Elvis Presley - Mystery Train bass tab
MYSTERY TRAIN (Bassline)
As recorded by Elvis Presley
(From the 1999 Album SUNRISE)
Words and Music by Sam C. Phillips and Herman Parker Jr.
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'
4/4
Gtr I
W Q Q Q Q 7x Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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|----------||o-------------o||-||o-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|
|----------||o-7-----7-----o||-||o-------------|-------------|
|----------||---------------||-||--------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-7-----7-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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|-7-----7-----|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q a Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|----6s7--9-----|-9-----9-----|-9-----9------|
|-7-----7-----|-9-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-7-----7-----|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 3x Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|--------------||-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-7-----7-----o||-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|
|-7-----7-----|-------------o||-------------|-------------|
|-------------|--------------||-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-7-----7-----|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-9-----9-----|-9-----9-----|-7-----7-----|
|-7-----7-----|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-7-----7-----|----6--------|----6--------|----6-----6--|
|-------------|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 4x
|-------------|-------------|-------------||---------------||
|----6-----6--|----6-----6--|-7-----7-----||o-7-----7-----o||
|-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|-------------||o-------------o||
|-------------|-------------|-------------||---------------||
Q Q Q Q 5x Q Q Q Q 5x Q Q Q Q 4x Q a Q Q Q
||---------------||-||---------------||-||---------------||---------------|
||o-------------o||-||o-7-----7-----o||-||o-------------o||----6s7--9-----|
||o-7-----7-----o||-||o-------------o||-||o-7-----7-----o||-9-------------|
||---------------||-||---------------||-||---------------||---------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 3x
|-------------|-------------|-------------||---------------||
|-9-----9-----|-9-----9-----|-7-----7-----||o-------------o||
|-------------|-------------|-------------||o-7-----7-----o||
|-------------|-------------|-------------||---------------||
Q Q Q Q 4x Q Q Q Q 5x Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||---------------||-||---------------||-------------|-------------*|
||o-7-----7-----o||-||o-------------o||-------------|-------------*|
||o-------------o||-||o-7-----7-----o||-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----*|
||---------------||-||---------------||-------------|-------------*|
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Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.tabs-database.com
