Stray Cats - Those Lonely Summer Nights Bass

LONELY SUMMER NIGHTS (Bassline)

As recorded by Stray Cats
(From the 1981 Album GONNA BALL)


Words and Music by Brian Setzer
Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Lee Rocker - Double Bass'


 Intro
  Q=108
 12/8
  Gtr I
  Q.   +Q   E H.        H.      Q.   +Q   E   Q.   +Q   E H.
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|---------1----(1)--1-|-0----(0)----0-----|
|-1----(1)------------|-3-------------------|-----------0-------|
|-----------1-3-------|---------------------|-------------------|


                     1st, 2nd & 4th Verses
                  $$
  H.      H.          Q.   +Q   E H.        Q.   +Q   E Q.   Q.
|-----------------||----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------||o---------------------|-0----(0)----0---------|
|-3-------3-------||o-1----(1)------------|-----------0------4----|
|-----------------||------------1-3-------|-----------------------|


  Q.   +Q   E Q.   +Q   E   Q.   +Q   E Q.   +Q   E   Q.   +E  E E Q.   +Q   E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------3----(3)----|-------------------------|----------1-2-3----(3)--1-|
|-3----(3)--3-------------|-1----(1)----------------|-3----(3)-----------------|
|-----------------------1-|-----------1-3----(3)--3-|--------------------------|


                   1.
 To Dbl. Coda
  H.      H.        Q.   +Q   E Q.   E E E   Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.
|-----------------|------------------------|----------------------||
|-0---------------|-1----(1)----1----0-1-2-|-3----1----0---------o||
|-----------------|-----------1------------|----------------3----o||
|---------3-------|------------------------|----------------------||


                                                  Bridge 1
  2.
  Q.   +Q   E Q.   +Q   E   Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.      Q.   +Q   E Q.   Q.
|-------------------------|----------------3----||-----------------------|
|-1----(1)----3----(3)----|------0----3---------||-----------1-3---------|
|-----------1-----------3-|-1-------------------||-3----(3)---------3----|
|-------------------------|---------------------||-----------------------|


  Q.   Q.   H.        Q.   +Q   E Q.   +Q   E   Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.
|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------3----||
|-------------------|-----------1-3----(3)----|------0----3---------||
|-1-----------------|-3----(3)--------------3-|-1-------------------||
|------1----3-------|-------------------------|---------------------||


 Bridge 2
  $                                                              To Coda
  Q.   +E  E E H.        Q.   +E  E E H.        Q.   +Q   E Q.   +Q   E
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|-0----(0)-----0-------|----------------------------|
|-0----(0)-----0-------|----------0-3---------|-3----(3)----3----(3)--3----|
|----------0-3---------|----------------------|-----------3----------------|


                        3rd Verse
  Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.      Q.   +Q   E H.        Q.   +Q   E Q.   Q.
|---------------------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|-3----1----0---------||---------------------|-0----(0)----0---------|
|----------------3----||-1----(1)------------|-----------0------4----|
|---------------------||-----------1-3-------|-----------------------|


  Q.   +Q   E Q.   +Q   E   Q.   +Q   E Q.   +Q   E   Q.   +E  E E Q.   +Q   E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------3----(3)----|-------------------------|----------1-2-3----(3)--1-|
|-3----(3)--3-------------|-1----(1)----------------|-3----(3)-----------------|
|-----------------------1-|-----------1-3----(3)--3-|--------------------------|


  H.      H.        H.      Q.   +Q   E   Q.   +Q   E Q.   E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|------------------------||
|-0---------------|-1-------3----(3)----|------------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------3-|-1----(1)----1----0-1-2-||
|---------3-------|---------------------|-----------1------------||


 Sax Solo
  Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.
|---------------------|-----------0---------|---------------------|
|------1----3---------|------3---------0----|------1----3---------|
|-3--------------2----|-1-------------------|-3--------------3----|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|


        D.S. al Coda  &       D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
  Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.      E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------3----||--------------------------||
|------0----3---------||--------------------------||
|-1-------------------||-------------------0-0-0--||
|---------------------||-1-1-1-3-3-3-4-4-4--------||


  &&
  Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.
|---------------------|---------------------||
|-1----1----1----1----|-3----1----0---------||
|---------------------|----------------3----||
|---------------------|---------------------||


 Outro
  Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.
|---------------------|-----------0---------|---------------------|
|----------------1----|------0---------0----|------0----1----2----|
|-1-------------------|---------------------|-3-------------------|
|------1----4---------|-3-------------------|---------------------|


                        H.=H
  Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.     Q.   E E E Q.   E E E   W.
|---------------------|------3----------------|-------*|
|-3----1----0---------|----------0-1----1-----|-------*|
|----------------3----|-1------3----------1-3-|-1-----*|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-------*|