A Certain Girl Bass

A CERTAIN GIRL (Bassline)
 
As recorded by The Yardbirds
(From the 1965 Album FOR YOUR LOVE)
 
Words and Music by Naomi Neville
Arranged by The Yardbirds
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul-Samwell- Smith - Bass'
 
 
 Intro
  Q=138
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|-----------------||
|----------|----------|-----------------||
|----------|----------|-----------------||
|----------|----------|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
 
 
   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
||o--------5-----|--------5-----|--------5-----|--------5------|
||o-3--6s7----7--|-3--6s7----7--|-3--6s7----7--|-3--6s7----7---|
||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
 
 
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
|--------5-----|--------5-----|--------5-----|--------5-----||
|-3--6s7----7--|-3--6s7----7--|-3--6s7----7--|-3--6s7----7--||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
 
 
 Chorus
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|----3s4-5--3--|----3s4-5--3--|----3s4-5--3--|----3s4-5--3--|
|-5------------|-5------------|-5------------|-5------------|
 
 
                                              1.
                                     To Coda
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
|--------5-----|--------3-----|--------5-----|--------5-----o||
|-3--6s7----7--|-----------3--|-3--6s7----7--|-3--6s7----7--o||
|--------------|-3--3-3-------|--------------|---------------||
 
 
                 Guitar Solo
  2.
  Q  E E Q  Q     Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------5-----||--------5-----|--------5-----|--------5-----|
|-3--6s7----7--||-3--6s7----7--|-3--6s7----7--|-3--6s7----7--|
|--------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
 
 
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------5-----|--------5-----|--------5-----|--------5-----|
|-3--6s7----7--|-3--6s7----7--|-3--6s7----7--|-3--6s7----7--|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
 
 
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------5-----|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3--6s7----7--|----3s4-5--3--|----3s4-5--3--|----3s4-5--3--|
|--------------|-5------------|-5------------|-5------------|
 
 
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------5-----|--------5-----|--------5-----|
|----3s4-5--3--|-3--6s7----7--|-3--6s7----7--|-3--6s7----7--|
|-5------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
 
 
               Chorus
  q  Q  H       Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3----------||----3s4-5--3--|----3s4-5--3--|----3s4-5--3--|
|------------||-5------------|-5------------|-5------------|
 
 
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------5-----|--------3-----|--------5-----|
|----3s4-5--3--|-3--6s7----7--|-----------3--|-3--6s7----7--|
|-5------------|--------------|-3--3-3-------|--------------|
 
 
                 Outro
  D.S. al Coda &
  Q  E E Q  Q     Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------||--------------|--------------|
|--------5-----||--------5-----|--------5-----|
|-3--6s7----7--||-3--6s7----7--|-3--6s7----7--|
|--------------||--------------|--------------|
 
 
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E +H       +W
|--------------|---------------|--------*|
|--------5-----|---------------|--------*|
|-3--6s7----7--|-3--1-3-(3)----|-(3)----*|
|--------------|---------------|--------*|
 
 
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