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TRUCKIN' (Bassline)
As recorded by The Grateful Dead
(From the 1971 Album AMERICAN BEAUTY)
Words and Music by Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir
Arranged by Dale Turner
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'bass'
Intro (0:00)
Moderate Shuffle Q.=126
N.C.
12/8
Gtr I
E E E E E E a E E E E E E a E E E E E E a Q E E E E
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-8h9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8h9-9-9-9------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------8h9-8h9--8s7-5-5-|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
E
Q E Q. Q E Q E Q. Q. Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-7--7-7------------4-|-7--------------4----|
|-----------4--0-7----|------4----7--0----7-|
Q. Q. Q E Q E Q. Q E Q E Q.
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|-7--------------4----|-7-------------------||
|------4----7--0------|------4--0-7--0-0----||
1st Chorus (0:12)
E A
Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------4----|
|-7----7----7----7----|-7----7--------------|------4----7-------7-|
|---------7---------0-|-----------0----4----|-5-------------------|
B
Q E Q E Q. Q E Q E Q E Q E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-7-------------------|----------------6----|-9----6--------------|
|------4----7----4----|------6----9---------|-----------9---------|
|-------------------6s|=7-------------------|----------------7--0-|
A E
Q E Q E Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q E Q E Q. Q E Q.
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------7----|
|----------------4----|-7-------------------|------6----9--0------|
|------4----7---------|-----------4--0-6----|-7--x----------------|
|-5--5----------------|----x-5--------------|---------------------|
q E E E E +Q e E E e q E E E E +Q e E E e q E E E E +Q e E E e
|----------7-(7)----------|----------7-(7)----------|----------7-(7)----------||
|------8h9--------9-5s6-9-|------8h9--------9-5s6-9-|------8h9--------9-5s6-9-||
|-7--7--------------------|-7--7--------------------|-7--7--------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
1st Verse (0:35)
E
q E E E E +Q e E E e
||-----------7-(7)----------|
||o------8h9--------9-5s6-9-|
||o-7--7--------------------|
||--------------------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
q E E E E +Q e E E e 4x q E Q. Q E Q E
|----------7-(7)-----------||----------------------||
|------8h9--------9-5s6-9-o||----------------------||
|-7--7--------------------o||-7--7-----------------||
|--------------------------||------9----7--0-4--0--||
Choruses 2+4 (0:51, 2:38)
$
E A
Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------4----|
|-7----7----7----7----|-7----7--------------|------4----7-------7-|
|---------7---------0-|-----------0----4----|-5-------------------|
B
Q E Q E Q. Q E Q E Q E Q E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-7-------------------|----------------6----|-9----6--------------|
|------4----7----4----|------6----9---------|-----------9---------|
|-------------------6s|=7-------------------|----------------7--0-|
To Coda
A E
Q E Q E Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q E Q E Q. Q E Q.
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------7----|
|----------------4----|-7-------------------|------6----9--0------|
|------4----7---------|-----------4--0-6----|-7--x----------------|
|-5--5----------------|----x-5--------------|---------------------|
q E E E E +Q e E E e q E E E E +Q e E E e q E Q. Q. Q.
|----------7-(7)----------|----------7-(7)----------|-----------7---------||
|------8h9--------9-5s6-9-|------8h9--------9-5s6-9-|------9---------9----||
|-7--7--------------------|-7--7--------------------|-7--7----------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------||
2nd Verse (1:14)
E7
q E E E E +Q e E E e
||-----------7-(7)----------|
||o------8h9--------9-5s6-9-|
||o-7--7--------------------|
||--------------------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
q E E E E +Q e E E e 4x q E Q. Q E Q E
|----------7-(7)-----------||----------------------||
|------8h9--------9-5s6-9-o||----------------------||
|-7--7--------------------o||-7--7-----------------||
|--------------------------||------9----7--0-4--0--||
3rd Chorus (1:29)
E
Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-7----7----7----7----|-7----7--------------|
|---------7---------0-|-----------0----4----|
A
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q. Q E
|---------------------|------------------------|
|----------------4----|-7----------------------|
|------4----7-------7-|------4----7----4-------|
|-5-------------------|-------------------6s===|
B
Q E Q E Q E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------6----|-9----6--------------|
|------6----9---------|-----------9---------|
|-7-------------------|----------------7--0-|
A
Q E Q E Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------4----|-7---------------------|
|------4----7---------|-----------4--0-6------|
|-5--5----------------|----x-5----------------|
E
Q E Q. Q E Q. Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q. Q. Q.
