Ole Man Trouble Bass

OLE MAN TROUBLE (Bassline)
 
As recorded by Otis Redding
(From the 1965 Album OTIS BLUE: OTIS REDDING SINGS SOUL)
 
Words and Music by Otis Redding
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'
 
 
 Intro
  Q=80
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    e e Q    H    E E E E   Q  Q  e e Q
|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|------7-7----|--------4-5---|-7-----7-7----|
|-------------|-7----7-----7-|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|--------------|
 
 
                      |-3-|               |-3-|
  H    E E E E   Q.   S S S Q  E E   Q.   S S S Q  E E
|--------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|--------4-5---|-4----4-4-4-4--4-5-|-7----7-7-7-7-------||
|-7----7-----7-|-------------------|-----------------7--||
|--------------|-------------------|--------------------||
 
 
   1st & 2nd Verses
    Q..   S H      H    E E E E   Q..   S H      H    E E E E
||---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
||o-7-----7-7----|--------4-5---|-7-----7-7----|--------4-5---|
||o--------------|-7----7-----7-|--------------|-7----7-----7-|
||---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
 
 
  Q..   S Q.   E   Q..   S H      Q..   S H      H    E E E E
|----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-7-----7-7----7-|--------------|-7-----7-7----|--------4-5----|
|----------------|-5-----5-5----|--------------|-7----7-----7--|
|----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
 
 
                               1.
  Q..   S H      H    E E E E   Q..   S Q  E E   Q..   S Q  E E
|--------------|--------------|----------------|------------------||
|-7-----7-7----|--------4-5---|-4-----4-4--4-5-|-7-----7-7-------o||
|--------------|-7----7-----7-|----------------|--------------7--o||
|--------------|--------------|----------------|------------------||
 
 
                                     Bridge
  2.
  Q..   S Q  S S S S   H    Q  E E    Q..   S Q.   E
|--------------------|-------------||----------------|
|-4-----4-4--4-4-5-6-|-7----7--7---||----------------|
|--------------------|-----------7-||-5-----5-5----5-|
|--------------------|-------------||----------------|
 
 
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q..   S Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q..   S H
|---------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-7-----7-7----|
|-7----7-7----7-|-5-----5-5----5-|-7----7-7----7-|--------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|
 
 
  H    E E E E   Q..   S H      H    E E E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------||
|--------4-5---|-7-----7-7----|--------4-5---||
|-7----7-----7-|--------------|-7----7-----7-||
|--------------|--------------|--------------||
 
 
   Outro
    H    Q  S S E   H    Q  Q    H    Q  S S E   H    Q  Q   3x
||----------------|------------|---------------|-------------||
||o-4----4--4-4-5-|-7----7--7--|-4----4--4-4-5-|-7----7--7--o||
||o---------------|------------|---------------|------------o||
||----------------|------------|---------------|-------------||
 
 
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