TIGHTROPE (Bassline)
As recorded by Stevie Ray Vaughan
(From the 2003 Album IN STEP)


 Words and Music by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Doyle Bramhall



Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Tune Down 1/2 Step'


 Intro
  Moderate Funk Q=98(16=s16)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  E. S +E  E +Q.   +E     E. S +E  E +H       E. S +E  E +Q.   +E
|-----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-7--5-(5)--------------|-------------------|-7--5-(5)--------------|
|----------7-(7)---(7)\-|-5--3-(3)-0-(0)----|----------7-(7)---(7)\-|


                       Verse
  E. S +E  E +H         E E E. S S S E S S E   E E E. S S S E S S E
|-------------------||-----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------||o----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------||o-2-2------2-0-2-----1-|-2-2------2-0-2-----1-|
|-5--3-(3)-0-(0)----||---------0---------0---|--------0---------0---|


  E E E. S S S E S S E   e E E. S S S E E E   E E E. S S S E S S E
|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-2-2------2-0-2-----1-|-2-2------2-0-2---1-|-2-2------2-0-2-----1--|
|--------0---------0---|--------0-------0---|--------0---------0----|


  E E E. S S S E E S S   Q.   E Q.   E   E. S +E  E +Q.   +E
|----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|-2-2------2-0---0-2-0-|---------------|-7--5-(5)--------------|
|--------0-----2-------|-4----x-0------|----------7-(7)---(7)\-|


  1.
  E. S +E  E +H       E. S +E  E +Q.   +E     E. S +E  E +H
|-------------------|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|-7--5-(5)--------------|-------------------o||
|-5--3-(3)-0-(0)----|----------7-(7)---(7)\-|-5--3-(3)-0-(0)-----||


                           Chorus
  2.
  E. S +E  S S +E  E E E    e E S S S S S S E S E S   e E E S S S S E S E S
|------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------||-------------------------|-----------7-7---7-9----|
|-7--5-(5)-----------5-6-||-7-7---------------7-5-5-|-------9-9-----9--------|
|------------7-(7)-7-----||-------0-5-0-7-5-7-------|-7-7--------------------|


  E E S S S S S S E E S S   E E E  S S S S E S E.   Q.   E Q.   E
|-------------------------|-----------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|------------7-7---7-9\-|---------------|
|-7-7---------------------|-------/9-9-----9------|--------7------|
|-------0-4-0-5-5-4-5-6-6-|-7-7-------------------|-5-------------|


                         1st Guitar Solo
  e E  e E S S E +E  E    E E E. S S S E S S E   E E E. S S S E S S E
|----------------------||----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------7---7-(7)-9-||----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----/9-----9---------||-2-2------2-0-2-----1-|-2-2------2-0-2-----1--|
|-7--------------------||--------0---------0---|--------0---------0----|


  E E E. S S S E S S E   E E E. S S S E E E   E E E. S S S E S S E
|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-2-2------2-0-2-----1-|-2-2------2-0-----1-|-7-7----0-7-5-7---0-6--|
|--------0---------0---|--------0-----2-0---|-----------------------|


  E E E. S S S E E S S   E E E. S S S E S S E   E E E. S S S E E S s
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------0-|----------------------|----------------------|
|-7-7----0-7-5---------|-2-2------2-0-2-----1-|-2-2------2-0---0-2-0-|
|--------------7-0-----|--------0---------0---|--------0-----2-------|


  E E S S S S e E S S S S   e E S S S S e E E S S   E E S S S S S S E E S s
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------4-4---------|-2-2---------------2-0-|-------------------------|
|-------x-4-4-------0-4-0-|-------0-2-0-2-2-------|-2-2-2-------2-0---0-1-1-|
|-2-2---------------------|-----------------0-----|-------0-2-0-----2-------|


  e E E S S e E S E S   e E S S S S S S E S E S   e E E S S S S E S E S
|---------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------7---7-9---|-------------7-7---7-9---|-----------7-7---7-9---|
|-------7s9---9-------|-------x-9-9-----9-----0-|-------9-9-----9-----0-|
|-7-7---------------0-|-7-7---------------------|-7-7-------------------|


  E S S E S S E S S S S S S   e E S S S S e E E S S   e E S S S S s S E E E
|---------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------5-5-5-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-------------------|-7-7-------------------|
|-7-7p0-9-9-9---------------|-------0-4-0-5-4-5-7-7-|-------0-4-0-5-0-4-5-6-|


  e E E S S S S E S E S   E E E S S S S E E S S   e E S S S S S S E E. S
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------7-7---7-9---|-----------7-7---7-9-7-|------------------------|
|-------9-9-----9-------|-------9-9-----9-------|-9-9---------------9----|
|-7-7-----------------0-|-7-7-------------------|-------0-5-0-9-0-9----0-|


  e E S S s s s S E E E   E. S +E  E +Q..   S   E. S +E  E +H
|-----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-7-7-------------------|-7--5-(5)------------|-------------------|
|-------0-4-0-5-0-4-5-7-|----------7-(7)----0-|-5--3-(3)-0-(0)----|


