Didnt I Blow Your Mind This Time by Delfonics
DIDN'T I (BLOW YOUR MIND THIS TIME) (Bassline)
As recorded by The Delfonics
(From the 1970 Album THE DELFONICS)
Words and Music by Thom Bell & William Hart
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Ronnie Baker - Bass'
Intro
Q=68
4/4
Gtr I
W W Q. E Q. E Q. E S S S S E E Q. E Q. E
|----------|----------|--------7------|--------5-5-5-5-5-5-|--------7---------|
|----------|----------|------7--------|-5------------------|------7-----------|
|----------|----------|-8-------------|--------------------|-8----------------|
|----------|----------|---------------|--------------------|------------------|
1st - 3rd Verses
$
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q
|-5------7--9--||------------6--|---------------|--------------|
|--------------||o-7----7-6-----|-4----4--------|--------------|
|--------------||o--------------|--------7----4-|-5----5-7--7--|
|--------------||---------------|---------------|--------------|
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q
|--------------|-----------6--|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-7----7-6-----|-4----4--------|---------------|
|-5----5-7--7--|--------------|--------7----4-|-5----5-7--7---|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
Pre-Chorus
Q. E Q Q Q. E +Q E E E E E E +Q E E Q. E +Q E E
|--------------||-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|--------------||-4---------------|-------9-(9)----9-|------------------|
|-5----5-4--4--||------5-(5)----5-|-7-7-7------------|-9----5-(5)----5--|
|--------------||-----------------|------------------|------------------|
Chorus
To Coda
2/4 4/4
E E E E Q. E S S S S E E +Q. E Q. E
|-----------------||-5-5-5-5-5---||---------7------|
|-------9-9----9--||-------------||-------7--------|
|-7-7-7-----------||-----------8-||-(8)------------|
|-----------------||-------------||----------------|
1.
Q. E S S S S E E +Q. E Q. E Q. E S S S S E E
|--------5-5-5-5-5---|---------7------|--------5-5-5-5-5----||
|-5------------------|-------7--------|-5----------------7-o||
|------------------8-|-(8)------------|--------------------o||
|--------------------|----------------|---------------------||
Outro
2.
D.S. al Coda &
2/4 4/4
Q. E S S S S E E S S S S E E +Q. E Q. E Q. E S S S S E E 3x
|--------5-5-5-5-5----||-5-5-5-5-5---||----------7------|--------5-5-5-5-5----||
|-5----------------7--||-------------||o-------7--------|-5------------------o||
|---------------------||-----------8-||o-(8)------------|------------------8-o||
|---------------------||-------------||-----------------|---------------------||
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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