High And Dry bass tab by The Rolling Stones

HIGH AND DRY (Bassline)

As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1966 Album AFTERMATH)

Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Wyman - Bass'


 Intro
 Q=116
 4/4
 Gtr I
 W     E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----3-------3---|-3---3---3---3---|-----3-------3---|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-1-------1-------|-----------------|-1-------1-------|

                    1st - 5th Verses
                  $
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|-3---------------|
|-3---3---3---3---|-3-------3---5---||o-3-------3-------|---------3---3---|
|-----------------|-----3-----------||o-----3-------3---|-----1-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|


 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3---3-----------|
|-3---3---3-------|-3-------3---3---|-3---3---3---5---|-----------------|
|-------------3---|-----3-----------|-----------------|---------3---0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------3-------|-3---3---3---5---|-----------------|
|-3---0---3---0---|-3---0-------3---|-----------------|-1---1---1---0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


                             Harmonica Solo
      To Coda (2nd time on D.S.)
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|
|------------------|-3---3---3---5---|-3-------3---5---o||-3---5---3-------|
|---------3---0----|-----------------|-----3-----------o||-------------3---|
|-3---3------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|


 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------3---3---|-3---3---3-------|-3-------3---3---|-3-------3-------|
|-1---0-----------|-------------3---|-----3-5---------|-----3-------3-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----3---3---5---|
|-1---1---3---0---|-3---0---3---0---|-3---0---3---0---|-3-------------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


                              D.S. al Coda
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3---5----||
|-1---1---1---1---|-----0---3---0-3-|-----3-------3---|-----3------------||
|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|------------------||


 Outro
 &
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-3-------3---5---|
|-----3-------3---|---------3---0-3-|-----3-----------|
|-----------------|-3---3-----------|-----------------|


 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E Q  +W
|-----------------|----------------|--------*|
|-----------------|-3-3---------3--|-(3)----*|
|---------3---3-5-|-----0-1-3-3----|--------*|
|-3---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