|---------------------|----------------6----|----------------6----||
|---------------------|------6----9---------|------6----9---------||
|-7---------4---------|-7-----------------0-|-7-------------------||
|----x-7-------x-7----|---------------------|---------------------||
Bridge (1:52, 3:53)
$$
A
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E
|---------------------||---------------------|
|---------------------||---------------------|
|-7----5----4---------||---------------------|
|----------------7----||-5----5--0-5----5--0-|
6/8 12/8
Q. Q E Q. +E E E Q. +Q E
|-----------|---------------------------|
|-----------|-7----(7)-----5----(5)-----|
|---------7-|------------x-----------7--|
|-5---------|---------------------------|
(F#m) A D A
6/8 12/8
H. Q E Q E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. +Q E
|-------------------|---------------------|-----------|------------------------|
|-4-----------------|------7--------------|-----------|---------7-5----(5)-----|
|--------------7----|---------------------|-5----5----|------7-----------------|
|---------5---------|-5---------5----5----|-----------|-5----------------------|
(F#m) A D Bm
6/8
H. Q E Q E Q. q E Q. Q E Q. Q E
|-------------------|---------------------|------------|
|-4-----------------|---------------------|------------|
|--------------7----|-5----5----5----5----|------------|
|---------5---------|---------5---------x-|-7----7--x--|
F# Bm F#
12/8
Q. q E Q. q E Q. Q E Q. Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|------4---------4--x-|-4----4--x-4----4----|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-2---------2---------|-------------------x-|
To Dbl. Coda
A E7
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q. q E E E E +Q e E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------7-(7)----------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------8h9--------9-5s6-9-|
|---------------------|------4--4-5--x-6----|-7--7--------------------|
|-5----5----5----5--x-|-5-------------------|-------------------------|
q E E E E +Q e E E e q E E E E +Q e E E e
|----------7-(7)----------|----------7-(7)----------|
|------8h9--------9-5s6-9-|------8h9--------9-5s6-9-|
|-7--7--------------------|-7--7--------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
3rd Verse (2:23)
E7
q E E E E +Q e E E e q E E E E +Q e E E e
|----------7-(7)----------||----------7-(7)----------|
|------8h9--------9-5s6-9-||------8h9--------9-5s6-9-|
|-7--7--------------------||-7--7--------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
q E E E E +Q e E E e q E E E E +Q e E E e
|----------7-(7)----------|----------7-(7)----------|
|------8h9--------9-5s6-9-|------8h9--------9-5s6-9-|
|-7--7--------------------|-7--7--------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
q E E E E +Q e E E e q E E E E +Q e E E e q E E E E +Q e E E e
|----------7-(7)----------|----------7-(7)----------|----------7-(7)----------|
|------8h9--------9-5s6-9-|------8h9--------9-5s6-9-|------8h9--------9-5s6-9-|
|-7--7--------------------|-7--7--------------------|-7--7--------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
q E a Q E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q E Q e
|-----------7-11----9----|-7----6--------------||
|------8h9---------------|-----------9--x-6--7-||
|-7--7-------------------|---------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------||
&
E7
Q E Q. Q E Q. q E E E E +Q e E E e
|----------------7----|----------7-(7)----------|
|------6----9--0------|------8h9--------9-5s6-9-|
|-7--x----------------|-7--7--------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
q E E E E +Q e E E e q E E E E +Q e E E e
|----------7-(7)----------|----------7-(7)----------|
|------8h9--------9-5s6-9-|------8h9--------9-5s6-9-|
|-7--7--------------------|-7--7--------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
4th Verse (3:01)
E7
q E E E E +Q e E E e q E E E E +Q e E E e 3x
||-----------7-(7)----------|----------7-(7)-----------||
||o------8h9--------9-5s6-9-|------8h9--------9-5s6-9-o||
||o-7--7--------------------|-7--7--------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
q E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q E Q E
|----------7-----7-----7-|------------------------||
|------8h9---8h9---8h9---|-7----5b5.5-------------||
|-7--7-------------------|--------------7--x-4----||
