Coasters

Charlie Brown Bass Tab

CHARLIE BROWN (Bassline)

As recorded by The Coasters
(From the 1959 Album GREATEST RECORDINGS)

Words and Music by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

Transcribed by Slowhand


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


              1st - 5th Verses
  Q=132
               $
               $$
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W            H    H      H    H      H    H      H    Q  E E
|----------||------------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
|----------||o-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
|----------||o-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
|----------||--6----6----|-6----6----|-6----6----|-6----6--6-6--|


 4/4
  Gtr I
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|----5--8--5--|----5--8--5--|-------------|-------------|
|-6-----------|-6-----------|----5--8--5--|----5--8--5--|
|-------------|-------------|-6-----------|-6-----------|


                                           1.,D.S.S.
                                ToTo Dbl. Coda
  Q  Q   Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    q  Q  H      W
|--------------|-------------|------------|--------||
|----7--10--7--|----5--8--5--|------------|-------o||
|-8------------|-6-----------|------------|-------o||
|--------------|-------------|-6----------|--------||


             Bridge
  2.
  W           Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|----------||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|----------||----5--8--5--|----5--8--5--|----3--6--3--|----3--6--3----|
|----------||-6-----------|-6-----------|-4-----------|-4-------------|
|----------||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|


                                          D.S. al Coda
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    q  Q  H      Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|------------|--------------||
|----5--8--5--|----5--8--5--|------------|--------------||
|-6-----------|-6-----------|-8----------|-8--6--5--3---||
|-------------|-------------|------------|--------------||


               Outro
D.S.S. al Db&& Coda
  H    H        Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q   3x
|-----------||--------------|--------------||
|-----------||o-------------|-------------o||
|-----------||o----5--8--5--|----5--8--5--o||
|-----------||--6-----------|-6------------||


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

/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 
  - 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