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Please Dont Leave Me
Pretty Maids
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PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME (Bassline)
As recorded by Pretty Maids
(From the 1990 Album SIN-DECADE)
Transcribed by Nobukazu Nagayama
Words and Music by Phil Lynott & John Sykes
Arranged by Pretty Maids
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro 1
Q=120
$
A B
4/4
Gtr I
W H. +E E H. +E E
|----------||---------------|---------------|
|----------||---------------|---------------|
|----------||---------------|---------------|
|----------||-5-------(5)-5-|-7-------(7)-7-|
G#m C#m F#m B C#m
H. +E E H. +E E H. +E E H. +E E W
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|------|
|---------------|-4-------(4)-4-|---------------|---------------|-4----|
|-4-------(4)-4-|---------------|-2-------(2)-2-|-7-------(7)-7-|------|
A B G#m
+W H. +E E H. +E E H. +E E
|------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-(4)--------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|------------|-5-------(5)-5-|-7-------(7)-7-|-4-------(4)-4--|
To Coda
C#m F#m B C#m
H. +E E H. +E E H. +E E W
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------|
|-4-------(4)-4-|---------------|-2-------(2)-2-|-4----|
|---------------|-2-------(2)-2-|---------------|------|
Intro 2
C#m
+H. +E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
|----------------||--------------|--------------|---------------|
|----------------||--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-(4)------(4)-4-||-4----------4-|-4----------4-|-4----------4--|
|----------------||--------------|--------------|---------------|
Verse 1
A B G#m
Q Q Q 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
|--------------||------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|--------------||o-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-4----------4-||o-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|--------------||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
C#m F#m B
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|
E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
Verse 2
A B G#m C#m
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|------------------|
F#m B 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 E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Chorus
F#m B E
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-4-5--|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
F#m B C#m
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-4-5--|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
F#m B E
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-4-5--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
F#m B C#m
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Interlude
D.S. al Coda
C#m
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Guitar Solo
&
C#m A
W W Q E E Q E E
|----------|----------||---------------|
|----------|----------||---------------|
|-4--------|-4--------||---------------|
|----------|----------||-5----5-5----5-|
B G#m C#m
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-2----2-2------|-------------4-|-(4)-4---4-4----4-|
|-----------2-3-|-4----4-4------|------------------|
F#m B C#m
Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-------------2-|-(2)---2-2-2----4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2----2-2------|------------------|-----------------|
C#m F#m G#m
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|----------------||-----------------|-------------------|
|----------------||-----------------|-------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||---------------2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2/--|
|----------------||-2-2-2-2-2-4-5---|-------------------|
E E F#m
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|----------------|----------------|
|---------------7-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|-2-2-2-2-2-4-5--|
B C#m
E E E E E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E Q
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-|-(4)-4-4--4-4-4-4-|-(4)-4-4--4-4-4--||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||
F#m B E
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2/--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-4-5---|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F#m B C#m
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-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2h4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
|-2-2-2-2-2-4-5---|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
Out-Chorus
A B G#m C#m
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|
F#m B C#m
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. E E E E E E Q 4x
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4----4-4----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|---------------|------------------||
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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