Free – My Brother Jake (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Free (From the 1970 Album HIGHWAY) Words and Music by Paul Rodgers & Andy Fraser Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Andy Fraser - Bass'
            1st Verse
  Q=112(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          Wx8
|----------|--------|
|----------|--------|
|----------|--------|
|----------|--------|

  E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   E Q.
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|-4------4------|---------------|----------------|
|-4------4------|---------------|-2------2------|-5------7-------|

                2nd & 3rd Verses
              $
  E Q.   H       E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   E E E E
|-------------||---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-------------||---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-------------||---------------|-4------2------|--------2---2----|
|-0-----------||-5------7------|---------------|-2---------------|

  E E E E E Q.     E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   E E E E
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-2---2---2------|---------------|-4------2------|--------2---2----|
|----------------|-5------7------|---------------|-2---------------|

  E E E E E Q.     E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   E Q.
|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-2---2---2------|---------------|-4------4------|----------------|
|----------------|-4------4------|---------------|-2------2-------|

                                Bridge
  E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   H       E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------||-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|-------------||-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|-------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-5------7------|-0-----------||-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0----|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------4--2--|-----------------|------------------|
|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---------|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0----|

                                    Outro
To D.S. al Coda       &
  W          W           W           E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------||----------||------------------|
|----------|----------||----------||------------------|
|-2--------|----------||----------||------------------|
|----------|-0--------||-0--------||-0---0---0---0----|

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

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-4-5----|

  W          W          E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------|----------|-----------------|-------------2----|
|-2--------|----------|-----------------|---------------2--|
|----------|-0--------|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0--------|

  E E 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
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----2---2--------|
|-----------------|--------4---2---|-----------------|---2-------2------|
|-0---0---0---0---|-0--------------|-0---0---0---0---|-0-------------4--|

  H    H      H     H      H    H
|-----------|-9/---------|-----------|
|-----------|------------|-----------|
|-2----2----|------------|-4----2----|
|-----------|------------|-----------|

  H.=H
  H    H      H.      Q    W
|-----------|------------|------*|
|-----------|------------|------*|
|-----------|------------|------*|
|-5----4----|-2----------|-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 - 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