2---0---0-0-|-5---0-0-------5-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
 
 
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