Chicago – South California Purples (Bass Tab)
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(4)
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Speed:
1.0x
As recorded by Chicago
(From the 1969 Album CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY)
Words and Music by Robert Lamm
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Peter Cetera - Bass'
[Intro]
Q=92
4/4
Gtr I
Wx3 H E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E
G|------------|--------------|------------------|-------------------|
D|------------|--------------|------------------|-------------------|
A|------------|--------------|-----3--3-3-------|-----3--3-3--------|
E|------------|--------0-3-4-|-5-5--------0-3-4-|-5-5--------0-3-4--|
[Verse 1]
E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E
G|------------------|------------------||------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------||------------------|------------------|
A|-----3--3-3-------|-----3--3-3-------||-----3--3-3-------|-----3--3-3-------|
E|-5-5--------0-3-4-|-5-5--------0-3-4-||-5-5--------0-3-4-|-5-5--------0-3-4-|
E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|-----3--3-3-------|-----3--3-3-------|
A|-----3--3-3-------|-----3--3-3-0-3-4-|-5-5--------0-3-4-|-5-5--------------|
E|-5-5--------0-3-4-|-5-5--------------|------------------|------------0-3-4-|
E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E
G|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|
A|-----3--3-3-------|-----3--3-3-------|
E|-5-5--------0-3-4-|-5-5--------0-3-4-|
E E E. S E E E E E S S E S S E S S E S S
G|------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|-----3--3-3-0-3---|-------------------------|
E|-5-5--------------|-------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S Q. E E E E E E. S E E E E
G|------------------|------------------||
D|------------------|------------------||
A|------------------|-----3--3-3-------||
E|-0-0-0-0----0-3-4-|-5-5--------0-3-4-||
[Organ Solo]
E E E. S E E E E 7x E E E. S E E E E
G||--------------------||------------------|
D||o------------------o||-----3--3-3-------|
A||o-----3--3-3-------o||-5-5--------0-3-4-|
E||--5-5--------0-3-4--||------------------|
E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E 3x
G|------------------||---------------------||
D|-----3--3-3-------||o-------------------o||
A|-5-5--------------||o-----3--3-3--------o||
E|------------0-3-4-||--5-5--------0-3-4---||
E E E. S E E E E E S S E S S E S S E S S
G|------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|-----3--3-3-0-3---|-------------------------|
E|-5-5--------------|-------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E
G|-------------------------|-----------------------|
D|-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-----------------------|
A|-------------------3-3-3-|-1-1-1-3-3-3-3---------|
E|-------------------------|---------------0-3-4---|
[Verse 2]
E E E. S E E E E 4x E E E. S E E E E 3x
G||--------------------||-||--------------------||
D||o------------------o||-||o------------------o||
A||o-----3--3-3-------o||-||o-----3--3-3-------o||
E||--5-5--------0-3-4--||-||--5-5--------0-3-4--||
E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E
G|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|-----3--3-3-------|
A|-----3--3-3-0-3-4-|-5-5--------0-3-4-|
E|-5-5--------------|------------------|
E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E 3x
G|------------------||--------------------||
D|-----3--3-3-------||o------------------o||
A|-5-5--------------||o-----3--3-3-------o||
E|------------0-3-4-||--5-5--------0-3-4--||
E E E. S E E E E E S S E S S E S S E S S
G|------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|-----3--3-3-0-3---|-------------------------|
E|-5-5--------------|-------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E E E E. S E E E E 4x
G|-------------------------|---------------------||--------------------||
D|-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|---------------------||o------------------o||
A|-------------------3-3-3-|-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-------||o-----3--3-3-0-3-4-o||
E|-------------------------|---------------0-3-4-||--5-5---------------||
[Guitar Solo]
E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E
G||--------------------||------------------|
D||o------------------o||------------------|
A||o-----3--3-3-------o||-----3--3-3-0-3-4-|
E||--5-5--------0-3-4--||-5-5--------------|
E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E
G|------------------|-------------------|
D|-----3--3-3-------|-----3--3-3--------|
