Waitin For The Bus Chords & Tabs
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Waitin For The Bus Bass Tab
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WAITIN' FOR THE BUS (Bassline)
As recorded by ZZ Top
(From the 1973 Album TRES HOMBRES)
Transcribed by unregistered
Words by Billy Gibbons Music by ZZ Top
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=100
1/4 4/4
Gtr I
Q Wx2 H Q E E Q. E Q E E
|----|------------|-------------|----------------|
|----|------------|-------------|----------------|
|----|------------|-------------|----------------|
|----|------------|-----------0-|-0----0-3--4-5--|
Verses
q q E E E E +E E q E E E E +q q E E E E +E E q E E E E
||----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||--5--5--5-0-3-5-|-(5)---5--5-0-3-5-|-(5)--5--5-0-3-5-|-(5)---5--5-0-3-5--|
+E E q E E E E +E E q E E E E +E E q E E E E +E E q E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|--------------3-5-|-(5)---5--5-0-3-5-|-(5)---5--5-0-3---|
|-(5)---5--5-0-3-5-|-(5)---5--5-0-----|------------------|----------------5-|
Chorus
1.
To Coda
+E E q E E E E +E E q E E E E E E q q q q q S S E E E
|------------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------||
|------------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|----------------7-|-(7)---7--7--7--|-9--9--5-3-0-------o||
|-(5)---5--5-0-3-5-|-(5)---5--5-0-3---|--0--x----------|-------------0-/5---||
2.
q q S S E E E +E E E S S +H
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|-9--9--5-3-0------|-----0-3-0-5-(5)----|
|-------------0-/5-|-(5)----------------|
Harmonica Solo
E E E E S S S S E E +E E E E S S S S E E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------3---|-------------------3---|
|-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3---5-|-(5)-3-5-3-5-3-5-3---5-|
+E E E E S S S S E E +E E E E S S S S E E
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o-------------------3---|-------------------3---|
||--(5)-3-5-3-5-3-5-3---5-|-(5)-3-5-3-5-3-5-3---5-|
+E E E E S S S S E E +E E E E S S S S E E
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------o||
|-------------------3---|-------------------3---o||
|-(5)-3-5-3-5-3-5-3---5-|-(5)-3-5-3-5-3-5-3---5--||
+E E E E S S S S E E +E E E E S S S S E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------3---|-------------------3---|
|-(5)-3-5-3-5-3-5-3---5-|-(5)-3-5-3-5-3-5-3---5-|
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+E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|---------3-------3-------3------|
|-(5)-3-5---5-3-5---5-3-5---5-3--|
Guitar Solo
+E E E E S S S S E E +E E E E S S S S E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------1---|-------------------1---|
|-(3)-1-3-1-3-1-3-1---3-|-(3)-1-3-1-3-1-3-1---3-|
+E E E E S S S S E E +E E E E S S S S E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------1---|-------------------1----|
|-(3)-1-3-1-3-1-3-1---3-|-(3)-1-3-1-3-1-3-1---3--|
+E E E E S S S S E E +E E E E S S S S E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------1---|-------------------1---|
|-(3)-1-3-1-3-1-3-1---3-|-(3)-1-3-1-3-1-3-1---3-|
+E E E E S S S S E E +E E E E S S S S E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------1---|-------------------1-/7--|
|-(3)-1-3-1-3-1-3-1---3-|-(3)-1-3-1-3-1-3-1-------|
+E E E E S S S S E E +E E E E S S S S E E +E E E E S S S S E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------5---|-------------------5---|-------------------5---|
|-(7)-5-7-5-7-5-7-5---7-|-(7)-5-7-5-7-5-7-5---7-|-(7)-5-7-5-7-5-7-5---7-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Outro
Q=70 Q=100
D.C. al Coda &
+E E E E S S E E E +Q +Q +H E E q E E E E +E E q S S E Q
|---------------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------*|
|---------------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------*|
|-(7)-5-7-5-5-3-------|------------------|----------------|----------5-3------*|
|---------------5-0-5-|-(5)--(5)--(5)----|-5---5--5-0-3-5-|-(5)---5------5-0--*|
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