Honey Bee Bass

HONEY BEE (Bassline)
As recorded by Tom Petty
(From the 1994 Album WILDFLOWERS)
 
Words and Music by Tom Petty
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Tom Petty - Bass'
 
 [Intro]
 Q=92
 4/4
 Gtr I
  Wx4
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|--------|
E|--------|
 
 
   E E E E +Q   Q    E E E E +H       E E E E +Q   E E   E Q  E +H
G|-----------------|----------------|------------------|---------------||
D|-----------------|----------------|------------------|---------------||
A|-----0-3-(3)--0--|-----0-3-(3)----|-----0-3-(3)--0---|---------------||
E|-0-3-------------|-0-3------------|-0-3------------0-|-3-0--5-(5)----||
 
 
 [Verse 1]
     E E E E +Q   Q    E E E E +H       E E E E +Q   E E   E Q  E +H
G||------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------||
D||o-----------------|----------------|------------------|---------------o||
A||o-----0-3-(3)--0--|-----0-3-(3)----|-----0-3-(3)--0---|---------------o||
E||--0-3-------------|-0-3------------|-0-3------------0-|-3-0--5-(5)-----||
 
 
 [Interlude]
     E E E E +Q   Q    E E E E +H       E E E E +Q   E E   E Q  E +H
G||------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------||
D||o-----------------|----------------|------------------|---------------o||
A||o-----0-3-(3)--0--|-----0-3-(3)----|-----0-3-(3)--0---|---------------o||
E||--0-3-------------|-0-3------------|-0-3------------0-|-3-0--5-(5)-----||
 
 
 [Verses 2 & 3]
 Segno $
     E E E E +Q   Q    E E E E +Q   Q    E E E E +Q   Q    E Q  E +H
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
D||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------o||
A||o-----0-3-(3)--0--|-----0-3-(3)--0--|-----0-3-(3)--0--|---------------o||
E||--0-3-------------|-0-3-------------|-0-3-------------|-3-0--5-(5)-----||
 
 
 [Bridge]
   Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E E E
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
A|--------------|-3--3--3-3-3--|-5--5--5-5-5--|---------------|
E|-5--5--5-5-5--|--------------|--------------|-1--1--1-1-1-1-|
 
 
   Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E E E
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
A|--------------|-3--3--3-3-3--|-5--5--5-5-5--|---------------|
E|-5--5--5-5-5--|--------------|--------------|-1--1--1-1-1-1-|
 
 
                                          To Coda
   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  Q  E E
G|---------------|---------------|----------------||
D|---------------|---------------|-5--5--5--------||
A|---------------|---------------|----------5-----||
E|-1--1--1-1-1-1-|-3--3--3-3-3-3-|------------3---||
 
 
 [Interlude]
     E E E E +Q   Q    E E E E +H       E E E E +Q   E E   E Q  E +H
G||------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------||
D||o-----------------|----------------|------------------|---------------o||
A||o-----0-3-(3)--0--|-----0-3-(3)----|-----0-3-(3)--0---|---------------o||
E||--0-3-------------|-0-3------------|-0-3------------0-|-3-0--5-(5)-----||
 
 
 [Guitar Solo]
     E E E E +Q   Q    E E E E +H
G||------------------|----------------|
D||o-----------------|----------------|
A||o-----0-3-(3)--0--|-----0-3-(3)----|
E||--0-3-------------|-0-3------------|
 
 
                     1.                2.
                                      Dal Segno al Coda
   E E E E +Q   E E   E Q  E +H         E Q  E +H
G|------------------|----------------||----------------||
D|------------------|---------------o||----------------||
A|-----0-3-(3)--0---|---------------o||----------------||
E|-0-3------------0-|-3-0--5-(5)-----||-3-0--5-(5)-----||
 
 
 [Outro]
 Coda &
     E E E E +Q   Q    E E E E +H       E E E E +Q   E E
G||------------------|----------------|------------------|
D||o-----------------|----------------|------------------|
A||o-----0-3-(3)--0--|-----0-3-(3)----|-----0-3-(3)--0---|
E||--0-3-------------|-0-3------------|-0-3------------0-|
 
 
  1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.8H.=H
   E Q  E +H      8x E Q  E +H       +W
G|----------------||---------------|--------*|
D|---------------o||---------------|--------*|
A|---------------o||---------------|--------*|
E|-3-0--5-(5)-----||-3-0--5-(5)----|-(5)----*|
 
************************************
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
**************************************
X