Sad Song Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Bass

FA-FA-FA-FA-FA (SAD SONG) (Bassline)
 
As recorded by Otis Redding
(From the 1966 Album COMPLETE & UNBELIEVABLE: THE OTIS REDDING DICTIONARY OF SOUL)
 
Words and Music by Otis Redding & Steve Cropper
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'
 
 
 Intro
  Q=98
 4/4
  Gtr I
  E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   e e Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|-1-1----1-1----|-1-1----1-1----|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|-3-3----3-3----|-3-3----3-3----||
 
 
 Chorus
  Q.    E +E  E +E  E   Q.    E +E  E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3-(3)-0-|------/5-(5)-3-----|
|-1-------------------|-1-------------5-3-|
|---------------------|-------------------|
 
 
  Q.    E +E  E +E  E   E Q  E +E  S S E E
|---------------------|--------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3-(3)-0-|-1-1----------------|
|-1-------------------|------1-(1)-------0-|
|---------------------|------------1-1-3---|
 
 
  Q.    E +E  E E E   Q.    E +E  E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3-----|------/5-(5)-3-----|
|-1-------------5-3-|-1-------------5-3-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
 
 
  Q.    E +E  E E E   Q.   E +E  S S E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3---3-|-1------------------|
|-1-------------5---|------1-(1)---------|
|-------------------|------------1-1-3-5-|
 
 
  Q.    E +E  E E E   Q.    E +E  E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3-----|------/5-(5)-3-----|
|-1-------------5-3-|-1-------------5-3-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
 
 
  Q.    E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  S S E E
|-------------------|---------------------||
|------/5-(5)-3---3-|-1-1-----------------||
|-1-------------5---|-------1-(1)-------0-||
|-------------------|-------------1-1-3---||
 
 
 1st & 2nd Verses
  $
  Q.   E E E E E   Q.   Q  Q  E   Q.    E +E  E E E   Q.    E +E  E E E
|----------------|--------------|------/5-(5)-3-----|--------------------|
|------------0-2-|-3-------3--1-|-1-------------5-3-|------/5-(5)-3------|
|-1----1---1-----|------3-------|-------------------|-1-------------5-0--|
|--------1-------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
 
 
  Q.    E +E  E E E   Q.    E +E  E E E
|-------------------|------/7-(7)-5-----|
|------/5-(5)-3-----|-3-------------7-3-|
|-1-------------5-3-|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
 
 
  Q.    E +E  E E E   Q.    E +E  E E E
|------/5-(5)-3-----|--------------------||
|-1-------------5-3-|------/5-(5)-3------||
|-------------------|-1-------------5-3--||
|-------------------|--------------------||
 
 
 Chorus
  Q.    E +E  E E E   Q.    E +E  E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3-----|------/5-(5)-3-----|
|-1-------------5-3-|-1-------------5-0-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
 
 
             To Coda
  Q.    E +E  E E E    E E E E +E  S S E E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3---3--|-1-1------------------|
|-1-------------5----|-------1-(1)-------0--|
|--------------------|-------------1-1-3----|
 
 
  Q.    E +E  E E E   Q.    E +E  E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|------/5-(5)-3-----|------/5-(5)-3-----|
|-1-------------5-3-|-1-------------5-0-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
 
 
                              D.S. al Coda
  Q.    E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  S S E E
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|------/5-(5)-3---3-|-1-1---1-(1)-1-1-------||
|-1-------------5---|-------------------0---||
|-------------------|-----------------3-----||
 
 
                        Bridge
  &
  E E E E +E  S S E E    Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|---------------------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-1-1-----------------||------0-3--3-3-|------0-1--1---|------0-3--3---|
|-------1-(1)-------0-||-1--1----------|-1--1--------3-|-1--1--------3-|
|-------------1-1-3---||---------------|---------------|---------------|
 
 
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  E E
|---------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
|------0-1--1---|------0-3--3---|------0-1--1--|------0-3--3----|
|-1--1--------2-|-1--1--------3-|-1--1---------|-1--1--------3--|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
 
 
                  Interlude
  Q  E E Q  E E    Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  Q
|---------------||---------------|--------------|
|------0-1--1---||---------------|--------------|
|-1--1--------2-||-1----1------1-|-1----1-------|
|---------------||--------1--3---|--------1--2--|
 
 
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E e e Q
|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-----------------||
|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3-3------||
 
 
   Outro
    Q.    E +E  E E E   Q.    E +E  E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o------/5-(5)-3-----|------/5-(5)-3-----|
||o-1-------------5-3-|-1-------------5-0-|
||--------------------|-------------------|
 
 
  Q.    E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  S S E E   3x
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|------/5-(5)-3---3-|-1-1------------------o||
|-1-------------5---|-------1-(1)-------0--o||
|-------------------|-------------1-1-3-----||
 
 
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