The Sky Is Crying by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
THE SKY IS CRYING (Bassline)
As recorded by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
(From the 1991 Album THE SKY IS CRYING)
Words & Music by Elmore James, Clarence Lewis & Morris Lewy
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Tommy Shannon - Bass / 1/2 step down'
1st & 2nd Verses
Q.=62
12/8
Gtr I
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
||----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
||o------2--2-5--5-2--5-|---------------------|------2--2-5--5-2--5--|
||o-3--3----------------|------0--0-3--3-0--3-|-3--3-----------------|
||----------------------|-1--1----------------|----------------------|
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|------2--2-5--5-2--5-|---------------------|----------------------|
|-3--3----------------|------0--0-3--3-0--3-|------0--0-3--3-0--3--|
|---------------------|-1--1----------------|-1--1-----------------|
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|------2--2-5--5-2--5-|------2--2-5--5-2--5-|----------------------|
|-3--3----------------|-3--3----------------|------2--2-5--5-2--5--|
|---------------------|---------------------|-3--3-----------------|
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|----2-5--2-----------|----2-5--2------------o||
|------0--0-3--3-0--3-|-3------------0-3--0-|-3------------2-5--2--o||
|-1--1----------------|-----------1---------|-----------3-----------||
Guitar Solo
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||o------2--2-5--5-2--5-|---------------------|------2--2-5--5-2--5-|
||o-3--3----------------|------0--0-3--3-0--3-|-3--3----------------|
||----------------------|-1--1----------------|---------------------|
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|------2--2-5--5-2--5-|---------------------|----------------------|
|-3--3----------------|------0--0-3--3-0--3-|------0--0-3--3-0--3--|
|---------------------|-1--1----------------|-1--1-----------------|
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|------2--2-5--5-2--5-|------2--2-5--5-2--5-|----------------------|
|-3--3----------------|-3--3----------------|------2--2-5--5-2--5--|
|---------------------|---------------------|-3--3-----------------|
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|----2-5--2-----------|----2-5--2------------o||
|------0--0-3--3-0--3-|-3------------0-3--0-|-3------------2-5--2--o||
|-1--1----------------|-----------1---------|-----------3-----------||
3rd Verse
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|------2--2-5--5-2--5-|---------------------|------2--2-5--5-2--5--|
|-3--3----------------|------0--0-3--3-0--3-|-3--3-----------------|
|---------------------|-1--1----------------|----------------------|
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|------2--2-5--5-2--5-|---------------------|----------------------|
|-3--3----------------|------0--0-3--3-0--3-|------0--0-3--3-0--3--|
|---------------------|-1--1----------------|-1--1-----------------|
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|------2--2-5--5-2--5-|------2--2-5--5-2--5-|----------------------|
|-3--3----------------|-3--3----------------|------2--2-5--5-2--5--|
|---------------------|---------------------|-3--3-----------------|
Outro
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|---------------------||---------------------|
|---------------------||----2-5--2-----------|
|------0--0-3--3-0--3-||-3------------0-3--0-|
|-1--1----------------||-----------1---------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q E Q E H. +W +H
|-------------------|-------------------*|
|----2-5--2---------|-------------------*|
|-3---------3-------|-(3)--------(3)----*|
|-------------------|-------------------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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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