A|-5-5--------0-3-4-|-5-5---------------|
E|------------------|------------0-3-4--|
E E E. S E E E E 3x E E E. S E E E E
G||--------------------||------------------|
D||o------------------o||----------------2-|
A||o-----3--3-3-------o||-----3--3-3-0-3---|
E||--5-5--------0-3-4--||-5-5--------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------3-3-3-|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S E S S E E E E E E E. S E E E E 6x
G|---------------------||--------------------||
D|---------------------||o------------------o||
A|-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-------||o-----3--3-3-0-3-4-o||
E|---------------0-3-4-||--5-5---------------||
E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E
G|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|-----3--3-3-------|
A|-----3--3-3-0-3-4-|-5-5--------0-3-4-|
E|-5-5--------------|------------------|
E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E 3x
G|------------------||--------------------||
D|-----3--3-3-------||o------------------o||
A|-5-5--------------||o-----3--3-3-------o||
E|------------0-3-4-||--5-5--------0-3-4--||
E E E. S E E E E E S S E S S E S S E S S
G|------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|-----3--3-3-0-3---|-------------------------|
E|-5-5--------------|-------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E E E E. S E E E E 4x
G|-------------------------|---------------------||--------------------||
D|-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|---------------------||o------------------o||
A|-------------------3-3-3-|-------3-3-3-3-------||o-----3--3-3-0-3-4-o||
E|-------------------------|-3-3-3---------0-3-4-||--5-5---------------||
[Bridge]
E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||
A|-----3--3-3-------|-----3--3-3-------|-----3--3-3-------|-----3--3-3-0-3-4-||
E|-5-5--------0-3-4-|-5-5--------0-3-4-|-5-5--------0-3-4-|-5-5--------------||
[Interlude]
Q Q E E Q +W Q Q E E Q S S E E S E S E S E S
G|--------------|------------|--------------|------------------------|
D|--------------|------------|--------------|------------------------|
A|----3--5-3-7--|-(7)--------|----3--5------|------------------------|
E|-5------------|------------|-5-------3-3--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
Q Q E E Q S S E E S E S E S E S Q Q E E Q S S E E S E S E S E S
G|--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
D|--------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
A|----3--5-3-7--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----3--5------|-----------------------|
E|-5------------|-----------------------|-5-------3-3--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
S S E E S E S E E E E E E. S E E E E 4x
G|---------------------||--------------------||
D|---------------------||o------------------o||
A|---------------------||o-----3--3-3-------o||
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-4-||--5-5--------0-3-4--||
[Verse 3]
E E E. S E E E E 3x E E E. S E E E E
G||--------------------||-------------------|
D||o------------------o||-------------------|
A||o-----3--3-3-------o||-----3--3-3-0-3-4--|
E||--5-5--------0-3-4--||-5-5---------------|
E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E E
G|------------------|------------------|
D|-----3--3-3-------|-----3--3-3-------|
A|-5-5--------0-3-4-|-5-5--------------|
E|------------------|------------0-3-4-|
E E E. S E E E E 3x E E E. S E E E E
G||--------------------||------------------|
D||o------------------o||----------------2-|
A||o-----3--3-3-------o||-----3--3-3-0-3---|
E||--5-5--------0-3-4--||-5-5--------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------||
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|----------------------||
A|-------------------------|-------------------3-3-3-|-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--------||
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------0-3-4--||
[Outro]
TP TP
E E E. S E E E E 4x q H. H Q Q W +H. q
G||--------------------||------------|------------|----------|---------------*|
D||o------------------o||------------|------------|----------|---------------*|
A||o-----3--3-3-------o||------------|------------|----------|---------------*|
E||--5-5--------0-3-4--||-5----------|------7--6--|-5--------|-(5)------5----*|**************************************
Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
| +() - note tied to previous
| TP - tremolo picking
| | - bar
| || - double bar
| ||o - repeat start
| o|| - repeat end
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