  E. S +E  E +Q.   +E     E. S +E  E +H       +W
|-----------------------|-------------------|--------||
|-----------------------|-------------------|--------||
|-7--5-(5)--------------|-------------------|--------||
|----------7-(7)---(7)\-|-5--3-(3)-0-(0)----|-(0)----||


 Verse
  E E E. S S S E S S E   E E E. S S S E S S E   E E E. S S S E S S E
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-2-2------2-0-2-----1-|-2-2------2-0-2-----1-|-2-2------2-0-2-----1-|
|--------0---------0---|--------0---------0---|--------0---------0---|


  e E E. S S S E E E   E E E. S S S E S S E   E E E. S S S E E S S
|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-2-2------2-0-----1-|-2-2------2-0-2-----1-|-2-2------2-0---0-2-0--|
|--------0-----2-0---|--------0---------0---|--------0-----2--------|


  Q.   E Q.   E   E. S +E  E +Q.   +E     E. S +E  S S +E  E E E
|---------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------|-7--5-(5)--------------|-7--5-(5)-----------5-6--||
|-4----x-0------|----------7-(7)---(7)\-|------------7-(7)-7------||


 Chorus
  e E S S S S S S E S E S   e E E S S S S E S E S   E E S S S S S S E E S S
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------7-7---7-9---|-------------------------|
|-7-7---------------7-5-5-|-------9-9-----9-------|-7-7---------------------|
|-------0-5-0-7-5-7-------|-7-7-------------------|-------0-4-0-5-5-4-5-6-6-|


  E E E  S S S S E S E.   Q.   E Q.   E   E. S +E  E +Q.   E
|-----------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|------------7-7---7-9\-|---------------|--------------------|
|-------/9-9-----9------|--------7------|-7--5-(5)-----------|
|-7-7-------------------|-5-------------|----------7-(7)-----|


                           Outro-Chorus
  E. S +E  S S +E  E E E    e E S s S S S S E E S S   E e E e S E S S E S
|------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------|
|-7--5-(5)-----------5-6-||-7-7---------------------|-----4-4-5-5-5-6-6-6-|
|------------7-(7)-7-----||-------0-5-0-5-0-4-5-6-6-|-7-7-----------------|


  e E S S S S S S E E E   E E E E +S  E S q    e E E  E S S E S E S
|-----------------------|--------------------|----------7-7---7-9-9-|
|-----------------------|--------------------|-------/9-----9-------|
|-7-7-------------------|-------------5-5-6--|-7-7------------------|
|-------x-4-0-5-0-4-5-6-|-7-7---9-(9)--------|----------------------|


  e E E  S S S S E E e   e E S S S S S S E E E   e E E S S S E. E S S
|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-9-9--------7-7---7-9-|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-------/9-9-----9-----|-7-7-------------------|-----------5-5--6-6-6-|
|----------------------|-------0-4-0-5-x-4-5-6-|-7-7-9-9-9------------|


  e E S E S S S E E S S   S S S S E S S +S  S E E E   E E E S S S S E E S S
|-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------7-7---7-9-7--|
|-----6-6-6-7-0-6-7-8-8-|-9-9-9-0-7-9-6-(6)-0-7-8-9-|-------9-9-----9--------|
|-7-7-------------------|---------------------------|-7-7--------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|


  E E S S S S e E S S E   e E S S S S S S E E E   e E S E S s E S E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------7--------|
|-9-9---x---------9-7---|-----------------------|----------------------|
|---------6-6-9-9-----9-|-7-7-------------------|-----------5---5-6-6--|
|-----------------------|-------0-4-0-5-0-4-5-6-|-7-7-9-9-9------------|


  e E E S S E E E E   E E E S S S e S S E S   S S E E. S S S E E S S
|-------------------|-----6-6-6-7-7-7-8-8-8-|-9-7--------------------|
|-----6-6-6-7-7-8-9-|-9-9-------------------|-----9------------------|
|-7-7---------------|-----------------------|-------7----7-x---------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|----------9-----4-5-7-7-|


  e E E S S E S S E E   E E S S S S E e E S S   S S E +E  S S E S S +E  S S
|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-7-7---------7---------|-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------0-7-0---4-5-6-6-|-7-0-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-|


  E E S S S S S S E E E   e E E S S s E S E S S   E E E S S S E. E S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----6-6-6-7-7--8-8-8--|
|-7-7-------------------|-----------5-5-5-6-6-6-|-7-7-------------------|
|-------0-4-0-5-0-4-5-6-|-7-7-9-9-9-------------|-----------------------|


  e E E E S E. Q    e E E. S S S E E E   e E E S S  S  S E E E
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------------*|
|-9-9-7-7-6-6--5--|--------------------|-----------------------*|
|-----------------|-7-7----------------|-----------------------*|
|-----------------|-----4--4-5-0-4-5-6-|-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