Hot Water Bass

HOT WATER (Bassline)
 
As recorded by Level 42
(From the 1989 Album LEVEL BEST)
 
Words and Music by Mark King, Phil Gould, Mike Lindup & Wally Badarou
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Mark King - Bass (finger)'
Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Mark King - Slap Bass'
 
 
 Intro
  Q=118
 4/4                                                   3/4
  Gtr I
  W           S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  +E  S S S S S S   S S S S S E. S S S S
|----------|-12-13-14-12-13-----------------4---------|-----------------------|
|----------|----------------14------------7---5---5-6-|-7-5-6-----------------|
|----------|-------------------14-10-(10)-------7-----|-------7---------------|
|----------|------------------------------------------|---------7-3--3-5-3-0--|
 
 
                           1st & 2nd Verses
 4/4
                        Gtr II
  W          +W             E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|----------|------------||------------------------------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------||o-----------------------------|
|----------|------------||o-------5h7-----------5h7-----|
|----------|------------||--0-x-x-----x-x-0-x-x-----x-x-|
 
 
  E S S S S S S E S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|---------------7h9-------------|
|-------4h5-----------2h3-----|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------5h7-------------5h7-----|
|-5-x-x-----x-x-3-x-x-----x-x-|-0-x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-|
 
 
  E S S S S S S E S S S S S S   E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------4h5-----------2h3-----|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------5h7-----------5h7------|
|-5-x-x-----x-x-3-x-x-----x-x-|-0-x-x-----x-x-0-x-x-----x-x--|
 
 
  E S S S S S S E S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|---------------7h9-------------|
|-------4h5-----------2h3-----|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------5h7-------------5h7-----|
|-5-x-x-----x-x-3-x-x-----x-x-|-0-x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-|
 
 
  E S S S S S S E S S S S S S   E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------4h5-----------2h3-----|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------5h7-----------5h7------|
|-5-x-x-----x-x-3-x-x-----x-x-|-0-x-x-----x-x-0-x-x-----x-x--|
 
 
  E S S S S S S E S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|---------------7h9-------------|
|-------4h5-----------2h3-----|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------5h7-------------5h7-----|
|-5-x-x-----x-x-3-x-x-----x-x-|-0-x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-|
 
 
  E S S S S S S E S S S S S S   E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------4h5-----------2h3-----|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------5h7-----------5h7------|
|-5-x-x-----x-x-3-x-x-----x-x-|-0-x-x-----x-x-0-x-x-----x-x--|
 
 
  E S S S S S S E S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|---------------7h9-------------|
|-------4h5-----------2h3-----|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------5h7-------------5h7-----|
|-5-x-x-----x-x-3-x-x-----x-x-|-0-x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-|
 
 
                                Chorus
  E S S S S S S E S S S S S S    E S S  a  E  E  E.  S  +E  S S
|-----------------------------||-------14h16-14-14--12-(12)-----|
|-------4h5-----------2h3-----||--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------||--------------------------------|
|-5-x-x-----x-x-3-x-x-----x-x-||-0-x-x----------------------x-x-|
 
 
  E S S S S S S E S S S S S S   E S S  a  E  E  E.  S  +E  S S
|-----------------------------|-------14h16-14-14--12-(12)-----|
|-------4h5-----------2h3-----|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-5-x-x-----x-x-3-x-x-----x-x-|-0-x-x----------------------x-x-|
 
 
                               1.
  E S S S S S S E S S S S S S   E S S  a  E  E  E.  S  +E  S S
|-----------------------------|-------14h16-14-14--12-(12)-----|
|-------4h5-----------2h3-----|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-5-x-x-----x-x-3-x-x-----x-x-|-0-x-x----------------------x-x-|
 
 
  E S S S S S S E S S S S S S   E S S  a  E  E  E.  S  +E  S S
|-----------------------------|-------14h16-14-14--12-(12)-----|
|-------4h5-----------2h3-----|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-5-x-x-----x-x-3-x-x-----x-x-|-0-x-x----------------------x-x-|
 
 
              Bridge
              2.
  W            Q  E S S E E +Q     E E E E E Q.
|-----------||-------------------|---6---4---7----|
|----------o||-------------------|-----------7----|
|----------o||-2--5-x-x-7--------|-----------5----|
|-----------||------------0-(0)--|-5---3----------|
 
 
  Q  E S S E E +Q     E E E E E Q.     Q  E S S E E +Q     E E E E E Q.
|-------------------|---6---4---7----|-------------------|---6---4---7-----|
|-------------------|-----------7----|-------------------|-----------7-----|
|-2--5-x-x-7--------|-----------5----|-2--5-x-x-7--------|-----------5-----|
|------------0-(0)--|-5---3----------|------------0-(0)--|-5---3-----------|
 
 
                                       Interlude
  Q  E S S E E +Q     E E E E E Q.      Wx8
|-------------------|---6---4---7----||--------||
|-------------------|-----------7----||--------||
|-2--5-x-x-7--------|-----------5----||--------||
|------------0-(0)--|-5---3----------||--------||
 
 
   Bass Solo
     S  S S  S S  S S  S S S  S  S  S  S S S
||--13-11------------------------------------|
||o-------x-12-x-12-x-12-x-x-12h14-12-12-x-x-|
||o------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------|
 
 
   S  S  S  S S  S S  S S  S  S S  S  S S S  4x
|--------------------------------------------||
|-12-12----12-------------------------------o||
|-------14------14---12---10h12-x-----------o||
|---------------------------------10h12-x-x--||
 
 
   Chorus
    E S S  a  E  E  E.  S  +E  S S   E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
||--------14h16-14-14--12-(12)-----|-----------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|-------4h5-----------2h3-----|
||o--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||--0-x-x----------------------x-x-|-5-x-x-----x-x-3-x-x-----x-x-|
 
 
  E S S  a  E  E  E.  S  +E  S S   E S S S S S S E S S S S S S  3x
|-------14h16-14-14--12-(12)-----|------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-------4h5-----------2h3-----o||
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-0-x-x----------------------x-x-|-5-x-x-----x-x-3-x-x-----x-x--||
 
 
  E S S  a  E  E  E.  S  +E  S S   E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-------14h16-14-14--12-(12)-----|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------4h5-----------2h3-----|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-0-x-x----------------------x-x-|-5-x-x-----x-x-3-x-x-----x-x-|
 
 
  E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   W
|---------------7h9-------------|------||
|-------------------------------|------||
|-------5h7-------------5h7-----|------||
|-0-x-x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x-|------||
 
 
   Out-Chorus
    E S S  a  E  E  E.  S  +E  S S   E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
||--------14h16-14-14--12-(12)-----|-----------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|-------4h5-----------2h3-----|
||o--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||--0-x-x----------------------x-x-|-5-x-x-----x-x-3-x-x-----x-x-|
 
 
  E S S  a  E  E  E.  S  +E  S S   E S S S S S S E S S S S S S  3x
|-------14h16-14-14--12-(12)-----|------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-------4h5-----------2h3-----o||
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-0-x-x----------------------x-x-|-5-x-x-----x-x-3-x-x-----x-x--||
 
 
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
X