|------------------------|----------------------0-||
5th Chorus (3:16)
E
Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-7----7----7----7----|-7----7--------------|
|---------7---------0-|-----------0----4----|
A
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q. Q E
|---------------------|------------------------|
|----------------4----|-7----------------------|
|------4----7-------7-|------4----7----4-------|
|-5-------------------|-------------------6s===|
B
Q E Q E Q E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------6----|-9----6--------------|
|------6----9---------|-----------9---------|
|-7-------------------|----------------7--0-|
A
Q E Q E Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------4----|-7---------------------|
|------4----7---------|-----------4--0-6------|
|-5--5----------------|----x-5----------------|
E7
Q E Q. Q E Q. q E E E E +Q e E E e
|---------------------|----------7-(7)----------|
|---------------------|------8h9--------9-5s6-9-|
|-7---------4---------|-7--7--------------------|
|----x-7-------x-7----|-------------------------|
q E E E E +Q e E E e q E E E E +Q e E E e
|----------7-(7)----------|----------7-(7)------------||
|------8h9--------9-5s6-9-|------8h9--------9-5s6-9---||
|-7--7--------------------|-7--7----------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
5th Verse (3:38)
E7
q E E E E +Q e E E e q E E E E +Q e E E e 3x
||-----------7-(7)----------|----------7-(7)-----------||
||o------8h9--------9-5s6-9-|------8h9--------9-5s6-9-o||
||o-7--7--------------------|-7--7--------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
q E +Q. a Q. Q E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------7----|-------------------||
|------------8h9---------|-------------------||
|-7--7-(7)---------------|-9-----------------||
|------------------------|----0--1--2--3--4--||
&&
E
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q. Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-7----7--7-7----7--7-|-7--------------4----|
|----7---------7------|----x-4----7--0------|
Q. Q. Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|-7----7----7----7----|-7------------x-4----||
|-------------------7-|------4----7---------||
6th Chorus (4:24)
E
Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-7----7----7----7----|-7----7--------------|
|---------7---------0-|-----------0----4----|
A
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q. Q E
|---------------------|------------------------|
|----------------4----|-7----------------------|
|------4----7-------7-|------4----7----4-------|
|-5-------------------|-------------------6s===|
B
Q E Q E Q E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------6----|-9----6--------------|
|------6----9---------|-----------9---------|
|-7-------------------|----------------7--0-|
A
Q E Q E Q E Q. Q E Q. Q E Q E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------4----|-7---------------------|
|------4----7---------|-----------4--0-6------|
|-5--5----------------|----x-5----------------|
E7
Q. Q. Q E q E Q E Q. q e q E
|----------------6----|----------------6-----|
|------6----9--x------|------6----9--9-------|
|-7-----------------6s|=7--7--------------6s=|
|---------------------|----------------------|
Q E Q. q e Q E q E Q. Q E Q E
|----------------6----|----------------7----||
|------6----9--x------|------6----9--x------||
|-7--7--------------6s|=7--7--------------6-||
|---------------------|---------------------||
Outro (4:46)
(E7)
q e Q. q E q E Q E E E E Q. q E q E E E E +Q e q E
|----------------6----|----------6-9----6----|----------6-(6)---------|
|------6----9--x------|------8-9-----------9-|------6-9--------9-6--9-|
|-7--7--------------6-|-7--------------------|-7--7-------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
q E E E E +Q e Q E Q E E E E Q. Q E
|----------6-(6)---------|----------6-9----6----|
|------8h9--------9-6--9-|------8h9-----------9-|
|-7--7-------------------|-7--7-----------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
Q E E E E Q E Q E Q E E E E Q E Q E Q E E E E Q E Q E
|----------6-9--9-6----|----------6-9--9-6----|----------6-9--9-6----*|
|------8h9-----------9-|------8h9-----------9-|------8h9-----------9-*|
|-7--7-----------------|-7--7-----------------|-7--7-----------------*|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------*|
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
