Chicago – Saturday In The Park (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by Chicago
(From the 1972 Album V)
Words and Music by Robert Lamm
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Peter Cetera - Bass'
Intro
Q=114
4/4
Gtr I
Wx3 H S S E E E
|------------|------------12-14-12-|
|------------|------12h14----------|
|------------|---------------------|
|------------|---------------------|
H +E E E E +H.. S S
|-14----(14)----------|-------------9-10-|
|---------------14s12-|-(12)-------------|
|------------12-------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
H S S E E E +H S S E E E
|-12----------12-------|---------------12-14-12--|
|-------12h14----12-10-|-(10)----12h14-----------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
H Q E E +Q Q E E E E
|-14--------------|----------------12----|
|-----------14s12-|-(12)--0--12-14----14-|
|-------12--------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
Q. S S E S S Q +H E E E E
|-12----------12-----------|------------------||
|-------12h14----14s12-10--|-(10)----10-9-8---||
|--------------------------|------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------||
Chorus
$
H E E E E H E E E E Q Q E E E E H E E E S S
||---------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
||o-7----------7-|-5----------5-|-5-------------|------------5-6-|
||o--------------|------5-5-7---|-------------5-|-3----3-3-------|
||-------5-5-----|--------------|-------3-3-----|----------------|
H E E E E H E E E E Q Q E E E E H E E Q
|--------------|--------------|---------------|-------------||
|-7----------7-|-5----------5-|-5-------------|-------------||
|--------------|------5-5-7---|-------------5-|-3----3-3----||
|------5-5-----|--------------|-------3-3-----|-------------||
1st - 3rd Pre-Verses
W W Q. E Q. E +E E Q E E Q
|----------|----------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------|-2--------|---------------|-----------------|
|-2--------|----------|-5----5-5----5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5--|
|----------|----------|---------------|-----------------|
1st - 3rd Verses
E Q 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 S S E
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-5---------------|--------------------|
|-3-2--0-(0)------|---5-5-5-5-5-5---||-----------------|--------------------|
|------------3----|-----------------||-----3---3---3---|-3---3---3-3-3-3-3--|
To Coda
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E Q E W +W
|-------------------|----------------|----------|---------|
|-------------------|----------------|----------|---------|
|-------------------|----------------|-0--------|-(0)-----|
|-3---3---3-3-3-3-3-|-3-1-3-----3--4-|----------|---------|
Interlude
1.
W +W E E Q E E E E E Q E +E E E E
|----------|------------||----------------|------------------|
|----------|------------||-5------5-------|------5-(5)-------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------||----------5-2---|------------7-5-4-|
|----------|------------||--------------3-|-3-3--------------|
Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------|--------------------||
|---------------|-------------5---7-o||
|-3---------0-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-7-------o||
|---------3-----|--------------------||
2. Shuffle feel Q=114
H.. E +E E E E E E Q
|----------------|------14-14---------------||
|-12---------/16-|-(16)-------16-14-12------||
|----------------|---------------------14\--||
|----------------|--------------------------||
Bridge
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---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-3-| |-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 E E E |---------8-----8---|---------8-----8---|---------8-----8---|------------------| |-----------8-----8-|-----------8-----8-|-----------8-----8-|------------------| |-6---6-------6-----|-6---6-------6-----|-6---6-------6-----|-6---6---6---6----| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-5---5---5-5-5-5---|-5---5---5-5-5-5---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E
|-------------------|------------14--------||
|-5---5---5-5-5-5---|-5---/9--12----12-14--||
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------||
Interlude
Straight Q=114
H E E E E +H E E E E
|-14----------14----|------------14-------|
|----------14----12-|-(12)----12----12-14-|
|-------12----------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
H +E E E E +H E E E E
|-12----(12)----------|------------14-------|
|---------------12-10-|-(10)----12----12-14-|
|------------10-------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
H Q E E +H E E E E
|-14--------------|--------------------|
|-----------14s12-|-(12)----12-12---12-|
|-------12--------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
D.S. al Coda
Q E E +E E E E +H E E E E
|-12-----12-(12)----------|--------------------||
|-----14------------12-10-|-(10)----10-9-8-----||
|----------------10-------|--------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------||
Outro
&
Q. E E E Q +E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E
|------------7--|-(7)-----7-7-4----||---------------|
|----------7----|-------7-------7--||-5-------------|
|-5----5-5------|-----5------------||-------5-2-0---|
|---------------|------------------||-------------3-|
+E E E E E Q E Q. S S E E E E
|------------------|------------2-5-----|
|----------------5-|------2-2-5---------|
|---------2---5----|-3--------------3---|
|-(3)-3------------|--------------------|
+E E E S S E E E E E E Q a E E E E +W +W
|---------------2-5---|-/9-----------5-----|------------|--------*|
|---------2-2-5-------|----10-7--5h7---7---|------------|--------*|
|-(3)-3-------------3-|------------------3-|-(3)--------|-(3)----*|
|---------------------|--------------------|------------|--------*|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