Midnight Rider
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Performed by: The Allman Brothers Band. Composed by: Gregg Allman.
This song is published by ALFRED PUBLISHING CO., INC. and displayed here with permission. All rights reserved.
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MIDNIGHT RIDER (Bassline)
As recorded by The Allman Brothers
(From the 1970 Album IDLEWILD SOUTH)
Words and Music by Gregg Allman and Robert Kim Payne
Arranged by The Allman Brothers
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Moderately Q=95
4/4
Gtr I
W H S e e E. H Q S E. H E. S S E.
|----------|------7-4------|--------------|----------------|
|----------|----------7-4\-|--------------|----------------|
|----------|---------------|-5----5----3--|-5----5------3--|
|----------|---------------|---------5----|---------3-5----|
1st Verse
H E. S S E. H E. S S E. Q Q E. S S E. Q Q E. S S E.
|----------------|----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-5----5------3--|-5----5------3--||-5--5--5------3--|-5--5--5------3--|
|---------3-5----|---------3-5----||----------3-5----|----------3-5----|
Q Q E. S S E. Q Q E. S S E. Q Q E. S S E. Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-5--5--5------3--|-5--5--5------3--|-5--5--5------3--|-5--5--5--5\--||
|----------3-5----|----------3-5----|----------3-5----|--------------||
Chorus
Q Q Q S E. E. S E. S E. S Q Q Q E. S S E. Q Q E. S S E.
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--|-5--5--5------3--|-5--5--5------3--|
|-3--3--3--3-5--|-------------------|----------3-5----|----------3-5----|
2nd Verse
Q Q E. S S E. Q Q E. S S E. Q Q E. S S E. Q Q E. S S E.
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-5--5--5------3--|-5--5--5------3--||-5--5--5------3--|-5--5--5------3---|
|----------3-5----|----------3-5----||----------3-5----|----------3-5-----|
Q Q E. S S E. Q Q E. S S E. Q Q Q Q Q Q S e e E.
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----/9--7-----|----/9--7--------||
|-5--5--5------3--|-5--5--5------3--|-5---------9--|-5--------9-7-5--||
|----------3-5----|----------3-5----|--------------|-----------------||
2nd Chorus
Q Q Q S E. Q E. S E E Q Q Q E. S S E. Q Q E. S S E.
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-3--3--3-3---3--|-5--5--5------3--|-5--5--5------3--|
|-3--3--3--3-5--|-----------3----|----------3-5----|----------3-5----|
Guitar Solo
Q Q E. S S E. Q Q S e e E. Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|-------7-4------||---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------7-4--||----/9--7-7----|----/9--7-7------|
|-5--5--5------3--|-5--5-----------||-5----------9--|-5----------9-7--|
|----------3-5----|----------------||---------------|-----------------|
Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S S S E
|--------------|-----------------||---------------------|----------------------|
|----/9--7-----|-----9-9-7-7-----||---------------------|----------------------|
|-5---------9--|-5-5---------9-7-||-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|-1--1-1--1-1--1-1-3-1-|
|--------------|-----------------||---------------------|----------------------|
E. S E. S E. S E. S E S S E. S E. S S S E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1-3-1-|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
E. S E. S E. S E. S E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|
|---------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E Q Q E. S S E. Q Q E. S S E.
|-----------------||------------------|------------------||
|-----------------||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||o-5--5--5------3--|-5--5--5------3--o||
|-----------------||-----------3-5----|----------3-5-----||
3rd Verse
Q Q Q Q Q Q E. S S E. Q Q Q Q Q Q E. S S E.
|--------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|
|----/9--7-----|----/9--7---------|----/9--7-----|----/9--7---------|
|-5---------9--|-5-------------3--|-5---------9--|-5-------------3--|
|--------------|-----------3-5----|--------------|-----------3-5----|
3rd Chorus
Q Q Q Q Q Q S e e E. Q E S S E. S S S E E. S E. S E. S Q
|--------------|-----------------||---------------------|--------------------|
|----/9--7-----|----/9--7--------||---------------------|--------------------|
|-5---------9--|-5--------9-7-5--||-------------------1-|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3---|
|--------------|-----------------||-3--3-3-3-3--1-3-3---|--------------------|
Out-Chorus
E E Q E. S S E. Q Q S e e e S E. S E. S E. S E. S
|---7--------------|-----------------||----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------||o---------------------|
|-5---5--5------3--|-5--5--5-2-------||o---------------------|
|-----------3-5----|-----------5-3---||--3--3-3--3-3--3-3--5-|
E. S E. S E E S S E Q Q E. S S E. Q Q S e e e S 3x
|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5--5--5------3--|-5--5--5-2--------o||
|---------------------|----------3-5----|-----------5-3-----||
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
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