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The Letter by The Box Tops

THE LETTER (Bassline)

As recorded by The Box Tops
(From the 1967 Album THE LETTER/NEON RAINBOW)

Words and Music by Wayne Carson Thompson
Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Cunningham - Bass'


 Intro                          1st Verse
  Q=136
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          E E E E E E  E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------|---------9-7------||-----------------|------------------|
|----------|-----6-9-----10-9-||-7-7-----7-7-----|------------------|
|----------|---7--------------||-------7-------7-|-8-8-----8-8---5--|
|----------|------------------||-----------------|-------8----------|


  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-----5-5---7-|-------7---------|-7-7-----7-7-----|-----------------|
|-------5---------|-5-5-----5-5---7-|-------7-------7-|-8-8-----8-8---5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------8---------|


                                       2nd - 4th Verses
                                    $
  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
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-7-7-----7-7-----||o-7-7-----7-7-----|-----------------|
|-7-7-----7-7---7-|-------7-------7-||o-------7-------7-|-8-8-----8-8---5-|
|-------7---------|-----------------||------------------|-------8---------|


  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-----5-5---7-|-------7---------|-7-7-----7-7-----|-----------------|
|-------5---------|-5-5-----5-5---7-|-------7-------7-|-8-8-----8-8---5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------8---------|


                                                         Chorus
                             To Coda
  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
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-7-7-----7-7------|-7-7-----7-7-----||-----2-5----------|
|-7-7-----7-7---7-|-------7-------7--|-------7-------7-||-3-3---------2-5--|
|-------7---------|------------------|-----------------||---------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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------2-5-|-----------------|-----------------|---2-5-----------|
|-----0-3-3-3-----|---2-5---2-5-----|---2-5---2-5-----|-3---------2-5---|
|-1-1-------------|-3-----3-----3-3-|-------3-----3-3-|-------3-3-----3-|


                                       1.               2.
                                                         D.S. al Coda
  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E Q  Q  Q      E E Q  Q  Q
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------||--------------||
|-------------2-5---|-----------------|--------------o||--------------||
|---0-3-3-(3)-------|---2-5---2-5---2-|--------------o||--------------||
|-1---------------3-|-3-----3-----3---|-0---------0---||-0---------0--||


                                                        Outro
  &
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|-7-7-----7-7-----|-7-7-----7-7-----||-----3-6---------|
|-7-7-----7-7---7-|-------7-------7-|-------7-------7-||-4-4---------3-6-|
|-------7---------|-----------------|-----------------||---------4-4-----|


  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------3-6-|-----------------|-------------------|-----3-6----------|
|-----1-4-4-4-----|---3-6---3-6-----|-----3-6---3-6-----|-4-4---------3-6--|
|-2-2-------------|-4-----4-----4-4-|-(4)-----4-----4-4-|---------4-4------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------3-6-|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----1-4-4-4-----|---3-6---3-6-----|-----3-6---3-6-----|
|-2-2-------------|-4-----4-----4-4-|-(4)-----4-----4-4-|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------*|
|---3-6-----------|-------------3-6---|-----------------*|
|-4---------3-6---|---1-4-4-(4)-------|---3-6---3-6---3-*|
|-------4-4-----4-|-2---------------4-|-4-----4-----4---*|


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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