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Solitary Man Bass

(ver. 2)
H.I.M
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                             SOLITARY MAN (Bassline)
                              As recorded by H.I.M.
        (From the 2004 Album AND LOVE SAID NO: GREATEST HITS 1997 - 2004)

Words and Music by Chris Isaak
Arranged by H.I.M.

Gtr I (D A D G) - 'bass'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'keyb'

 Intro
  Q=152
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W           W            W             H     E E Q
|----------|------------|------------|----------------|
|----------|------------|------------|----------------|
|----------|------------|------------|----------------|
|----------|------------|------------|-----------7-5--|
|
| Gtr II
| <
| W          +W            W            +W
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|--(0)-----------|
|----------|------------|------------|----------------|
|----------|------------|------------|----------------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|------------|----------------|
|----------|------------|------------|----------------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-12---------|-(12)-----------|


  $
    Q   Q  E E E E    +E  E E E +E  E E E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|---2---2--2-0-2-0-|--(0)-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|
|  +W                 +W
|--(0)-------------|--(0)-----------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|-(12)-------------|-(12)-----------------|


    Q   Q  E E E E    +E  E E   E  +E  E Q
|------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------|
|---2---2--2-0-2-0-|--(0)-0-0---0--(0)-7-5------|
|
|   W                 +Q.      +H           +E
|--12--------------|-(12)-----(12)---------(12)-|
|------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------|
|-(12)-------------|-(12)-----(12)--------------|


   Verse
      E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||---------------------|-----------------|
||o--------------------|-----------------|
||o--------------------|-----------------|
||----2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|
|     >
|    +H.           Q     W
||--(12)---------------|-----------------|
||o--------------------|-----------------|
||---------------------|-----------------|
||---------------------|-----------------|
||o--------------------|-----------------|
||---------------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|
| W                 W                 W
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


 1.                 2.
  E E E E E E Q      E E E E E E E E   E Q.   Q  Q
|-----------------||-----------------|--------------|
|----------------o||-----------------|--------------|
|-----------7----o||-----------------|--------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7---0---||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---7----7--7--|


 Chorus
  Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E Q  E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-3--3-3--3-3-3-|---------------|
|-5--5-5--5-5-5-|---------------|-5--5-5--5-5-5-|
|
| Gtr II
| W               W               W
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-4-------------|-5-------------|-4-------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|


  E +E  E E +E  E E E    E  E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| W                     +W
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-2-------------------|-(2)---------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|


  Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E Q  E E E   E +E  E E +E  E E E    E  E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-3--3-3--3-3-3-|---------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-5--5-5--5-5-5-|-0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| W               W               W                     +W
|---------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-7-------------------|-(7)---------------|
|-5-------------|-7-------------|-7-------------------|-(7)---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------------|


   Q  Q  E E E E    +E  E E E +E  E E E
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|--2--2--2-0-2-0-|--(0)-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|
|  W                +W
|--0-------------|--(0)-----------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|-12-------------|-(12)-----------------|


                                      D.S.
    Q   Q  E E E E    +E  E E E +E  E E E
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|---2---2--2-0-2-0-|--(0)-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0--|
|
|  +W                 +W
|--(0)-------------|--(0)------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|-(12)-------------|-(12)------------------|


    Q   Q  E E E E    +E  E E E +E  E E E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|---2---2--2-0-2-0-|--(0)-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|
|  +W                 +W
|--(0)-------------|--(0)-----------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|-(12)-------------|-(12)-----------------|


    Q   Q  E E E E    +E  E E E E E E E
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|---2---2--2-0-2-0-|--(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
|  +W                 +W
|--(0)-------------|--(0)---------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|-(12)-------------|-(12)---------------|


   Guitar Solo
    Q  Q  E Q  E   +H     +E  E E E   Q  Q  E Q  E   +Q   Q  Q  Q
||---------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------||
||o--------------|------------------|--------------|----------------o||
||o--------------|------------------|--------------|----------------o||
||--2--2--5s9--7-|-(7)----(7)-5s7-5-|-2--2--5s9--7-|-(7)--4--5--4----||


 Guitar Break
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|
| Gtr II
| W                 W                 W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4---------------|-5---------------|-4---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E    E  E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| W                 +W
|-2---------------|-(2)---------------|
|-3---------------|-(3)---------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E     E  E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| W                 W                  W                  +W
|-----------------|-----------------|-10---------------|-(10)---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--7---------------|--(7)---------------|
|-5---------------|-7---------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|


  Q  Q  E Q  E   +W           Q  Q  E Q  E   +W
|--------------|------------|--------------|--------|
|--------------|------------|--------------|--------|
|--------------|------------|--------------|--------|
|-2--2--5s9--7-|-(7)--------|-2--2--5s9--7-|-(7)----|


  Q  Q  E Q  E   +W           Q  Q  E Q  E   +W
|--------------|------------|--------------|--------|
|--------------|------------|--------------|--------|
|--------------|------------|--------------|--------|
|-2--2--5s9--7-|-(7)--------|-2--2--5s9--7-|-(7)----|


                    |-3-|
  W          +H     q q q
|----------|--------------|
|----------|--------------|
|----------|--------------|
|-2--------|-(2)----2-2-2-|


 Out-Chorus
  Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E Q  E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-3--3-3--3-3-3-|---------------|
|-5--5-5--5-5-5-|---------------|-5--5-5--5-5-5-|
|
| Gtr II
| W               W               W
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-4-------------|-5-------------|-4-------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|


  E +E  E E +E  E E E    E  E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| W                     +W
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-2-------------------|-(2)---------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|


  Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E Q  E E E   E +E  E E +E  E E E    E  E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-3--3-3--3-3-3-|---------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-5--5-5--5-5-5-|-0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| W               W               W                     +W
|---------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-7-------------------|-(7)---------------|
|-5-------------|-7-------------|-7-------------------|-(7)---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------------|


    Q  Q  E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E
||----------------|---------------------|
||o---------------|---------------------|
||o---------------|---------------------|
||--2--2--2-0-2-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|


  Q  Q  E E E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E
|---------------|-----------------------||
|---------------|----------------------o||
|---------------|----------------------o||
|-2--2--2-0-2-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0---||


  Q  Q  E Q  E   +H     +E  E E E   Q  Q  E Q  E   +H     +E  E E E
|--------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|
|-2--2--5s9--7-|-(7)----(7)-5s7-5-|-2--2--5s9--7-|-(7)----(7)-5s7-5-|


  Q  Q  E Q  E   +H     +E  E E E   Q  Q  E Q  E   +H     E Q.
|--------------|------------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|------------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|------------------|--------------|---------------|
|-2--2--5s9--7-|-(7)----(7)-5s7-5-|-2--2--5s9--7-|-(7)----7-7\---|


  Wx9
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|


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
            
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