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BRASS IN POCKETS (Bassline)
As recorded by The Pretenders
(From the 2003 Album PRETENDERS)

Words and Music by Chrissie Hynde and James Honeyman-Scott

Gtr I (D A D G) - 'Drop D'

1st Verse
  Moderate Rock Q=100
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    Q  Q      e e e e e e E E   e e e e e e a E S S
|-------------||-----------------|---------------------|
|-------------||-----7-----------|-----7-----------2h4-|
|---------7\--||-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0-2s4-----|
|-------------||-----------------|---------------------|

E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E a E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----7-----------|-----------------2-|-------------4----|
|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0-2s4---|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-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
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----4-----------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-4-4---4-4-4-5-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/-|

E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E S S S S   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----7-----------|-----7-----------2h4-|-----7-----------|
|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0-2-4-----|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|

E E E E E E a E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----7-----------2-|-----------------|-----4------------|
|-0-0---0-0-0-2s4---|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-|-4-4---4-4-4-5-4--|

Pre-Chorus
                                      $
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E a E    e e e e e e e e
|-----------------|-------------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2s7-||------------------|

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-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Chorus
  E E E E a E E E S S    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------4s7-||-7---7-7-----7-7-|-----7-7-----7-7-|
|-7-7-7-7-7s9-7-9-----||---0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----0-0-----|
|---------------------||-----------------|-----------------|

e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e Q     e e e e e e e e
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------5\--|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2s7-||

2nd Verse
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E S S S S   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----7-----------|-----7-----------2h4-|-----7-----------|
|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0-2s4-----|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|

E E E E a E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------2-2---|-------------4---|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-2s4-----0-|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4--|

D.S. al Coda     &
  e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e a E    E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------||-----7-7-----7-7--|
|-----------------|-------------------||-0-0-----0-0------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2s7-||------------------|

E E E E E E E E   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----7-7-----7-7-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-----0-0-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\--|

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---|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-----0-0---0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

Outro
  e e e e e e E E    e E e E e E e E   E E E E E E a E S S
|-----------------||-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------2h4-|
|-----------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2s4-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2s7-||-----------------|---------------------|

e E e E e E e E   E E E E E E a E S S   e E e E e E e E
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------2h4-|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2s4-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|

E E E E E E a E S S   e E E E E E E E   a E E E E +H
|---------------------|-----------------|------------------*|
|-----------------2h4-|-----------------|-----2h4----------*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2s4-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2s4-----0-(0)----*|
|---------------------|-----------------|------------------*|

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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
<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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