Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing Bass

LITTLE WING (Bassline)
As recorded by Jimi Hendrix
(From the 1968 Album AXIS: BOLD AS LOVE)



 Words and Music by Jimi Hendrix

 

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


 Intro                 1st Verse
  Slow Rock Q=70
 2/4    4/4
  Gtr I
  H      Wx10           Q.   S S E E S S S S   H    E E E E
|------|-------------||--------------9p7-----|--------------|
|------|-------------||------------------9p7-|-5----5-5-5-5-|
|------|-------------||-7----7-7-7-7---------|--------------|
|------|-------------||----------------------|--------------|


  H    E Q  E   H    E E +S  S E   H    E E S S E
|-------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-7----7-7----|------------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-7----7-7-(7)-x-5-|-----------------|
|-------------|------------------|-7----7-7-6-6-6--|


  Q.   E e S S S S e   Q.   E Q  S S E   Q  E.. T E. S E E
|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|----------------2-3-|-5----5-3--3-3-3-|-------------------|
|--------3-3-3-3-----|-----------------|-3--3---3-5--5-5-5-|
|-5------------------|-----------------|-------------------|


                             2nd Verse
 2/4          4/4
  Q  +S  S E   E E Q  H       Q  +E. S E Q   E    Q  +E.. T E Q  E
|------------|-------------||---------------16\-|------------------|
|------------|-------------||-2--(2)-2-2-2------|-5--(5)--5-5-5----|
|-5--(5)-5-5-|-5-----------||-------------------|------------------|
|------------|-------------||-------------------|------------------|


  Q  +E.. T E Q  E   E E H    E E   Q  +E.. T E S S S S E
|------------------|--------------|------------------------|
|-7--(7)--7-7-7----|--------------|------------------------|
|------------------|-7----------5-|------------------------|
|------------------|--------------|-7--(7)--7-7-7-7-6-6-6--|


  Q.   E E S S S S e   Q  E S S E S S E  E   Q.   E E.. T E S S
|--------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|----------------2-3-|-5--5-5s4-3-3-3-5----|--------------------|
|--------3-3-3-3-----|---------------------|-3----3-5---5-5-5-5-|
|-5----5-------------|------------------/5-|--------------------|


                              Guitar Solo
 2/4           4/4
  E.. T S S e   E E Q  H       E E E E S S S S S S S S
|-------------|-------------||-------------------------|
|-------------|-------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-|
|-5---5-5-5-4-|-5-----------||-------------------------|
|-------------|-------------||-------------------------|


  E E E E E E E S S   E S S Q  e Q  E   Q  E S S E Q  E
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-7-7-7-7--7-7--5-|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-7--7-7---7-7----|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------7--------|


  Q  S E. e E +S  S E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E e E. S E E
|---------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|---------------|-5--5-4-3----3-3-|
|----7s9--------------|--------3--3-5-|-----------3-----|
|-7-------7-7-(7)-7-6-|-5--5-5--------|-----------------|


                         2/4           4/4
  E E S S S S E S S E E   E S S S S E   W
|-----------------------|-------------|------|
|-----------------7-7-7-|-------------|------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------|
|-----------------------|-------------|------|


  H    E E E E   H    E Q  E   H    E E +S  S E   H    E Q.
|--------------|-------------|------------------|-------------*|
|--------------|-5----5-5--6-|-7----7-7-(7)-7-7-|-------------*|
|-7----7-7-7-7-|-------------|------------------|-7----7-7----*|
|--------------|-------------|------------------|-------------*|




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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